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Preisdatenbank abonnierenSabina, Wife of Hadrian. Denarius, 3.23g (7h). Rome, 128-c. 136 AD. Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA - HADRIANI AVG P P Bust diademed, draped right, hair falling in plait down neck. Rx: CONCOR - DIA AVG Concordia seated left holding patera and resting left arm on statuette of Spes standing on globular base; under throne, cornucopia. BM 895. Cohen 12. RIC 398. Excellent portrait. Toned EF Ex Phillip Davis Collection
Aelius as Caesar. 136-138 AD. Denarius, 3.72g (7h). Rome, 137 AD. Obv: L AELIVS - CAESAR Head bare right. Rx: CONCORD in exergue, TR POT - COS II around, Concordia seated left on seat without back, feet on footstool, holding patera and placing left elbow on cornucopia resting on ground beside seat. BM 981. Cohen 1 var. (12 Fr.). Cf. RIC 436. Superb portrait of Aelius. Virtually Mint State Ex Phillip Davis Collection
Upside Down Altar Diva Faustina II, legend placement error. Died 175 AD. Denarius, 3.11g (1h). Rome. Obv: DIVA FAV - STINA PIA Bust draped right. Rx: CONSECRA - TIO, beginning at 2 o`clock and ending at 10 o`clock; Altar enclosure with base, central door, and volutes left and right on top. The reverse legend was meant to start at 8 o`clock and end at 4 o`clock, but the engraver confused the top and bottom of the altar and engraved the legend upside down. If the reverse is turned so that the legend is correctly aligned, then the altar is upside down. Legend error of BM 725, Cohen 75, and RIC 746. Possibly unpublished, though C. Clay knows another example of this error, from the same reverse die, in a private collection. Exceptional portrait in high relief, interesting engraver`s error on reverse. Mint State Ex Phillip Davis Collection
Ex Harlan J. Berk Collection, 1965 Lucius Verus. 161-169 AD. Sestertius, 21.35g (12h). Rome, 168 AD. Obv: L VERVS AVG - ARM PARTH MAX Head laureate right. Rx: TR P VIII - IMP IIII COS III S - C Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm.. BMC p. 603. Cohen 211 corr. RIC 1466. Rare with IMP IIII in this year. That title was apparently superseded by IMP V very soon after 10 December 167. Though struck in low relief, this coin has an exquisite portrait of Lucius Verus with completely pristine surfaces, save a flan crack at 8h on the obverse. Choice EF This sestertius was the cover coin in Harlan Berk`s first catalogue of ancient coins, 1965
Commodus. 177-192 AD. Sestertius, 25.09g (12h). Rome, 190 AD. Obv: M - COMMOD ANT P F - ELIX AVG BRIT P P Head laureate right. Rx: LIBERAL AVG VII P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI S - C Liberalitas standing left holding coin counter and cornucopia. BM 650. RIC 563. Cohen 320. Exquisite portrait. Completely untouched surfaces. Green patination. Virtually Mint State With tag from former ICG slab, graded EF40, "Robert Richendollar"
Ex H.P. Hall Collection, 1950 Pertinax. 193 AD. Sestertius, 26.82g (12h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES P HELV - PERTINAX AVG Head laureate right. Rx: OPI DIVIN - TR P COS II S - C Ops seated left, holding two wheat ears in right hand and placing left hand on seat behind her. BM 42. Cohen 34 (200 Fr.). RIC 20 (R2). Exquisite portrait. Smooth red patination on obverse. About EF Ex H.P. Hall Collection, Glendining, 16-21 November 1950, lot 1655
Exceptional Didia Clara Didia Clara, Daughter of Didius Julianus. . Sestertius, 21.31g (6h). Rome. Obv: DIDIA CLA - RA AVG Bust draped right. Rx: HILA - R TEMPOR S - C Hilaritas standing left holding long palm and coruncopia. BM 38, pl. 4.7 (same rev. die). C 4 (50 Fr.). RIC 20 (R2). Excellent portrait, warm brown patina. EF/VF From A.M. Woodward`s obverse die 2, Coinage of Didius Julianus and His Family, Num. Chronicle 1961, p. 80 and pl. 10.2
Signorelli Collection 1953 Caracalla as Caesar. 195-198 AD. Sestertius, 25.54g (6h). Rome, 196 AD. Obv: M AVR ANTO - NINVS CAES Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust r. Rx: SPEI PERPETVAE S - C Spes advancing l. holding flower and raising skirt. BM 613. Cohen 595 (8 Fr.). RIC 401. Fine portrait of youthful Caracalla. EF Ex Berk 162, 15 January 2009, lot 227. Ex UBS 78, 9-10 September 2008, lot 1762 (Gillardi Collection). Ex Santamaria, 13 March 1953, Signorelli, Part 3, lot 731
Flawless Elagabalus Sestertius Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Sestertius, 20.12g (12h). Rome, 221 AD. Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from the front, without "horn". Rx: P M TR P IIII COS III P P S - C Emperor in Syrian priestly dress sacrificing left from patera over lighted and garlanded altar and holding knotted "club", slain bull on ground behind altar, star in left field. BM 443 var. Cohen 201 (20 Fr.). RIC 327. This exquisite portrait of Elagabalus cannot possibly be improved upon. Struck on a glossy, flawless, blue-green planchet. It is of the finest possible quality. Mint State Ex NAC 52, 7 October 2009, lot 1163 Possibly a mule, struck early in 222 from an old reverse die of 221: on denarii, the "horn" seems to have been removed from Elagabalus` portrait only early in 222, so we would expect this "hornless" sestertius obverse die too to have been engraved in 222 not 221
Aquilia Severa, second and fourth wife of Elagabalus. . Sestertius, 19.27g (11h). Rome, Late 220 AD. Obv: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG Bust draped right with ealry coiffure and wearing stephane. Rx: CONCORDIA S - C Concordia standing left holding in right hand patera above lighted and garlanded altar, and in left hand double cornucopia; star in right field. BM 433, pl. 96.8 (same obv. die). Cohen 4 (120 Fr., with engraving, same obv. die). RIC 390 (R2). Exquisite portrait of this very rare empress Aquilia Severa. With a glossy dark green patina. Absolutely untouched surfaces. Slight disturbance of glossy patina from being in the earth at 5h. Virtually Mint State Ex Hess-Divo 317, 27 October 2010, lot 899. Ex New York Sale XXII, 6 January 2010, lot 197 Comparable to the EF specimens from the same obverse die and with similar patination in J. Schulman`s Vierordt Sale, 1923, lot 2008, and Glendining`s Hall Sale, 1950, lot 1789. Aquilia Severa`s sestertii seem to come from only two obverse dies, namely our die and the second one illustrated in RIC, pl. VII.3. For the relative rarity of the sestertii of Elagabalus` three wives, cf. C. Clay`s assemblage of plaster casts of the coins in BM, Vienna, ANS, Oxford, Cambridge, and some from the trade: Julia Paula, 33 specimens, 11 obverse dies; Aquilia Severa, 16 specimens, two obverse dies; Annia Faustina, four specimens, one obverse die
