ROMAN. The Cunetio Treasure: Roman Coinage of the Third Century A.D. E. M. Besly and Roger Bland, with contributions by Ian Carradice and Christopher Gingell, foreword by Robert Carson (British Museum Publications, 1983). Large format quarto, approximately 210 ? 275 mm, black cloth with gilt lettered spine, in the original black dust jacket, 199 pages of text with 40 black and white plates. The standard publication of the Cunetio Hoard, recording 54,951 coins, the largest Roman coin hoard found in Britain, and a major reference for the coinage of the third century A.D., combining a detailed catalogue of the find with illustrations of more than a thousand coins and substantial introductory discussion of the archaeological background, comparisons with other third century hoards, and important observations on mints and the sequence of issues. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; fore edge a little grubby and the dust jacket with handling wear and moderate shelf and edge wear, but overall the book is in VG condition, internally clean and soundly bound. 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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