Ancient
coin auction catalogs
and books for sale.
Roman
coin, Greek coin, and Byzantine coin reference works.
Numismatic literature for the ancient-coin
specialist.
Recent
Changes:
Updated June 28
June 13. Full years and individual issues of The Celator (Most sold, some left, June 18)
June 9. Some sold.
June 8, an important collection of coins of the crusades, Baldwin's 52 SOLD.
June 3: SNG ANS 5, Syracuse and Sicily.
June 1, 2009: A run of AstArte, Peus 380, Goldberg "Millennia Collection,
catalog 1" (one of the most beautiful catalogs of ancients and
expensive groups of coins of all time. Wow!), Nomos 1, Helios 1.
ANS review of Numismatic Literature (under books), several Elsen catalogs
May 28. CNG sales added, including Tritions, and
some CNG prices reduced. Gemini prices reduced.
May 15. Books added.
Catalog of Provincial
Coins of Dacia, The Roman Province.
by Ing. Koczev. Aleksandar. 2008. Spiral bound. 23 pages and 3 plates
of reduced -size ugly terrible photo-copy style images. A complete
listing, including all minor legend variations. Sometimes offered on
eBay, where it costs about $12 including postage. Here [$8,
postage included in the US]
The finest modern catalogs of Roman Republican coins: "The Leo Benz collection" Lanz 88, NFA XXVII
Coins of the Roman Empire
by Robert Carson (of the British Museum) published in 1990, has 367
pages with 64 plates (980 coins well-illustrated), boxed in a slipcase.
It was a major publication.
I was originally 130 pounds = $200,
and not many were printed, so it is rare. I bought one
(expensive!) at the time and still use it regularly. Now I have a
second copy, in great shape, nearly new, for sale.
It
consists of a chronologically arranged story of Roman imperial coinage
with details of interesting developments and patterns of issues (the
first 218 pages). It continues with discussion of Mints (when which was
doing what), Output, Monetary Systems, Mint Activity, and Techniques.
Tons of details about what was going on numismatically in any given
reign, with important developments well-illustrated on excellent
plates. $169 + $6 insured in the US. [reduced to
$159 + $6, reduced to $149+$6 June 1, 2009]
This books still usually sells at or above
$199.
Roman
Provincial Coins:
An Introduction to the Greek Imperials,
by Kevin
Butcher. A wonderful slim book I
have
read thoroughly more than seven times, and will read again. Seaby
series, but
hard-to-find now. 138
pages.
Plates of outstanding photographs of 94 coins. Maps. Hundreds of line
drawings of coins. A scholarly introduction, with enough information to
keep you coming back for years! Hardcover. Out of print. Clean except
for former owner's name on first sheet. [$45]
One of the finest
collections of Greek AE ever sold, and all in color!
Kunker 133
(2007, Oct. 11-12)
including the "Friedrich Popken collection of Greek bronze coins" HV.
VHQP. 2553 ancients, all in color, many with enlargements in color.
809 high grade Greek AE, 27 RP, 23 Celtic, 438 G,
178
RR,
670 RI, 8 DA, 149 Byz with some AE. If you are interested in
Greek AE, this is a major reference. [$19]
Greek AE
(809)
Search
this page (there is only the one page) with the usual keystrokes:
Ctrl-F or Cmd-F.
Russian coins
Sasanian
coins.
Klawans'
famous beginner's book.
Fine catalogs of Byzantine coins.
Prier, Michel
(Comptoir General Financier =
Compagnie Generale de Bourse) Monnaies II (1997, June 21) 627
coins of
Gaul and only Gaul in B&W. Small format. An important
group! [$15]
Gaul (627)
A specialized
collection of Probus
Berk catalogs on deep discount sale (Fill
out your run?).
The number one reference work on ancient 4th C. imitations
(VRBS ROMA, FEL TEMP REPARATIO, etc) is by Pierre Bastien in ANSMN 30,
pages 143-177 and plates 41-44. If you want to learn about imitations
you can visit my educational site:
http://esty.ancients.info/imit/
I have a new copy of ANSMN 30 for sale
at $12 and
will send it anywhere in the US for $3 postage, media-mail. I have been
a member of the ANS (American Numismatic Society) for many years and it
costs $80 for membership, so in some sense each issue originally costs
a
lot more than that!
Antike Munzen aus Olbian und
Pantikapeum (book).
Aes grave (Baldwin's).
Severans catalog,
high-quality coins.
Greek,
from Spink.
Celtic of Gaul.
Sotheby's Important
Ancient British,
Anglo-Saxon, and English Hammered Coins.
Elsen 53, very strong in late
Roman and Byzantine AE.
Peus Roman Republican.
M&M 54 (all Greek)
Collection of Hadrian.
Sotheby's NFA 1--gorgeous!
Hunt, Byzantine (under Sotheby's)
Three
nearly-new Kuenker catalogs that feature Russian-coin
collections. Russian coins are in extremely
high demand now and these
are
major collections. Kuenker is an important German firm now producing
very high quality catalogs with all the pictures extremely
well photographed in
gorgeous color. All the coins are well-described in German.
A129: 534 Russian coins and medals. Peter the Great to modern times.
Also, gold coins of Europe.
A135: 333 Russian coins and medals, Alexander Michailowitch and Peter
the Great to recent times. Also, other European coins.
A139: 719 Russian coins and medals in gold and silver, with some
paper money. Wasili III, Alexei Michailowitch, Ivan V to modern times.
Also, European gold.
All come with copies of the
prices realized lists.
Three very beautiful and heavy catalogs.
$19 plus $6 media-mail postage.
I will include Baldwin's #9 (without PR), 1996, Oct. 8, with 474
Russian coins and notes as well as other coins.
in the US.
All catalogs are in good used
condition and come with
a copy of the Prices
Realized (PRs),
unless
marked otherwise, so you can tell what the coins
were really worth. That is important. PRs are not easy
to find. Most catalogs offered elsewhere come without PRs. If you buy
these elsewhere,
you probably won't get the PR and won't be able to tell what the coins
really sold for.
My contact information and the terms
are 8 inches down the
page and again at the bottom of
the page.
Colors! I
update this page every
time an order comes in, so it will be current (or very close to
current) when you look at it.
Items in
Purple have been sold.
Green marks
themes
with a
remarkable emphasis
in the catalog.
Bold green makes it one of the very
best catalogs
for that
theme.
Abbreviations are
explained below, such as"HV" for
catalogs with high-value coins, and "ppl" for page plates of coins.
Offered by
Warren, ancient-coin catalog lover! 
(See my educational site: Ancient Roman and Greek
Coins if
you want to know what is in major ancient-coin sale catalogs. Much of
the relevant information is repeated here, but not all.)
Skip
down
to
the top
of the
list! AAG,
CNG
(and Triton),
Freeman
and Sear,
Gorny,
Lanz,
Leu,
M&M,
NAC,
NFA,
Sternberg,
Tkalec,
Vecchi.
Search:
Use
"control-F"
(There
is
only this one page.)
Terms: Packing and postage is $3.50 for one catalog or book
and 50 cents for each additional catalog, for
United States
media-mail shipping. For
orders over $100 I will also ask for insurance also. I
do not ship
abroad -- it is too expensive.
If you don't love it, send
it back within two weeks of its arrival for
a refund. I want you to be more than satisfied.
To my Canadian friends: I'm sorry, there is no cheap rate to
Canada. Even
the
smallest packages cost me $9 to send. So, I must charge at least $9 for
orders of one or two catalogs and an additional $1 per catalog
thereafter. Also, my experience is that mail from the US
is not rapidly delivered within Canada. Maybe you can have
catalogs shipped to a friend in the US who will get them to you.
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ask me a question, or to
order, e-mail me, Warren Esty, at:
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orders, and I accept PayPal . Please write me
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Can't
find it here?
There are not many substantial sources of ancient-coin catalogs and
books on the web.
For
books, consider
searching vcoins.com
. Here are three dealers on vcoins who sell
literature. ANE,
Charles
Davis, and
Sayles
& Lavender Books are all favorites of mine.
Yes, I sell books and catalogs, but I buy lots of them for my
collection too!
Skip
down
to
the top of the
list! AAG,
CNG
(and Triton),
Freeman
and Sear,
Gorny,
Lanz,
Leu,
M&M,
NAC,
NFA,
Sternberg,
Tkalec,
Vecchi.
What is in
ancient-coin auction catalogs?
See my educational site, "Ancient
Coin Auction Catalogs: Contents," to find out.
As they say, "Buy the book before the coin." Catalogs are
cheap
compared to coins. What's rare? What's not? What is valuable? What's
not? What is high grade? What is not? Find out by collecting these
extensively illustrated catalogs
with the prices realized. [If you order and don't
love what you
get, I'll happily refund all but postage (but, I'll
wonder why you don't realize how valuable and beautiful catalogs
are!).]
People often feel that their reference books do not have
enough
pictures. Well, catalogs often have hundreds of high-quality photos of
top-quality coins with real prices actually paid!
If you want
more photos of high-quality coins (not eBay junk), catalogs are
the source for you.
Most of us really want to "look up" our coins and find out the
Sear
number, Van Meter number, RIC number, BMC
number, etc.
Well, with catalogs you have still more places to look them up. I take
notes on the auction-sale prices and conditions of coin types I have. I
have a lot of catalogs, so that makes for a lot of fun "looking up" the
new coins I buy. Also, I take notes on prices of coins I would like. I
spend a lot of time reading and rereading my catalogs.
Abbreviations
used below:
PR = prices realized. Except as noted, all have photocopies
of the prices realized,
which makes them much more
valuable as references .
VHQ
=
very high quality
presentation
[Such as
most horizontal format NFA catalogs and many NAC catalogs.]
HQ
= high quality presentation
[Much better
than typical, probably with plates of enlargements and color plates,
but
not as spectacular as VHQ.]
MQ
= moderate quality presentiation.
[One excellent
photo per coin with not very many enlargements, such as most CNG
catalogs.]
VHV
= very high value
= Many coins above $5000 and
the
offering is not diluted by many coins below $500. The finest and rarest
Greek silver types, the best sestertii and Roman gold. Perhaps unusual
Greek gold and Roman medallions. The finest coins you could possibly
buy.
HV
= high value = Most coins costing
over $500.
Collectors who want to spend less than $500 on a coin will find little
they can buy.
MV
= moderate value
= Collectors who
want to
spend less than $500 on a coin will still have a lot of coins to
consider. MV catalogs will probably have some very
expensive coins above $5000 and many expensive coins above $1000,
but the majority of their coins will be between $100
and $500.
ppl = page plates (Some catalogs have
illustrations
throughout, some at the end on page plates.)