Exceptional Julia Soaemias Julia Soaemias, Mother of Elagabalus. . Denarius, 2.91 (6h). Rome, 218 AD. Obv: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVGVSTA Bust draped right. Rx: IVNO REGINA Juno, veiled, standing right holding scepter and Palladium. BM 41. Cohen 3 (3 Fr.). RIC 237. Scarce, only 7 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard.. Exceptionally beautiful portrait of Julia Soaemias, lightly toned flan with orange iridescence. Virtually Mint State Ex Phillip Davis Collection Interesting first issue of Soaemias, datable to 218 because the corresponding aureus (BM 39, 7.24g) predates Elagabalus` return in that year to the reduced aureus standard of Caracalla. The mint apparently erroneously thought that Soaemias rather than Julia Maesa was the predominant lady in Elagabalus` family, for there was no corresponding early issue of coins at Rome for Maesa! (unpublished research by C. Clay)
Orbiana, Wife of Severus Alexander. . Denarius, 2.61g (12h). Rome, c. 226 AD. Obv: SALL BARBIA - ORBIANA AVG Bust draped right, wearing stephane. Rx: CONCORDI - A - AVGG Concordia seated left holding patera and double cornucopia. BM 287. Cohen 1 (20 Fr.). RIC 319. Excellent portrait. EF Ex Gemini VI, 10 January 2010, lot 509. Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 793
Exceptional Sestertius Maximus as Caesar, Son of Maximinus I. 235-238 AD. Sestertius, 17.03g (12h). Rome, c. 236-8 AD. Obv: MAXIMVS CAES GERM Bust draped right with head bare. Rx: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S - C Prince standing left holding baton and spear, two standards behind him. BM 213. Cohen 14 (10 Fr.). RIC 13. Exceptional portrait. Virtually flawless. Choice EF
Ex Santamaria 1926. Ex Schulman 1930 Gordian I Africanus. 238 AD. Sestertius, 18.72g (11h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: VICTORIA AVGG around, S - C in field, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. BM 14. Cohen 14 (70 Fr.). RIC 12. Exceptional portrait of this 80-year-old proconsul of Africa whose reign lasted only a couple of weeks. Untouched surfaces. Virtually Mint State Ex Harlan J. Berk Collection = NAC 42, 20 November 2007, Barry Fierstein, lot 152 = Stack`s 1967, Hall Park McCollough, lot 1495 = J. Schulman, 5 June 1930, lot 548 = Santamaria, 25 May 1926, lot 664
Gordian Africanus II Gordian II Africanus. 238 AD. Sestertius, 23.65g (12h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: ROMAE AETERNAE around, S C in exergue, Roma seated left holding Victory and scepter. BM 23. Cohen 9 (70 Fr.). RIC 5. Excellent portrait of Gordian II. EF
Choice Pupienus Sestertius Pupienus. 238 AD. Sestertius, 19.28g (11h). Rome. Obv: IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG Bust draped, cuirassed right. Rx: PAX - PVBLICA around, S C in exergue, Pax seated left holding branch and scepter. BM 49, pl. 46 (same reverse die). Cohen 23 (15 Fr.). RIC 22a (S). Brown patination. Virtually flawless portrait of Pupienus. Near Mint State/EF. Ex Gemini VIII, 14 April 2011, lot 404. Ex Spink, July 2000, Collection G. Powell, lot 1452
Portrait Left Plus Legend Error on Reverse Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Antoninianus, 2.96 (6h). Rome, c. 267-8 AD. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate left. Rx: SOLI CONS AVVG (sic) Bull standing right, X[I] (=officina 11) in exergue. Göbl 749c, pl. 58 (only one specimen, "Capelli", same dies). Cunetio hoard 1406 (one specimen, not illustrated, this example not mentioned by Göbl). RIC 285. Cohen 984 (Paris, 2 Fr., this specimen again not mentioned by Göbl). EF Acquired from CNG, with their ticket dated "8/07" A scarce reverse type, represented by only 16 specimens in the Cunetio hoard combined with the standard right-facing bust type; quite rare with head left, only one such coin in the hoard. Our coin also has an apparent engraver`s error in the reverse legend, AVVG for the correct AVG. The specimen illustrated by Göbl, being from the same dies, of course has the same error, though it is not pointed out by Göbl
Rare Jugate Portrait Constantius I and Galerius as Caesars. 293-305 AD. Follis, 6.86g (12h). Trier, c. 298-9 AD. Obv: CONSTANTIVS ET MAXMIAN[V]S NB C Jugate busts of the two Caesars right, both laureate, draped, cuirassed, seen from front. Rx: GENIO [P]OPV - LI ROMANI Genius standing left, modius on head, naked apart from cloak over shoulders, holding patera and cornucopia; in exergue TR, in field B (officina 2) and star. RIC 373 (R3, citing examples in BM and Madrid). Cohen 1 (pp. 92-3, 100 Fr.). Green patination. EF Very rare and interesting jugate portrait of the two Caesars of the Diocletianic tetrarchy, struck only at Trier. Two other illustrated examples are both from the same obverse die as our coin: CNG E140, 24 May 2006, lot 174 and UBS 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1935 (withdrawn, but must reproduce an authentic original). Trier also struck a variant of the same type with the jugate busts of Constantius I and Galerius only cuirassed, not draped and cuirassed: Sternberg VIII, 16-17 November 1978, lot 683. In the same issue of folles Trier also struck three other jugate obverse types which were similarly exclusive to this mint: of Diocletian and Maximian, of Diocletian and Galerius, and of Maximian and Hercules (RIC 318, 319, and 276)
Constantius II. 337-361 AD. Siliqua, 2.08g (5h). Lugdunum, 360-1 AD. Obv: D N CONSTAN - TIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VICTORIA - DD NN AVG Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm, only one wing visible, mintmark LVG in exergue. RIC 214 (C ). Bastien 258 (41 spec.). Cohen 259 (6 Fr.). Excellent portrait. Sharply struck, toned. Mint State Ex Phillip Davis Collection. Ex Stack`s, 5 May 1984, Frederick Knobloch Collection, lot 1348
