Late Roman Bronze Coins

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Title: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Victor on March 30, 2014, 02:24:17 PM
I just got the revised edition of volume 2 Vespasian to Domitian and now have the complete 10 volume set of Roman Imperial Coinage, consisting of 12 books. I am most happy that the set fit nicely in the space over my computer for easy access. Of course, I have barely used any volumes except 5- 10.
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Genio popvli romani on March 31, 2014, 02:03:09 PM
Congratulations, Victor, to have achieved this kind of numismatic Graal. As I like books which are talking about coins as much as coins themselves, I do hope to fullfil the same shelf with Bastien's books.
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Victor on March 31, 2014, 02:33:39 PM
As I like books which are talking about coins as much as coins themselves, I do hope to fullfil the same shelf with Bastien's books.

Yes, I am also working on Bastien's references. I currently have six of his books on the Lyons mint from A.D. 294- 413 including the two supplements. I don't really collect coins anymore, but it's like I collect books now.
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Genio popvli romani on April 01, 2014, 02:01:03 PM
Only four for me at the present time from A.D.274 to 337. But there is a dilemma, I have purchased A.D. 318-337 with soft cover which is easier to use but my three other are hard cover which is more pleasant to see on a shelf. So, I will probably buy an other A.D. 318-337 with a hard cover only for having a coherent series.
I am hesitating for the next one, A.D. 367-363 or Magnence coinage or (but I will have to wait) the "buste monétaire" 3 volumes series.
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Victor on April 04, 2014, 11:00:33 AM
But there is a dilemma, I have purchased A.D. 318-337 with soft cover which is easier to use but my three other are hard cover which is more pleasant to see on a shelf.

I have the same problem...in the US it is called "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"!  :D  As you say, the soft cover is easier to use, but does not look as nice on the bookshelf. I just bought the hardcover for 318- 337, but one of my supplements is a soft cover.
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Victor on April 12, 2014, 08:29:53 PM
I just got my two supplements to Bastien's Lyons references and to my surprise both were hardcover and I replaced my softcover 318- 337 book with a hardcover copy that used to be owned by Georges Depeyrot. I have them on my shelf beside Maurice's Numismatique Constantinienne and the colors match pretty closely.
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Genio popvli romani on April 13, 2014, 11:24:29 AM
Congratulations, Victor, I am very envious of your shelf. (https://www.lateromanbronzecoinforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr28.imgfast.net%2Fusers%2F2815%2F51%2F86%2F47%2Fsmiles%2F268821.gif&hash=bcf395e8e379ba5aa2d33a11a64503d8628c0ad5) (https://www.lateromanbronzecoinforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fr28.imgfast.net%2Fusers%2F2815%2F51%2F86%2F47%2Fsmiles%2F946818.gif&hash=3617304dd3d5ff864e27274fd62fe7c7d27a19b3)
Maurice's Corpus is on the top of my wish-list but I have to respect priorities, Bastien first. Is it the Forni reprint?

I have another very interesting but mostly in french book for this era, "LA MONNAIE DANS L'ANTIQUITÉ TARDIVE-Trente-quatre études de 1972 à 2002" (J.P. Callu)
https://www.edipuglia.it/volume.php?id=626
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Victor on April 13, 2014, 01:05:50 PM

Maurice's Corpus is on the top of my wish-list but I have to respect priorities, Bastien first. Is it the Forni reprint?



Yes, it is the Forni reprint, I was surprised though that the plates are pretty good. Thanks for the Callu link, I have a few of his articles already.
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Genio popvli romani on April 13, 2014, 02:55:11 PM
I was surprised though that the plates are pretty good.
That sounds good to my ears. I've never browsed one, but I noted this detail on the copies I've seen on the internet.
I'd like to try to find an original version, but it might be complicated. But you never know, a forgotten recess in the stockpile of an antique bookseller in the country of Maurice.... :)
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Victor on April 13, 2014, 05:13:37 PM
But you never know, a forgotten recess in the stockpile of an antique bookseller in the country of Maurice.... :)

You definitely have a much better chance of finding them than I do living in Nashville, Tennessee!
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Genio popvli romani on June 30, 2014, 01:47:11 PM
You definitely have a much better chance of finding them than I do living in Nashville, Tennessee!
You were right, Victor, but finally, nothing due to the location, I've just won them at the last kuenker e-auction. I took the opportunity to improve my library with these three volumes from the original edition, each signed by M. Jungfleisch who I believe to be Marcel Jungfleisch, a french numismatist who lived in Cairo : http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1849, Bastien Volume 15 (Constantine's death - Julian's death and Bastien Magnence's coinage 2nd edition (1983).
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Victor on July 01, 2014, 02:05:47 PM
Congrats on getting those books...I am sure that you will treasure them
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Genio popvli romani on July 01, 2014, 03:55:53 PM
Thank you Victor, I already am  !!
But I will have to build a new shelf ASAP to add 16 3/4 lb on it (~10lb for Maurice).  :o
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Victor on July 31, 2014, 12:05:05 PM
I just ordered Bastien's Le monnayage de Magnence and another book, Die Münzprägung der Kaiser Valerianus I./Gallienus/Saloninus (253/268), Regalianus (260) und Macrianus/Quietus (260/262) by Robert Göbl. I don't expect to use the Göbl reference much; but I have been looking for a copy and found a new one for sale, so I could not resist. I will have to rearrange my bookshelves a bit though.
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Victor on October 14, 2014, 08:59:49 AM
But I will have to build a new shelf ASAP to add 16 3/4 lb on it


I was having some shelving problems also and just had a local carpenter build me a nice bookcase that is 8ft tall and 6ft wide...I should have enough room for my books for a while.
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Genio popvli romani on October 17, 2014, 10:16:32 AM
Stunning !
I see that some books are already ready to jump on their new home.
It's a vicious circle, now it is an invitation to look for other books to fill a half-empty bookcase. :D
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage
Post by: Victor on October 17, 2014, 10:39:21 AM
It's a vicious circle, now it is an invitation to look for other books to fill a half-empty bookcase. :D

Yes, I have two more numismatic books on their way now from Europe. I have plenty of other books to fill the bookcase for now...I have a lot of books on Constantine I, Late Antiquity and other medieval history like the Crusades.
Title: Re: Roman Imperial Coinage literature
Post by: Victor on April 05, 2016, 08:36:45 AM
I just got some books by Otto Voetter


"Die Kupferprägung der Diokletianischen Tetrarchie" 1901

“Constantinvs Junior Inbesonders seine Münzen als Augustus und die gleichzeitigen Kupferprägungen in den römischen Münzstätten” 1909

"Die Münzen der römischen Kaiser, Kaiserinnen und Caesaren von Diocletianus bis Romulus, Katalog der hinterlassenen Sammlung und Aufzeichnung des Herrn Paul Gerin" 1921


I don't expect to use these references much, but they are delightful books, especially the line drawings in "Constantinvs Junior..."

attached is most of the page on Constantinopolis