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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 575

Anonymous. Bust of Constantinopolis. 1/3 Siliqua, 0.52g (6h). Constantinople, c. 530-580 AD. Obv: No legend. Helmeted and draped bust of Constantinopolis right, seen from front, wearing pearl necklace. Rx: Large letter K. Simon Bendall, Anonymous Silver, Revue Numismatique 158, 2002, no. 8c. VF Hoard evidence cited by Bendall suggests that this type, originally issued for the dedication of Constantinople in 330 AD, was revived and struck in some volume in the sixth century, presumably beginning on the two hundredth anniversary of the city`s dedication

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 576

Justin II. 565-578 AD. Light weight Solidus or 23 Siliquae, 4.08g (6h). Constantinople. Obv: D N IVSTI-NVS P P AVG Helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding Victory on globe. Rx:[ V]ICTORI - A AVCCC Θ S Constantinopolis seated front holding scepter and globe, in exergue, OB *+*. MIB 7. DO -. EF Ex Gorny & Mosch 134, 11-12 October 2004, lot 3207

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 579

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

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 580

Justinian II. First reign, 685-695 AD. Solidus, 4.37g (5h). 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, B (= officina 2) in lower right field, CONOP in exergue. DO 7b. MIB 8. Berk 186 var. Sear 1248. Contact mark on tip of nose, otherwise beautifully struck. Mint State Ex Gemini IV, 8 January 2008, lot 537

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 583

Pax Type Justinian II. 2nd Reign, 705-711 AD. Solidus, 4.32g (7h). Constantinople. Obv: D N Ihs Ch[S R]EX REGNANTIuM Facing bust of Christ with short curly hair and cross behind his head. He raises his right hand in benediction and holds the book of Gospels in his left. Rx: D N IuS - TINIA - NuS MuLTUS AN Facing bust of Justinian II with short beard and crown with cross atop. He holds a cross potent on three steps in right hand and a globus cruciger, inscribed PAX, in left hand. Sear 1413. DO 1. Berk 200. Some areas of flat striking, otherwise Mint State

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 584

Leo III Hexagram, New Officina Leo III. 717-741 AD. Hexagram, 2.67g (6h). Constantinople, 717-720 AD. Obv: DNO LEO - N - P A MUL Bust facing, with short beard, wearing plumed helmet and cuirassed, holding spear and shield. Rx: VICTORIA - AVSY S Cross potent on three steps, CONOB beneath. MIB 23, new officina S=6. Cf. DO 20 and Sear 1511. Extremely beautiful and rare. EF Ex Gemini VIII, 14 April 2011, lot 518 Apparently a flip strike, to judge from the visible fragments of the legends of the original strike, namely VICT on the obverse to the left of DNO LEO of the second strike, and DNO LE on the reverse to the left of VICT of the second strike. Our coin was struck by officina S=6, a new variety: previously this hexagram had only been recorded from officinae Δ=4 and E=5

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 585

Constantine V. 741-775 AD. Solidus Solidus, 4.41g (6h). Constantinople, c. 741-751 AD. Obv: Bust of Constantine V facing, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding cross potent and akakia. Rx: Facing bust of Leo III (the emperor`s deceased father), with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding cross potent and akakia. Berk 225. Sear 1550. DO 1. Good EF

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 594

Andronicus II. 1282-1328 AD. Trachy, 1.28g Constantinople. Obv: Two large confronting B`s. Rx: I - C / X - C within the arms of a cross. Cf. Ratto, lot 2227. Light green patina. EF

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 601

Lot of Three Rare Animal Antoniniani of Gallienus. (0h). . All mint of Rome, c. 267-8 AD. (1) 2.75g, 6h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: DIANAE CONS AVG Antelope standing right, Γ (=officina 3) in exergue. Göbl 717b (11 spec.), Cunetio 1347 (4 spec.). Rare with antelope standing right not left. (2) 2.41g, 11h. A similar coin with Antelope right, but with the antelope`s legs differently arranged: the two right legs, nearest the viewer, are both advanced before the two left legs, in the background. This variant not recorded by Carradice in his appendix on the Animal coins in the Cunetio report. (3) 2.79g, 5h. Obv: IMP GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate r. Rx: DIA - NAE CONS AVG Stag walking l., X (=officina 10) in exergue. Göbl 744z (1 spec., Vienna), pl. 58 (different dies); Cunetio 1396 (1 spec., not illustrated); Cohen 59 (Gréau Sale); RIC 178. Ex Berk 135, 10 Dec. 2003, lot 301. Very rare with longer obverse legend adding IMP. EF to VF