E = page plate of enlargements
G = Greek (includes, as usual for the term "Greek," Jewish,
Parthian, Sasanian, etc. unless those series are mentioned separately)
RR = Roman Republican (before Octavian/Augustus)
RP = Roman provincial = Greek Imperial
RI = Roman imperial (before Anastasius)
Byz = Byzantine
DA = Dark Ages
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Greek
Imperials = Roman Provincials
Dr.
Busso Peus
366
(Frankfurt, Germany, 25 October 2000), a large
collection of top Greek Imperials
(Roman
provincial). 49 page plates of a real collection, not just an
accumulation. 859 Greek imperial lots! The Burstein Collection, with
another
550 lots of regular Roman. 83
B&W plates
total, plus 4 color plates. One
of the best-ever sales of Greek
Imperial. It is
arranged by region and city,
and then
emperor.
This is the way academic catalogs are arranged and makes it easy to
spot regional styles.
This catalogue covers the Marcel Burstein collection of Roman
provincial coins. This sale consists of over 1,000 of the rarest and
most important coins from the
Burstein collection, with many of the coins offered as the only known
specimens. With
PR (of
course) New
condition. [$24]
A run of M&M
D, very
strong in Roman
Provincials.
Roman
Provincial Coins:
An Introduction to the Greek Imperials,
by Kevin
Butcher. A wonderful slim book I
have
read thoroughly more than seven times, and will read again. Seaby
series, but
hard-to-find now. 138
pages.
Plates of outstanding photographs of 94 coins. Maps. Hundreds of line
drawings of coins. A scholarly introduction, with enough information to
keep you coming back for years! Hardcover. Out of print. Clean except
for former owner's name on first sheet. [$45]
Roman
Provincial Coins.
Ancient Coin Collecting IV, by Wayne Sayles. HC. 198 pages. Many
photographs of top-condition Roman provincial coins (aka Greek
Imperials).
With DJ, VF
condition. [$17 SOLD].
Sale Catalogs:
European Firms
and U.S. Firms
together, alphabetically. All
with PR's
(unless
marked otherwise)
Antiqua (Steve
Rubinger, Woodland Hills,
California) small-format fixed-price lists V, VII,
VIII, X,
XI, XIV (starting with XII they are all in color-- before that the
antiquities were in color, but not the coins) [$2
each] and XII [$5] and XIII [$5].
Antiqua carries only coins
(and antiquities) of the highest quality,
worthy of the finest collections. XII is all in color
and includes a major collection of 63 outstanding decorated oil lamps.
XIII is all in
color with 169 superb coins and part of the Leo Mildenberg collection
of small animal
sculptures.
Ariadne
Galleries (New York) glossy
8 1/4 by 11 3/4 inches. MV. MQP. Excellent B&W
photographs on plates throughout.
1981, Dec. 9. 521 ancients illustrated
throughout, plus 5 ppl. E. [$7, now $6]
1982, Sept. 15.
304 ancients. [SOLD]
1982, Dec.
7. 352 ancients, illustrated throughout plus 5 ppl E.
[$6, now $5]
1983, Dec. 9. 406 ancients. [$6, now $5]
AstArte.
Lugano, Switzerland. High-quality coins in beautiful catalogs. This
series is not old
and would be worth collecting all the issues, if you are interested in
high quality coins. Issues VII-XVII are oversize at 9 1/4" by
12" with a dark blue cover. Most HQP. Often strong
in Roman Republican and early Republican AE. Most of their
"Greek" coins are of Italy and Magna Graecia and not from mainland Greece or
Asia.
VIII
(11 Oct. 2001) Italian Renaissance medals only. 208 lots,
all color, large [$6, no PR, SOLD]
14 (24
April 2004) MV. VHQP. 533 ancients among 780, all in
color, pls 17 color E among 20. 32 Roman cast AE, 208 G (much
high-quality AE), 128 RR (and AE), 158 RI, 5 Byz, 2 DA. Gorgeous
coins and
catalog. [$12 SOLD]
XI (2002, Dec. 12-13) MV. HQP. 1129 ancients among 1413. All in color. No enlargements. 460 G, 341 RR, 152 RI, 164 Byz. [$9]
XII (2003,
Sept. 12) MV-HV. HQP. 698 ancients, all in color, a few enlarged. 230
G, 47 RR, 195 RI, plus a collection of 215 Roman imperial sestertii, 10
DA [$12]
a collection of 215 Roman imperial sestertii, plus sesertii among the 195 RI
XIV (24 April 2004) MV. VHQP. 533 ancients among
780, all in
color, plus 17 color E among 20. 32 Roman cast AE, 208 G (much
high-quality Italian AE), 128 RR (and AE), 158 RI, 5 Byz, 2 DA. [$8]
Greek
AE,
Roman Republican AE
XV (2005, Nov. 27) 382 ancients among 560. 53 G, 123 RR, 194 RI, 12 Byz. [$8]
XVI (26-27 Nov. 2004) MV. HQP. All coins
illustrated throughout
in
color. No enlargements. 968 ancients, 27 large lots of
ancients,
73 world, 260 medals, many large and some very large. 100 G, 555 RR,
231 RI, 85 Byz. [$15 SOLD]
Roman
Republican (555)
XVII (8 May 2005) MV. HQP. Thin. (8 1/4" by 11 3/4") All coins illustrated
throughout in
color. No enlargements. 203 ancients among 292. 210 G (including 121 of
Sicily and 55 pegasi of Corinthian types) 18 RR, 38 RI, 17 Byz. Many above 1000 Swiss
Franks. beautiful. [$6]
XIX (2006, May
6-7) (smaller 8 1/4" by 10 1/2" format) 273 ancients among
1009. 56 G, 48 early RR AE, 95 RR, 62 RI, 11 Byz. [$6]
Purple means recently "SOLD".
Athena
(Munich, Germany) Issued only three auction
catalogs, although they issued at least 33 fixed-price lists. Excellent B&W photographs
on page plates. Each MV with MQP.
1 (1987, Oct. 8) 392 ancients on 20
ppl plus 1 color ppl. 160 G, 13 RR, 198 RI (including a few
large RP), 19 Byz, 1 DA.
[$6]
2 (1988, Oct. 4) 637 ancients on 32
ppl. 246 G, 19
RR, 308 RI (including many large RP), 62 Byz (including many AE)
[$7]
3 (1990, May 15) 625 ancients among
745 lots on 31 ppl
among 37. 263 G, 6 RR, 309 RI (including many large RP), 39
Byz,
6 lead seals, 2 Visigothic, 15 Venice ducats, 23 Arabic, 46
antiquities. [$7]
[All three, $18. You will then
have the whole
run. I think having a whole run is very pleasing and
satisfying!]
Sale price: $12, reduced from $13 for
all 3. S&H $3.50.
Auctiones A.G. Basel (an affiliate of M&M)
= Auctiones S.A. Bale:
All with PRs.
Excellent coins, very well photographed. Virtually all lots pictured.
[Most collectors in the US don't know the
catalogs of European firms. The quality of AAG coins is similar to that
of early CNG catalogs, but the descriptions are more concise and in
German or
French. The very top end coins were sold in M&M auctions, not
AAG
auctions.]
4 (11/74) 592 ancients on 19 ppl among
1284 coins on
42
ppl. 191 G, 386 R, 14 Byz. [$8]
5 (12/75) 795 ancients among 1230 on 26 ppl among
43 ppl.
246 G, 516 R, 16 Byz, 18 DA
Aes
grave (4 ppl)
[$8]
6 (30 Sept and 1 Oct, 1976) 682 ancients among 1219
on 25
ppl among 48. 368 G, 285 R, 27 Byz. [$8]
7
(6/77) 875
ancients among 1418 on 30 ppl among 44.
356 G, 161 RP, 327 R, 19 Byz, 12 DA
large
diameter Roman
Provincial (among 161)
[$10 SOLD]
10 (6/79) 943 ancients among 1350 on 27 ppl among
39
ppl. 43 Celtic, 238 G, 430 R, 14 Byz
Mauretania (8),
late Roman AE (among 90) [$9]
11 (30 Sept and 1 Oct, 1980) 591 ancients among
1711 on 29
ppl among 56 ppl. 249 G, 52 aes grave, 242 R, 31 Byz.
aes
grave (7
ppl)
[$9,
reduced from $10]
12
(9/81) 860 ancients among 1392 on 35 ppl
among 52.
198 G, 37 RP, 393 R, 75 Byz, 7 DA, 13 Arab-Byz, 110 Armenian
Armenian
(110) [$9 SOLD]
16 10/86, 1000 lots, 507
ancients (in
German) [$8]
17 (6/88) 772 ancients among 1427 on 34 ppl among
62
ppl. 324 G, 6 lead, 81 RP, 305 R, 46 Byz.
[$8]
20
(11/90) 942
ancients among 1706 on 36 ppl
+ 1 E among 90 ppl. 754 G, 106 R, 32 RP, 17 Byz, 12
DA. [$8
SOLD]
22 (6/92) 940 ancients among 1476 on 40 ppl + 1 E
among 63
ppl. 437 G, 467 R, 34 Byz. [$8 SOLD]
23 (6/93) 679 ancients among 982 on 35 ppl among 55
ppl.
443 G, 220 R, 27 Byz
late
Roman gold
[$10
SOLD]
24
(6/94)
580 ancients among 1256 on 25 ppl + 1 E among 67
ppl. 420 G, 158 R, 2 Byz. [$8 SOLD]
25 (6/95) 1524 ancients among 2556 on 64 ppl
+ 2 E among 117 ppl. Thick catalog. 572 G, 61 RP, 134 R
Republican, 313 R imperial, 16 Byz, 9 DA, 10 weights, 465 Gaul and
Celtic [$17,
reduced from $19]
Gaul
(= Gallic) and Celtic
(465)
26 (9/96) 1317 ancients among 3027 on 54 ppl
among 117 ppl. Thick catalog. 347 G, 219 Roman Egypt RP, 24 Celtic,
673 R, 13 Byz, 35 DA [$10]
Roman
Egypt RP (219)
29
June 2003. 1045
ancients on 46
ppl among 64. "Sammlung
Righetti, part II" Greek coins under the Roman Empire. (Most of the the
first 437) Roman
provincial
coins. [$10 SOLD]
A continuous
run of all their
catalogs with ancients from 4 through 27, lacking only 3, 12, and 29 (1
and
2 did not have ancients, and 29 was their last catalog).
The whole run: [$159] This is less than the
individual
prices would be, even though this is an unusual opportunity to get a
whole run at once).
