Spring J., Ancient Coin Auction Catalogues, 1880-1980. Spink, London 2009. Hardbound, 374pp. This listing of 886 ancient coin auction catalogues aims to include every important sale of ancient coins, which took place between 1 Janua+C171ry 1880 and 31 December 1980, a period of 101 years. The main listing is preceded by a summary list of 886 sales, in which basic information is given on a single line, and there is an extensive index of about 950 vendor names. Photographs and short biographies are included for many auctioneers and vendors. Tables are given for the "most important" sales of Celtic, ancient Greek, aes grave, struck Roman Republican, Roman Imperial, Roman Provincial and Byzantine coins, and coins of the barbarian migrations and of ancient Spain, based on counts of the number of plates. NEW