Imperatorum Romanorum numismata a Pompejo Magno ad Heraclium,

(Adolph) Adolf Occo; Franciscus Biragus Mediobarbus; Filippo Argelati; George Arnold

 Mediolani, Ex aedibus Societatis Palatinae, 1730

[Roman Numismatics] Folio.  Bound in contemporary mottled calf.  Gilt spine.  Crimson morocco spine label.  Good binding and cover. All edges red.  Marbled end sheets. A fresh copy, with clean pages.  Frontispiece illustration.  Title in red and black. [23], 624 pages, 235 copper engraved illustrations of Roman coins.  "Bonne edition." - Brunet IV, page 151; Lipsius, page 293. An important reference for Roman coinage.  First published by Plantin in 1579 (without the illustrations), the work was later edited by Francesco Mezzabarba of Milan in 1683.   Adolph Occo was a physician, philosopher and archeologist who established helped Roman numismatics as a field.   This work was "one of the landmarks in the evolution of numismatics into a science." - Dumbarton Oaks.