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Alexander and the Hellenistic Kingdoms: The Westmoreland Collection~

by KA Sheedy, with essays by KA Sheedy, AB Bosworth, EJ Baynham and J Melville Jones~

This lavishly-produced catalogue presents one of the finest colelctions of Hellenistic coins in Australia. The enlarged pictures are designed to allow close inspection of detail, for the serious collector, but it is also suitable for those who have a more general interest in all things 'Alexander'. 172p, col photos of all 87 coins (Ancient Coins in Australian Collections 1, Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies 2007)

Table of Contents

Magically back to life: Some thoughts on ancient coins and the study of Hellenistic royal portraits (K A Sheedy); Rider in the chariot: Ptolemy, Alexander and the elephants (A B Bosworth); Continuity and ambition: The posthumous Philip II gold staters from Colophon/Magnesia (E J Baynham); The coinage of Alexander and his successors: A ‘Common Hellenic Coinage?’ (J Melville Jones); The Westmoreland Collection Catalogue; Philip II; Alexander III; Philip III; Macedonia after the Kings; The Persian Kings; The Antigonid Dynasty; The Seleucid Dynasty; The Attalids; The Ptolemaic Dynasty; Lysimachus; The Greek dynasties in Bactria and India.

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