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 602

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

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 603

Lot of Three Animal Antoniniani of Gallienus, Rare Bust Varieties, One Unpublished. (0h). . All mint of Rome, c. 267-8 AD. (1) 2.66g, 5h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed left, seen from back, holding spear pointed upwards below chin and shield decorated with Medusa head by left shoulder. Rx: IOVI CONS AVG Goat-stag mixture walking left, S (=officina 6) in exergue. A rare and elaborate left-facing military bust, Göbl`s bust r, unknown to him in combination with this reverse type, his 730, so apparently a unique new variety. (2) 2.64g, 1h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed right, one wreath tie overlaps neck. Rx: APOLLINI CON[S] AVG Centaur walking right about to shoot arrow from bow, Z (=officina 7) in exergue. Normanby Hoard pl. 10, 342 (same obv. die) = Göbl pl. 57, 735w (bust misclassified as cuirassed only rather than draped and cuirassed); not in Cunetio hoard, RIC, or Cohen with this bust type. Appparently only the second recorded specimen with this bust type, and from the same obverse die as the first specimen, which was part of the Normanby hoard. (3) 2.99g, 11h. Obv: G[ALLIEN]VS AVG Bust radiate, cuirassed right, seen from front, fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: DIANAE CONS AVG Gazelle standing right, XI (=officina 11) in exergue. Göbl 747u (1 spec.), RIC 181, Cohen 164. Very rare with bust cuirassed instead of the standard "Head radiate right". Göbl knew only one such specimen, whose source he unfortunately misquotes. There may have been another example in Cunetio 1402, not illustrated, if the bust description there is erroneous ("draped and cuirassed, seen from front"). VF to Fine

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 605

Lot of Three Rare Animal Antoniniani of Gallienus. (0h). . Mint of Rome, c. 267-8 AD. (1) 2.95g, 7h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: LIBERO.P.CONS AVG Tigress walking and looking right, B (=officina 2) in exergue. Göbl 715b (6 spec.), RIC 230, Cohen 591 (BM, 3 Fr.). Rare with tigress walking right rather than left: Göbl`s photofile included only six such coins, there were none in the Cunetio hoard, and Cohen 591 cited this variety from the BM, meaning that it was not in the Paris collection in his day. Moreover, our coin shows the tigress looking forward, not with raised head as on the Vienna specimen illustrated by Göbl, pl. 56, 715b, and the BM specimen reproduced by Carradice`s sketch in the Cunetio report, p. 190, fig. 4. (2) 3.09g, 11h. Obv: GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate right. Rx: APOLLINI CONS AVG Griffin standing right, Δ (=officina 4) in exergue. Göbl 721b (2 spec.), RIC 166, Cohen 75 (Paris, 1 Fr.). Very rare variant with griffin standing right rather than striding left as usual. Göbl 721 knew of only two such coins with obverse legend GALLIENVS AVG like ours, plus six specimens with obverse legend IMP GALLIENVS AVG; there were no specimens of either variety in the Cunetio hoard. (3) 2.38g, 6h. Obv: IMP GALLIENVS AVG Head radiate r. Rx: APOLL[INI CON]S AVG Griffin sitting l., Δ (=officina 4) in exergue. Göbl 722z, Cunetio 1350 (1 spec.), RIC 165, Cohen 78 (citing BM, 3 Fr.). Rare with griffin sitting left rather than striding left. There was only one such coin in the Cunetio hoard; Cohen cites it from the BM, indicating its absence in the Paris collection in his day. Göbl`s Table 20 alleges that he knew 66 specimens of this coin, but that figure must be an error, meant to apply to some other variety. VF to Fine

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 615

Great Britain. Anglo-Saxon. Harold II. 1066 AD. Penny. -. London Mint, Leofsige, moneyer. Pax type. +HΛROLD REX ΛNGI Crown head left; scepter before. Rx: +LEOFSI ON LVNDE, PΛX between two parallel lines. Rare.. Seaby 1186. North 836. Grueber & Keary 65. BMC 1.. NGC AU55. Harold Godwinson or Harold II, reigned for only ten months and was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. After the death of Edward the Confessor on January 5th 1066, the Witenagemot confirmed Harold to succeed. Upon hearing this news Duke William II of Normandy began plans for invasion while Harold met those plans by preparing his fleet against the invaders. The fleet however was unable to sail for nearly seven months possibly due to unfavorable winds and thus Harold was forced to return to London to deal with the invading forces of Harold Hardrada of Norway and Harold’s brother Tostig Godwinson whom he was able to successfully defeat. Shortly after, Harold marched his troops 241 miles to intercept William as he had now landed in Sussex in southern England. On October 14th, the two armies met at the Battle of Hastings where Harold was defeated and killed. It was later said that Harold was killed and dismembered by four knights including Duke William.

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 616

Great Britain. William I (1066-1087). Penny. 1.40g 1066-1087-. Winchcombe mint. Obv: PILLELM REX Bust facing crowned and diademed, Rx: Cross pattée, letters P A X S each within annulet in each angle, +GOLDPINE ON PINC. Ex Richard P. Miller Collection.. North 848, Seaby 1257. BMC type VIII,. Toned EF.

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Lot 621

Great Britain. Charles II (1660–1685). Six Pence. 1681-. Obv: CAROLVS II DEI GRATIA Draped bust right, Rx: MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX 1681 Crowned Cruciform shields, interlinked C’s in angles die axis.. KM 441, ESC 1520, Seaby 3382. NGC AU53.