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 6.01g (1h). Trier, 350 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: FEL TEMP - REPARATIO around, TRP in exergue, A in left field, Emperor in military dress standing left on galley, holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. Bastien 10 (20 spec.). RIC 260 ©, officina P=1. Extremely sharp. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.05g (6h). Trier, 350 AD. Obv: IM CAE MAGN - ENTIVS AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: FEL TEMP - REPARATIO around, TRS in exergue, A in left field, Emperor in military dress standing left on galley, holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho on banner; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. Bastien 11 (12 spec.). RIC 260 (C ), officina S=2. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.19g (12h). Trier, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: GLORIA ROMANORVM around, TRS followed by crescent in exergue, Emperor in military dress riding horse galloping right, on left arm shield, spearing barbarian kneeling left with outstretched arms in front of horse; below horse, shield and broken spear. Bastien 33 (30 spec.). RIC 271 (C2), officina S=2. Some areas of weak striking in the hair. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.14g (7h). Trier, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: GLORIA ROMANORVM around, TRP. in exergue, Emperor in military dress riding horse galloping right, on left arm shield, spearing barbarian kneeling left with outstretched arms in front of horse; below horse, shield and broken spear. Bastien 34 (9 spec.). RIC 270 ©, officina P=1. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.85g (12h). Trier, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, TRP in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, supported on short column. Bastien 39 (16 spec.). RIC 307 (C2), officina P=1. Hair above forehead weakly struck. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.54g (12h). Trier, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES around, TRP in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties below but does not rest on column. Bastien 64 (23 spec.). RIC 312 (C2), officina P=1. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.05g (12h). Ambianum, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, .AMB followed by palm branch in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column. Bastien 113 (8 spec.). RIC 13 (C ). Reverse has minor weakness in striking at the highest points. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 5.18g (6h). Ambianum, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, .AMB followed by star in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column. Bastien 113 (8 spec.). RIC 13 (C ). A second specimen, from different dies. Extremely Sharp. Near Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.80g (1h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, AMB in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Bastien 121 (2 spec.). RIC 20 (R ). Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 3.87g (6h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F A[VG] Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN [AVG ET C]AE around, AMB followed by crescent in exergue, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Bastien 125 (8 spec.). RIC 23 (S). Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.81g (7h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: [D N MAG]NEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG (AV ligate) ET CAE around, in exergue AMB preceded by star and followed by pellet within crescent, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Rev. legend variant (AV ligate) of Bastien 133 (3 spec.) and RIC 31 (S). Apparently the first attested ligature on a coin of Magnentius` reign: none seem to be mentioned by Bastien or RIC. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.76g (5h). Lugdunum, 351 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: GLORIA ROMANORVM around, RPLG in exergue, Emperor in military dress riding horse galloping right, without shield on left arm, spearing barbarian kneeling left with outstretched arms in front of horse; below horse, shield and broken spear. Bastien 160 (22 spec.). RIC 115 (C3), officina P=1. Mint State
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.72g (12h). Trier, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, LPLG in exergue, SP in lower middle field, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties below but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Bastien 196 (4 spec.). RIC 312 (C2), officina P=1. EF
Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.86g (12h). Arles, 351-2 AD. Obv: D N MAGNEN - [T[IVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, PAR in exergue, E / IS in middle field, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column. Bastien 268 (9 spec.). RIC 179 (C ), officina P=1. Mint State
Unpublished Julian II. 360-363 AD. Reduced Siliqua, possibly irregular, 1.97g (6h). Lugdunum, c. 361 AD. Obv: D N IVLIA - NVS AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, unbearded. Rx: VOT / V / MVLT / X in wreath, LVG in exergue. Obv. legend var. of RIC 229 (R2) and Bastien 272 (5 spec.). EF Ex Philip Ronzone Collection Is this coin official? The sloppy lettering on the reverse might suggest that it is irregular, but on the other hand the portrait and lettering on the obverse look official, and the metal appears to be good silver Julian`s obverse legend on this coin, D N IVLIA - NVS AVG, is new: unknown not only to Bastien at the mint of Lugdunum (p. 257), but also to Kent at any mint (RIC p. xxxix). The closest known legends add CL or P F: D N CL IVLI - ANVS AVG or D N IVLIAN - VS P F AVG. Bastien found only a few imitative siliquae of Julian with Lugdunese mintmarks, none particularly reminiscent of our coin: see his p. 147 and pl. XXXII-III, I 134-141
