Riccio, The coins attributed to the mint of the ancient city of Luceria, capital of Daunia

Gennaro Riccio, The coins attributed to the mint of the ancient city of Luceria, capital of Daunia, with a note on its remote origins and grandeur, from the Tipografia Virgilio, Naples 1846, pp. II, 28, 5 marvelous plates, 28 cm, contemporary blank booklet.

A work of extraordinary importance in the history of Italian numismatic literature, it is the first comprehensive treatise on the coinage of Luceria. Riccio proposes a coherent typological sequence, which he supports with historical and metrological arguments, thus creating a framework that was innovative for the time. The five plates, drawn and engraved by Andrea Russo, are of excellent quality, giving the whole volume a first-rate documentary value. The volume dates back to the crucial moment when Italian numismatics was abandoning its scholarly-municipal horizons to adopt an increasingly scientific and methodical approach. An essential source for understanding the numismatic and antiquarian debate of the mid-nineteenth century.

Ownership note dated 1939 on the contemporary silent book.

Foxing and ordinary traces of use, otherwise in overall good condition.

Extremely rare.