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Lot 623

Great Britain. George III (1760-1820). Pattern 5 shillings and six pence bank token. 1811-. Bank of England. By designer John Phillp. Type C/4 struck in copper. Obv: GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA REX Laureate and draped bust right. Rx: BANK OF ENGLAND TOKEN FIVE SHILLINGS & SIXPENCE 1811 Britannia seated facing left on rock. Extremely rare with only one other in the population report in this grade with nothing graded higher.. ESC 195. L&S 107.. NGC PF65 BN Cameo.

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Lot 628

Russia. Peter I, The Great (1689-1725). Rouble. 28.10g 1723-. Obv: Bust right with high neckband, eagle on breast, Order chain. OK (Ottfried Konig) on sleeve, Peter Alexievitch Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia. Rx: Four Russian P’s in the form of a cross. Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.. Davenport 1658. Severin 640. Bitkin 854. KM 162.2.. VF.

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Lot 633

Russia. Peter I, The Great (1689-1724). Quarter Rouble. ND 17th Century-. Obv: Laureate bust right, Rx: Crown above double-headed eagle. Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s. Severin 110, KM 112.2. VF.

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Lot 634

Russia. Catherine I (1725-1727). Rouble. 1725-. Obv: EKATEPIHA.IM II EPATPИIIA. Bust left, Rx: Crown above crowned double headed-eagle. Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.. Davenport 1664. KM 168. NGC VF Details. Scratches.

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 636

Russia. Peter II (1727-1730). Rouble. 1727-. Obv: Bust right. Rx: Four crowned Russian P’s in cross form with two I’s in angles. 1727 inside the two side P’s. Stars in legend. Moscow Mint lettered edge.. Davenport 1687. KM 182.1. NGC VF Details Surface Hairlines.

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Lot 638

Russia. Elizabeth Petrovna (1741-1761). Rouble. 26.20g 1742-. St. Petersburg.Obv: Bust right. Rx: Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast. : ends the legend. Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.. Davenport 1677, KM C#19b.3. Strong VF.

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Lot 639

Russia. Elizabeth Petrovna (1741-1761). Rouble. 25.50g 1752-. St. Petersburg. Obv: Bust right with St. Petersburg mintmark below. Rx: Crowned double-eagle with arms on breast. Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.. Severin variety of 1589, Davenport 1677, KM C#19b.5.. VF.

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Lot 641

Russia. Catherine II, The Great (1762-1796). Rouble. 23.30g. 1762-. St. Petersburg, (Nazar Kutuzov). Obv: Bust right, Peter III, by the grace of God, emperor of all Russia. Rx: Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast, Coin rouble. Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.. Davenport 1682. Bitkin 11. Severin 1882. KM C#47.1.. Fine.

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Lot 642

Russia. Catherine II, The Great (1762-1796). Rouble. 23.90g 1762-. Moscow. Obv: Bust with ruffle around the neck. Rx: Crowned double-headed eagle with arms on breast. Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.. Severin variety of 1896, Davenport 1683. KM C#67.1. EF.

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Lot 644

Russia. Paul I (1796-1801). Rouble. 1798-. Obv: NOT UNTO US, NOT UNTO US, BUT UNTO THY NAME in ornamental square tablet. Rx: Four P’s in cross form with I in center. Severin 2429, KM C#101a. Davenport 1688. NGC XF45.

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Lot 651

Russia. Nicholas II (1894-1917). Rouble. 1898-. Rouble. Alexander II Memorial. St. Petersburg Mint, 1898. Obv: Bust to left with legend, Alexander II Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias. Born 17 April 1818 died 1 March 1881. AΓ on truncation. Rx: Alexander II memorial in the Kremlin with the legend, Commenced by the Emperor Alexander III 1892 and completed by the emperor Nicholas II 1898. In exergue In the Moscow Kremlin and Rouble. Rare. Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.. Severin 4055. Bit 323 (R). Uzdenikov 4198. KM Y#28. NGC MS61.

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Lot 652

Russia. Alexander III Memorial. Rouble. 1912-. St. Petersburg Mint, Obv: Bust left with legend, Alexander III Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias. Born 26 February 1845 died 20 October 1894. AΓ on truncation. Rx: Enthroned statue of the Czar with legend Through the love of the people and Nicholas II, This statue was erected in Moscow 1912, Rouble below. Rare. Ex Chicago Collection 1920’s.. Davenport 297. Bit 330 (R). Severin 4165. KM Y#69.. NGC MS61.

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Gemini Numismatic Auctions
Lot 655

Spain. Castile & Leon, Pedro I, The Cruel 1350-1369. Real. 3.50g 1650-1369-. Seville. Obv: +DOMINVS:MICHI:ADIVTOR:ETEGO:DIS:/::PICIAM:INIMICOS:MEOS in two concentric circles, crowned P. Rx: +PETRVS:REX:CASTELLE:ELEGIONIS arms of Castile and Leon; three annulets around, S below.. Cayon 314. EF.

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Lot 656

Spain. Castile & Leon ,Enrique III 1390-1409.. Real. 3.10g 1390-1409-. Seville. Obv. + DOMINVS:MICHI: ADIVTOR:EDEGO:/:*DISCIPIAM: INIMICO in two concentric circles, crowned M. Rx: ENRICVS:DEI:GRACIA:REX coat-of-arms of Castile and León within quatrelobe; three stars around, S below.. Cayon 480. VF.

