Volumes 1 and 2 of Important MIB

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1696. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[MIB] Hahn, Wolfgang. Moneta Imperii Byzantini. (Wien (Vienna), 1973 and 1975). 287 pp. of text in 2 vols. and 82 plates of coins illustrated, with introduction, tables, and indices; hardbound with dj. The standard specialized reference on coinage of the early Byzantine Empire, covering the period from Anatasius to Phocas (491-610). Also highly useful for the contemporary Germanic coinages. Only volumes 1 and 2 in lot. Very Fine condition, some shelf wear, volume 1 missing dust jacket, volume 2 dust jacket exhibiting aging.