Sommer

Sommer, Andreas Urs.  Die Münzen des Byzantinischen Reiches 491-1453. Mit einem Anhang: Die Münzen des Kaiserreichs von Trapezunt. (Regenstauf, 2010).

ISBN: 978-3-86646-061-4.

The coins of the Byzantine Empire 491-1453. With an appendix: The coins of the Empire of Trebizond.

Ancient| Byzantine| coins| for sale in the Forum| Ancient| Coins| shop

In German, 24 x 19 cm, 536 Pages, photos of over 2500 coins, The catalog is the major new reference catalogue for Byzantine coins in German and presents also quite a lot of new coin types unnkown e.g. to Sear or to Hahn. For every coin, the reader gets a value estimation in three conditions.

The book has a large section (about 100 pages) on the coins of the Empire of Trebizond, including for example unpublished pieces of the last emperors of Trebizond, David and Alexius V (1458-1461).

50 sample pages of the book are available online: http://www.gietl-verlag.de/die-muenzen-des-byzantinischen-reiches-491-1453/buchdetail/192/verlage/themen/1.html