Sale: $139-$15 for the sold one = $124. Reduced
3/28/09 again to $109. Reduced 4/5/09 to $99.
The large-lot of
catalogs summarized:
4 (11/74)
592 ancients on 19 ppl among 1284 coins on 42 ppl. 191 G, 386 R, 14 Byz.
5
(12/75) 795 ancients among 1230 on 26 ppl among 43 ppl. 246
G, 516 R, 16 Byz, 18 DA
Aes grave (4 ppl)
6 (30 Sept
and 1 Oct, 1976) 682 ancients among 1219 on 25 ppl among
48. 368 G, 285 R, 27 Byz.
7
(6/77) 875 ancients among 1418 on 30 ppl among 44.
356 G, 161 RP, 327 R, 19 Byz, 12 DA
large diameter
Roman Provincial (among 161)
8
(6/78) 1041 ancients among 1782 on 30 ppl among 60 ppl. 416
G, 61 RP, 379 R, 77 Byz.
[I don't know #9]
10
(6/79) 943 ancients among 1350 on 27 ppl among 39
ppl. 43 Celtic, 238 G, 430 R, 14 Byz
Mauretania (8), late
Roman AE (among 90)
11 (30 Sept and 1 Oct,
1980) 591 ancients among 1711 on 29 ppl among 56 ppl. 249 G,
52 aes grave, 242 R, 31 Byz.
aes grave (7 ppl)
12
(9/81) 860 ancients
among 1392 on 35 ppl among 52. 198 G, 37 RP, 393 R, 75 Byz, 7
DA,
13 Arab-Byz, 110 Armenian
Armenian (110) SOLD
13
(6/83) 895 ancients among 1124 on 441 ppl among 52.
463 G, 326 R, 55 Byz, 10 DA.
14 (12/83)
ancient art, not coins [included gratis, no PR]
15
(9/85) 870 ancients 1126 on 36 ppl among 52. 230 G, 166 RP,
427 R, 31 Byz
Roman provincial (166)
16
(10/86) 507 ancients among 1065 on 21 ppl among 44
ppl. 319 G, 155 R, 31 Byz.
17
(6/88) 772 ancients among 1427 on 34 ppl among 62
ppl. 324 G, 6 lead, 81 RP, 305 R, 46 Byz.
18
(9/89) 642 ancients among 1044 on 26 ppl among 50
ppl. 374 G, 33 Celtic, 79 RP, 124 R, 27 Byz, 6 DA.
20
(11/90) 942 ancients among 1706 on 36 ppl + 1 E among 90 ppl.
754 G, 106 R, 32 RP, 17 Byz, 12 DA.
22
(6/92) 940 ancients among 1476 on 40 ppl + 1 E among 63
ppl. 437 G, 467 R, 34 Byz.
23 (6/93) 679
ancients among 982 on 35 ppl among 55 ppl. 443 G, 220 R, 27
Byz
late Roman gold
24
(6/94) 580 ancients among 1256 on 25 ppl + 1 E among 67 ppl.
420 G, 158 R, 2 Byz.
25
(6/95) 1524 ancients
among 2556 on 64 ppl + 2 E among 117 ppl. Thick catalog. 572
G,
61 RP, 134 R Republican, 313 R imperial, 16 Byz, 9 DA, 10 weights, 465
Gaul and Celtic
Gaul (= Gallic) and
Celtic (465)
26
(9/96) 1317 ancients
among 3027 on 54 ppl among 117 ppl. Thick catalog. 347 G, 219 Roman
Egypt RP, 24 Celtic, 673 R, 13 Byz, 35 DA
Roman Egypt RP (219)
27
(12/96) 867 ancients
among 1763 on 33 ppl + 1 E + 2 ppl of Arabic among 82 ppl.
463 G,
14 Spanish RP, 15 English DA, 341 R, 17 Byz, 6 Visigothic, 2 DA
***** end of lot.
Aretusa Asta 2 (13-14 May, 1994)
118
excellent page
plates, the first 31 of high-quality ancients, the rest European. 521
quality ancient coins, 191 Greek, rest Roman and Byzantine. Thick
cardcover. [$6 SOLD]
Baldwins (London)
2
(1991, Oct. 5)
"Late Roman and Byzantine Coins" (The Dr. William J. Conte
Collection) HV. MQP. 224 late Roman and Byzantine coins from an
excellent collection, all in B&W thoughout with many
enlargements
of at least one side, however, the photos are not as good as most, with
high glare.
24 late Roman, 200 Byz, including some outstanding AE, but
mostly gold. [$9]
Byzantine
(200)
3 (1994,
Oct. 5) 179 ancients on 11 ppl among 484 lots on 34 ppl. 83
aes grave
RR plus 7 more RR AE, 2 contorniates, 2RR AR, 85RI (no
Greek), 2
Anglo-Saxon sceates. [$8]
aes
grave RR (83 on 8 large ppl.)
4 (1995,
May 3) 210 ancients among 600+, including 22 British on 6 1/2 ppl among
38. B&W. [$3]
5 (11 Oct. 1995)
"Byzantine Gold Coins from the
P.
J. Donald Collection" 285 Byz gold on 12 large ppl. Photos okay but not
as good as most. [$8]
Byzantine
gold (285)
6
(1995, Oct. 11) 299 ancients (most, but not all photographed)
on 10
ppl among 998 on 41 ppl. 163 G, 68 Parthian (only 34
photographed), 20
large Persis
photographed, 53 RR including AE, 70 RI [$3]
7
(1996, May 2) 307 ancients (most, but not all
photographed) among 1073
on 8 1/2 ppl among 32. 147 G photos with lots of AE,
39 RR AE photos,
42 RI photos, 8 Byz photos, and excellent Theodahat large AE,
19
ancient weights, 29 crusaders and Kindom of Sicily [$2 SOLD]
42
"The William C. Boyd
Collection" 2005, Sept. 26. 733 ancients plus 176 early
British
and English to 1200 AD and many English after that, most, but not all,
photographed in color. [$8 SOLD]
English
(176 before 1200 AD)
44 (2006, May 2) 375 ancients among 1023, all in color [$3]
52 (2007,
Sept. 25) 162 ancients among 1630 all in color, plus 407 crusader coins
(Some of the least interesting ones are not photographed). An important
collection of coins of the crusades. [$15 SOLD]
54
(2008, May 6) "The Diana Collection of
Coins of British India" 1101 coins, all in color. [$6, nnow $4, no PR, PR on line]
British
India (not ancients) (1101)
55 (2008, May 7) 96 ancients, including a worn EID MAR denarius and other rarities among 757. All in color [$2]
Bankhaus Aufhauser #5 19 A4 ppl of ancients,
plus 120 more ppl of world coins [$2]
Berk (no PR's,
he does not issue
PR's. These are inexpensive catalogs with very many photos for the
price, but without PR's or any way to really know what the coins are
"worth" because many estimates are high.) What is in Berk
catalogs? Look here
to find out.
Auctions (buy-or-bid sales) [$3 each, or runs of three or more in a
row for
$2.50 each] Sale:
$1.25 each
(Shipping $3 for 3 and 25 cents extra
for each additional catalog. Such a deal!)
82,91,93,94,
112-119 [with EID MAR denarius]
121, 123, 124,
127-133
136,137,141,144
146-159
Berk-England
sale of
Dec. 7, 1989. *New* hardcover copy of the best modern sale for Byzantine AE.
It had 368 outstanding Byzantine AE, with a few photographed in color
and many with enlargements. To give you an idea of the quality and
rarity, 20 lots realized $1000 or more! That's for copper!
The
emphasis is very strongly on early pieces -- there are only 34 pieces
after AD 944. 61 pages. Excellent photos. If you collect Byzantine
copper, see what you can aspire to. New, hardcover
[$20, including media-mail postage in the US, with PR (as always)]
Byzantine
AE
Cederlind, buy-or-bid
sales.
Very well produced catalogs, with coins in color and many historical
comments. Entertaining catalogs with many rare types. Highly
attractive coins, with "buy" levels that may seem high. No
PR's.
137
(2005, Dec. 19) 383 ancients and 31 antiquities.
[$3]
138 (2006,
March 23) 399 ancients nd 37 antiquities. [$3]
Comptoir General
Financier
(see Michel Prier)
CNG = Classical Numismatic Group
The most prominent American
ancient-coin firm.
Note: The early
CNG catalogs are distinctly thinner and less splendid than the recent
ones. On the other hand, they are much scarcer.
5
(12/88) HQP. 563 ancients among 603. + 1 E
+ 2 color ppl + 7 ppl with a few enlargements each. 174 G, 37
Roman Egypt (ex Wetterstrom + 1 E), 321 R, 11 Byz, 6 Lombards
[$7 SOLD]
13
(1990, Dec. 4) HV.
HQP. 601 ancients.
Many enlargements throughout. 280 Roman
Egypt, 105 G, 15 RR, 147 RI, 61 Byz. [$17,
$30 from CNG, SOLD]
Roman
Egypt [Wetterstrom
Collection II (280), including Labors of Hercules (31), Zodiac series
(22), nomes (63)]
14
(3/91) mbs. 1161 ancients among 1333.
A very few
enlargements throughout. 340 G, 117 RP, 119 Roman Egypt, 32
architectural, 145 RR, 287 RI, 86 Byz (mostly AE), 45 Celtic England, 2
English DA, 5 pennies [$10 SoLD]
Celtic England
(45)
15
(6/91) mbs. 787 ancients among 1005. 382 G,
20 RP, 26
Roman
Egypt, 52 RR, 51 Byz (Mostly AE), 2 DA, 10 Celtic England, 1 English
DA
[$7 SOLD]
16 (8/91) 585 ancients. A few enlargements
througout + 2E.
242 G, 73 G AE, 17 RP, 56 RR, 177 RI, 22 Byz [$12,
CNG is sold out. SOLD]
17 (10/91) 301 ancients among 498 + 595 lots
of literature. 89 G, 21 RP, 19 RR, 126 RI, 18 Byz, 8 Celtic England, 4
Anglo-Saxon, 3 pennies. [$10 SOLD]
18 (12/91) 967 ancients among 1008. 1 color ppl.
