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The Cistophori of Augustus. C. H. V. Sutherland (London, Royal Numismatic Society, 1970). RNS Special Publication No. 5, 132 pages with 36 fine plates, red cloth with dust jacket. A compact but important specialist study of the Augustan cistophori, clearly laying out the series in a form that remains highly practical for attribution and close comparison, with excellent plates that make the checking of types, varieties, and related issues...

The Normanby Hoard and Other Roman Coin Hoards (Coin Hoards from Roman Britain, 8). Roger Bland and Andrew Burnett (eds.) (London, British Museum, 1988). Quarto, 238 pages with 40 plates of coins, in original red boards with gilt and dust jacket. A significant hoard publication and an important volume in the Coin Hoards from Roman Britain series, presenting the Normanby material alongside other major finds in a format intended for serious...

Roman Coins from the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Western Empire. Harold Mattingly (London, Methuen, 1967 reprint of the 1928 original). 300 pages with 64 plates, black cloth with dust jacket. A solid and well written survey of Roman Republican and Imperial coinage by one of the leading scholars behind both the British Museum catalogues and the RIC tradition, offering a clear and readable account of how coinage fits within the wider...

Coinage and History of the Roman Empire, c82 B.C. to A.D. 480, David L. Vagi, complete two-volume set, Volume One (History) and Volume Two (Coinage), a major illustrated reference of about 1,294 pages that follows the 550 year span from the late Republic through the Western Empire, structured into twelve clear epochs, each introduced with a concise historical and social overview, then supported by an extensive numismatic section with...

Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum (BMCRE). Harold Mattingly (London, reprint set issued 1965?1976). Complete set, 6 parts in 8 volumes, full cloth with dust jackets. An excellent reprint of one of the most important public collection catalogues of Roman imperial coinage, covering the series from Augustus to Balbinus and Pupienus, valued not only for its detailed listings and plates but also for the substantial historical and...

Catalogue des Monnaies de l?Empire Romain, I, Auguste. J. B. Giard (Paris, Bibliotheque nationale, 1976, first edition). 258 pages with 75 plates, cataloguing 1,819 coins and noting 21 modern forgeries, arranged chronologically by mint and supported by a highly useful dating table by year, tribunician year, consulship, imperatorial and related titles, tied to key historical events, making it an especially practical reference for precise...

The Monuments of Ancient Rome as Coin Types. Philip V. Hill (London, Seaby, 1989, first edition). Hardcover with dust jacket, 145 pages, richly illustrated in black and white with 203 coin illustrations, 35 topographical illustrations, and two maps. A focused and highly practical study linking Roman coin reverse types to the monuments they represent, especially useful for identifying architectural subjects on coins and for placing them within...

Roman Coins (The World of Numismatics, Volume 3). C. H. V. Sutherland (Barrie & Jenkins, and Putnam, New York, 1974, first edition). Hardcover, 311 pages, illustrated throughout with 572 exceptional photographs, most enlarged and many in colour. A handsome and highly useful survey of Roman coinage, placing the series within its wider historical setting while providing an unusually rich visual record for identification, comparison, and...

The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins: A Complete Guide to the History, Types and Values of Roman Imperial Coinage. David Van Meter, Ph.D. (first published 1991). A collector?s favourite and long out of print, HRIC is a genuinely practical one volume reference, combining readable introductory chapters with a substantial catalogue section covering 8,160 types and major varieties, supported by more than 1,000 photographs. Especially useful for...

Munzpragung und Munzbildnis des Claudius. H. M. von Kaenel (Berlin, 1986). Folio, 284 pages with 55 plates. A detailed and important specialist study of the coinage and portraiture of Emperor Claudius, using numismatic evidence to trace the development of his official image across issues and mints, and supported by strong plate material that makes the volume especially useful for close comparison, attribution, and further research. Covers...

The Dating and Arrangement of the Undated Coins of Rome A.D. 98?114. Philip V. Hill, with a foreword by C. H. V. Sutherland (London, Spink, 1970). 215 pages, with two fine collotype plates, red cloth in dust jacket, with a previous owner?s bookplate on the front pastedown. A highly regarded specialist study tackling one of the practical challenges of early Trajanic numismatics, the systematic dating and ordering of issues that are not...

Le monnayage de bronze de Postume. P. Bastien (Wetteren, 1967). Hardcover, 239 pages with 66 plates. A rare and important specialist study of the bronze coinage of Postumus, long valued as a practical reference for attribution and comparison, with strong plate coverage that makes it especially useful for checking types, varieties, and fabric across this major Gallic Empire series. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing...