Sale 17

Auction 17


Numismatic Literature
 
 
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Lot 2195

Item 39351
  Album, Stephen, Numismata Orientalia Illustrata, Attic Books, New York, 1977, Album 1975 reprint of 1869 original, 318 pages, hardcover. Selective catalog of Islamic coins by dynasty. Arranged chronologically with brief political history. Original 19th-century line drawings and text supplemented with additional text and values added by Steve Album in 1975. Good introductory & attribution guide.
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Lot 2196

Item 148809
  American Numismatic Society, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Volume 6, Published by Cultura, Wetteren, Meriden 1981, American Numismatic Society, 54 plates interspaced among text, hardcover, covers Palestine and South Arabia, superb reference from the collection of the ANS in New York.
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Lot 2197

Item 125996
  Balog, Paul, The Coinage of the Mamluk Sultans of Egypt and Syria, American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Studies No. 12, New York, 1964, 446 pages, 44 plates, with line drawings throughout, softcover, English text. An extensive work on the coinage of the Islamic Mamluk dynasty of Egypt and Syria. The standard work and extremely difficult to find on the market, RR.
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Lot 2198

Item 124624
  Balog, Paul, Ummayad, Abbasid and Tulunid Glass Weights and Vessel Stamps, American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Studies No. 13, Wettern, 1976, 322 pages, 54 plates, hardcover. A standard work on early glass "money" and very difficult to find work, R.
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Lot 2199

Item 148805
  Bhatt, S.K., Sethi, P.K. & Holkar, R., A Study of the Holkar State Coinage, Indore 1976, 248 pages, 22 plates, hardcover with dust jacket. Coinage, extensive political and numismatic history, plus museum-style catalog of this complex series, with decent plates. note "BHS" numbers used in Krause. This is the standard work on the subject.
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Lot 2200

Item 31870
  Biddulph, C.H., Coins of the Pandyas, Varanasi, 1966, softcover, 71 pages, 6 plates, good academic work.
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Lot 2201

Item 72519
  Broome, Michael, A Handbook of Islamic Coins, Seaby, London, 1985, 230 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, not a catalog, but a profusely illustrated general history of Islamic coinage with useful index & bibliographies.
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Lot 2202

Item 124709
  Brotman, Irwin F., A Guide to the Temple Tokens of India, Los Angeles, 1970, 208 pages with decent photographs throughout, hardcover with dusk jacket. Good representation of types with enlarged photos. Still a valuable reference.
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Lot 2203

Item 125900
  Bruce, Colin R., II, & John S. Deyell, Nicholas Rhodes and William F. Spengler, The Standard Guide to South Asian Coins and Paper Money since 1556 AD, Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, 1981, 608 pages, inline photos throughout for most types, hardcover. A standard catalogue of coins, banknotes and other paper (cheques, bonds, share certificates, etc.) of India and neighboring states, including Afghanistan, the Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Maldive Islands, Nepal, Pakistan, Portugese India, Ceylon and Tibet. Still a very useful book, especially for pre-1600 coin types and Indian hundi notes, paper currency and stocks.
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Lot 2204

Item 156068
  Coole, Arthur B., Encyclopedia of Chinese Coins (Vols. 1-7), Mission, 1967, Compendium of every illustration of knife, spade & related non-round coins and funeral monies in the available literature up to circa 1970 along with discussions of Seal script, but no numismatic information. Good one-stop source for the researcher, but most collectors will find a simple type/variety catalog more useful. Volume 6 on Ming knives is more comprehensive than any other reference; Volume 3 is useful for spotting odd variants of square-foot late spades and Volume 5 covers interesting "debatable" money items. This ambitious project died with Coole himself and Volume 7 covering pre-T'ang round coinages was completed later, covering about 1900 pieces. This is a complete set of volumes, including the important Bibliography Volume 1, and out-of-print Volume 4, set of 7 books.
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Lot 2205

Item 39360
  Cribb, Joe, Magic Coins of Java, Bali, and the Malay Peninsula, British Museum Press, London, 1999, 288 pages, 80 plates, hardcover. Covering Southeast Asian coinage of the 13th to 20th Centuries, this book describes some outstanding specimens featuring Islamic designs and inscriptions. This work presents the British Museum's collection of 165 coin-shaped charms, most of which were collected in Java by Sir Edmund Raffles. Comparisons are also made with 885 specimens from other collections worldwide.
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Lot 2206