336 G, 28
RP, 114 Roman Egypt, 24 "confronted heads", 27 Jewish related, 75 RR,
314 RI, 35 Byz, 4 Arab-Sasanian, 5 DA. [$7 SOLD]
19
(2/92) mbs. 588 Byzantine, mostly AE, and 27
closely related. [$19 SOLD]
Byzantine
AE
(all but a few among 588)
20 (3/92) mbs 1103 ancient among
1515. 406 G,
85 RP, 132 RR, 353 RI, 65 Byz, 5 Turkoman, 54 Celtic and
Saxon [$12 SOLD, CNG is sold out]
Cyprus
(49)
21
(6/92) 593 ancients among
664. 262 G, 36 RR, 154
RI, 39 RP, 68 R Egypt, 27 Byz, 6 DA, 5 Celtic England,
2 Saxon [$7 SOLD]
22 (9/92) mbs. 868 ancients among 993.
280 G, 34 RR, 211 RI, 231 RP (many ex Mabbott), 84 Byz, 17 Celtic
England, 3 Saxon [$7 SOLD]
Roman
Provincial (231)
23 (10/92) 526 ancients among 649. 250
G, 36
Parthian, 15 RR, 117 RI, 21 RP, 33 Byz, 10 Aksum, 33 Celtic England,
4 Saxon [$7 SOLD]
CNG
24 (12/92) 548 ancients among 618 + a
large mbs of
literature. 139 Italian cast coins (Thurlow collection, including RR),
196 G, 35 Parthian, 14 RR, 98 RI, 3 contorniates, 8 RP, 35 Byz, 5 DA
[$12 , SOLD, CNG is sold out]
Italian
cast
coins, including Aes grave (139)
25 (3/93) mbs. 1007 ancients among
1285.
481 G
(including many fractions), 48 RR, 300 RI, 3 contorniates,
106 RP, 47 Byz, 15 Celtic England, 3 Anglo-Saxon [$7]
Greek
fractions
(among 481)
26 (6/93) HQP. 710 ancients among 815
+ 2 color E +
1 color
ppl, + 1 E + many of the gold enlarged throughout in
B&W. 161
G gold and electrum, 227 G, 34 RR, 155 RI, 41 RP, 80 Byz, 10 DA [$12 SOLD]
Greek
gold and electrum
(161)
30
(6/94) 506 ancients among 700. 242 G, 28 RR, 187
RI, 22
PR, 7 Byz, 10 DA, 5 Celtic England, 3 Saxon, 1
Viking
[$10 SOLD]
CNG
31
(9/94) 1613 ancients among
1925. 586 G, 268 RR, 355 RI, 239 RP, 101 Byz, 5 Aksum, 49 Turkoman
(Spengler/Sayles III), 6 DA, 8 Celtic England, 2 Saxon, 16 lead seals.
[$12]
Roman Republican (268 including Aes grave), Augustus (25), Turkoman
(Spengler/Sayles III, 49)
32 (12/94) 514 ancients among 642
individual
lots + 472 partially illustrated large lots. 238 G, 50 Jewish related
city coins, 59 RR, 122 RI, 29 RP, 9 Byz, 6 DA, 5 Celtic England, 1
Saxon [$10 SOLD]
33 (3/95) mbs. 1515 ancients
among 1959 +
numismatic
literature. 570 G, 119 RR, 492 RI, 17 DA, 21 Caesaria in
Cappadocia, 152 RP, 75 Byz, 41 Celtic England, 14 Anglo-Saxon, 14
English [$10 SOLD]
Celtic
England (41), Caesaria
in Cappadocia (21)
34 (5/95) 430 ancients among 550 (+ 35
Arabic
gold), a few
enlargements throughout. 243 G, 35 RR, 133 RI, 6
Byz, 5 DA, 8 English. [$10]
There
is a distinct thickness increase
here. Auction 35 and thereafter are much thicker catalogs.
35 (9/95) 1371 ancients among 1719,
plus 2 color E.
481 G,
208 RR, 372 RI, 188 RP (including 78 from Lindgren II),
90 Byz, 2 DA, 8 Hepthalites, 14 Celtic England, 7 English.
[$10]
Roman
Provincial (188)
If you are interested
in Parthian coins
you might be
seeking CNG 36 in which the Fred Shore collection was
sold. The Shore reference book (Parthian
Coins and History)
on Parthian
coins was illustrated with this collection and has been long out of
print and sells in the $175-200 range when offered. CNG 36 is a very
useful reference for the series and it has actual prices. CNG has been
sold out of this issue for years. Copies rarely appear on the secondary
market.
36 (12/95) 2069 ancients among 2542, plus 3
color E among 4,
plus
286 Papal. 528 Parthian (Shore collection),
487
G, 42 Aes grave, 72 RR,
168 RI, 5 DA, 22 Byz, 369 Armenian, 5 Turkoman, 9 Hephtalites, 3 Celtic
England, 14 Anglo-Saxon, 32 Viking, 4 English. [$49, SOLD,
including media-mail postage in the US. CNG has long been sold out]
Parthian
(528), Aes
grave (42), Armenian (369), Viking (32), Pegasus
silver (80)
37 (3/96)
mbs. 2153 ancients among 2801. 902 G, 93 Jewish and
related, 230 RP, 163 RR, 635 RI, 12 DA, 118 Byz (mostly AE), 14
medieval Bulgarian, 38 Turkoman, 12 Celtic England, 5 English DA, 21
lead seals. (7 Septimius Severus legionary) [$10]
38
(6/96) 1468
ancients among 1843. 646 G, 60 RP, 146
RR, 351 RI, 6 DA, 61 Byz, 126 Turkoman (S/S II, Zengids), 16 AE of
Salamis, 10 Hephtalites, 9 Celtic England, 19 English [$12]
[a second copy, well worn witha crease on the cover, $8]
Turkoman
(126)
39
(9/96) mbs. 1950
ancients among 2646. 816
G, 73 Parthian, 226 RP, 143 RR, 586 RI, 11 DA, 12 Visigothic AE, 100
Byz, 19 Turkoman, 7 Hephtalites, 21 Celtic England, 7 English DA, 18
Aethelred II, 7 English, 11 Byz lead seals. [$12]
Visigothic AE (12),
Aethelred II (18), Tarentum (74), Metapontum (74), Parthian (73)
40
(12/96) HV, HQP, joint with NAC. 1419 ancient
among 1964
+ 7 color E among 8 + many Roman enlarged throughout.
622 G, 114 RR, 502 RI, 7 spintriae, 6
DA, 117 Byz
Roman
imperial
(509) [$12]
42
(5/97) HV. 1235 ancients among 1622
plus some enlargements througout. 652 G, 72 RR, 342 RI, 4 DA, 28 Byz
Postumus
(35), Athens New
Style (64) [$12]
43 (9/97) mbs. 2788 ancients
among 3127.
905 G, 296
RP, 566 RR ("Goodman I"), 868 RI, 15 DA, 101 Byz, 34 Celtic England, 3
English DA Roman
Republican (566), RP
(296) [$15 SOLD]
44
= Triton I (12/97)
1947 ancients among 2308, many
enlargements
throughout + 7 color E. 655 G, 95 RP, 85 aes grave, 435 RR
(Goodman, part II, including very many struck AE), 480 RI, 3 DA, 32
Beneventum, 64 Byz, 26 Celtic England, 17
British
[$18, SOLD]
Beneventum
(32),
Roman Republican AE (cast and struck, among 520), Roman gold
(100+)
46
(6/98) mbs. 1694 ancients among 2101. 656
G, 141 Armenian, 138 RP, 178 RR ( again Goodman), 400 RI, 11 DA,
112 Byz, 34 Celtic England, 7 English DA , 17
English [$12]
Armenian ("Araratian, part 2")
(141), Holy Land city coins (57)
47 (9/98) 2231 ancients among 2557.
817 G, 214 RP,
320 RR,
722 RI (including 97 Septimius Severus from odd mints), 11 DA, 89 Byz,
10 Celtic England, 5 English DA, 34 English [$12
SOLD]
Aegina counterstamped (35),
Roman Republican (some Goodman) (320), Septimius Severus (Roger
Bickford) (97)
48 = Triton
II (12/98) 1206 ancients among 1331, many enlarged
throughout +
16 color E. 547 G, 25 Parthian, 39 Baktrian, 42 RP, 23 aes grave, 60
RR, 359 RI, 5 DA, 15 Celtic England, 22 Anglo Saxon, 27
pennies [$19]
Baktrian (39)
49 (3/99) mbs. 2076 ancients
among
2349. 888 G,
250 RP, 59 Roman Egypt, 98 RR, 576 RI (including 59 AE fractions), 6
DA, 103 Byz, Viking 4, 28 Celtic England, 17 English DA, 25 English
[$12 SOLD]
Roman
imperial AE
fractions (59), Augustus (41)
50
(6/99) mbs. 1904
ancients among 2064. 630 G, 113
RP, 8 Celtic denarii, 156 RR, 366 RI AE including 10 contorniates and
24 medallions (Vermuelle collection), 38 fake seseterii and Becker's,
414 RI, 15 DA, 51 Byz, 5 Celtic England, 4 Anglo-Saxon, 13 pennies
[$12]
Zodiac
drachms of Roman
Egypt (12),
Athens AE
(69), Athens New Style (81), Roman mediallions
(24),
contorniates
(10)
51
(9/99)
mbs. 1816 ancients among 1951. 804 G, 214
RP, 123 RR, 413 RI, 5 DA, 233 Byz, 7 Celtic England, 8
pennies [$12]
Greek
AE of Sicily
(c. 83),
Athens AE (28), Ionian electrum (16), Kroisos (14), Armenia
(47)
52 is Triton
III (joint
offering of CNG,
Freeman
& Sear, and NAC) All
very high value coins with very high
quality presentation.
(Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 1999) 1374
ancients among 1654, many enlargements throughout, + 13 color E among
15 + 4 full page B&W enlargements. 728 G, 77 RP, 151 RR, 327
RI, 8
DA, 54 Byz, 5 Celtic England, 2 English DA, 20 pennies. One of
the finest catalogs of all
time to date. [$19]
RR and
imperatorial gold
(46)
53 (3/00) mbs. 2175 ancients
among 2416,
a few with
enlargements throughout. 796 G, 191 Baktrian and Indo-Greek, 27
Aksumite, 177 RP, 59 Roman Egypt, 114 RR, 40 RI quandrantes, 401 RI, 11
DA, 15 Lombards, 127 Byz, 156 Crusader, 6 Merovingian, 12 Celtic
England, 6 English DA, 34 pennies [$12, but rips along the
bottom front cover (contents all fine) so only $7 SOLD]
RI Quadrans (40), Lombards (15), Crusader (156), Aksumite (27),
Baktrian and Indo-Greek (191)
54
(6/00)
mbs. 1984 ancients among 2217. 78
brockages, 24 Celtic, 800 G, 160 Baktrian and Indo-Greek, 136 RP, 170
RR, 494 RI, 8 contorniates, 12 DA, 79 Byz, 6 Beneventum, 9 Celtic
England, 6 English DA, 8 pennies [$12 SOLD]
brokages
(78),
Baktrian and Indo-Greek (160), Caesaria in Cappadocia (39), Septimius
Severus legionary (20)
55
(9/00)
mbs. 1585 ancients among 1878. 25 Celtic,
723 G, 252 Oriental Greek, 100 RP, 102 RR, 408 RI, 6 DA, 82 Byz, 13
Celtic England, 7 English
DA, 10 pennies
[$12 SOLD]
56 is Triton
IV (12/00)
in two volumes, with the second catalog entiredly devoted to Polish coins
-- perhaps the finest
collection ever offered. The
first volume has 892
ancients
among
1015, many enlargements
throughout + 13 color E among 15. 352 G. 33 RP, 52 RR, 318
RI, 3
DA, 122 Byz, 3 Celtic England, 3 English DA, 7
pennies.
