ROMAN. Roman Provincial Coinage, Volume II (Parts I and II). Andrew Burnett, Michel Amandry and Ian Carradice. London and Paris, British Museum Press and Biblioth?que nationale de France, 1999. Two volumes complete. Large 4to, publisher?s teal cloth with silver-gilt titles, in the publisher?s protective box. Covers the provincial coinage of Vespasian through Domitian (AD 69 to 96). Part I opens with substantial chapters on authority and magistrates, production and circulation, denominations, designs and legends, and the emperors and imperial family, followed by a geographically arranged catalogue ranging from Crete and Greece through Macedonia and Thrace, the Black Sea, Asia Minor, Cyprus, Syria, Nabataea, Judaea, and Alexandria and its nomes, with provision for uncertain issues; entries give full catalogue numbering, dates, denominations, legends, and types. Part II supplies the full working apparatus, including detailed indices (cities, rulers, officials, portraits, Latin and Greek legends, names and titles, types, countermarks) and a large sequence of plates for quick checking and close comparison. A handsome set, very fresh and clean, with tight bindings, crisp cloth, bright titles, and the box keeping both volumes in excellent order.

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