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Roman Coins and Their Values by David R. Sear
2004 reprint without changes of the 1988
Edition. Hardbound with dust jacket. 400 pages, 12 plates. Introduction, history,
illustrations, maps, values, index. Over 4,300 coins listed. This book covers, in one
handy volume, coins of the Roman Empire from its humble beginning in the 3rd century BC,
through her glory days as an Empire to her decline and eventual replacement in the 5th
century AD by the Byzantine Empire. The best selling book of all time on ancient
numismatics.
4th Revised Edition. Spink 1988. 400 pages, 12 plates. Valuations in £.
Hardbound with dust jacket. The original edition of Sears Roman Coins and Their Values
was published by Seaby thirty-six years ago and has been through three revisions (1970,
1974, and 1981). This edition is a reprint of the 1988 Seaby's version. The only
one-volume priced guide to the coinage of Republican and Imperial Rome. It is an
indispensable listing of all major types of gold, silver and bronze, issued over some
seven hundred and fifty years by the greatest militaristic state the world has ever known.
Over 4,300 coins are included with detailed description and valuations and all major and
minor personalities are listed by means of their portrait coins. This fourth revised
edition takes notice under the Republic of recent work in the field, especially that of
Professor Michael Crawford. In the Imperial period, essential new references that have
appeared since the previous edition are all incorporated, for example Dr. J. P. C. Kent's
magisterial volume Roman Imperial Coinage VIII, and the late Dr. C. H. V. Sutherland's
extensive revision of Roman Imperial Coinage I. The introductory material on
denominations, reverse types, mints, mintmarks and dating presents a useful background, as
do the succinct biographical details that precede the listing of coins issued by emperors
and members of the imperial family. Previous editions have been acknowledged by
collectors, Roman historians and scholars alike as the most useful single volume reference
work in the field. With 12 plates, over 900 photos in the text and a map. ISBN:
0713478233. NEW. |