[only the ancient volume, $17] [Only
the Polish
volume, $25 on world
coin sites, but here only $9. Both volumes, $23]
57
(4/01) mbs. 1733 ancients among 1916.
715 G, 50
Ptolemaic AE, 161 RP, 77 RR, 449 RI, 73 Byz, 5 DA, 133 Celtic England,
6 English DA, 51 pennies
Celtic England (131), Cistophoric tetradrachms (86), Augustus (58),
Ptolemaic AE (50) [$12]
58
(9/01) mbs. 1766 ancients among 2159.
893 G, 89
RP, 93 RR, 347 RI, 6 DA, 82 Byz, 4 Celtic England, 2 English DA, 249
late Anglo-Saxon ("Conte collection")
late
Anglo-Saxon ("Conte collection")(249), Alexander the Great
(130) [$15]
59 is
Triton
V
(1/02) in two volumes, Part I is the "David Freedman
collection
of Greek bronze coins" 600 G AE. Many enlargements throughout
+ 5
color E. [$22]
Greek
AE (600) highest
quality coins.
Part II: 1341 ancients among 1498, many
enlargements
throughout + 16 color E among 20. 551 G, 77 parthian 4drs, 10 Baktrian,
103 RP (including important myths including the labors of Herakles), 22
RR cast AE, 27 RR, 402 RI (including 23 rare Gordian III from the
George
His collection), 2 DA, 76 Byz, 4 Celtic England, 2 English DA, 16
pennies [$15 SOLD]
Roman
Provincial (103,
including important myths including the labors of Herakles),
Gordian III (23), 2 dies
60
(5/02) mbs. 2231 ancients among 2475. 1047 G, 42
Jewish
Bar Kochba, 51 G Oriental, 35 Huns, 277 RP (including 133
Syrian tetradrachms, a collection), 47 RR, 489 RI, 5 DA, 90 Byz, 7
Byz seals, 135 Anglo-Saxon (Conte collection), 3 Celtic England,
English DA 4, pennies 28 [$12]
Huns
(35), Anglo Saxon
(135), RP Syrian tetradrahms (133), Jewish Bar Kochba (42),
Gordian
III (29), Greek Cycladic (63)
61 (9/02) mbs. Distinctly less well-illustrated (Then they
learned
their lesson and went back to excellent illustrations. This is the only
issue that is not fully illustrated). Many lots were
only
illustrated on-line and not in the catalog. 2324 ancients
among
2753. 1004 G (including 327 AE, many not illustrated), 83 RP, 501 RR,
573 RI, 141 Byz (including 15 DA), 4 Celtic England, 2 English DA, 16
pennies. [$9]
Severan
(Melcher
collection, 149),
Greek AE (among
327)
CNG
62 is Triton VI (1/03) 1403
ancients among 1488, many
enlargements
throughout + 23 color E. 499 G, 48 oriental G, 58 RP, 193 RR,
387
RI (including 45 Severan gold of the Marc Melcher collection), 4 DA, 43
Byz, 9 Celtic England, 162 Anglo Saxon of the William J. Conte
Collection, part III [$15, cover crease]
Severan
gold (45, from the
Marc Melcher collection), Anglo-Saxon (162, from the William
J.
Conte Collection, part III), Late
Roman gold (among
113), RR Muses (9)
63
(5/03)
mbs.
1782 ancients among
2056, some enlargements
throughout. 740 G, 48 Samarian, 78 Jewish and related, 50
oriental G, 46 Baktrian, 122 RP, 90 RR, 400 RI, 17 DA, 144 Byz, 10
Celtic England, 6 English DA, 20 pennies
[$12, $25 new from CNG]
Samarian
(40),
Severan (86, Melcher, part
III)
64 (24 Sept. 2013) MV. MQP. 1370
ancients among
1705,
a few with B&W enlargements. 11 Celtic, 560 G, 184 RP, 125 RR,
365
RI, 6 DA, 120 Byz [$12, $25 new
from
CNG. SOLD]
65 is Triton
VII
(1/04) 1171 ancients among 1295, most with enlargements
throughout plus 23 color E. Greek (386, including much gold), 120,
Parthian, 40 Parthian related, 136 Sasanian, 10 Antinous, 80 Roman
Provincial, 21 RR, 225 RI, 6 Dark Ages 60 Byz, 88 World, 16 British
Celtic, 21 English, Large Lots
(161)
Greek gold
(among 386), Parthian
(160),
Sasanaian (136), Antinous (19)
[$25, $40 new from CNG]
66 (19
May 2004)
MV. MQP. 1824 ancients among 2063.
Some enlargements plus 4 color ppl of enlargements. 60
Celtic,
697 G, 87 Parthian, 78 Sasanian, 40 Baktria, 41 Indo-Greek, 296 RP, 34
RR, 341 RI, 18 DA, 4 Arab-Byz, 12 Arab, 124 Byz (incl.
AE) [$12,
$25 new
from CNG]
67
(22 Sept. 2004) 1914 ancients among 2080. HV. HQP. All in
color, many with color enlargements of one or both sides. 39 Celtic,
1031 G, 9 Spanish lead tessera, 109 RP, 63 RR, 570 RI (including 12
late Roman argentii), 5 contorniates, 17 DA, 71 Byz, 7 English, 10 fake
sestertii. [$12, $25 new from CNG. SOLD]
Mark
Antony
legionary denarii (31), Spanish lead tessera
(9)
68 is
Triton VIII
(CNG alone) (11-12 Jan. 2005) VHV. VHQP. 1463 ancients
among 1822, plus 387 unillustrated large lots. All ancients in color,
most with color enlargements, and extensive descriptions. 11 Celtic.
649
G, 48 central Asia, 21 Antinous, 75 RP, 172 RR, 100 RI bronze (mostly
sestertiii), 204 RI, 4 DA, 169 Byz. [crease in
reverse cover, contents fine. $12.]
Antinous (21),
sestertii (100+)
69 (2005,
July 8) HV.
HQP. 1945 ancients among 2288, all in color with a few enlargements. 9
Celtic. 15 Ancient Britain, 455 G, 16 early electrum, 96 Seleukid, 33
Samarian, 46 Jewish, 10 Arabia, 11 Persian gold darics, 23 Ptolemaic,
13 North Africa, 11 Parthia, 2 Characene, 11 Persis, 53 Baktria, 34
India, 25 Sasanian, 16 Huns, 359 RP, 34 Roman Egypt, 20 RR cast, 39 RR,
126 RI AE (the George His collection), 299 RI, 105 Byz, 7 DA, 9
Arab-Sasanian, 2 Arab-Byz, 20 Anglo-Saxon, 7 Paduan, 4 lots of Byz
seals [$12]
70 (2005, Sept. 21) HV.
HQP. 1146
ancients among 1324, all
in color with a few enlargements. 375 G, 18 Mytilene electrum, 6
fractional electrum of Phanes, 12 early electrum, 9 Jewish, 10 Persian
gold Darics, 17 oriental G, 37 Baktria, 15 India, 14 Sasanaian, 31 RR,
5370 RP, 19 Roman Egypt, 6 Domitius Domitianus, 35 RI countermarks (Ian
Roper collection), 53 RR, 124 RI AE (Sullivan collection), 180 RI, 54
cistophoric tetradrachms of Hadrian, 59 Byz, 3 Visigoths, 5 early
Islamic [$12, $25 new
from CNG]
Domitius Domitianus (6), cistophoric tetradrachms of
Hadrian (54),
RI countermarks (35)
71 is
Triton
IX
(Jan. 10-11, 2006), in two
parts. Volume 1 is
the BCD collection of
coins of Greek Boiotia (Boeotia), which
includes Thebes. This is now the definitive catalog for this region of
Greece, superceding the BMC catalog. With outstanding commentary, it is
far more than just a sale catalog. MV. MQP. 630 lots in
B&W
(not color), with some enlargements. [$17, for this
part
alone]
Boiotia,
Boeotia
(630)
Volume
2 of Triton IX (2006, Jan, 10-11) is HV,
HQP, with
1043 ancients among 1694, all in color, many with one-sided
enlargements. 20 Celtic, 14 ancient Britain, 220 G, 50 Alexander II, 54
early G electrum and gold, 57 Seleukid, 8 Jewish, 4 Arabia, 15
Ptolemies, 21 Parthia, 27 Baktria, 72 India, 31 Sasanian, 12 Huns, 114
RR, 249 RI, 2 DA, 57 Byz. [$10, now $10 for part 2 alone]
[$23 for both volumes]
72
(2006, June 14) MV. HQP. 2308 ancients, all in color with
some
enlargements, plus 190 lots of antiquities. 55 Celtic, 946 Greek, 126
Oriental G, 146 RP, 78 RR, 609 RI, 252 Byz, 17 Ostrogoths, 24
Visigoths, 24 DA, 4 Aksum, 6 Islamic, 3 Crusaders, 17 Armenian, 47
English sceattas, 8 English. [$12]
73
(2006, Sept. 13) 1130 ancients among 1311, all in color with
some
enlargements, plus 460 book lots. facing heads collection of David
Herman, 541 G, 45 Oriental Grek, 98 ships on coins (G, R, RP, Alexandre
Barros collection), 79 RP, 53 RR, 214 RI, 40 Byz, 5 Aksum, 2 Crusader,
41 high grade Turkoman bronze, 9 English [$12]
facing
heads (many), ships on coins (98), Turkoman bronze (41)
74 is Triton X (CNG
alone) (2007, Jan. 9-10) HV. VHQP. 911 ancients among 1480.