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Lot 659

Great Britain. Charles I Shilling & Elizabeth I Sixpense (2 coins in Lot). . -. Lot of Two English Hammered. 1. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. Sixth Issue, 1593. Sixpence, 3.10g. Obv: Elizabeth with rose behind. Rx: Coat of arms with date above. S 2578b. Toned VF. 2. Charles I. 1625-1649. Shilling, 6.00g. Obv: Charles left with shield ab

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Lots Road Auctions
Lot 33

GLASS FLOOR VASE, Vaseline glass, 1920's, 37cm H.

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Lot 299

WARDROBE, 1960's design teak with two panelled doors enclosing double hanging space, 120cm x 200cm H x 60cm D.

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Lots Road Auctions
Lot 309

REVOLVING EASY CHAIR, 1970's, tan brown leather with chrome frame, 84cm W.

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Kolbe & Fanning
Lot 2

Akademiia Nauk SSSR. ВСПОМОГАТЕЛЬНЫЕ ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЕ ДИСЦИПЛИНЫ. Vols. VII–X, XII–XIV, XX, XXII and XXVI. Leningrad/St. Petersburg, 1976–78, 1981–83, 1989, 1991 and 1998. Ten volumes. Small 8vo, original matching russet cloth, gilt. Near fine or better. A historical journal, with occasional but significant numismatic content. Vol. XX includes Spasskii’s important article, “К истории создания корпуса русских монет XVIII и XIX вв,” with illustrations of many of the more prominent Russian numismatists to work on this project. Most volumes ex Ran Zander library (Elmen 2001 sale, lot 1002).

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Lot 5

Barataev, Prince Mikhail. НУМИЗМАТИЧЕСКIЕ ФАКТЫ ГРУЗИНСКАГО ЦАРСТВА / DOCUMENTS NUMISMATIQUES DU ROYAUME DE GÉORGIE. St. Petersburg, 1844–45. Small 4to, disbound with dark gray boards. (8), xxvi [bound out of order], (6), 112, 90, (4), 26, (2), 54, 182, 20, 18, (6) pages; [554 pages in all]; added engraved title; 13 well-engraved plates of coins; additional engraved plate of a medal; a few text illustrations of coins. Text printed in Russian, French and Georgian. Backstrip lacking, boards detached. Interior contents very good. Extremely rare and still important. In Geuthner’s 25th catalogue (1906), it was described as “très rare… Tiré à petit nombre, cet ouvrage ne fut jamais mis en vente. Comprend: Monnaies sassanido-géorgiennes — Les Bagratiens en Géorgie — etc. — Nombre des pièces à légendes arabes.” Clain-Stefanelli 9026. Gromachevskii 15б. Leitzmann 7.

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Lot 6

Bauer, N. DIE SILBER UND GOLDBARREN DES RUSSISCHEN MITTELALTERS: EIN ARCHÄOLOGISCHE STUDIE. Wien: Numismatische Zeitschrift, 1929–31. 4to, later pebbled green cloth, gilt. (4), 153, (1), iv, 186 pages; 4 + 7 plates [Bauer’s article comprises pages 77–120 of the first volume and 61–100 of the second volume, and all 4 plates of the first volume]. Fine. The entire volumes of the 62. and 64. bände of the Numismatische Zeitschrift (Wien), including Bauer’s important work on the early Russian bars. Ex Ran Zander library (Elmen 2001 sale, lot 1009).

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Kolbe & Fanning
Lot 7

Bayer, Theophilus (Gottlieb) Siegfried. HISTORIA OSRHOENA ET EDESSENA EX NUMIS ILLUSTRATA. IN QUA, EDESSAE URBIS, OSRHOËNI REGNI, ABGARORUM REGUM, PRAEFECTORUM GRAECORUM, ARABUM, PERSARUM, COMITUM FRANCORUM, SUCCESSIONES, FATA, RES ALIAE MEMORABILES, A PRIMA ORIGINE URBIS AD EXTREMA FERE TEMPORA EXPLICANTUR. Petropoli (St. Petersburg): Ex Typographia Academiae, 1734. First edition. (22), 362, (10) pages; finely engraved armorial headpiece; 2 finely engraved initials; tables; 7 well-engraved plates of coins and headdresses [one inverted]. [bound with] Bayer, Theophilus (Gottlieb) Siegfried, and Christoph Gottfried Walther. HISTORIA REGNI GRAECORUM BACTRIANI IN QUA SIMUL GRAECARUM IN INDIA COLONIARUM VETUS MEMORIA. Petropoli (St. Petersburg): Ex Typogr. Acad. Scient., 1738. First edition. (24), 213, (9) pages; finely engraved armorial headpiece; 1 finely engraved initial; 1 well-engraved folding plate and table. [bound with] Bayer, Theophilus (Gottlieb) Siegfried. DE HORIS SINICIS ET CYCLO HORARIO COMMENTATIONES ACCEDIT EIUSDEM AUCTORIS PARERGON SINICUM DE CALENDARIIS SINICIS... Petropoli (St. Petersburg): Typis Academiae Scientiarum, 1735. First edition. (10), 213, (9) pages; finely engraved armorial headpiece and tailpiece; 2 finely engraved initials; 8 well-engraved folding plates and tables with one numismatic figure. 4to [26.5 by 20 cm], contemporary brown quarter calf and mottled boards; spine with five raised bands, richly decorated in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; page edges speckled. Some wear to joints and extremities. Very good or better. Three works by this German orientalist, all of them published by the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, bound in one handsome volume. The first work is a rare early publication on the ancient coins of the Mesopotamian cities of Edessa and Osroene. Simone Assemani wrote the preface. Brückmann 12. Brunet 29883. Dekesel B171. Hirsch 9. Lipsius 26. Severova 8. Strandberg 30. The second work is, according to Severova, the “première recherche sur l’histoire de l’empire gréco-bactrien s’appuyant sur des données d’auteurs anciens.” Dekesel B172. Lipsius 27. Severova 9. The folding plate is not mentioned by Dekesel, though it bears the title of the book and obviously belongs with it (in this copy, it appears between pages 99 and 100). The third work is essentially non-numismatic, though one of the plates does feature a Chinese numismatic object.

