ROMAN. Women of the Caesars: Their Lives and Portraits on Coins. Giorgio Giacosa, translated by R. Ross Holloway (Milan, Edizioni Arte e Moneta, 1977, first edition). Hardcover in blue cloth with pictorial dust jacket, 127 pages, with 71 high quality plates (many by Max Hirmer, several in colour) and seven genealogical charts, housed in the publisher?s slipcase. A handsome, well produced study that brings together concise biographical portraits of the imperial women with a strong visual record of their coinage, showing how empresses and female members of the ruling house were presented to the public through official portraiture and titulature, and how these images evolved across dynasties and political circumstances. Particularly useful as an attribution and context guide for collectors, it links the coins directly to the lives, marriages, and family networks of the court, with the genealogical charts clarifying relationships and successions while the plates provide excellent comparative material for identifying portraits and types. Paper cover with light wear and shelf dust, original book cover is in great condition, overall VG from many years of use. 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 150