1683 – Ancient Italian & Greek Coins | Saints & Martyrs in Numismatics | Illustrated

Rariora Magnæ Græciæ Numismata by Prospero Parisio is a 17^th-century survey of ancient Greek and Italian coins that examines coins from Calabria, Sicily, and the Kingdom of Naples. This work is a curious fusion of numismatics and church history published at a time when coins were used to establish historical timelines. This 1683 second edition was edited by Johann George Volckamer and is notable for retaining all 13 original full-page engravings each of which as 20 separate coin figures.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rariora Magnæ Græciæ Numismata
• Author(s): Prospero Parisio
• Contributor(s): Johann Georg Volckamer (Editor)
• Publisher: unstated
• Edition: 1683. 2^nd edition.
• Binding: Leather spine, hardcover boards
• Format: (8vo), single volume
• Size: 11 in × 8 in
• Collation: [4], 5–56 pp
• Illustrations: 13 copper-engraved plates; facsimile map laid in
• Contents Include:
  • Coin descriptions from Calabria, Sicily, and Naples
  • Early classifications of ancient coinage
  • Descriptions of the lives of saints including: St. Francis of Assisi, Saint Viator Martyr, Saint Fantinus, Saint Callidorus, Saint Damatia, Basilian monks

Condition:

Good. Leather binding tight and secure with rubbing to boards and corners. Pages generally clean with occasional light staining to corners. Text remains legible and complete.

Why Collect This?

• Early printed work on Magna Graecia coinage
• Includes 13 engraved plates and a facsimile map
• Combines numismatics with ecclesiastical references

Item Number: #50221