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Lot 10

Bert’e-Delagard, A.L. ПОПРАВКИ ОБЩАГО КАТАЛОГА МОНЕТЪ П.О. БУРАЧКОВА. Moscow, 1907. 4to, original printed card covers. (2), v, (1), 35, (1) pages. Spine somewhat worn, else near fine. Corrections to Burachkov’s 1884 Общiй каталогъ монетъ. Quite rare.

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Lot 14

Bulychov, N.I. ИЗСЛѢДОВАНIЕ НѢКОТОРЫХЪ ИЗОБРАЖЕНIЙ НА ДРЕВНИХЪ РУССКИХЪ ДЕНЬГАХЪ. Выпускъ I. St. Petersburg, 1904. Small folio, original printed card covers. (2), 119, (5) pages; illustrated throughout. Spine very worn, with front cover detached but present. Interiors better. Very good or so. A very rare work. Not listed in the extensive bibliography in Chernetsov’s 1983 work on the subject.

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Lot 19

Chaudoir, Baron S. de. APERÇU SUR LES MONNAIES RUSSES ET SUR LES MONNAIES ÉTRANGÈRES QUI ONT EU COURS EN RUSSE. St. Petersbourg, 1836–37. Three volumes, complete. 8vo, nineteenth-century brown cloth-backed boards, gilt. vii, (1), 266, (2); (4), xii, 331, (7); 23, (1) pages; 23 & 58 engraved tables and plates of coins. Minor staining to second volume. Very good or better. The classic work; the first general guide to Russian coins. Infrequently encountered with the second volume of text published in 1837 (present here). Volume I recounts the history of the Russian monetary system and features an extensive bibliography. The second volume of text consists of detailed coin descriptions and the plate volume, beyond its numerous illustrations of coins, features tables of metal production, mintages, etc. The work gained for the author the Grand Demidoff Prize of 5000 rubles. Clain-Stefanelli 11138*. Grierson 194: “Encore utile, en dépit de sa date.” Gromachevskii 392а.

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Lot 20

Ch(ertkov), A. ОПИСАНIЕ ДРЕВНИХЪ РУССКИХЪ МОНЕТЪ. Moscow, 1834, 1837, 1838 and 1842. Four parts, complete, bound in one volume. 8vo, nineteenth-century brown quarter morocco; spine with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. Engraved main title printed in red and black, x, (2), 224, (2); viii, 63, (1); vi, (2), 48; vi, (2), 67, (1) pages; 33 engraved plates, six tinted, plus plates A–H, for a total of 41. Occasional institutional markings. Some foxing. Binding a bit rubbed, but sound. Very good or better. The first truly comprehensive work on medieval Russian coins. Rare complete. “Chertkov and Chaudoir were close contemporaries. Chaudoir’s work on Russian coins is of course more comprehensive, in style more discursive, but on the earlier coins less focused and less reliable. Its broader scope and its appearance in French (as well as Russian) have made it far more widely known…. Chertkov’s work on Russian coins — especially with all three supplements — is now a bibliophilic rarity. Even in Gromachevsky’s 1904 bibliography it is quoted at around twice the price of the Chaudoir three-volume catalogue.” — Randolph Zander, Journal of the Russian Numismatic Society. Clain-Stefanelli 7350 (noting only parts 2–4). Some of the later plates display forgeries made for collectors which Chertkov failed to notice. His collection formed much of the basis of the collection of the State Historical Museum in Moscow, described by Oreshnikov in 1896. Gromachevskii 385. Ex Leonidas C. Hermes (Kolbe Sale 71, lot 12), with his label.

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Chizhov, S. ДЕНЬГА ВЕЛИКАГО КНЯЗЯ ДИМИТРIЯ ЮРЬЕВИЧА ГАЛИЦКАГО. Moscow, 1910. 4to, original printed card covers. 18 pages; one fine mounted text figure, as issued; 1 map printed in four colors. Inscribed by the author. Previous owner’s ink stamp; tape repair to front cover. Very good. A very rare offprint from Volume I of Нумизматическiй Сборникъ. Ex Vladimir Peskov library. Gumowski 3323. Not in Iakovchuk. Volkov does not mention an offprint.

