Boehringer on Syracuse

Boehringer, Erich. DIE MÜNZEN VON SYRAKUS. First edition. Berlin & Leipzig: Verlag von Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1929. 4to, unbound and unsewn signatures with loose plates. vi, (2), 297, (1), (6) pages; text figures; 32 very fine plates of coins. Title page discolored and a little ragged at margins; very good. A never-bound copy of the scarce original edition, featuring excellent plates. Clain-Stefanelli 2257*. Daehn 3120. Grierson 64. Kroh 21 (four stars): “a die-corpus of the early silver issues from 510 to c. 415 BC. Over 733 die-couples are listed with 364 obverse and 500 reverse dies illustrated.” Ex Kolbe Sale 87, lot 429.