ROMAN. Coinage and Money under the Roman Republic: Italy and the Mediterranean Economy. Michael H. Crawford (Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1992, first edition). A major synthesis by one of the leading authorities on Roman Republican numismatics, examining coinage not simply as a sequence of types but as an economic and political instrument within the wider Mediterranean world, with particular attention to how monetary practice developed in Italy and interacted with trade, state finance, warfare, and expansion. Illustrated in black and white throughout, the book links the evidence of coin production, circulation, and monetary policy to broader questions of republican administration and economic change, making it an essential contextual companion to Crawford?s type based reference work and a valuable read for collectors and scholars who want to understand what Roman money was doing in the economy, not just what it looked like. Paper cover with light wear and shelf dust, dust jacket lightly rubbed and creased, original book cover is in great condition, overall VG from many years of use. From the personal reference library of David Allen, a well known numismatist, formed over more than 50 years and used as a long term reference for research, attribution, and catalogue work.

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