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Original Set of Wroth’s Catalogue of Byzantine Coins

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Original Set of Wroth’s Catalogue of Byzantine Coins
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Wroth, Warwick. CATALOGUE OF THE IMPERIAL BYZANTINE COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. London, 1908. Two volumes. 8vo, original straight-grained red half roan, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. cxii, 312; (2), (313)-687, (1) pages; tables; 2 fine frontispiece plates; 77 additional fine autotype plates of coins. Bindings rubbed and a bit worn; spotting to page edges; very good or so. Scarce. The autotype plates are far superior to those found in the reprint. Clain-Stefanelli 5423*. Grierson 109. Kroh 94: “many of its conclusions have been superseded by recent research on the subject, but it is still useful in that it does illustrate a great deal of material. Originals are difficult to find.”