Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1691. Estimate $75.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $86. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vagi, David. Coinage and History of the Roman Empire. (Sydney, OH, 1999). 1,296 pp. of text in 2 vols. with coins illustrated; maps and line drawings; hardbound in dj. Covers the history of Rome, from the rise of the dictator Sulla through the establishment of the Ostrogoths in Italy, and re-examines in catalog-form the numismatic material for it. Also includes provincial coinages in the catalog, as well as the important Festival of Isis issues, and is cross-referenced to RIC and RPC. An essential general reference for the Roman numismatist . New condition, dust jacket in dust jacket cover.