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The Forni Reprint of Haeberlin's Aes Grave

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The Forni Reprint of Haeberlin's Aes Grave
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Haeberlin, Dr. Jur. E.J. AES GRAVE. DAS SCHWERGELD ROMS UND MITTELITALIENS EINSCHLIESSLICH DER IHN VORAUSGEHENDEN ROHRBRONZEWÄHRUNG. Reprint. Bologna: Forni, 1976. Two volumes. Quarto text and large folio plate folder. Original blue cloth, gilt, with blue cloth-backed printed plate folder. xxviii, 280 pages, occasional text figures, 1 plate; (4) pages, 103 plates. Plate folder taped; folder and plates with corner bumps. Very good. A monumental work. Ernst Justus Haeberlin (1847-1925) formed an extraordinary collection of the early cast coinages of the Roman Republic, and Aes Grave is the result of a life's work in numismatics. Clain-Stefanelli 3788*. Grierson 72. Kroh 68: "This monumental 1910 study ... was the first modern work on this series and is still utilized as a primary reference."