BYZANTINE. Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: From Arcadius and Honorius to the Accession of Anastasius (Dumbarton Oaks Collection Series). Philip Grierson and Melinda Mays (Washington, D.C., Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1992). Large 4to (28.5 cm), xv, 499 pp. A major institutional catalogue and the first fully illustrated presentation of the Dumbarton Oaks holdings of late Roman and early Byzantine imperial coinage for the period from Arcadius and Honorius through to the accession of Anastasius, published in the established Dumbarton Oaks series format and intended as a working reference for scholarship and attribution. The volume opens with a substantial introduction that sets the coinage in context, treating the historical development of the issues and providing clear guidance on iconography, mint organization, and the monetary system, followed by the fully illustrated catalogue entries that make the collection especially useful for comparative study, die and type checking, and precise identification across mints and reigns during a complex transitional era. Paper cover with tiny tears, original book cover is 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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