A descriptive catalogue of rare and unedited Roman coins: from the earliest period of the Roman coinage to the extinction of the empire

by James Yonge Akerman

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First edition

London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1834. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. 2 , xxi, 1 , 506; 2 , 512; engraved vignette title pages, 22 engraved plates drawn and engraved by Henry A. Ogg; neat and unusual early paper repairs to pp. 361-364 in vol. II, otherwise a near fine copy in original green cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Akerman 1806-1873 was early in life secretary to William Cobbett; a renown numismatist, he is credited with having started

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