Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection - Dumbarton Oaks Catalogues.

Dumbarton Oaks, Alfred R. Bellinger, Philip Grierson, Michael F. Hendy, Whittemore Collection (Fogg Art Museum)

Hardback (01 Jun 1966)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The 12,000 coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and the Whittemore Collection at the Fogg Art Museum form one of the greatest specialized collections of Byzantine coins in the world. The catalogue, edited by Alfred R. Bellinger and Philip Grierson, publishes the majority of these coins, dating between 491 and 1453, in five volumes.

The first volume in the catalogue covers the coins of Anastasius I through Maurice, and includes a history of the collections.

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Dumbarton Oaks

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Book information

ISBN:	9780884020127
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Imprint:	Dumbarton Oaks
Pub date:	01 Jun 1966
DEWEY:	737.4938074753
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Weight:	666g
Height:	250mm
Width:	150mm
Spine width:	45mm