All in color, many with at least one side enlarged. 8 Celtic,
454
G (including many Greek facing busts from the David Hermann
collection), 33 India, 10 Sasanian, 49 RR, 272 RI, 43 Byz, 25 DA, 4
Aksum AV, 4Arab-Sasanian, 7 Anglo-Saxon [$15]
Greek
facing heads from the David Hermann collection (many)
75
(2007, May 23)
HV. HQP. 1342 ancients among 1533, plus books. All
in
color, many with at least one side enlarged in color. 5 Celtic, 672
Greek (including 108 Boeotia, BCD collection pieces), 43 India, 24
Sasanian, 26 Huns, * Central Asia, 109 RP, 76 RR, 193 RI (including 14
cistophori of Hadrian), 25 Byz, 6 DA, 4 Aksum AV, 7 Islamic, 3 Mongols,
140 Anglo-Saxon (The "Beowulf Collection:, all with at least one side
enlarged) [$14]
Anglo-Saxon, the "Beowulf Collection" 140, Huns (26)
76 Two
volumes. [$15, now $12]
77 is Triton XI
(2008, Jan 8-9) 1215 ancients
among 1817. High value coins, all in color with many enlargements.
[was $15, now $12]
78
(2008, May 14) over 1950 lots of ancients. [$10, PR not
included, but it is on the web]
79
(2008,
Sept. 17) 1446 ancients among 1531, plus a small collection
of
keys and locks. 78 Bulgarian empire. [$12]
Bulgarian
empire (78)
80 is Trition XII [$12]
CNG fixed price lists,
the "Classical Numismatic Review": A continuous run of 5
issues for $3 total: Volume 24
(Fall/Winter 1999), Volume 25 (Summer/Fall 2000),
Volume 26 and 26.2 (2001/2001-2), Volume 27 (Summer 2002) [5
issues, $3]
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the top of the
list. AAG,
CNG
(and Triton),
Freeman
and Sear,
Gorny,
Lanz,
Leu,
M&M,
NAC,
NFA,
Sternberg,
Tkalec,
Vecchi.
Comptoir General Financier (Michel Prier)
Paris
II
Monnaies 1997, June 21.
627 Celtic, mostly of Gaul in a small format, thin catalog.
Very special [$15, with PR, as always]
627 Celtic, mostly of Gaul
Credit Suisse
(= SKA. See SKA)
Davisson's (Minnesota) 26 2007,
Dec. 12. 114 ancients plus 99 English, all in colre [with PR, of
course] $1
Dussen, van der (see van der Dussen)
Elsen
fixed price lists 189, 190, 203 [$1 each]
I am pricing the Elsen auctions low to
move them
out. They have very many coins, not
all
ancients.
53
14 March 1998 "Collection G. W. de Wit: Les deux Rome de Diocletian to
the fall of Constantinople." MLV. MQP. 1209 ancients among
2046.
562 Diocletian through Byzantine, mostly AE, on 16 ppl, plus another 21
ppl with 84 G, 125 RR, 184 RI before Diocletian, plus another 254
Diocletian-Byzantine. Outstanding! [$14, SOLD]
Late Roman
AE
and Byzantine AE (among 800)
56 712
ancients on 18 plates [$3]
63 1339
ancients on 43 plates [$4]
64 (12/00)
1000 ancients among 2463 on 33 ppl among 88
[$4]
74
(6 June
2003) Collection of Sasanian and Islamic, plus many Greek
fractions. 1031
ancients on 36 ppl, including 2 page plates
of Parthian (45) and 6 page plates of Sasanian, including obols
(173) [$6, reduced from $8]
Greek
fractions (100?) , 2 page plates
of Parthian (45) and 6 page plates of Sasanian, including obols (173)
78 (20 March 2004) 565 lots of
ancients. The usual
large
Elsen catalog [$3]
80
(12 June 2004) 678 lots of ancients [$3]
83, 84, 85, 86, 88 Typical large Elsen catalogs. [$2.50 each]
Purple
means recently SOLD.
Empire Coins, (1993,
Feb. 1) "Patrick
E. Cosgrove Collection of Roman Imperial Coinage" 174 affordable Roman
imperial, strongest in sestertii and middle bronze. [$1.50, reduced
from $2, now $1]
Freeman
and Sear (Los
Angeles, California. All MV. MQP)
Priced reduced Oct 3, 2008, and
reduced further, Feb. 28, 2009.
1
(3/95) 900
ancients. 274 G, 508 R, 21 Byz. On 40
ppl plus 2 ppl of enlargements. [$5, reduced from
$7]
Sternberg
#28
(Oct 30, 1995) Joint with Freeman and Sear. HV. MQP.
305 Roman imperial AE on 26 ppl + 2 color.
Roman
imperial AE in high grade, mostly top sestertii (305) [$11]
2
(1/96) 723
ancients. 447 G, 258 R, 4 Byz. 28 ppl +
3 ppl of enlargements. [$5, reduced from $7]
3
(10/96)
854
ancients. 304 G, 403 R, 106 ERP, 23
Byz. 36 ppl + 3 ppl of enlargements. [$5, reduced from $7]
4
(1/98) 532
ancients.
225 G, 251 R, 36 Byz AE. 23
ppl + 2 ppl of enlargements + 5 ppl of antiquities. [$8 SOLD]
5
(5/99) 571
ancients
among 630. 320 G, 220 R, 31
Byz. 23 ppl + 3 ppl of enlargements. [$5, reduced from $7]
6
(Oct. 2000) 663
lots of ancients, all excellently photographed. 181 lots of high-value Byzantine
AE. Also, a collection of 72 Greek Imperials with
architectural
types. Therefore, special. [$14 SOLD]
7
(2/02) 651
ancients among 760. 242 G, 47 RP, 330 R,
29 Byz, 4 Arab Turkoman. ppl interleaved. [$4, reduced from $5]
8
(2/03) 554
ancients among 657 lots on 41 ppl. inteleaved
among 45 +
8 ppl of enlargements. 317 G, 34 RP, 62 RR, 96 RI, 41 Byz, 5
Arab
figural. [$4,
reduced from $5]
9 (7/03) "Featuring the Rey Gomez
Collection of
Roman
Bronze coins"
732 ancients plus some multiple-coin lots on 28 ppl. plus 4 ppl of
enlargements. 198 G, 30 RP, 99 RI middle bronze,
164 RR,
197 RI, 35
Byz. [$4,
reduced from $5]
RI middle
bronze (99)
10 (2/04)
527 ancients
among 547 on 18 ppl among 20, + 3 E. 277 G, 22 RP, 95 RR, 102
RI,
30 Byz [$4, reduced from $5]
11
(23 Nov. 2004) MV. HQP. 479 ancients among 490, illustrated
throughout, some with enlargements, plus 8 ppl of color enlargements. 2
Celtic, 218 G, 19 RP, 44 RR, 179 RI (including 35 argentii), 16 Byz
[$4, reduced from $5]
late Roman
silver argentii (35)
12
(2005, Oct.
28) 656 lots of ancients, + 7 color ppl of
enlargements.
[$4,
reduced from $6]
13 (2006,
Aug. 25) MV. HQP. 814
ancients among 826. B&W photos throughout, some enlargements,
plus
8 ppl of color enlargements. Crete 41, 21 Celtic, 296 G, 24 RP, 62 RR,
250 RI, 118 Byz [$4, reduced from $6]
Crete
(41)
14
(2007, June 21) MV, HQP. 539 ancients
among 560.
B&W photos throughout, a few with enlargements, plus 8 ppl of
color
enlargements. 92 Celtic, 204 G, 29 RP, 61 RR (including 11 AE), 144 RI.
[$4, reduced
from $6]
Celtic
(92)
15 (2008,
June 27) 462 ancients. 3 color ppl of enlargements [$4, reduced from $6]
Freeman&Sear
fixed price lists
SALE
pricing: [$1.50 without color
photos, $2 each with] These are not large
catalogs, so postage will be reduced to 3 issues for $3 plus 25 cents
for each additional issue.
1
with 286 ancients SOLD
2 with 161 ancients SOLD
3 with 110
ancients SOLD
4 with 361 ancients SOLD
5
with 196 ancients SOLD
6
with 205 ancients SOLD
7
with 300 quality
ancients
8
with 306 F&S quality ancients
9
137 ancients
**** after #9 all photos are in color
10
with 140 ancients and a few major antiquities, all in color
11
with 227 ancients, all in color
12
with 190 ancients, including outstanding late Roman silver
13
with 110 ancients and some antiquities. SOLD
Gadoury,
Monnaies de Collection.
Hardcover,
Monte Carlo, 13-15 Oc. 1980. 925 lots of ancients in
B&W,
plus others. Many above 10,000 franks. Photos okay but not as good as
most more-recent catalogs. Hardcover! [$15, reduced
4/14/2009 to $12 for a hardcover catalog! Reduced 6/22/09 to $10]
Half
high-quality Greek, half Roman.
Gemini
I
(Berk and Freeman & Sear, joint offering of high-quality coins
at
the 2005 NYI) 541 ancients, plus 8 color ppl of enlargements.
With
long paragraphs explaining them. A very nice catalog. [$8,
now $6]
Gemini
II (Jan.
10, 2006) (Berk and Freeman & Sear, joint offering of
high-quality
coins at
the 2006 NYI) 569 ancients, all in color, plus 40 world, some with one
side enlarged, most with substantial paragraphs of
description. [$8, now $6]
Gemini
III
(Jan. 9, 2007) (Berk and Freeman &
Sear, joint offering of
high-quality
coins at
the 2007 NYI) 564 ancients, all in color, plus 36 world, some with one
side enlarged, most with substantial paragraphs of description. [$8,
now $6]
Gemini IV
(2008, Jan 8) Berk and Freeman & Sear, joint offering
of
high-quality
coins at
the 2008 NYI) 550 ancients, all in color, plus 41 world, many with
one
side enlarged, most with substantial paragraphs of description.
[$8, now $6]
Gemini V (2009, Jan 6) HV.
HQP. 883 ancient lots, grouped by consigner. 210+96+258+85 = 649 G,
44+21 = 63 RR, 58+58 = 116 RI, 10 India, 10 tessera
and
lead, 18 contorniates, 14 Byz. [$6]
controniates
(18)
[15% off if
you order all five Gemini auctions]
Glendining's "A
Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins" sold in conjunction with
Empire Coins. 9 Oct. 1989. 300 nice Greek and Roman lots, 12
page
plates. [$3]
1963, Dec. 13. "Ancient
Greek
Gold and silver coins" 19 page plates. [$6]
1974, March 19 "Ancient coins" 6 page plates. [free with the
other because several plates have individal photos clipped out.]