Item 31883
  Cunninghan, A., Coins of Alexander's Successors in the East, Chicago, 1969 (reprint of 1884 original), hardcover, 337 pages, 14 plates, 2 charts, covers Indo-Greek issues of Bactria, Ariana & India.
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Lot 2207

Item 31844
  Deyell, John S., Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India, Delhi, 1990, hardcover, 369 pages, 36 plates, covers coins of the Hindu Shahis, Rajas of Kashmirs, Ghaznavids, Kalachuris, Chaulukyas, Tomaras of Delhi, Ghorids, Khwarizmshahs, Sultans of Bengal, Dehli & Sind.
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Lot 2208

Item 148808
  Grierson, Philip, Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Volume 3 parts I & II, Leo III to Nicephorus III, 717–1081, Washington, 1973 (official reprint 1993), 887 pages, 70 plates, hardcover in two books. This volume's plates provide the best existing collection of numismatic material that any art historian could desire…Grierson has paid much attention to correspondences and comparisons between representations on coins and such other decorations as frescoes, mosaics, manuscripts, etc. In volume three of this series, Part I covers the period between Leo III to Michale III, while Part II covers Bail I to Nicephorus III.
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Lot 2209

Item 155248
  Henderson, J.R., The Coins of Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan, Madras, 1921 (1987 reprint), hardcover, 123 pages, 9 plates, museum-style catalog with numismatic history, fairly comprehensive,and still a useful work with decent quality plates.
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Lot 2210

Item 155247
  Herrli, Hans, The Coins of the Sikhs, Nagpur, 1993, first edition, hardcover, 255 pages, a comprehensive catalog of Sikh coinage with background drawn from a thorough survey of the literature; scholarly, yet very collector-friendly. The type/date catalogue, drawn from public and private collections, is organized by mint and includes transcriped, transliterated & translated legends, with virtually every coin illustrated by superb drawings.
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Lot 2211

Item 148801
  Icard, Severin, Dictionary of Greek Coin Inscriptions, Durst, New York 1979, 563 pages, hardcover. This is the major reference to decipher Greek Coins and determine their city of origin and ruler, even where parts of the legend are missing from the coin. This book gives a 17 page detailed instruction section with advice on how to use the book with the 1000's of coin legends listed, S.
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Lot 2212

Item 148800
  Kent, J.P.C., The Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume X, Spink & Son, Ltd, London 1994, hardcover, 605 pages, 80 plates. Volume X: The Divided Empire and the Fall of the Western Parts. This excellent volume covers the family of Constantine I. It is arranged by mint, so to use it effectively you really need to be able to see the mintmarks on your coins, but it gives good detailed information on production runs, dates, and officinas. It is not perfectly complete, because new coins turn up all the time, but that is true of all reference books. This was the first RIC volume I bought, which is probably why I was so diappointed with Vol V. It is the reference I use for my collection of hut coins of Constans and Constantius II, R.
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Lot 2213

Item 39371
  Kulkarni, Prashant, Coinage of the Bhonsla Rajas of Nagpur, Indian Coin Society, Nagpur, 1990, 261 pages, hardcover. Good historical background covering silver & copper coinage from circa 1730 to the Great Revolt of 185. Excellent chart of mint master marks with photos throughout the book.
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Lot 2214

Item 39425
  Maheshwari, K.K. and Wiggins, Kenneth W., Maratha Mints and Coinage, Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies, Bombay, 1989, 244 pages, softcover. Covers the coinage of the Marathas by providing a historical analysis of the dynasty and its relation to its mints and coins. Includes dozens of photographs and numerous drawings throughout. Covers gold, silver & copper issues of Western, Northern, Central & Southern mints. A good geneology of the rulers, and an excellent chart of the Maratha marks that appear on coins. An outstanding reference for the type collector.
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Lot 2215

