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Rev. Holt Okes on the Metrology of Ancient Coins

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Rev. Holt Okes on the Metrology of Ancient Coins
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Okes, Rev. Holt. TABLES OF THE WEIGHT, MAGNITUDE, AND VALUE, OF ANCIENT COINS, WITH MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS. London, 1816. 8vo [20 by 13 cm], contemporary red half calf with marbled boards; thin spine ruled and lettered in gilt; marble endpapers; all page edges marbled. 32 pages; 1 engraved plate by Barrow and Smart depicting aes grave; 1 engraved size chart. Front hinge weak, but holding. Boards rubbed; very good. Very rare. From the library of George Charles Williamson, Burgh House, Hampstead, with his label; later from the library of Terence J. Robertson. Ex RBW Library.