ROMAN. Coin Hoards from Roman Britain, British Museum (Andrew M. Burnett, Roger F. Bland, et al.), set of six volumes comprising Volumes III, IV, II, VII, VI and V (London, 1981 to 1987), around 1,000 pages in total, published in the British Museum Occasional Paper sequence (including Nos. 31, 33, 43, 54, 58 and 59), each in grey card covers with cloth spines and illustrated with halftone plates, presenting full hoard inventories with concise commentary that underpin the study of Romano British coin circulation and deposition. Volume II is iv + 121 pages, Volume III is Bland?s dedicated study of the Blackmoor Hoard with 115 pages plus 10 plates, and Volume IV publishes 57 hoards, most found within the previous decade, with detailed listings and discussion. Volume V runs to iv + 150 pages, while Volumes VI and VII extend the run into the later period, with VI at 186 pages and VII at 208 pages, the latter including a broad set of papers focused on 4th and early 5th century hoards from multiple counties. VF, with clear signs of use and handling to the paper covers, but the interiors remain very well preserved overall. 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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