Item 31845
  Mitchiner, Michael, The Coinage and History of Southern India: Part I, London, 1998, 280 pages, 22 maps, over 1200 coins catalogued and illustrated with valuations. This is the first part of a two part study of the coinage and history of Southern India and focuses on the history and coinages that circulated in the modern states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Throughout much of the historical period the river Krishna has been a natural boundary, and this is taken as the general northern limit of the study although a few coins from further afield are considered.
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Lot 2216

Item 31846
  Mitchiner, Michael, The Coinage and History of Southern India: Part II, London, 1998, 282 pages, over 1,200 coins catalogued and illustrated with valuations. This is the second part of a two-part study. This part provides a historical survey of the region of the states of Tamilnadu and Kerela and of the coinage that circulated there. A major focus of this study concerns the circulation of local and imported coins during the ancient period. This provides a necessary foundation for establishing the numismatic history of India's far south.
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Lot 2217

Item 124702
  Mitchiner, Michael, Oriental Coins and their Values - Non-Islamic States & Western Colonies AD600-1979, London, 1979, 640 pages, with nearly every type photographed, hardcover. More than 4750 coins catalogued with photos: 1) India from the fall of the Guptas through rise of Islam, 2) Colonial & modern India & Ceylon, 3) Nepal, Assam, Tripura, Arakan, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Malay peninsula & Indonesia 600 AD to present, 4) (less useful) China, Japan, Annam & Korea from T'ang to present. Dynastic tables, historical background. Rendering in original script with translation for most coins. The India section alone is worth the price. Important listings of Southeast Asian odd & curious items. His catalog numbers are widely used and this is still an important reference.
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Lot 2218

Item 124701
  Mitchiner, Michael, Oriental Coins and their Values - The World of Islam, London, 1977, 503 pages, with nearly every type photographed, hardcover. An in-depth survey (4011 listings) of Islamic coins from Spain through India to Indonesia with weights, transcription and translation of legends, a widely-used numbering system, convenient side-by-side catalogue and plates, and values. Historical background and useful dynastic lists for each series. Extensive mint listing. Contents in English & Arabic.
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Lot 2219

Item 148803
  Nercessian, Y.T., Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 8, Los Angeles, 1995, 254 pages, 48 plates. The primary reference on ancient and Armenian Cilicia n coins from 260 B.C. to 1375 A.D.
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Lot 2220

Item 39376
  Plant, Richard, Arabic Coins and How to Read Them, Spink, New York, 2000, reprint of 1973 original, 150 pages, no plates, softcover. Useful for the beginning collector of Islamic coins. Shows how to read dates and mints in Kufic and modern Arabic script with a good vocabulary of words found on Islamic coins. Tests given at end of each chapter.
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Lot 2221

Item 148807
  Ratto, R., Monnaies Byzantines et D'Autres Pays Contemporaines a L'Epoque Byzantine, Lugano, 1930 (reprint by J. Schulman 1974), Auction catalogue of 9 December, 1930, 151 text pages, 68 plates, hardcover, French text. Italian dealer Rodolfo Ratto held a large public auction of entirely Byzantine Coins in December of 1930. It is a splendid 151 page catalogue containing 2,701 single lots with about 80% of them illustrated on 68 excellent plates. Because of the Depression, the sale actually didn't do so well (with many of the individual lots sold in groups), but it has since been utilized as a major reference due to the enormous scope of the collection (including Barbarian, Papal, Early Medieval and Crusader issues).
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Lot 2222

Item 156070
  Rodgers, Chas. J., Catalogue of the Coins in the Government Museum, Lahore, Calcutta, 1891, this is an original printing with new binding, 149 pages, plus 29 page supplement. Includes an eclectic mix of types from Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian, Gupta, Amirs of Sind, Ghaznavid, Hindu & Islamic Kashmir, Delhi Sultans, Bengal Sultans, Juanpur, Bahmanid, Malwa, Kangra, Mughal, and European coins, an interested and rare original printing.
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Lot 2223

