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Le preziose patine dei sesterzi di Roma imperiale (The Superb Patinas of the Sestertii of Imperial Rome). Elio Biaggi (Italy, 1992). Large format colour plate book, 300 pages illustrating 735 Roman sestertii in full colour, bilingual in Italian and English, hardbound in black leatherette with slipcase. A striking and highly useful visual reference devoted to the remarkable patinas found on Roman imperial sestertii, illustrating the full range...

Coins in History: A Survey of the Coinage from the Reform of Diocletian to the Latin Monetary Union. (Putnam, 1969). Hardcover, 251 pages. A broad and readable historical survey tracing the development of coinage from the reforms of Diocletian through the medieval and early modern periods to the age of national currencies, concluding with the nineteenth century Latin Monetary Union. Particularly useful for the way it treats coinage not simply...

The Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC), Volume VII: Constantine I and Licinius, A.D. 313?337. P. M. Bruun, with C. H. V. Sutherland and R. A. G. Carson as editors (1972 reprint of the 1966 edition). Hardcover in green cloth, xxxi, 778 pages plus 24 plates. The standard worldwide reference for the coinage of Constantine I and Licinius, presenting the imperial issues classified by mint and chronology, and providing the structural framework used by...

The Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume VIII: The Family of Constantine I. J. P. C. Kent (London, Spink & Son Ltd., 1981). A key late-volume RIC reference and the first comprehensive study of the coinage of the House of Constantine, covering a decisive phase in which the late empire?s monetary system moves away from the older base billon tradition, with important discussion of mint marks, officina organisation, and the experimentation in...

Western and Provincial Byzantine Coins: Vandals, Ostrogoths, Lombards and the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond. (1966 reprint). 344 pages with introduction and 43 plates. A practical and long valued handbook devoted to the western and provincial issues of the Byzantine and post Roman world, covering the Vandal, Ostrogothic, and Lombard series together with the successor empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea, and Trebizond. Especially...

Byzantine Coins and Their Values, 2nd edition. David R. Sear (1987). Hardcover. A widely used and highly practical one volume catalogue covering Byzantine coinage from Anastasius I, A.D. 491-518, to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, listing and valuing more than 2,250 coins in gold, silver, and bronze and illustrated with over 600 photographs. An especially useful working reference for collectors, dealers, and cataloguers, offering broad...

Byzantine Coins: The World of Numismatics. P. D. Whiting (New York, G. P. Putnam?s Sons, 1973, first United States publication). 311 pages, with full page plates throughout, many in colour, published in the World of Numismatics series, with appendix and extensive index. A well illustrated and accessible survey of Byzantine coinage, offering a clear introduction to the series through strong photography and practical commentary, and...

Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Vols. I-III (in five parts), together with Coinage and Money in the Byzantine Empire 1081-1261. Alfred R. Bellinger and Philip Grierson (eds.), Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., 1966-1969, with Michael F. Hendy (Dumbarton Oaks, 1969). Complete six-volume folio set in the original...

Byzantine Coins & Their Values by David Sear, Pub by Seaby 1987, reprinted 2006, 526 pgs. Lists & describes 2645 coins with high percentage photographed. Also includes photos of 93 forged Byzantine coins. Still the standard catalogue even if prices are somewhat out of date! New.
Estimate A$100

Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits, Fakes, Forgeries and Facsimiles, A.D. 600-1066 by Tony Abramson. A major specialised reference devoted to counterfeit, copied, replicated and forged coinage of the Anglo-Saxon period, covering material from contemporary imitative pieces through to later replicas and modern fakes. Fully illustrated with more than 3,000 images, the work examines the types, styles and inspirations behind this important and often...

A Survey of Primitive Money: The Beginnings of Currency. A. Hingston Quiggin. Ocala, Florida, First Impressions Printing, 1992 reprint of the Methuen (London) 1949 first edition. 8vo, textured cream printed wraps, illustrated throughout with in-text figures by Daphne Kennett, 34 monochrome plates, and 4 folding maps, with a foreword by Charles J. Opitz and the original introduction by A.C. Haddon retained. A classic study of ?odd and curious...

Monumental Coins: Buildings and Structures on Ancient Coinage. Marvin Tameanko (KP Books, 1999). Hardcover, 247 pages. A richly illustrated thematic reference exploring ancient coin types that depict architecture and the built environment, from temples, shrines, arches, gates, and city walls to public buildings and commemorative structures, bringing together clear photographs and supporting line drawings that make the designs easy to study...