Goldberg,
Ira and Larry. May 26, 2008 "The Millennia Collection, catalog 1
(The ancients, all fabulous, with spectacular presentations in color
and big enlargements. A coffee table quality catalog. Awarded "Catalog
of the Year" by one numismatic journal. It was 3 parts, the other two
not ancients) [$15 SOLD]
Gorny
[& Mosch] (Giessner
Munzhandlung Dieter
Gorny, now Gorny and Mosch Giessner Munzhandlung)
All
coins
excellently photographed within text, with PRs.
This Munich firm tends to have high grade and
interesting coins, but not all in the very highest value
range (although many are). If you want to see very nice material from a Munich firm, take a
look at these. I'd say the coins are generally
comparable to CNG coins.
If you like CNG catalogs, then you will like these coins. Maybe the
difference is that CNG often sells theme collections, whereas Gorny
rarely does. Text in
German. A very large number of top-quality photos for the
price.
Sale: Through June 30, 2009: 20% off each issue
(This applies to reduced price items too.)
67
(5/94) HQP. 965
ancients. Some enlargements throughout +
1 E + 6 color E. 384 G, 525 R, 46 Byz. [$12 SOLD]
71
(5/95) 979 ancients + 3 E + occasional enlargements
throughout + 5 ppl of partially illustrated large lots.
495 G, 408 R, 58 Byz, 8 DA, 4
Arab-Sasanian [$8]
73
(10/95) 582 ancients + 3 E + some enlargements througout
+ 6 ppl of partially illustrated large lots.
272 G, 244 R, 30 Byz, 36 Arabic.
[$8]
[Note: Prior to this, Roman provincial was
integrated in with imperial. After
this, Roman Provincial
has its
own section.
Gorny
76
(4/96) 660 ancients + 5 E + occasional enlargements
throughout. 291 G, 42 RP, 283 R, 44 Byz. [$8]
78
(6/96) 708 ancients + 9 ppl of partially illustrated
large lots. 325 G, 76 RP, 260 R, 47 Byz. [$8]
79
(10/96) 810 ancients + 1 E + 15 ppl of partially
illustrated large lots. 347 G, 127 RP, 268 G, 65 Byz.
[$9]
Roman
provincial (127)
81
(3/97) 1004 + 1 E + 10 ppl of partially illustrated
large lots. 458 G, 131 RP, 320 R, 78 Byz, 8 DA, 5 Turkoman
[$9]
82
(4/97) 426 ancients. Occasional enlargements throuhout +
3 E. 173 G, 51 RP, 152 R, 47 Byz, 3 DA. [$8]
84
(10/97) 1230
ancients + 3 E + 21 ppl of partially
illustrated large lots. 474 G, 110 RP, 552 R, 73 Byz, 6 Byz
weights [$10, SOLD diagonal cover crease, contents
unharmed]
89
(5/98) HV. MQP. 577 ancients. Some enlargements
throughout + 3 E. 306 G, 43 RP, 186 R, 36 Byz, 4 DA, 8
Paduans [$10]
90
(10/98) 1424
ancients + 3 E. 548 G, 164 RP, 619 R, 73
Byz, 10 Byz lead seals, 4 DA. [$12]
Roman
provincial
(164)
92
(11/98) 704
ancients among 2700 (+ 9 ppl of partially
illustrated large lots). 311 G, 37 Parthian, 22 Sasanian, 59 RP, 231 R,
22 Byz, 4
fake sestertii. [$12 SOLD]
95
(3/99) 1076
ancients + 16 ppl of partially illustrated
large lots. 475 G, 154 RP, 391 R, 31 Byz, 10 Byz lead
seals. [$10]
100
(11/99) "Katalog I, Sammlung Amadeus" MV.
HQP. 659
ancients. + some enlargements throughout + 4 color ppl of
enlargements. 259 G, 378 R, 14 Byz, 5 tessera [$8 SOLD]
102
(5/00) HV. HQP.
664 ancients + 7 color ppl + many enlargements throughout. 371 G, 20
RP, 220 R, 41 Byz, 8 DA [$12 SOLD]
107
(4/01)
HV. HQP. "High
value Ancient
coins". 693
ancients + 5 color E + many
enlargements throughout. 296 G, 33 RP, 323 R, 41
Byz.
[$12]
108
(4/02)
1183 ancients + 22 ppl of partially
illustrated
large lots. 410 G, 146 RP, 577 R, 31 Byz, 11 Byz lead seals,
5
DA. [$10 SOLD]
117
(14 Oct. 2002)
"High Value Ancient Coins" HV.
HQP. 778 ancients, illustrated throughout with many B&W
enlargements plus 6 color ppl of enlargements. 27 Celtic, 325
G,
61 RP, 27 RR, 289 RI, 44 Byz, 2 DA [$10]
118 (14-15 Oct.
2002) "Ancient Coins and Lots" MV.
MQP. 1620 ancients plus 61 partially illustrated large lots. 40 Celtic,
9 R imit., 535 G, 270 RP, 104 RR, 503 RI, 134 Byz, 4 DA, 6
Arabic. [$10]
121 (3/03)
"High value Ancient
coins" 546 ancients, many enlargements throughout
[$12 SOLD]
122
(10-11 Mar.
2003) "Ancient Coins and Lots" 1430
ancients plus 137 partially illustrated large lots. 44 Celtic, 1 R
imit., 589 G, 260 RP, 60 RR, 361 RI, 85 Byz (incl. 5 seals), 5 DA, 3
Arabic, 8 tessera [$8]
125
(13 Oct. 2003)
"High Value Ancient Coins" HV.
HQP. 633 ancients, illustrated throughout, many with B&W
enlargements, plus 8 color ppl of enlargements. 18 Celtic, 267 G, 44
RP, 42 RR, 241 RI, 20 Byz, 1 DA [$8]
126
(13-14 Oct.
2003) "Ancient Coins and Lots" MV.
MQP. 2027 ancients plus 244 partially illustrated large lots. 87
Celtic, 514 G, 515 RP, 66 RR, 718 RI, 107 Byz, 3 DA, 3 Arabic, 5
tessera. [$12]
Roman
provincial (515)
129
(3/04) "High
value Ancient
coins" 375 ancients, many
enlargements throughout [$10 SOLD]
130
(3/04) 1491
ancients. 355 lots of
Parthian and Sasanian [$9, SOLD, quite a few lot numbers
circled
in ink and with potential (?) bids. They do not interfere with the
pictures.]
138 (3/05) 2851 lots of
ancients.
[$12]
141 (2005, 10 Oct.) "High-value
ancient
coins" 405
ancients in color, many with color enlargments. High value
coins.
[$12]
142
(2005, 10-11
Oct.) 2378 lots of ancients, plus large
lots, illustrated throughout. A large catalog. [$10]
146 (2006, 6 March)
HV. HQP.
"High Value" 563 ancients, all
in color, some one-sided enlargements.
22 Celtic, 283 G, 14 RP, 48 Kings of the Bosporus AV and electrum, 148
RI, 20 Byz, 2 DA [$12] PR on-line, not included
Kings
of the Bosporus AV and electrum (48)
147
(2006, 6-7 March)
1516 ancients plus 172 partially illustrated large lots. B&W.
66
Celtic, 418 G, 88 Pantikapaion, 140 RP, 175 Kings of the Bosporus AV
and electrum, 56 RR, 457 RI, 77 Byz, 19 Byz seals, 7 Byz glass
weights, 3 DA. [$12] PR on-line, not included
Kings
of the Bosporus AV and electrum (175), Pantikapaion
(88)
151
(2006, Oct. 9) "High
Value" HV. HQP. 546 ancients, all in color, many enlarged on
on
side throughout. 46 Celtic, 214 Greek, 62 RP including 36 AV
and
EL Kings of the Bosporus, 49 RR, 131 RI, 45 Byz. [$12]
Kings
of the Bosporus in AV and Electrum (36)
152
(2006, Oct.
9-10) MV. MQP. 1736 ancients in B&W and 204 large
lots. 72
Celtic, 4 imitations, 419 G, 54 Oriental Greek, 32 Baktria, 22
Indo-Greek, 10 Aksumite gold, 243 RP, 95 RR, 568 RI, 3 coins
of
the mines, 147 Byz. [$9,
reduced from $10]
***** Below here
are all in color *******
155
(2007, March 5)
"High Value" HV. HQP. 416 ancients, all
in color,
many with at least one side enlarged. 6 Celtic, 184 G, 55 RP (including
18 Kingdom of the Bosporus in EL and AV), 28 RR, 105 RI, 35 Byz, 2 DA,
1 die of Augustus. [$9,
reduced from $10]
156
(2007, March 6)
MV. MQP. 1568 ancients plus 155 large lots, all in
B&W.
43 Celtic, 606 G (including 73 Alexander the Great and 13
Mytilene EL), 15 Aksum AV, 187 RP, 31 Kingdom of the Bosporus,
85
RR, 451 RI, 125 Byz (including AE), 41 seals, 4 DA, 6 weights.
[$10]
159. High
value coins. [$11,
reduced from $12]
160 [$10]
164
495 High value ancients coins, many with
gorgeous enlargements [$11, reduced from $12]
165
1459 ancients plus large lots [$9, reduced from $10]
Harmer Rooke Numismatists
(New York)
1986, Dec. 12-13. "The Hoffer Brandenburg Sale" over 2000
lots,
very many not photographed, but including a collection of coins of Hadrian.
Of Hadrian, the photographed coins are 75 Roman Imperial including many
sestertii, 2 coins of the mines, a medallion and a contorniate, 4
Antinous, 10 cistophori, 22 Roman Egypt, 7 Sabina, and 5 Aelius, 4
Roman Provincial. Many other lots are not photographed. The
catalog has only a few other ancients, many coins of Germany and
Shooting talers and medals, and some gold jewelry. 9 1/2" by
6
7/8", 155 pages. Important for the second-century or Hadrian
specialist. Vary hard to find. Cover creased, partially
torn, retaped. [$15]
Hadrian
(131)
Helios Numismatik,
München (Munich), Germany
1 2008,
April 17-18. MV. HQP. 671 ancients among 1037, all excellently
photographed in color with substantial descriptions in
German.
[$4 (for quality this would be $10 or more except it is common)]
Hess (Adolph
Hess AG Luzern) 11 5/8" x 8 1/4". Usually many high value
Greek coins and possibly moderate value ancients -- Greek or Roman.
246
(11/77) HV. MQP. 108 ancients among 1200 on 3 ppl among 32.