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Chizhov, S.I. ДРОЗДОВСКИЙ КЛАД РУССКИХ ДЕНЕГ ВРЕМЕНИ ВЕЛ. КН. ВАСИЛИЯ ДМИТРИЕВИЧА МОСКОВСКОГО. St. Petersburg, 1922. Small 4to, modern blue cloth; spine hand-lettered; original printed wraps bound in. (4), 66, (2) pages; text figures; 7 very fine phototype plates. Fine. An important work, published after Chizhov’s death in prison. Provides a detailed examination of the Drozdovo hoard, one of the few hoards of the early fifteenth century to be comprehensively published (another wouldn’t be published until the 1980s, when Fedorov-Davydov published the Saransk hoards). Ex Leonidas C. Hermes (Kolbe Sale 71, lot 17), with his label.

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Fraehn, Christian. DE QUIBUSDAM SEMANIDARUM AC BUIDARUM NUMIS SCHEDIASMA. Göttingen: Typis Henrici Dieterich, 1816. 12mo, contemporary or slightly later cloth-backed decorative boards; hand-lettered spine labels. viii, 52 pages; 1 fine engraved plate depicting Samanid coins. Bilingual, Latin and Arabic. Near fine. All Fraehn’s works are scarce at least, but this particular work is virtually unknown. Mayer lists no fewer than 81 numismatic works by Fraehn (1782–1851) in his outstanding bibliography of Islamic numismatics, but managed to miss this one. An exceptional work, made all the more remarkable by being bilingual in Latin and Arabic, at a time when few would bother even attempting to reach a non-European audience. Fraehn’s Catalogue of the Islamic Coins in the Asiatic Museum

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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

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Georgii Mikhailovich, Grand Duke. МОНЕТЫ ЦАРСТВОВАНIЯ ИМПЕРАТОРА ПЕТРА I. ТОМЪ III. (St. Petersburg, 1914). Folio [41 by 32 cm], housed in recent brown antiqued quarter morocco clamshell box with burgundy cloth sides; spine with four raised bands; dark red calf spine label, gilt. 40 superb phototype plates of coins (numbered LVI–XCV), some overprinted in French, some in Russian. Top plate a bit browned and scuffed from exposure; rest fine or very nearly so. Of exceptional rarity, unmentioned by Garshin or Volkov. As discussed in detail above, production of the Peter the Great volumes of Georgii Mikhailovich’s corpus of Russian coins was interrupted by the outbreak of war, with only Volume II being published in full. A few sets of the plates for Volume III had been printed, but were essentially in the proof stage. Most sets of the corpus that have come to market—the Stack’s family set in 2010, the set in the April 1992 van der Dussen sale, the Willy Fuchs set in 1991—have lacked these rare plates. Only Leon Hermes’s complete set sold by Kolbe in 1997, which included 50 plates for this period (including Plates XCVI–CV not present here) and the set of Volumes II and III sold by Kolbe in 1995 (which included 48 of the 50 known plates and which was recently sold by Dmitry Markov) surpass this set in number. This set is ex Peter Landry, and was sold in the 1981 Sotheby’s sale of his library; it had been acquired by Landry from V. Arefiev as part of a trade. Poorly described, the plates brought a paltry £275. They later appeared in a World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) sale of 14 May 1998, where they sold to the present consignor. An important opportunity.

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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.

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Giel, Chr. ТАБЛИЦЫ РУССКИХЪ МОНЕТЪ ДВУХЪ ПОСЛѢДНИХЪ СТОЛѢТIЙ: ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЕ РУКОВОДСТВО ДЛЯ СОБИРАТЕЛЕЙ. First edition. St. Petersburg, 1883. 8vo, contemporary black half morocco and mottled boards, gilt; marbled endpapers. vi, 10, (68) pages; errata slip tipped in. Extremities rubbed; some annotations. Very good or better. Rare. A very nice copy of the first edition of this excellent collector’s guide to Russian coins. Khristian Khristianovich Giel (1837–1908), was Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich’s mentor on Russian numismatics of the Imperial period and a leading member of the Grand Duke’s team that developed the corpus of Russian coins. He was responsible for coin classification, preparation of material for all plates and general management of the project. Giel, along with Dr. Lorenz von Pansner (1777–1851), can be regarded as fathers of modern Russian numismatics of the Imperial period. Giel’s own large collection of Greek and Byzantine coins was first purchased by Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich; it was then passed on to his brother Grand Duke Alexander and finally was disposed of via auctions (Naville, Lucerne 1922 and Glendining, London 1958) and through private sales among major museums (ANS 1944, Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris 1930, British Museum 1929, Hermitage, etc.) and collectors. He died in Dresden while undergoing medical treatment. Clain-Stefanelli 11152. Gromachevskii 95д.

