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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1851189, member: 9204&quot;]Remember this was published in 1927. Photographic plates were expensive to produce. Even the finest sauction catalogues would only illustrate a handful of lots. </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, this is an exceptional work of scholarship that very clearly analyzes and describes the coins listed therein. I find the coded and method of describing the coins to be a bit difficult to work with, but I&#039;m probably just spoiled by the well illustrated sylloge format - a method that would be less than ideal for presenting Alexandrian coins. Do be aware of the limitations of the volume, namely, that it only covers the coins held in the Ashmolean, many of which were donated by Milne himself.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lead tokens are superbly presented. Milne is one of the few scholars to date to recognize that leaden issue could have functioned as coins. Thanks to him, this idea is widely accepted, but alas, only in relation to Egyptian issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are really interested in Alexandrian coins, you need to find yourself a copy of the complete plates to the Dattari collection. Over eleven thousand pieces, many of which are otherwise unknown, are presented in rubbings from the early 20th century. Pricey and difficult to use? Yup. Vast and indispensable? Even more so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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