Giel on Ancient Coins of the Black Sea Region

Giel, Chr. KLEINE BEITRÄGE ZUR ANTIKEN NUMISMATIK SÜDRUSSLANDS. Moskau: Buchdruckerei & Schriftgiesserei O. Herbeck, Tschernischewski per., No 5, 1886. Folio [32 by 24.5 cm], contemporary black cloth-backed decorative boards; spine ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Title printed in red and black; (4), 43, (1) pages; several monograms and a text figure; 4 fine plates and 1 engraved plate of ancient Greek and early Roman coins. Spine a bit worn, else near fine. A very rare and substantial work, in a contemporary binding. Includes sections on Olbia, Tyras, the Tauric Chersonese, Nymphaion, Pantikapeon, the Sindic Scythians, the various regal coinages, and on the coins of the Bosporus and their monograms. Clain-Stefanelli 2623. Gromachevskii 95. Ex Nelson T. Thorson and Georges Le Rider Libraries, with their bookplates.