ROMAN. Catalogue des Monnaies de l?Empire Romain, I, Auguste. J. B. Giard (Paris, Bibliotheque nationale, 1976, first edition). 258 pages with 75 plates, cataloguing 1,819 coins and noting 21 modern forgeries, arranged chronologically by mint and supported by a highly useful dating table by year, tribunician year, consulship, imperatorial and related titles, tied to key historical events, making it an especially practical reference for precise Augustan chronology and mint by mint attribution. A serious and well structured scholarly work, long valued for the clarity of its organisation and its usefulness at the desk for close cataloguing and chronological study. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; bump to the top of the spine, previous owner?s signature on the front free endpaper, and with the author?s compliments slip present, overall the book is in VG condition. 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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