BYZANTINE. Byzantine numismatics group lot of 4 books, spanning a very broad sweep of the Eastern Empire from the age of Constantine to the late Palaeologan period. A strong and useful working group bringing together studies of excavation material, mint structure, reform coinage, and late Byzantine billon, and together offering practical value for attribution, chronology, and research across a remarkably wide span of the Byzantine series. Included are: (1) Byzantine Coins, George E. Bates, Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, a useful study volume connecting the Sardis excavations with the Byzantine coin material; (2) Moneta Imperii Byzantini, Part I, Robert Gobl (Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1973), the important tabular reconstruction of mint structure, designed for systematic reference and chronological work across the Byzantine coinage; (3) The Pattern of Bronze Coinage under Constantine I, J. P. C. Kent, Doris Stockwell Memorial Papers No. 3, reprinted from the Numismatic Chronicle (1957), a classic focused study of the reform era bronze patterns and their organisation; and (4) The Billon Trachea of Michael VIII Palaeologos, 1258-1282, S. Bendall and P. J. Donald (A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd.), a specialised handbook on the principal billon trachy issues of the restored empire. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; overall the books are 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.

Estimate: AUD 150