ROMAN. Corpus Nummorum Romanorum, 17-volume set. A. Banti and L. Simonetti (Florence, 1972?1978). Large format (19.5 ? 27 cm), bilingual Italian and English, bound in matching green cloth, a substantial catalogue-style Roman coin reference run assembled as a working corpus and impressive to find together as a shelf set. Volumes present as: Vol. 1 (1972, xi + 313 pages), Vol. 2 (1973, vii + 324), Vol. 3 (1973, viii + 282), Vol. 4 (1974, viii + 307), Vol. 5 (1974, viii + 328), Vol. 6 (1974, viii + 277), Vol. 7 (1975, viii + 340), Vol. 8 (1975, viii + 329), Vol. 9 (1976, viii + 319), Vol. 10 (1976, viii + 307), Vol. 11 (1976, viii + 338, with the last two pages torn), Vol. 12 (1976, viii + 332), Vol. 13 (1977, viii + 304), Vol. 14 (1977, viii + 332), Vol. 15 (1977, viii + 344), Vol. 16 (1978, viii + 339), Vol. 17 (1978, viii + 283). Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, some foxing to page edges and peripheral toning to some leaves, cloth bindings lightly used with a little fading to a few volumes, cover is good for the age and years of use, overall VG from many years of use. From the personal reference library of David Allen, used for many years as a long term reference for research, attribution, and catalogue work.

Estimate: AUD 1000