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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4550815, member: 44316"]Today got a splendid newly released book in the mail, Portraits: 400 years of Hellenistic Portraits, by Andreas Pangerl. A few years ago I got his corresponding book on Roman coin portraits and loved it--fabulous coins, fabulous pictures, and great color, plus some articles. So, when I heard about the Hellenistic book I tried to order it immediately, but shipping from Europe was expensive and problematic. However, I found that David Fanning of Kolbe & Fanning ( <a href="https://www.numislit.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numislit.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.numislit.com/</a> ) had a shipment coming, so I ordered it from him. </p><p><br /></p><p>This new book is massive, 10" x 11 3/4, with the first 194 pages wonderful greatly enlarged portraits on coins, one or four to a page. (The reverses, also enlarged but not so much, are on page plates near the end.) Pages 199-367 are well-illustrated "Studies" by various authors, most in German but three in English. One in English is "From symbol to likeness: The development of Coin portraits in the Graeco-Persian world," with a wonderful selection of the earliest portraits on coins. Spectacular!</p><p><br /></p><p>To give you a feeling for it, I took four iPad photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>The front cover:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126610[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the obverse photo pages:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126609[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the article pages:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126608[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the reverse pages:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1126607[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>What a wonderful book![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4550815, member: 44316"]Today got a splendid newly released book in the mail, Portraits: 400 years of Hellenistic Portraits, by Andreas Pangerl. A few years ago I got his corresponding book on Roman coin portraits and loved it--fabulous coins, fabulous pictures, and great color, plus some articles. So, when I heard about the Hellenistic book I tried to order it immediately, but shipping from Europe was expensive and problematic. However, I found that David Fanning of Kolbe & Fanning ( [URL]https://www.numislit.com/[/URL] ) had a shipment coming, so I ordered it from him. This new book is massive, 10" x 11 3/4, with the first 194 pages wonderful greatly enlarged portraits on coins, one or four to a page. (The reverses, also enlarged but not so much, are on page plates near the end.) Pages 199-367 are well-illustrated "Studies" by various authors, most in German but three in English. One in English is "From symbol to likeness: The development of Coin portraits in the Graeco-Persian world," with a wonderful selection of the earliest portraits on coins. Spectacular! To give you a feeling for it, I took four iPad photos. The front cover: [ATTACH=full]1126610[/ATTACH] One of the obverse photo pages: [ATTACH=full]1126609[/ATTACH] One of the article pages: [ATTACH=full]1126608[/ATTACH] One of the reverse pages: [ATTACH=full]1126607[/ATTACH] What a wonderful book![/QUOTE]
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