ROMAN. A Descriptive Catalogue of Rare and Unedited Roman Coins, from the Earliest Period of the Roman Coinage, to the Extinction of the Empire under Constantinus Paleologos, James Yonge Akerman, complete two-volume first edition, London, Effingham Wilson (Royal Exchange), 1834, 8vo, collated pp. [2], xxi, [1], 506 and [2], 512, with engraved vignette title pages and complete with 22 engraved plates drawn and engraved by Henry A. Ogg, a desirable early Victorian Roman-coin reference compiled by one of the key figures in British numismatics, later closely associated with the Numismatic Society and the Society of Antiquaries, and still cited for its early documentation of scarcer and then little-published varieties. Uniformly bound in matching half leather hardback with gilt-lettered spine labels, firm and square with strong joints, showing honest signs of use and handling, contents evenly toned, a small old now faded stain to a few pages in Volume II and an early owner name to the endpapers, not ex-library, 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. and overall a very good, solid set.

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