The year 1685 saw the beginning of a turbulent period in English history: King James II was expelled from Britain; there were wars in Ireland and on the Continent; repeated attempts by the Jacobite pa
As attractive as historical or commemorative medals are in their own right and as telling as they are by their designs and inscriptions of the persons or events they honor (or, in some cases, vilify o
This book is the second volume of an illustrated price guide to Islamic coins; the first volume was published in 2015. The Islamic market has long been hampered by two things: the lack of reliable in
The third book by Keith Hollender on financial history, Financing the World focuses on the events and entrepreneurs that shaped the world of finance we know today. It describes the period of initial
This catalogue presents a list of all coins known to have been issued by the East India Company for use in their Presidencies of Bengal, Bombay and Madras. Each of the main sections covers the coins
Defacing the Past: Damnation and Desecration in Imperial Rome is published by Spink in collaboration with the British Museum to accompany the author’s current exhibition in Gallery 69a.
This book provides an overview of the historical events during which Giuseppe Garibaldi rose from obscurity to leadership of the Italian inification movement or ‘Risorgimento.’ It accomplishes this g
This catalogue is unique in providing the collector with the only comprehensive and authoritative guide devoted specifically to the local coinages of the Roman Empire, undoubtedly the most neglected s
Over a century since Wroth and Retowski published the two standard catalogues of the coinage of the Empire of Trebizond, Simon Bendall’s introduction to the coinage was first published in 2015. Compa
Professor Anne Robertson's long-awaited corpus brings together for the first time records of over 1,900 coin hoards from Roman Britain. The entries for each hoard include transcriptions from their ori
Dr CHV Sutherland was for many years Keeper of the Heberden Coin Room in the Ashmolean Museum, with a special interest in the Julio-Claudian emperors and their coinage from 31 BC to AD 69. From 1939
The Cunetio and Normanby hoards are the two of the largest Roman coin hoards from Britain. They both comprise mostly ‘radiate’ coins struck in the second half of the 3rd century and are t
This book recounts the heroic story of the Maccabees and explains how they successfully took on the might of the Seleucid realm, illustrated by the coins issued by the main protagonists.
The Royal Victorian Order is one of the less wellknown components of the United Kingdom honours system. From its creation in 1896 it has been conferred specifically for service to the Sovereign and t
The current revision of this popular work marks a radical departure from the envisioned aims of the original edition. This fifth and final volume of the 'Millennium edition' contains a comprehensive l
The 6th edition of this numismatic classic offers much more than previous editions, not only in terms of the number of varieties recorded but also in terms of the way in which the data has been record
The first edition of Greek Coins and Their Values (GCV) by Seaby and Kozolubski was published in 1959, and republished in 1966 by Seaby alone. In 1978 David Sear completely revised and expanded GCV
Co-published with the Royal Mint Museum.War has shaped currencies, creating, abolishing and moulding them. By providing the means through which they have been fought, coins and banknotes have proved