Valentinian I. 364-375 AD. Siliqua, 2.09g (6h). Rome, 364-7 AD. Obv: D N VALENTINI - ANVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VRBS - ROMA Roma seated left holding Victory on globe and reversed spear, mintmark RP in exergue. RIC 11a, officina P=1 (C). Cohen 81 (6 Fr.).. Extremely sharp portrait. Hairline between cheek, nose and field, otherwise Mint State Ex Phillip Davis Collection
First Portrait of Christ Justinian II. First reign, 685-695 AD. Solidus, 4.38g (7h). Constantinople. Obv: IhS CRISTOS REX—RESNANTIUM, facing bust of Christ, with long hair and full beard, wearing pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, holding book of Gospels in left hand, cross behind head. Rx: D IUSTINI—ANU—S SERV ChRISTI, Justinian standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding akakia and cross potent on base, officina S in lower right field, [CONOP] in exergue. DO 7b. MIB 8. Berk 186 var. Sear 1248. Virtually flawless solidus with the images of Christ and Justinian perfectly struck. Only a bit of the legend on the left side of the reverse is missing. Mint State
Lot of Three Rare Tigress Antoniniani of Gallienus. (0h). . All mint of Rome, c. 267-8 AD. (1) 3.06g, 1h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right, both wreath ties curving left. Rx: LIBERO P CONS AVG Tigress walking left, B (=officina 2) in exergue. Göbl 713f (3 spec.). Rare portrait variant with both wreath ties curving left, shown by only three specimens in Göbl`s photofile. (2) 3.16g, 6h. A similar coin, but with bust radiate, cuirassed right on obverse. Göbl 713w records only five specimens with this bust type, and the example he illustrates, pl. 56, is from the same die pair as ours. (3) 3.49g, 6h. A similar coin, but Obv: IMP GALLIENVS AVG, Head radiate right. Göbl 713z (2 spec.), Cunetio 1340 (3 spec.), RIC 229, Cohen 590 (Musée du Mans, 5 Fr.). Rare with IMP added to obverse legend. EF to About EF
Great Britain. Henry VIII (1509-1547). Gold Half Soverign. 6.30g -. Third Coinage, 1544-1547. Tower Mint. Obv: HENRIC 8 D G AGL FRANCIZ HIBE REX Bearded facing portrait of king seated on throne, holding orb and scepter, birds on pillars of throne to either side, Tudor rose below. Rx: Crowned shield with lion and dragon supporters, hr monogram below. Roman and Lombardic mixed lettering around. Strong facing portrait of king on obverse.. Seaby 2294. North 1827.. About VF/Fine.
Great Britain. Henry VIII. Second Coinage (1526-1544). Groat. 2.60g (struck 1526-44)-. Obv: HENRIC VIII D G AGL FRA Z HIB REX Crowned portrait of Henry VIII right. Rx: POSVI DEU ADIVTORE MEU Long Cross fourchée over royal shield. Some double striking in front of face. Very pleasant coin. Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.. North 1797, Seaby 2337E. Toned VF.
Dorn, B. COLLECTION DE MONNAIES SASSANIDES DE FEU LE LIEUTENANT GÉNÉRAL J. DE BARTHOLOMAEI, REPRÉSENTÉE D’APRÈS LES PIÈCES LES PLUS REMARQUABLES. St.-Pétersbourg, 1873. 4to, contemporary brown cloth, gilt; F.D.J.P. impressed in gilt at base of front cover. (2), 9, (1) pages; finely engraved portrait frontispiece of Bartholomaei; 32 well-engraved plates of coins. Spine nearly perished; frontispiece heavily foxed. Text a bit browned. Good, but restorable. Rare and important. Ex F.D.J. Parakh library. Mayer 458.
Georgii Mikhailovich, Grand Duke. МОНЕТЫ ЦАРСТВОВАНIЯ ИМПЕРАТОРА ПЕТРА I. ТОМЪ II. St. Petersburg, 1914. Folio [40.5 by 31 cm], recent brown antiqued quarter morocco with burgundy cloth sides; spine with four raised bands; dark red calf spine label, gilt. Half-title; printed title in red and black; magnificently engraved portrait of Peter I; decorative phototype title; dedication leaf; ii, (2), 153, (1) pages; 55 very fine phototype plates on hinges, depicting coins from 1682 to 1710. Half-title a trifle dusty and chipped at edges. Near fine, with superb impressions of the plates. Copy No. 190. The only full volume produced on Peter I of Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich’s monumental work, published over a quarter century in a dozen volumes. The publication history behind the Peter I volumes of Монеты Царствованiя is a bit complicated. Volume I, which would have reproduced the historical documentation behind the coinage, was not yet produced when the project had to be suspended. Likewise, Volume IV had yet to be written. Volume II (the present volume) covers the period from 1682 to 1710, including the regency of Sophia and the coins of Peter’s brother Ivan (Ioann). Only the plates for Volume III appeared (vide infra). This is the only Peter I volume of this extraordinary work for which both text and plates were published. S.G. Gromachevskii wrote that Монеты Царствованiя is a “colossal and classic scientific work which has no equal in the Russian or in the entire foreign field of numismatic literature. Especially important for the coverage of monetary history through the inclusion of a vast wealth of hitherto inaccessible documentation. Each volume contains a well-focused summary covering the technical and fiscal aspects of the coinage it deals with, along with succinct, precise descriptions of the coins. A fully developed index in each volume covers persons, coins, subjects, etc. The edition is stunningly deluxe, with paper of the highest quality, elegant typography and superb photographic illustrations of the coins. The Office for the Preparation of Government Documents [the equivalent of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing] has turned out an unexcelled masterpiece.” The renowned numismatic researcher and collector Georgii Mikhailovich was born in Tiflis in 1863 and was murdered on January 28, 1919 by the Bolsheviks along with three other Russian Grand Dukes. His tragic end was in contrast to a life of privilege. The Grand Duke began collecting coins as a teenager and, being of extraordinary means, soon formed an impressive collection. In Описанiе и изображенiе нѣкоторыхъ рѣдкихъ монетъ моего