Apr 21, 2009 - Sale 2176

Sale 2176 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(NUMISMATICS.) Occo, Adolf. Impp. Romanorum Numismata a Pompeo Magno ad Heraclium. [16], 398, [9] pages. 4to, old limp vellum with remnants of thong ties, later handwritten title in ink on spine and small penwork design in center of front cover; light dampstaining in lower outer corners in second half of volume. 19th-century booklabel of the Paris bookseller Pierre Mahé. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1579

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first edition of a catalogue of Roman imperial coins organized chronologically from the 1st century B.C. to the 7th century A.D., providing terse descriptions of the obverse and reverse legends for each, without illustrations. Grolier Club, Numismatics in the Age of Grolier, page 59 ("the model for later catalogues of imperial coins down to our day").