Head, Barclay
Born in Suffolk, England. Married to Mary Helen Corkran.
Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum.
He was inducted into the ANA Numismatic Hall of Fame in 1972.
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1872Select Greek Coins Exhibited In Electrotype
Head, Barclay V. SELECT GREEK COINS EXHIBITED IN ELECTROTYPE. London: British Museum, 1872. 12mo, original printed paper covers. 48 pages. Very good. The earliest editions of what became a regularly updated series. The wording of the editions can be somewhat confusing. 1872 guide is unillustrated. Daehn 1781 (1872 edition)
1880A Guide To The Select Greek And Roman Coins Exhibited In Electrotype
Head, Barclay V. A GUIDE TO THE SELECT GREEK AND ROMAN COINS EXHIBITED IN ELECTROTYPE. London: British Museum, 1880. New edition. 8vo, later full tan morocco; red spine label, gilt. vii, (1), 128 pages; 7 fine autotype plates. Fine. Bookplate of the Order of the Garter. Binding somewhat rubbed; very good or better. The earliest editions of what became a regularly updated series. The wording of the editions can be somewhat confusing. It presents constitutes a radical revision of the Museum’s 1872 Guide (hence the title page’s “New Edition” reference). 1782 (1880 edition).
1881ON THE CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF THE COINS OF BOEOTIA
Head, Barclay V. ON THE CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF THE COINS OF BOEOTIA. London, 1881. First separate edition. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. (4), 99, (1) pages; 6 very fine autotype plates of coins. Spine cracked and worn; previous owner’s sticker inside cover; sticker residue on front cover; very good or so. $40 An important early work by Head. While the chronology of these coins has been adjusted over the years, this volume still has considerable numismatic value. Most copies seen are well-worn
1881A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients
A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients by Barclay Head, 1881.
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5/1/1884A Catalog Of The Greek Coins In The British Museum (Phrygia) [vol. 25 plates]
Plates from the British Museum catalog.
5/1/1884A Catalog Of The Greek Coins In The British Museum (Central Greece) [vol. 8 plates]
Plates from the British Museum catalog.
5/1/1884A Catalog Of The Greek Coins In The British Museum (Attica, Etc.) [vol. 11 plates]
Plates from the British Museum catalog.
5/1/1884A Catalog Of The Greek Coins In The British Museum (Corinth, Etc.) [vol. 12 plates]
Plates from the British Museum catalog.
5/1/1884A Catalog Of The Greek Coins In The British Museum (Alexandria) [vol. 15 plates]
Plates from the British Museum catalog.
5/1/1884A Catalog Of The Greek Coins In The British Museum (Lycia, Pamphylia, and Pisidia) [vol. 19 plates]
Plates from the British Museum catalog.
5/1/1884A Catalog Of The Greek Coins In The British Museum (Lydia) [vol. 22 plates]
Plates from the British Museum catalog.
1887Historia Numorum: A Manual Of Greek Numismatics
The First Edition of Head’s Historia Numorum Head, Barclay V. HISTORIA NUMORUM: A MANUAL OF GREEK NUMISMATICS. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1887. First edition. 4to, original brown quarter morocco, gilt; front board lettered and decorated in gilt; top page edges gilt. lxxix, (1), 807, (1) pages; 400 text illustrations; tables; 5 plates. Occasional annotations. Binding rubbed and shaken, with some looseness; very good. The first edition of this landmark work. Though revised editions of numismatic books are usually preferred, sometimes it pays to consult the earlier editions. In the revised and enlarged 1911 edition of Historia Numorum, the author himself allowed that “(i)t is possible that, among those who are familiar only in a general way with the old edition of this work, there may be some who, on comparing with it the present revised edition, will, at first sight, be inclined to think that some portions of what has been omitted were of greater interest than what has been added.” A 1927 Spink catalogue emphasized that aspect of the 1887 work: “Some portions of the first edition of very great interest were omitted from the second, and this fact added to the usefulness of the work in itself makes a copy of that edition well worth acquiring especially by the young collector.” Clain-Stefanelli 1832*, citing the second edition. Daehn 90.