собранiя, he first proposed the publication of a corpus of Russian coinage from Peter the Great onwards. A corpus of pre-Petrine coinage had already been proposed by Count Tolstoï a few years earlier. The Grand Duke funded the project and under his direction the various volumes were compiled by Giel, Demmeni and others. Twelve volumes had appeared when the outbreak of war curtailed completion. In an article in the Journal of the Russian Numismatic Society, V. Arefiev wrote: “Volume II covered the coinage from 1682 to 1710: it was published in 1914. Though the printing run of 200 was the same as for the preceding issues, very few were actually distributed and it is extremely rare.” Clain-Stefanelli 11178*. Grierson 193. Gromachevskii 92 (the project as a whole; this volume is unlisted). Ex Kolbe Sale 72 (1998), lot 1134, where it brought $4000 hammer. The Extremely Rare Georgii Mikhailovich Plates for 1711–1719
Georges Michaïlovitch, Grand-Duc. MONNAIES DE L’EMPIRE DE RUSSIE 1725–1894. TRADUCTION FRANÇAISE PAR NADINE TACKÉ NÉE LÉNIVOVA, DOCTEUR DE L’UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS, AVEC LE CONCOURS DE M. F. DE VILLENOISY, BIBLIOTHÉCAIRE AU CABINET DES MÉDAILLES. OUVRAGE PUBLIÉ SOUS LES AUSPICES DE M. E. BABELON, MEMBRE DE L’INSTITUT, CONSERVATEUR DU CABINET DES MÉDAILLES DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE. Paris: Chez M. Feuardent, Éditeur, 1916. The complete work, bound in four volumes. Folio [39 by 30.5 cm], later orange linen, gilt; decorative endpapers. (8), viii pages; 10 plates illustrating 204 “Tranches”; Impératrice Ekaterina Ire: 34 pages, portrait plate, 26 plates; Empereur Pierre II: 16 pages, portrait plate, 12 plates; Impératrice Anna Iohannovne: 28 pages, portrait plate, 16 plates; Empereur Iohann Antovich: 12 pages, portrait plate, 3 plates; Impératrice Elisabeth Ire: 44 pages, portrait plate, 22 plates; Empereur Pierre III: 11, (1) pages, portrait plate, 2 plates; Impératrice Ekaterina II: 72 pages, portrait plate, 43 plates; Empereur Paul Ier: 22, (2) pages, portrait plate, 7 plates; Empereur Alexandre Ier: 38, (2) pages, portrait plate, 22 plates; Empereur Nicolas Ier: 49, (3) pages, portrait plate, 41 plates; Empereur Alexandre II: 36 pages, portrait plate, 28 plates; Empereur Alexandre III: 22, (2) pages, 8 plates; Monnaies Russes frappées à l’Étranger ou dans les pays annexés: 20 pages, 4 plates; Monnaies Russes frappées en Géorgie 1804–1833: 18, (2) pages, 3 plates; Monnaies frappées en Pologne 1816–1841: 28 pages, 7 plates; Monnaies Russes frappées en Finlande 1864–1890: 16 pages, 2 plates; iv, x pages. 508 pages in all; occasional text illustrations of coins; 10 plates depicting edge designs; 11 finely engraved portrait plates of rulers; a total of 246 superb Photohyalotypie plates of coins bound in on hinges. A fine set. A well-preserved set of the French translation of Монеты Царствованiя, the history of which project is given in the lot descriptions above. This French translation includes all of the superb plates of coins and their accompanying detailed descriptions, but omits the lengthy historical documentation. This edition was produced with the approval and cooperation of the Grand Duke, and the plates came from St. Petersburg and are of identical quality to the ones appearing in the Russian edition. (See V. Arefiev’s 2012 Grand Duke Georgii Mikhaïlovich, Corpus of Russian Coins, French Edition, Paris 1916: A Brief History for more information.) Only 200 sets of the Russian edition were issued; archival records published by V. Arefiev state that only 100 copies of each plate were printed for the French edition, suggesting a maximum number of French sets published. They rarely appear on the market. Clain-Stefanelli 11180*. Grierson 194. Ex Christie’s library, with their bookplate dated 25/4/1979, sold as a duplicate when Christie’s acquired Spink and merged their libraries.
Moskovskoe Numizmaticheskoe Obshchestvo. ТРУДЫ МОСКОВСКАГО НУМИЗМАТИЧЕСКАГО ОБЩЕСТВА. Первый Томъ; Томъ II, Выпускъ 1–3; Томъ III, Выпускъ 1–2. Moscow: W.K. Trutowsky, V.A. Ulyanitzkii and A.V. Oreshnikov, editors, 1898–1905. Six parts, bound in three volumes. Folio and 4to, first volume in contemporary brown half morocco, rebacked; second in contemporary black half morocco; third in contemporary brown patterned calf; some original wraps bound in. Vol. I: (4), 249, (1) pages; text illustrations; 4 fine coin plates numbered I–II and IV–V, as issued, and 3 portrait plates; Vol. II: 352, (4) pages; text illustrations; 12 fine coin plates, 30 lithographic plates; Vol. III: 388 pages; text illustrations; 10 fine coin plates, 24 lithographic coin plates numbered VII–XXX [the lithographic plates are also bound into the previous volume]. All bindings a bit worn, but sound and attractive. Very good to near fine. An important and well-illustrated journal. Very rare. Authors include Oreshnikov, Markov, Demmeni, Prowe, Retowski, Nützel, Iversen, Trutowsky, Tiesenhausen, Ulyanitzkii and others. The first volume’s coin plates are numbered 1–2 and 4–5, but are complete as issued. First volume ex Leonidas C. Hermes (Kolbe Sale 71, lot 73), with his label. Second and third volumes ex Ran Zander (Elmen 2001 sale, lot 1089), previously from the Sotheby’s Landry sale (lot 86). Third volume also ex F.I. Prove. Clain-Stefanelli 953. Grierson 21.
Obshchestvo Istorii i Drevnostei Rossiiskikh. ТРУДЫ И ЛѢТОПИСИ ОБЩЕСТВА ИСТОРIИ И ДРЕВНОСТЕЙ РОССIЙСКИХЪ, УЧРЕЖДЕННАГО ПРИ ИМПЕРАТОРСКОМЪ МОСКОВСКОМЪ УНИВЕРСИТЕТѢ. Часть VII. Moscow: Imperatorskii Moskovskii Universitet, 1837. 8vo, modern maroon cloth, gilt. (2), 213, (1), ii pages; folding engraved portrait of Prince Golitzin; engraved plate of seal; plate depicting five early Russian coins present in photocopy, laid in. Lacking portrait of the Sviatoslav family. Old institutional stamps to title. Generally fine. Includes two articles by Aleksandr Dmitrievich Chertkov: “Нѣсколько словъ вмѣсто предисловiя къ описанiю русскихъ древнихъ монетъ” and “O пяти русскихъ деньгахъ XV вѣка.” Rare. Ex Ran Zander library (Elmen 2001 sale, lot 1021); ex V. Arefiev library.
