371, Lot: 624. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Carausius and Allectus]. Various. Lot of Three Titles. Includes: Shiel, Norman. The Episode of Carausius and Allectus. (BAR 40, 1977). 217 pages, 25 average plates. Blue card covers. A fairly technical study of the gold coinage of Carausius and Allectus with some coverage of the bronze issues. OP and Scarce // Williams, Hugh P.G. Carausius. A consideration of the historical, archaeological and numismatic aspects of his reign. (BAR British Series 378, 2004). 101 pages, 7 plates. Printed card covers // Challis, C.E. and M.A.S. Blackburn (Editors). Studies in the Coinages of Carausius and Allectus. (The British Numismatic Society, 1985). 50 pages, 14 plates. Printed card covers. Three important works for the collector of this time period. Shiel and Challis are nice Fine copies, Williams Very Fine.

From the library of an American dealer.