ROMAN. Coins in History: A Survey of the Coinage from the Reform of Diocletian to the Latin Monetary Union. (Putnam, 1969). Hardcover, 251 pages. A broad and readable historical survey tracing the development of coinage from the reforms of Diocletian through the medieval and early modern periods to the age of national currencies, concluding with the nineteenth century Latin Monetary Union. Particularly useful for the way it treats coinage not simply as a series of types, but as evidence for political change, trade, monetary policy, and the wider economic history of the societies that produced it. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; 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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