HEAD, Barclay V. SYNOPSIS OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. A GUIDE TO THE PRINCIPAL GOLD AND SILVER COINS OF THE ANCIENTS FROM CIRCA B.C. 700 TO A.D. 1. London, 1881. 2nd Edition. 12,5 x 20,5 cm. 12°. vii, 1, 128 pages, 7 plates of coins. Red full leather binding, gilted titles on the spine. Annotation and signature, in pencil, of the previous owner. Very few damp spots on the cover, interior in excellent condition/as new. Daehn 1782. A note from BCD: One never tires leafing through such manuals. The choice of coins to illustrate them is guaranteed to produce exclamation marks from the reader. After all, the great museums have a right to flaunt the best of their best. As far as the average collector is concerned though, he can only look, and dream...gr. 550