Summer 2019 Literature Auction, Lot: 153. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[BMCRE] Mattingly, H., Carson, R. A. G. & Hill, P. V. Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. (London; British Museum, 1923-1962. Reprinted, 1962-75). Comprising:

Volume I. Augustus to Vitellius.

Volume II. Vespasian to Domitian.

Volume III. Nerva to Hadrian.

Volume IV. Antoninus Pius to Commodus.

Volume V. Pertinax to Elagabalus.

Volume VI. Severus Alexander to Balbinus and Pupienus.

Six volumes complete in eight parts. 4to. 464 + 485 + 640 + 964 + 700 + 311; 504 plates of coins. Lot also incldues: Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. Volume IV. Antoninus Pius to Commodus. (First edition. London; British Museum, 1940).

All volumes in the original cloth, gilt, jackets. Fair condition, rubbed and worn at extremities, the spines of volume four marked. The classic work, complete with the original edition of volume four with superior plates.

Clain-Stefanelli 4017*. Kroh p. 72 (four stars). Website shipping rates do not apply.

From the Numismatic Library of a Major North American Dealer.