Oreshnikov, A. ИМПЕРАТОРСКIЙ РОССIЙСКIЙ ИСТОРИЧЕСКIЙ МУЗЕЙ ИМЕНИ ИМПЕРАТОРА АЛЕКСАНДРА III. ОПИСАНIЕ ПАМЯТНИКОВЪ. Выпускъ I. РУССКIЯ МОНЕТЫ ДО 1547 ГОДА. Moscow, 1896. xx, 232 pages; fine portrait plate of Chertkov; occasional text illustrations; 21 fine phototype plates of coins; additional coin rubbing affixed to one plate margin. Some foxing, including to frontispiece. [bound with] Oreshnikov, A. МАТЕРIАЛЫ КЪ РУССКОЙ НУМИЗМАТИКѢ ДО ЦАРСКАГО ПЕРIОДА. (ДОПОЛНЕНIЕ КЪ ‹РУССКИМЪ МОНЕТАМЪ ДО 1547 Г.›). Moscow, 1901. 32 pages; 2 fine plates. Near fine. [bound with] ОПИСЬ СЕРЕБРЯНЫМЪ МОНЕТНЫМЪ СЛИТКАМЪ ИЗЪ СОБРАНIЯ ИМПЕРАТОРСКАГО РОССIЙСКАГО ИСТОРИЧЕСКАГО МУЗЕЯ. Moscow, undated. 7, (1) pages; 5 fine plates. Small 4to, slightly later tan quarter morocco with brown textured sides; flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt; from the library of Vladimir Nikolaevich Peskov, with his initials at the base of the spine; decorative endpapers; original printed card covers and wraps bound in for first two works (final work self-covered). Near fine, overall. An impressive copy of this work, still the most comprehensive on the topic and with plates that are far superior to those of the reprints. The 1901 supplement to the main volume is rarely met with. The third work is an offprint from the second volume of the Труды Московскаго Нумизматическаго Общества on the silver monetary bars in the collection of the Imperial Russian Historical Museum. Clain-Stefanelli 7378*. Grierson 194: “L’ouvrage classique sur les monnaies russes médiévales.” Gromachevskii 251б.
Ricaud de Tiregale, P. MÉDAILLES SUR LES PRINCIPAUX EVÉNÉMENS DE L’EMPIRE DE RUSSIE DEPUIS LE RÈGNE DE PIERRE LA GRAND JUSQU’À CELUI DE CATHERINE II AVEC DES EXPLICATIONS HISTORIQUES. À Potsdam: chéz Sommer Imprimeur de la Cour, 1772. Folio [37 by 24 cm], contemporary brown marbled paper boards; black leather spine label, gilt. Magnificent engraved frontispiece portrait of Catherine II; title printed in red and black with engraved printer’s vignette; (4), 111, (3) printed leaves; finely engraved allegorical dédicace; woodcut decorations; 111 fine engravings of medals, each followed by descriptive text. Negligible intermittent foxing and discoloration. Fine. A superb example of this rare classic work in original state; the finest example we have ever encountered. Modeled on the French Médailles sur les principaux événements du règne de Louis le Grand (Paris: Académie Royale des Médailles et des Inscriptions, 1702), this exquisite work is among the very finest of the outstanding works on medals published during the eighteenth century. Each page depicts the obverse and reverse of a medal, generally at its actual size, with descriptive text and culs-de-lampe. The magnificent portrait frontispiece was engraved by Daniel Berger (1744–1825) following a painting by Pietro Rotari (1707–62). Berger and J.C. Krüger engraved most of the medals (some remain unsigned), while the dédicace is by Berger after Jean Gerin. While the typography and printing may not be up to the very high standards set by the French precedent, Ricaud de Tiregale’s opus remains a beautifully illustrated classic work on medals and a high-point of any numismatic library. Zaandam numismatist P. Smidt van Gelder’s fine collection, featuring Dutch and other European coins and medals, was sold at auction in 1846 and 1847. He was an early owner of this magnificent work and it appears to have remained essentially as it was when it graced his library shelves over a century and a half ago. Engraved armorial ex libris P. Smidt van Gelder; ex Clain-Stefanelli Library; diminutive embossed gilt-printed green label of J. Vinchon et Cie affixed to second front flyleaf, with the firm’s “Compliments” card and handwritten lot number slip [1146] loosely laid in. Arefiev, Belustigungen page 27; Supplementum III, page 2. Clain-Stefanelli 14957. Gromachevskii 289. Ex Kolbe Sale 100, lot 81. Journal of the Russian Numismatic Society
[Evans]. Casson, S. [editor]. ESSAYS IN AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY PRESENTED TO SIR ARTHUR EVANS IN HONOUR OF HIS 75TH BIRTHDAY. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1927. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt. ix, (1), 142, (2) pages; frontispiece portrait; text illustrations; 21 plates including one fine plate of coins. Some discoloration to cloth; very good or better. Quite rare. Includes “Cretan Coins from the Seager Collection,” by G.F. Hill.
[Head]. Hill, G.F. [editor]. COROLLA NUMISMATICA: NUMISMATIC ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF BARCLAY V. HEAD. London: Oxford, 1906. Tall 8vo, original olive-green cloth, gilt; top page edges gilt. Fine frontispiece portrait; xvi, 386, (2) pages; title printed in red and black; table of legends; text figures; 18 fine plates of coins. Very good or better. An important festschrift. Scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 1817.