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Giel, Chr. ТАБЛИЦЫ РУССКИХЪ МОНЕТЪ ДВУХЪ ПОСЛѢДНИХЪ СТОЛѢТIЙ. Second edition. St. Petersburg, 1898. 8vo, contemporary brown half morocco with marbled boards. xvi, 125, (1) pages. Binding worn, but sound. First and last leaves with some discoloration. Early owner inscription. Very good. Rare. The best edition of this excellent collector’s guide to Russian coins. Giel was one of the most influential numismatists of his era. Clain-Stefanelli 11152. Gromachevskii 95е. Ex Kolbe Sale 87, lot 595.

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(Gumowski, M.) ЛИТОВСКIЯ СРЕДНЕВѢКОВЫЯ МОНЕТЫ. Sidney, 1966. 8vo, original maroon half calf, gilt; V. Peskov’s initials at base of spine. (1), 50 typewritten leaves; 3 well-reproduced plates of coins. Occasional annotations in text. Fine. A highly unusual, possibly unique, work on Lithuanian medieval coins, this is a translation into Russian by I.I. Bekish of extracts from Gumowski’s “Numizmatyka litewska wieków średnich,” published in Wiadomości Numizmatyczno-Archeologiczne (Kraków, 1920–21). Both Parts of the Dubletten Russischer Museen Sale

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Hess, Adolph. RUSSISCHE MÜNZEN DES 19. UND 20. JAHRHUNDERTS. DUBLETTEN RUSSISCHER MUSEEN. DIE SAMMLUNG WURDE IN MOSKAU DURCH DIE HERREN SACHVERSTÄNDIGEN FÜR NUMISMATIK EXPERTEN A. TOLMATSCHEFF-SOSNOWSKI UND NUMISMATIKER A. WERSCHININ ZUSAMMENGESTELLT. Frankfurt am Main, 18. Februar 1931. (2), 62, (2) pages; 2473 lots; 8 fine plates. Estimation list. Neatly hand-priced in ink. [with] Hess, Adolph. RUSSISCHE MÜNZEN DES 14.–18. JAHRHUNDERTS. DUBLETTEN RUSSISCHER MUSEEN. DIE SAMMLUNG WURDE IN MOSKAU DURCH DIE HERREN SACHVERSTÄNDIGEN FÜR NUMISMATIK EXPERTEN A. TOLMATSCHEFF-SOSNOWSKI UND NUMISMATIKER A. WERSCHININ ZUSAMMENGESTELLT. Frankfurt am Main, 25. April 1932. (2), 53, (3) pages; 1956 lots; 11 fine plates. Neatly priced in ink. Two catalogues, both 4to, original printed card covers. Spines a bit worn, with title written on second. Very good to near fine. Both parts of this astonishing sale of Russian coins, consigned by the Soviet Philatelic Agency. Essentially, Tolmatscheff-Sosnowski and Werschinin formed an outstanding comprehensive collection by making selections from various institutional holdings. Especially rich in rare gold and silver coins of Kiev. Zander, in his “Collector’s Selective Guide to Russian Numismatic Literature,” described the sales as “a stunning series with many great rarities.” Clain-Stefanelli 11222* and 11227. Ex the M&M library (Künker Sale 102), lots 6166 and 6168.

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Ilyin, A.A. ТОПОГРАФИЯ КЛАДОВ СЕРЕБРЯНЫХ И ЗОЛОТЫХ СЛИТКОВ. St. Petersburg, 1921. Small 4to, modern brown cloth with hand-lettered spine. (4), 61, (1) pages [penultimate page mis-numbered 62]; large folding map printed in two colors. Several tape repairs to hinges, map and leaves. Very good. Rare. The author (1858–1942) was an outstanding numismatist for nearly half a century and wrote many works of lasting importance. He gave his important coin collection to the Hermitage. Ex Leonidas C. Hermes (Kolbe Sale 72, lot 48), with his label. Ilyin’s Very Rare 1940 Classification of Russian Feudal Coins

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Imperatorskaia Arkheologicheskaia Kommissiia. ИЗВѢСТIЯ ИМПЕРАТОРСКОЙ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ КОММИССIИ. Выпускъ 11-й (St. Petersburg, 1904). 4to, original printed wraps. (4), 168 pages; text illustrations; 2 fine plates of coins and 1 alphabet plate. Very near fine. Includes Bulychov’s article on the coinage of Riazan. Very scarce.

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Imperatorskaia Arkheologicheskaia Kommissiia. ИЗВѢСТIЯ ИМПЕРАТОРСКОЙ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ КОММИССIИ. Выпускъ 18-й (St. Petersburg, 1906). 4to, original printed wraps. (4), 164 pages; text illustrations; 7 lithographic plates and 2 fine plates. Printed on thick stock. Disbound, with signatures and covers loose. Good, but restorable to near fine. Very scarce and important. Includes Retowski’s significant work on Genoese-Tatar coinage. Ex Ran Zander library (Elmen 2001 sale, lot 1054).

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Imperatorskaia Arkheologicheskaia Kommissiia. ИЗВѢСТIЯ ИМПЕРАТОРСКОЙ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ КОММИССIИ. Выпускъ 24-й, 27-й and 50-й (St. Petersburg, 1907, 1908 and 1913). 4to, later maroon cloth, gilt. (4), 154; (4), 144; (4), 162, (2) pages; text illustrations; 18 plates, 2 fine plates of coins. Fine. Three volumes of this very scarce periodical, which published many important numismatic works. Vol. 27 includes Oreshnikov’s description of the Okulovo hoard. Very scarce. Ex Ran Zander library (Elmen 2001 sale, lot 1054).

