Lot 2155

Description

(Mattingly Harold and Carson R.A.G. Editors), Roman Imperial Coinage, Vol. II, Vespasian to Hadrian (A.D. 69-138), ed. Harold Mattingly and Edward A. Sydenham, Spink & Son, London 1926, original edition, 568 + xviii pp., 16 plates. Hard covers as issued, fine and a rare original edition.

Ex William Percy Hedley with his bookplate. This and the next few lots of original editions, are better than the subsequent reprints of RIC. The superior quality of the plates are characteristic of books and catalogues before WWII.