Sylloge of Aksumite Coins in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781910807101 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 160 str.

Wolfgang Hahn; Vincent West

Opis

-No other book approaches this level of academic expertise on significant Aksumite coinage -The Ashmolean museum's coins are of considerably higher quality and interest than even the similar collection at the British Museum These essays by Hahn and West will deal respectively with the formation of the collection and the figure of Bent Juel-Jensen, the seminal Aksumite coin collector in Oxford (as well as a medical doctor, academic, and traveler). They will also discuss recent problems that have emerged regarding the study of this coinage. In its entirety, this publication will make a fundamental contribution to this area of research and be an indispensible acquisition for many institutions and individuals. Contents: Introduction; History of Aksumite Coins; History of the Collection; Bibliography; Catalogue.