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Imperatorskoe Arkheologicheskoe Obshchestvo. ИЗВѢСТIЯ ИМПЕРАТОРСКАГО АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКАГО ОБЩЕСТВА. Тома VI–VIII (1868, 1872 and 1877). Three volumes. 4to, contemporary quarter morocco and mottled boards, gilt [bindings vary somewhat]. Vol. VI: (4) pages, viii, 268, 248, xlii double-columns, 3 pages; 8 lithographic plates, some folding, including two plates of coins. Vol. VII: (4) pages; 478, xxxvi, iv double-columns; 12 lithographic plates, some in color, 1 of them depicting medals. Vol. VIII: (4) pages; viii, 628 double-columns; text illustrations, including coins; 11 lithographic plates, the last depicting medals. Vol. VI with loose boards and worn spine. Original printed wraps bound in with final volume. Other bindings worn, but sound. Some staining. Generally very good. Rare. The sixth volume is important for including Prozorovskii’s catalogue of Russian coins and medals in the museum of the Imperial Russian Archaeological Society. Vol. VII includes Iversen on medals of Prince Alexei Petrovich and Crown Princess Charlotte. Vol. VIII includes numismatic works by both Prozorovskii and Iversen. Ex V. Arefiev duplicates.

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Institut Vostokovedeniia, Rossisskaia Akademiia Nauk. ВОСТОЧНОЕ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОЕ ИСТОЧНИКОВЕДЕНИЕ И СПЕЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЕ ДИСЦИПЛИНЫ. Moscow, 1989–97. Выпуски 1–5. Five volumes. 8vo, original printed card covers. Issues average 300 pages or so; illustrated. Fine or nearly so. An important recent publication. Back issues are rarely available. Kochnev’s very important series on the coins of the Qarakhanids was published in these volumes, as were many other articles on the numismatics of the eastern regions.

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Kholodkovskii, I.M. ПАЛЕОГРАФIЯ МОНЕТЪ. КРАТКIЙ ОЧЕРКЪ (ПОСОБIЕ ДЛЯ РАЗБОРКИ МОНЕТНЫХЪ ЛЕГЕНДЪ). St. Petersburg, 1912. 12mo, original printed wraps. 72 pages; 93 text illustrations of coins and medals; alphabet tables, one of them folding; errata sheet. Near fine. A rare publication by one of the major Russian coin dealers of the day. Kœhne’s Very Rare Catalogue of the Prince Basile Kotschoubey Collection

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Kœhne, B. de. DESCRIPTION DU MUSÉE DE FEU LE PRINCE BASILE KOTSCHOUBEY D’APRÈS SON CATALOGUE MANUSCRIT ET RECHERCHES SUR L’HISTOIRE ET LA NUMISMATIQUE DES COLONIES GRECQUES EN RUSSIE AINSI QUE DES ROYAUMES DU PONT ET DU BOSPHORE CIMMÉRIEN. VOL. IER ET VOL. IIE: LE ROYAUME DU BOSPHORE-ROYAUME DU PONT. St. Pétersbourg: Imprimerie des papiers de la couronne, 1857. Two volumes, complete. Folio [31.5 by 27.5 cm], matching blue cloth, gilt. (4), viii, (2), 450, 448–451, (1), ii; (2), ii, 419, (1), ii, xxi, (1) pages; tables; genealogical tables, 5 folding; text figures of coins; 38 plates, comprised of 20 engraved plates of coins and 8 handsome lithographic plates of antiquities, etc., printed in colors. Bindings a bit dusty, with front hinge of first volume cracked; contents a bit foxed as usual. Near fine. An important contribution. Very rare. Ex Edward Theodore Newell, with his bookplate and his wife’s label. Köhne (1817–86) was a senior keeper of coins at the Hermitage. Clain-Stefanelli 2636: “Good collection of Bosphorus coins.” Friedländer & Sohn 210 (1871): “Tiré à 100 exempl. seulement, pour être donné en présent aux amis du prince et à quelques savants distingués.” Gromachevskii 160л. Hiersemann 269 (1902): “Non mis dans le commerce. — Rare.” Liste & Francke (1911): “Exemplar des seltenen, nur in 100 Exempl. gedruckten Werkes.” Quaritch 469 (1933): “Privately printed for presents only.” Ex Kolbe Sale 87, lot 460.

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Kopylov, B.F. [editor]. СТАРАЯ МОНЕТА: НУМИЗМАТИЧЕСКIЙ ЖУРНАЛЪ. Vol. III (третiй годъ), Nos. 1–9, complete. St. Petersburg, 1912. 4to, contemporary black cloth-backed mottled boards, gilt. 144, 32 pages; illustrated. Binding a bit worn, but sound. Near fine. A rare original volume of this important Russian numismatic journal, which continues to be of considerable relevance today. Includes Kopylov’s obituary notice in the final issue. Clain-Stefanelli 933.

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