ROMAN. Roman Provincial Coinage, Volume IX (Parts I and II) AD 249 to 254, Part I: Introduction and Catalogue; Part II: Indexes, Maps and Plates. Antony Hostein and J?r?me Mairat, commenced by E. Levante. London and Paris, The British Museum and Biblioth?que nationale de France (BnF ?ditions), 2016. Two volumes complete. Large 4to, publisher?s red cloth with white titles, co-published by British Museum Press and BnF. Part I sets out the historical background for the mid-third century issues, with clear discussion of the emperors and imperial family, reverse types and legends, and the currency and denomination structure, then follows with a careful city-by-city catalogue for Trajan Decius through Uranius Antoninus across Moesia, Dacia, Thrace, Asia Minor, the Levant, Arabia and Egypt, with full types, legends, denominations and concordances throughout. Part II brings together the working tools, extensive indexes (cities, persons, Latin and Greek legends, imperial names and titles, types and countermarks with GIC cross-references), regional maps, and a large sequence of sharp plates for quick checking and confident attribution. Exceptionally fresh set, close to new, with clean bright pages, tight square bindings, and spotless cloth, housed together in a clean protective box cover.

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