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Moneys of the Bible (Numistic Publications)
Moneys of the Bible - Numistic Publications Author:R. S. Yeoman This booklet is a sort of digest of the coinage of Biblical times. It is not intended to be an exhaustive monograph complete with minute technical details of early coinages. It is hopes, rather, to be preliminary to many standard references on this subject which are usually written for those students who are already advanced in the science of Bi... more »blical Numismatics. Technical information in Latin, Greek and Hebrew will not be found here, for it will be assumed that the reader is not familiar with those tongues. All translations of legends and the like are stated in English and the illustration, though the coins are crude in many instances, will carry identification features for the reader. The purpose of this book is to encourage the novice to know his Biblical coins, as well as the Bible, a little better. Perhaps a desire for further knowledge will prompt the novice to become a student in either or both avenues. --- excerpt from book's Introduction« less
ISBN-13: 9780915262779 ISBN-10: 0915262770 Pages:60 Edition:Edition Not Stated Rating: