Wanted: Literature on Oriental Coins and History

Last updated October 8, 2006


The following is a list of literature wanted by members of the Oriental coin collecting community. Most are numismatic publications, but some are pure history. I have listed the name of the person(s) searching for a book or journal article after each entry in the list.

If you happen to have any of this literature for disposal, see any of these for sale in literature catalogues or are a bookseller who has one or more of these titles, please contact the person looking for it. Just click on the person's name to send an email.

If you want to add a title to the list or have found a book and want a title removed, please contact Jim Farr. I will modify the list appropriately and submit emails to the Islamic and South Asia lists on a somewhat regular basis to remind people that there is literature being sought.


(Various) All annual administration reports from the Indian states of Mewar (Udaipur), Shahpura,
and Bharatpur.
Ron Rice

Cribb, Joe. Numismatic Evidence for Kushano-Sasanian Chronology. Studia Iranica, Vol. 19 (1990) .
(Wants entire journal or original offprint, not a photocopy).
Jeff Winter

Epigrafika Vostoka. Russian Periodical, published by the Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Institut Arkheologii
in Leningrad, 1940's-1980's. Need Volumes II, IV, V, XI, XIII and XV.
Jim Farr

Fahmy, ‘Abdurrahman Muhammad. Fajr al-sikka al-‘arabiyya. Cairo, 1955. In Arabic.
Jim Farr (Prefers original, will settle for photocopy)

Govt of India. Memoranda on native states in India, 1915. Calcutta: Supt Govt Printing, 1916.
[issued periodically, other editions are also wanted]
Ron Rice

Gupta, P. L. & T. R. Hardaker. Indian Silver Punchmarked Coins, Maghada-Maurya Series. 1985,
Nasik 112pp. 8pl. Card covers. Maharashtrai
Kavan Ratnatunga

Lethbrifge, R. The golden book of India, a geneological and bibliographical dictionary of the ruling
princes, chiefs, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian Empire. London: Macmillan, 1893.
Ron Rice

Miles, George C. The Numismatic History of Rayy. Numismatic Studies No. 2, American Numismatic Society,
New York, 1938.
Mostafa Faghfoury

Nicol, Norman D., Faarat el-Nabarawy, and Jere L. Bacharach. Catalog of the Islamic Coins, Glass
Weights, Dies and Medals in the Egyptian National Library, Cairo. Undena Publications, Malibu, California, 1982.
Mostafa Faghfoury

Paliwal, D.L.. Mewar and the British, 1857-1921. Jaipur: Bafna Prakashan, 1971.
Ron Rice

Ramsden, H.A. Chinese Openwork Amulet Coins, Yokohama, Japan, 1911 Original edition.
Scott Semans

Ramsden, H.A. Siamese Porcelain and Other Tokens, Yokohama, Japan, 1911 Original ed. with
color plates
Scott Semans

Shami, Nizam al-Din. Histoire des conquêtes de Tamerlan intitulée Zafarnama par Nizamuddin Šami
avec des additions empruntées au Zubdatu-t-Tawarih-i Baïsunguri de Hafiz-i-Abru, Edition critique par Felix Tauer, t.I. Texte persan de Zafarnama. Monographie Archivu orientálního, v. V. Praha (Prague), 1937.
Vladimir Belyaev

Sharma, M.L.. History of the Jaipur State. Jaipur: Rajasthan Inst of Hist Res, 1969.
Ron Rice

Studia Iranica, Vol. 19 (1990) containing the article "Numismatic Evidence for
Kushano-Sasanian Chronology" by Joe Cribb. (Also see entry under Cribb).
Jeff Winter

Sundar-Isanon, A. N.. Indian states' register and directory. Madras: Indian States Register &
Directory Office, 1929, 1932. 2v.
Ron Rice

Thurston, E. Madras Government Museum, Coins Catalogue No 2. Roman, Indo- Portuguese, and
Ceylon. Madras, 1894.
Kavan Ratnatunga

Upadhyaya, N. M.. The administration of Jodhpur state, 1800-1947. Jodhpur, Intl Pub, 1973.
Ron Rice

Vadivelu, A. The ruling chiefs, nobles and zamindars of India. Madras: 1915.
Ron Rice

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