393, Lot: 476. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[BMC] Poole, Reginald Stuart, et al., ed. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. (Bologna: Forni, 1963). 3 vols. complete with plates of coins illustrated, with introduction, concordance, and indices. Hardbound in matching dark blue covers with gilt lettering. Includes the volumes covering Macedonia, Seleucid Kings of Syria, and Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt. The Forni reprint of one of the world’s most important public collections of Greek coins, covering almost the entire Greek world (excepting the Indo-Greeks). Highly important for all of the detailed supplementary numismatic and historical material contained. Essential for the Greek numismatist and collector. Very Fine condition overall, volumes show light shelf wear and staining.

From the library of Arthur A. Houghton III.