ROMAN. Roman coins and Roman reference. A useful and well chosen group of Roman numismatic references, bringing together introductory, historical, biographical, and dictionary style works that remain practical for everyday consultation. Included are: (1) Roman Provincial Coins: An Introduction to the Greek Imperials, Kevin Butcher (London, Seaby, 1988), 138 pages with 8 plates, maps, and line drawings, a handy and now out of print introduction to Roman provincial coinage; (2) Roman History from Coins: Some Uses of the Imperial Coinage to the Historian, Michael Grant (1968), paperback with plates, a clear and readable guide to the use of coins as historical evidence; (3) Who Was Who in the Roman World, 753 B.C. to A.D. 476, Diana Bowder (Oxford, Phaidon Press, 1980, first edition), hardcover, a useful biographical desk reference for the wider Roman world; (4) A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins, John Melville-Jones, a practical dictionary style handbook for types, terms, and basic Roman coinage study; and (5) Historical Roman Coins, G. F. Hill, a classic older survey linking Roman history with coin types. An unusually strong mixed lot, with each volume useful in its own right and together forming a convenient working group for collectors, students, and cataloguers. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; overall the books are in VG condition. 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.

Estimate: AUD 250