[Robinson, David]. Mylonas, George E., and Doris Raymond [editors]. STUDIES PRESENTED TO DAVID MOORE ROBINSON ON HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY. Vols. I and II. Saint Louis: Washington University, 1951 and 1953. Two volumes. Thick 4to, original matching blue cloth, gilt. lix, (1), 876; xx, 1336 pages; portrait of Robinson in each volume; text figures; folding plan; 111 + 98 plates, mainly depicting Greek vases and other antiquities but including plates of Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine and medieval coins. Spines sunned; extremities a trifle worn. Near fine. Articles on coins occupy pages 180–278 in the second volume, comprised of twelve contributions, including Bellinger’s Notes on Coins from Olynthus; Alexander’s The Coinage of Potidaea; Milne’s The History of the Greek Medallion; Schwabacher’s Some Unknown Federal Coins of the Acarnanians; etc. The many remaining scholarly essays were contributed by luminaries such as John D. Beazley, Margarete Bieber, Dietrich von Bothmer, William Bell Dinsmoor, George M.A. Hanfmann, Georg H. Karo, Fiske Kimball, Karl Kubler, Ernst Langlotz, Reinhard Lullies, Spyridon Marinatos, George E. Mylonas, John D.S. Pendlebury, Karl Schefold, Jocelyn Toynbee and Arthur Dale Trendall.
Eckhel, Joseph. DOCTRINA NUMORUM VETERUM. VOLUMEN I–IV: PARS I. DE NUMIS URBIUM, POPULORUM, REGUM. VOLUMEN V–VIII: PARS II. DE MONETA ROMANORUM. Second edition. Vindobonae (Vienna), 1828 [actually published in Leipzig; first volume gives date of publication as 1792 (correct for the first edition); second volume gives erroneous date of publication as 1839]; 1826 Addenda included in final volume. Eight volumes complete. 4to [24 by 19.5 cm], contemporary full speckled calf; flat spines decorated and lettered in gilt; black morocco spine labels, gilt; all page edges marbled. Frontispiece portrait; (8), (v)–xvi, (14), (2), clxxxiii, (1), (2), 271, (1); (6), 606; vi, 562; viii, 563, (1); (2), vi, 364; xxiv, (2), 539, (1); (6), 521, (1); vi, (2), 573, (1), iv, 58, (4) pages. Engraved plate of Greek letters; engraved plate of Alphabetum Phoenicium et Samaritanum; 2 engraved plates of Greek coins [“Numi Goltziani. Numi veri.”]; engraved plate of Greek coins and cameos; 1 folding genealogical table; one engraved text figure of a Byzantine coin; engraved plate of Roman monograms. Binding with some signs of wear: first volume joints cracked, a couple others starting; old institutional stamps; generally near fine. Eckhel’s magnum opus; one of the major foundation works of modern scholarly numismatics. Joseph Hilarius Eckhel (1737–98) has been justly regarded as the “father of ancient numismatics” and his Doctrina as the major exposition of his principles. “With him began a new era in the study of ancient numismatics: rigid scientific methods entered the field of research supplementing the usual approach of the amateur. For the first time in its history the basic elements of ancient Greek and Roman numismatics—metals, ponderal systems, organization of mints, significance of coin-types, coins in their relation to the history of art—are amply discussed.”—Clain-Stefanelli, Numismatics, page 29. This second edition is bibliographically complex. Babelon 127–128: “still our main work of reference.” Bassoli 40–41. Clain-Stefanelli 1643*. Daehn 62. Lipsius 110.
Spanheim, Ezechiel. DISSERTATIONES DE PRÆSTANTIA ET USU NUMISMATUM ANTIQUORUM. EDITIO NOVA. IN QUA EDITÆ ANTEA DISSERTATIONES RECENSENTUR, MULTISQUE ACCESSIONIBUS LOCUPLETANTUR; ALIÆ NUNC PRIMUM PRODEUNT; SINGULÆ AUTEM SELECTIS INSIGNIUM NUMISMATUM ICONIBUS ILLUSTRANTUR. TOMUS PRIMUS & VOLUMEN ALTERUM. Londini: Impensis Richardi Smith, 1706, and Amstelodami: Apud Rodolph. & Gerhard. Wetstenios, 1717. Two volumes. Folio [46 by 30.5 cm], contemporary brown full calf, boards intricately paneled in blind, with mottled borders and center panels; edges decorated in gilt; spines with seven raised bands, ruled, lettered and lavishly decorated in gilt; page edges speckled in red. (48), 726, (42); (8), xxviii, 656, (52) pages; finely engraved allegorical title in the first volume; titles printed in red and black; superbly engraved frontispiece portrait of the author; superbly engraved portrait of George Augustus, Prince of Wales; finely engraved dedication vignette in the second volume; woodcut initials and tailpieces; coin engravings in the text. Bindings remarkably well-preserved and expertly rebacked. A fine set. An exceptional set of the third, last, and best, edition of this landmark work. Born as an unillustrated quarto in 1664, a greatly expanded and illustrated if still rather modest edition in two parts appeared in 1671. Its apotheosis here, in two oversize folio volumes, was most handsomely executed and, in the present set, bound in raiment worthy of it. Clain-Stefanelli (Numismatics—An Ancient Science) page 24: “one of the most significant names in the field of numismatics in the 17th century [was] Ezechiel Spanheim… His encyclopedic knowledge in history, art, geography, art history—all based on a full mastery of the ancient authors—made him one of the prominent numismatists of his day. His chief publication Dissertatio de praestantia et usu numismatum antiquorum (1664 [first edition]) must certainly be considered the work of a master” Babelon 105: “Ezechiel Spanheim (b. 1629 † 1710) was part of that exceptional group of scholars who came together at Rome under the reign of Queen Christina.” Bassoli 30: “that great work of Ezechiel Spanheim… represent[s] the seventeenth century ‘peak’ of classical numismatics. Spanheim meticulously (and not without digressions) records every image and inscription shown on ancient coins that could be made out.” Hirsch 122. Kress S.2350. Lipsius 376. Ex T. Sharp library, with his diminutive bookplate; ex Phiroze K. Randeria, with his bookplate.
