ROMAN. Records of Roman History, from Cnaeus Pompeius to Tiberius Constantinus, as Exhibited on the Roman Coins. Francis Hobler (Westminster, John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1860). Complete original two-volume set. An early, ambitious numismatic history by the former Secretary of the Numismatic Society of London, presenting Roman history through coin types, legends, and iconography, beginning with Pompey and continuing through the imperial period into the early Byzantine era, with the second volume carrying the later reigns and including substantial coverage for Antoninus Pius within the overall sequence. Both volumes retain, laid in, the original Spink and Son Ltd. publisher?s prospectus for The Roman Imperial Coinage (Mattingly and Sydenham), listing the early volumes with period publication details and prices for ?sewed? and ?bound? copies, and including contemporary endorsements by Sir George Macdonald and Sir George Hill. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, covers are good for the age and years of use, overall VG from many years of use, an exceptionally scarce set to find complete in the original 1860 edition and seldom encountered on the market. 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.

Estimate: AUD 1000