ROMAN. Roman Bronze Coins (covering the seventy-year transition from Diocletian?s reform era to Constantine?s long rule). A practical, single-volume guide that uses late Roman bronze coinage to trace the visible shift from pagan iconography to increasingly prominent Christian symbols as the new religion became embedded in state life. Opening with Diocletian?s empire-wide coin reform and his failed attempt at price controls, it moves into the fourth century and shows how the restructured imperial system set the stage for Constantine the Great and the Christian transformation. Designed for hands-on attribution, it offers multiple pathways for identifying and cataloging coins, including charts to separate rulers and personages with shared names and titles, tools for working from reverse legends or reverse scenes (with a thematic iconography section), notes on expanded reverse varieties marked by an asterisk before the catalogue number, and detailed guidance for dating by mint and control marks (exergue and field), with commentary on the possible meaning of letters and symbols and mint-by-mint pages that narrow issues by process of elimination. A historical framework links dated issues to events via an opening history chapter, while Appendix A provides a ready Coin Attribute Reference Chart for dates, names, denominations, weights, and related identifiers. High quality example. Paper cover with tiny tears, original book cover 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.

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