[Saxe-Gotha]. Liebe, Christian Sigismund. GOTHA NUMARIA, SISTENS THESAURI FRIDERICIANI NUMISMATA ANTIQUA AUREA, ARGENTEA, ÆREA, EA RATIONE DESCRIPTA, UT GENERALI EORUM NOTITIÆ EXEMPLA SINGULARIA SUBIUNGANTUR, AUCTORE CHRISTIANO SIGISMUNDO LIEBE. ACCEDUNT EX ANDREÆ MORELLII SPECIMINE UNIVERSÆ REI NUMARIÆ ANTIQUÆ EXCERPTA, & EPISTOLÆ TRES EZ. SPANHEMII, QUIBUS RARIORES EIUSDEM THESAURI NUMI ILLUSTRANTUR. Amstelædami: Apud R. & J. Wetsenios & G. Smith, 1730. First edition. Folio [38 by 25.5 cm], contemporary full vellum; gilt-bordered spine panels lettered in gilt; red-speckled page edges. (14), xxvi, 544, (28) pages; superbly engraved allegorical frontispiece; title printed in red and black with a finely engraved vignette; 12 finely engraved vignettes at the head of each chapter and elsewhere, including the Numismatophylacium Fridericianum (Frederick’s Coin Room); woodcut initials and tailpieces; 316 fine engravings of ancient Greek and Roman coins in the text. Lacking engraved portrait of Frederick II called for. Minor intermittent spotting. Near fine. A massive, quite handsome production, meticulously recording the remarkably fine collection assembled by the princes of Saxe-Gotha. According to Babelon, at the turn of the twentieth century it still “formed the core of the current collection of Gotha.” Bassoli, however, reports that the collection was dispersed at the end of World War II. Babelon 113. Bassoli 32. Clain-Stefanelli (Numismatics—An Ancient Science) page 31: “The little principality of Saxe-Gotha could claim an important collection which had been assembled by its princes. Frederick II (1691–1732) proclaimed that he created this cabinet ‘for the reputation of Our Princely House, and for the good of the public.’” Hennin 218. Hirsch 76. Lipsius 229. Strandberg 103.
[Weber]. Forrer, L. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF GREEK COINS FORMED BY SIR HERMANN WEBER M.D. 1823–1918. First edition. London: Spink & Son Ltd., 1922–29. Three volumes complete: text bound in four volumes, plates in three. Crown 4to, contemporary blue cloth, gilt; third volume plates housed in original printed folder enclosed in later blue cloth slipcase. Frontispiece portrait of Weber; xvi, 377, (1); (4), 579, (1); (4), 473, (1); (4), (475)–996 pages; 318 very fine plates of coins [numbered 1–5, 6(a), 6(b), 7–317]. Only moderate signs of wear. Near fine. Wayte Raymond’s set of the extremely important catalogue of this great collection of 8593 coins, purchased en bloc by Spink and Son and dispersed privately in the 1920s (a large number of the coins finding their way into the collection of Virgil Brand, now also dispersed). Nearly all of the coins in the collection are depicted on the excellent plates. Clain-Stefanelli 2001*. Daehn 2042. Grierson 57. Kroh 10: “One excellent feature of this collection is the large number of Greek and Greek-Imperial bronzes published (many unlisted elsewhere) and the very high standard of writing utilized by Mr. Forrer with introductions to each city and cross-references for all of the coins.”
Hill, George F. BECKER THE COUNTERFEITER. PARTS I & II. London: Spink & Son, 1924 & 1925. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo, original gray cloth-backed printed boards. 72, 39, (1) pages; frontispiece portrait; 19 fine plates. Institutional bookplate. Repaired joint. Near fine. The original edition of this still indispensable work, featuring superb plates. Very scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 16243: “Useful to collectors.” Daehn 1670. Kroh 98: “This is absolutely essential!”
Le Rider, Georges. études d’histoire monétaire et financière du monde grec. écrits 1958–1998. Tome I–III, complete. Édité par Eleni Papaefthymiou, François de Callataÿ et François Queyrel. Athènes: Ouvrage publié par la Société Hellénique de Numismatique, 1999. Three volumes. 4to, original matching deep yellow cloth lettered in black. 452; (8), 453–1035, (1); (6), 1037–1443, (1) pages; portrait; text figures; numerous illustrations and plates of coins. Near fine. An indispensable compilation. Daehn 144.
[Hirsch]. Naster, Paul. CATALOGUE DES MONNAIES GRECQUES. LA COLLECTION LUCIEN DE HIRSCH. First edition. Bruxelles: Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Cabinet des Médailles, 1959. Two volumes. 4to, attractively bound in matching red quarter morocco and marbled boards; spines with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; original printed card covers bound in. Frontispiece portrait; 353, (3); (4), (2) pages; 104 fine phototype plates of coins. Light wear to bindings; near fine. Georges Le Rider’s finely bound set of this very important collection, cataloguing and illustrating 1,877 coins in the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. Clain-Stefanelli 1880. Daehn 1740. Grierson 57. Kroh 12.
[Luynes]. Babelon, Jean. CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION DE LUYNES. MONNAIES GRECQUES: I: ITALIE ET SICILE. II: GRÈCE CONTINENTALE ET ILES. III: ASIE MINEURE ET PHÉNICIE. IV: SYRIE, ÉGYPTE, CYRÉNAÏQUE, MAURÉTANIE, ZEUGITANE, NUMIDIE. First edition. Jules Florange et Louis Ciani, éditeurs. Paris, 1924–36. Four text volumes and four plate volumes, complete, bound in four volumes. Small 4to, later matching brown half cloth and mottled boards, gilt. Frontispiece portrait; xi, (3), 292; (4), 171, (1), (4); (4), 177, (1), (4); (4), 146, (4) pages; 154 fine plates of coins. A fine set. A most important collection, belonging to the noted numismatist Honoré-Théodore-Paul-Joseph, d’Albert, duc de Luynes. Clain-Stefanelli 1883*. Daehn 1756. Grierson 57. Kroh 12. A 1935 Alfred Page numismatic book catalogue: “Catalogue d’une des plus belles collections de monnaies de la Bibliothèque nationale. — Cet ouvrage, richement édité, est complet en quatre volumes pour la partie ‘Monnaies grecques.’”
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