Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 2155. Estimate $30.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Grierson, Philip. Monnaies du Moyen Age. (Fribourg, 1976). 319 pages, 602 numbered b&w illustrations, with 16 color plates. Text in French. Part of The World of Numismatics series, this is the first edition of this work, not translated into English until 1991. A valuable introduction to medieval coins by one of the leading scholars in the field, with superb photographs. Blue cloth covers with pictorial dust jacket. Very Fine condition.