Watch List notes:

Alföldi, András. Die Kontorniaten: Ein verkanntes Propagandamittel der stadtrömischen heidnischen Aristokratie in ihrem Kampfe gegen das christliche Kaisertum. (Budapest / Leipzig, 1942-1943). 4to, original green card covers, 195 pages of text in Hugarian and German, 75 b/w plates, over 800 contorniates illustrated. The first edition of his magnum opus on Roman Imperial Contorniates in two parts:



Part I – Tafeln (1942)

Part II – Text (1943). Clain-Stefanelli 4982*. Fine condition overall, covers faded, showing some age, edge bumps, Very rare wartime publication. Signed by the author. Website shipping rates do not apply.


NB: the asterisk incorporated into the Clain-Stefanelli number was included by E.V. Clain-Stefanelli to indicate that that title should be part of a basic numismatic library.