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Description

1. xxi, 343 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 22 cm.

Series statement

1. Hellenistic culture and society ; 53
2. The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Uniform title

1. Hellenistic culture and society ; 53.
2. Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.

Subject

1. Coins, Greek > Bactria
2. Bactria > Antiquities
3. Afghanistan > Antiquities
4. Greeks > Afghanistan > History > To 1500
5. Eucratides, the Great, active 170 B.C.-145 B.C
6. Afghanistan > Civilization
7. Coins, Greek > Afghanistan
8. Bactria > Civilization

Contents

1. Introduction : a lost civilization -- The adventure begins : checklist numismatics -- A dangerous game : framework numismatics -- The gold colossus : novelty numismatics -- Telling tales : narrative numismatics -- Wanted, one Greek city : archaeology -- Letters here and there : epigraphy -- A perfect storm : rescue and revisionist numismatics -- A new beginning : cognitive numismatics I -- Coins and the collapse of civilization : cognitive numismatics II -- Conclusion : the lost world of the golden king.

Call number

1. JFD 13-3919

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-328) and index.

Author

1. Holt, Frank Lee.

Title

1. Lost world of the golden king : in search of ancient Afghanistan / Frank L. Holt.

Imprint

1. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

Series

1. Hellenistic culture and society ; 53
2. The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
3. Hellenistic culture and society ; 53.
4. Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-328) and index.

LCCN

1. 2012000828

Other standard identifier

1. 40021376390

ISBN

1. 9780520273429 (cloth : acid-free paper)
2. 0520273427 (cloth : acid-free paper)

Research call number

1. JFD 13-3919