Item 124711
  Sear, David R., Greek Coins and their Values: Volumes 1 & 2, Volume 1. Europe, B. A. Seaby, Ltd., London, 1978, 316 pages, photos throughout, hardcover with dust jacket. Introduction to Ancient Greek coinage of Europe, including Spain, Gaul, Britain, Celtic coinage of central Europe and Asia Minor, Italy, Sicily, Northern Greece, Illyria and Central Greece, Peloponnesos, the Cyclades and Crete. There is a brief account of the history and development of coinage, sections on general coin types, weight standards and denominations, dating, reference books and ancient alphabets, as well as several useful maps. Includes 3,395 coins and 1500 illustrations

Volume 2. Asia & Africa, B. A. Seaby, Ltd., London, 1979, 762 pages, photos throughout, hardcover with dust jacket. Introduction to Ancient Greek coinage of Asia and Africa, including Asia Minor, the East, Egypt and North Africa, and the Hellenistic monarchies. There is a brief account of the history and development of Greek coinage, sections on coin types, weight standards and denominations, dating, reference books, and ancient alphabets, as well as many maps and a glossary. Includes over 4000 coins and nearly 2000 photographs, minor bit of tape on spine

two volumes.
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Lot 2224

Item 148802
  Sear, David, Roman Coins and their Values, Volumes 1 & 2, Spink, London, 2000, 532 pages, hardcover. The Millennium Edition. Volume I: The Republic and the twelve Caesars 280 BC - AD 96. The catalogue entries have been expanded to include a virtuallly complete listing of the entire Roman Republican series, as well as more comprehensive coverage of the much larger and more complex Imperial series. Greater emphasis is now placed on the precise Chronology and place of mintage of each type. This first volume covers a period of approximately 375 years, from the origins of the Roman coinage in the Republican period, in the opening decades of the 3rd century BC, down to the violent end of the second Imperial dynasty, the Flavian, in AD96

Spink, London, 2002, 696 pages, hardcover. The Millennium Edition. Volume II: The Accession of Nerva to the overthrow of the Severan dynasty AD 96 - AD 235. Cross references are made to other standard works, such as RIC (Roman Imperial Coins), the BMCRE (British Museum Collection, Roman Empire), RSC (Roman Silver Coins--which uses Cohen numbers) and Hill. Unlike RIC or BMC, each coin is given a unique Sear number, from 1-12,432. Thus, there is never any confusion as to which number refers to which coin. Representative coins are illustrated in actual size by high-quality black and white photographs and sprinkled liberally throughout the listings. About four coin illustrations per page is typical

two volumes.
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Lot 2225

Item 148799
  Singh, Saran, Encyclopedia of the Coins of Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei, 1400-1967, Kuala Lumpur, 1996, Second Edition, 604 pages, hardcover with 23 page Price Guide (1997). Informative, comprehensive catalog of early, native, colonial, and token coinage of the region. Port. Malacca, Perak tin ingots, tampangs, and animal money, Brunei iron strips, counterfeits, local tokens, tin copies of Chinese cash, etc. Many new types and better layout than 1986 ed., though weaker photos. Far better coverage of Native Malay than Krause.
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Lot 2226

Item 156069
  Valentine, W. H., The Copper Coins of India: Part 1 & II, London, 1914; these are the original printings, 266 pages with plates throughout, hardcover with gold lettering. Still a good reference on North Indian copper of Native State & East India Co. period. Excellent line drawings with legends transliterated. Even with Krause and Mitchiner, this is still useful and Valentine's sometimes referenced, lot of 2 books.
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Lot 2227

Item 124696
  Valentine, W. H., Modern Copper Coins of the Muhammadan States, Originally published by Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1911 (reprinted by Spink and Son, Ltd and Organisation of International Numismatics, London, 1969). Excellent overview of copper coinage of Islamic world, medieval to modern. Includes Ottoman Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Tripoli (Libya), Morocco, East Africa, Arabia, Crimea/Gerai Khans, Caucasia/Panahabad/Shusha, Georgia, Persia/Iran/Iraq, Afghanistan and Chinese Turkestan. Historical overview, maps. Full legends written out, transliterated and translated. Includes lists of rulers, Georgian numerals and alphabet, minor damage to spine.
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Lot 2228

