ROMAN. Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, Volumes I?II. H. A. Grueber (London, British Museum, 1910). Quarto. Volume I covers Aes Rude, Aes Signatum, Aes Grave, and the coinage of Rome from 268 B.C.; Volume II covers the coinages of Rome, Roman Campania, Italy, the Social War, and the provinces. The time-honoured classic British Museum corpus for Republican coinage, valued for its careful organisation and the quality of the original collotype plates, and still regularly cited in serious catalogue work. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, Volume I in original half morocco, Volume II in later cloth, top edge gilt, cover is good for the age and years of use, 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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