Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 3214. Estimate $40.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $55. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Ricotti Prina, Diego. La monetazione aurea delle zecche minori Bizantine dal Vi al IX Secolo. (Rome, 1972). 107 pages, with 29 photographic plates illustrating several hundred Byzantine coins, mostly solidi. Text in Italian. Ricotti Prina's attributions of Byzantine solidi to numerous subsidiary mints in the east and in Italy are very controversial, and not followed by the majority of Byzantine numismatists. Nevertheless, his book is valuable for tracking anomalous gold issues of the period. Red cloth covers, gilt lettering, somewhat faded. Fine condition. ($40)