ROMAN. Roman Provincial Coinage, Volume I (Parts I and II) From the Death of Caesar to the Death of Vitellius (44 BC to AD 69). Andrew Burnett, Michel Amandry, Pere Pau Ripolles. London and Paris, British Museum Press and Biblioth?que nationale de France, 1992, reprinted with corrections 1998. Two volumes complete. Large 4to, original gilt-lettered cloth, in the publisher?s protective box. The standard reference for early Roman provincial coinage, covering issues from more than 400 cities across the Roman world and recording over 15,000 coins in more than 5,000 types. Volume I provides the historical and technical framework (authority, magistrates, production, circulation, denominations, designs, and imperial portraiture) followed by a geographically arranged catalogue with full attributions, dates, legends, and concordances; Volume II offers detailed indices (cities, rulers, officials, legends, names, types, countermarks) and a substantial series of plates for dependable identification and typological comparison. A major work of scholarship and a core library set for collectors and researchers. Beautifully preserved, close to new, with firm bindings, bright gilt, and clean pages

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