Rare Study of the Coinage of the Tauric Chersonese

Oreshnikov, A. МОНЕТЫ ХЕРСОНЕСА ТАВРИЧЕСКАГО, ЦАРЕЙ ВОСПОРА КИММЕРIЙСКАГО И ПОЛЕМОНА II ПОНТIЙСКАГО. Moscow: Offprint from the Нумизматический сборникъ, Тома II (1912). 4to, original printed card covers. (2), 48 pages; 14 text illustrations; 1 fine plate of coins. Minor spotting. Very good or better. A detailed, but little-known work on the coins of the Tauric Chersonese. Very rare: possibly the first copy we have handled. Oreshnikov was the editor of the Numizmaticheskii Sbornik during this early period (the journal was revived in the 1950s), which compared favorably to many longer-established periodicals of the day. Yakovchuk 224. Ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 155, lot 100.