Item 39446
  Valentine, W.H., Copper Coins of India Parts 1 and 2, Originally published by Spink & Son, Ltd, London, 1914 (reprint 1971), 266 pages. A reprint of the original handwritten 1914 edition, this book serves as a handy reference guide for the copper coins of India. Includes dozens of drawings and line art, some weakness in spine.
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Lot 2229

Item 148806
  Vanaja, R., Indian Coinage, New Delhi, 1983, Delhi Museum Catalogue, 115 pages with plates throughout, softcover. Well-illustrated introduction to Indian coinage through the Colonial period. 200 front & back (mostly enlarged) photos plus 8 color plates of gold serve as an attribution guide and illustrate some important rarities in the Delhi Museum. Well-printed, fair to good plates.
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Lot 2230

Item 148804
  Webb, W. W., Currency of the Hindu States of Rajputana, Westminster, 1893 original printing, 156 pages, 12 plates, hardcover. Account of 21 north-central Indian states, their coinage & mints with decent type catalog, written while the native mints were still operating. Excellent woodcut illos., showing full dies for many with translation of legends.
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Lot 2231

Item 139196
  Gupta, P.L. & Hardaker, T., Ancient Indian Silver Punchmarked Coins of the Maghada-Maurya Series, Bombay, 1985, 117 pages, 8 plates, softcover. Historical and numismatic background, plus standard catalog on the late series karshapanas. Alphabetical and symbol indexes serve as attribution guides. A wonderful work on this series. Difficult to find and in strong demand, ex. John Page Collection.
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Lot 2232

Item 139974
  Krause, Chester L. & Mishler, Clifford, Standard Catalog of World Coins - Deluxe (19th) ANA Centennial Edition, Iola, 1991, Krause Publications, Volumes I & II, 3008 pages, photos of most types, hardcover, with slip cover. Over 43,000 photos and over 80,000 coin listings. Volume One covers the introduction on how to use the books and listings from Afghanistan through India. Volume Two covers India through Zimbabwe. The books cover a period of 200 years and maintain their integrity throughout the world as the "tool of the industry" and "bible of modern numismatics". Invaluable in understanding the dating systems of many different countries and languages with instant coin identifier illustrations.
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Lot 2233

Item 139999
  Lane-Poole, Stanley, The Coins of the Moghul Emperors of Hindustan in the British Museum, New Delhi, 1983 (reprint of 1892 original), 399 pages, 33 plates, hardcover with dust jacket. Still a useful reference.
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Lot 2234

Item 139199
  Mitchiner, Michael, Oriental Coins and their Values - The Ancient and Classical World, 600 B.C. - A.D. 650, London, 1978, 760 pages, with nearly every type photographed, hardcover. A collection of over 5500 ancient and classical Oriental coins. Every piece is photographed, and many legends are written out. Fantastic collection. The entire ancient world, except Europe, in one volume: Origins of Western coinage, ancient Middle eastern series, Indo-Greek, Kushan, punchmark series, Tribal & later Indian, pre-T'ang China. Extensive historical & numismatic background on all series. Detailed listings with weights, transcription & translation of all legends, convenient format with listings & photo plates side by side. Mitchiner numbers are widely used and this is still an important reference.
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Lot 2235

Item 139201
  Rajgor, Dilip, Standard Catalogue of Sultanate Coins of India, Bombay, 1991, 230 pages wih photos and line drawings throughout. A pioneering work on Delhi, Bengal & other Sultanates, now superceded by Goron & Goenka, this is a well used copy, but still intact.
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Lot 2236

Item 140001
  Tye, Robert, Jitals, South Uist, 1995, 183 pages with superb line drawings by Monica Tye throughout, hardcover. The "penny" of Afghanistan & India, issued by 20+ dynasties from ca. 750-1500 AD; the "bull & horseman" coins and their varied progeny Catalog (1,000 varieties) with coin descriptions, attributions, and lovely, numbered line illustrations interwoven with a footnoted, Illustrated narrative on political and numismatic history, with maps, charts, an attribution guide, listing of legends. The standard work and hard to find.
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Lot 2237

Item 139989
  Whitehead, R.B., Indo-Greek Numismatics, Chicago, 1970, 150 pages, 8 plates, hardcover. Four articles written by the author between 1923-1950.
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