99 Celtic and 9 DA. [$10 SOLD]
Celtic
(99)
247
(6/78) MV. MQP. 431 ancients on 19 ppl plus 1 E.. 216 G, 57
RR. 175 RI, 24 Byz. [$10]
249
(11/79) MV, MQP. 466 ancients on 16 ppl. 252 G, 61
RR, 139 RI, 9 Byz. [$10]
251
(5/81) MV. MQP.
289 ancients among 1512 on 12 ppl among 60. 144 G, 0 RR, 106 Roman,
mostly RP of Egypt, 32 Byz, 2 DA, 4 Arabic figural [$8 SOLD]
252
(5/82) HV. MQP. 368 ancients among 1402 on 16 ppl among 64.
114 G, 78 RR, 154 RI, 21 Byz. [$10 SOLD]
254
(10/83)
HV. MQP. 259 ancients+ 242 Arabic among 1552 on 14 ppl. + 8 ppl among
49. 241 G, 10 late RI gold, 8 Byz gold. [$8]
Arabic
(242)
257
(11/86) "Erster Teil" (= "Part I") HV. MQP. 469
ancients on 20 ppl. 177 G, 230
Roman gold, 62 Byz gold. [$15 SOLD]
Roman
gold (230)
257 (1986,
Nov. 13) "Zweiter
Teil (= "part II") NO ANCIENTS, foreign and Swiss. 990 on 40
ppl.
[no PR and no anceints, but nice foreign, $3]
Hess-Divo
(5/03) (Zurich)
Hardcover auction of "100 rarities" many large, gold, or
otherwise spectacular European (not ancient) coins. Usually one coin
per page, some with two, most with enlargements, and every page in
color! [$8, now $4]
Hess-Leu
11 3/4" x 8 1/4"
Most have excellent photographs. All have MQP.
(9)
1958, 2
April. Antike
munzen. HV. MQP. 445 ancients on 16 ppl. 269 G, 13 RR, 133
RI, 30
Byz gold. [Top edge of spine ripped 3/4 inch. Rest very nice.
$12 SOLD]
Heritage "John
Warner
Collection" Jan. 11, 2003. 790 lots of ancient on 75 pages, illustrated
throughout, a few very big enlargments of gold, with 2 pages
of
color plates. [$1.50, no PR] High quality coins with poor
photography. That's why it is only $1.50
Kovacs. Usually high-quality Greek and Roman, with unusally
nice Roman Provincial.
Kovacs (San Mateo,
California)
mail
bid sale XIV (10/98) 496 ancients. 99 G, 42 RP, 9 RR,
96 RI,
244 Byz AE.
An amazing group of AE rarities: 7
Constantine IV, 4
Justininian II
(1st reign), 18 Leontius, 6 Tiberius III, 5 Justinian II (second
reign), 14 Philippicus, 11 Anastasius II, 4 Theodosius III, etc.
[$20 SOLD]
244
Byzantine AE
Auction XV, Oct 1, 2003. All color. 44 pages,
440 interesting lots, including 96 excellent Roman provincial.
[reduced to $2, was $2.50, no PR issued]
Auction XVI, Sept. 29, 2004. All color, 400
high-quality lots of ancients. [$3, with PR as always. reduced 6/1/09 to $2] A
beautiful catalog.
Kricheldorf
was a
German firm
in Stuttgart dealing in ancient and world coins. I have some of their
rare early issues for sale. They average about half ancients, and have
quality black and white photos. If you don't know them, the
coins
and photography remind me of Lanz, but with ancients and world in the
same catalogs.
4 (Oct. 1957), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14
(July 1964)
[only #13
remains, $4. 448 ancients on 20 page plates]
Künker, Fritz
Rudolf
(Osnabruck, Germany) (= Kunker, Kuenker)
100 (June 2005) "Numismatische Kostbarkeiten" ("Expensive
coins").
A whopping and gorgeous catalog, all in color, with 1000 lots of
high-value coins, the first 87 ancients. [$5]
101 (June 2005) mostly not ancients. 1500 lots,
the first 125
are
ancients. [$2]
104
(2005, Sept. 27) MV. HQP. 756 ancients, all in
color and a few with
enlargements. 356 G, 58 RR, 241 RI, 1 contorniate, 16 DA, 58 Byz, 1
crusader. [$8]
124
(2007, March 16-17.
"Dr. Adolf Wild Collection" MV. HQP. 1966 ancients,
all in
color (no enlargements). 272 gold (including 10 Celtic, 36 G, 7 RR, 34
RI, 2 DA, 77 Byz, 5 world), 23 Celtic, 298 G, 83 Roman Egypt
(Alexandria), 374 RR, 186 Augustus, 246 other twelve Caesars, 458 RI,
13 tessera, 3 DA, 5 Byz [$14]
RR (Roman Republican,
374), Augustus (186), twelve Caesars after
Augustus (246)
133
(2007, Oct. 11-12)
including the "Friedrich Popken collection of Greek bronze coins" HV.
VHQP. 2553 ancients, all in color, many with enlargements in color.
809 very high grade Greek AE, 27 RP, 23 Celtic, 438 G, 178
RR,
670 RI, 8 DA, 149 Byz with some AE. [$19 plus $4 S&H, it is big.]
Greek AE
(809)
136
(2008, 10 March) MV. HQP. 1650 ancients, all in color, some
color
enlargements. 395 from the Dr. Burkhard collection of Crete,
27
Celtic, 353 G, 102 RR, 465 RI,6 DA, 225 Byz including some nice AE, 3
Crusaders, 1 Turkoman [$14 Crete] [A major refernce
for
Crete]
Crete (395)
Lanz
Almost CNG-level
coins. Munich firm. Catalogs with only ancients, all
with PRs, all in German -- but the pictures are in English :)
Prices reduced. Oct. 3, 2008
Sale through June 30, 2009:
15%
off the reduced (marked) price on all Lanz catalogs.
4
(11/73) HQP. 357 ancients on 25 ppl
+ 1 E + 4 color E. 197 G, 118 R, 42 Byz [$12,
scarce, reduced to $10]
6
(11/74) (as
Gitta Kastner.
If you want the run of Lanz catalogs, it begins as "Gitta Kastner" with
the same format) HQP.
476 ancients on 35 ppl + 9 E.
222 G, 194 R, 60 Byz [$12, scarce, reduced to $10]
8
(11/75) (also as
"Gitta Kastner") 334 ancients on
20 ppl. 103 G, 37 RR, 144
RI, 50 Byz. [$12, scarce, reduced to $10]
10
(5/76) (also
as
"Gitta Kastner")325 ancients on 18 ppl. 108 G,
208 R, 61
Byz
[$15, scarce, SOLD]
After #12 the named changed to Lanz
München. From this point all
even-numbered catalogs are of ancients and all odd-numbered catalogs
are of non-ancient coins, until number 84, which was literature.
Note: Before number 97
the
odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients and the even-numbered
catalogs had only ancients.
26
(12/83) 998 ancients on 45 ppl. 335 G, 624 R, 39
Byz [$6 SOLD]
28
(5/84) 945 ancients on 42 ppl. 349 G, 519
R, 77 Byz [$8 SOLD]
30
(11/84) 961 ancients on 42 ppl. 393 G, 503
R, 52 Byz, 10 DA [$6 SOLD]
32
(4/85) 895 ancients on 48 ppl. 353 G, 492
R, 34 Byz, 13 DA [$6 SOLD]
Note: Up to here the photos are good, but they could
be better.
They didn't quite have the glare and darkness mastered. After here, the
photo quality is high.
34
(11/85) 976 ancients on 44 ppl. 302 G, 631 R, 36
Byz, 7
DA [$8 SOLD]
36
(4/86) 962 ancients on 40 ppl. 518 G, 406
R, 33 Byz, 5 DA [$6]
38
(11/86) 1046 ancients on 48 ppl. 450 G, 418 R,
77 Byz, 3
DA [$8 SOLD]
Note: Before number 97
the
odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients and the even-numbered
catalogs had only ancients.
40
(5/87) 966 ancients on 44 ppl. 454 G, 454
R, 54 Byz, 4 DA [$8 SOLD]
42
(11/87) 835 ancients on 38 ppl. 356 G, 436 R, 43
Byz [$6]
44
(5/88) 925 ancients on 43 ppl. 319 G, 539
R, 65 Byz [$6]
46
(11/88) 835 ancients on 38 ppl. 353 G, 410 R, 61
Byz, 10
DA. [$6]
48
(5/89) 886 ancients on 38 ppl. 420 Greek,
28 Juba II, 402 R, 36Byz. [$6]
Lanz
Note: Photograph quality before here is
very good, but
after here it is excellent.
Starting with #50 the cover color changes from pale green to black.
50
(11/89) HQP. 960 ancients on 36 ppl
+ 12 color E. 258 G, 172 Pegasi of Corinth and colonies, 32
electrum of Mylilene and Miletos, 410 R, 61 Byz, 7 DA. [$8]
Pegasi
of Corinth and
colonies (172), electrum of Mylilene and Miletos (32)
52
(5/90) HQP. 850 ancients on 36 ppl + 4 color E. 318 G,
476 R, 56 Byz [$6]
54
(11/90) HQP. 1088 ancients on 44 ppl +
6 color E.
358 G, 682 R, 50 Byz (some Cherson AE) [$6]
shekels
of Tyre
(49)
56
(5/91) 883 ancients on 37 ppl + 2 color E.
300 G, 520 R, 53 Byz, 9 DA [$6]
58
(11/91) 1012 ancients on 40 ppl + 2 color
E. 409 G, 533 R, 55 Byz, 6 DA, 9 tessera [$6 SOLD]
Note: Before number 97
the
odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients and the even-numbered
catalogs had only ancients.
60
(6/92) 1025
ancients on 41 ppl + 2 color E. 270 G, 494
R, 48 Byz, 11 Byz lead seals [$6]
62
(11/92) 987 ancients on 40 ppl + 2 color E. 453
G, 457
R, 51 Byz, 22 Byz lead seals [$6]
64
(6/93) 1019 ancients on 37 ppl + 2 color
E. 346 G,
576 R, 83 Byz, 12 Byz lead seals [$6]
66
(11/93) 1006
ancients on 35 ppl + 1 color
E. 353 G, 614 R, 39 Byz [$9]
67
NOT ancients. Middle ages and modern. 73 pages plates.
[$4, without PR]
68
(6/94) 1012 ancients on 36 ppl + 2
color E. 272
G,
649 R,
84 Byz, 6 DA. [$8]
70
(11/74)
VHV. VHQP.
"Sammlung
Margaretha Ley" 289
ancients on 10 ppl + all on 18 color E. 152 G, 60 R gold,
48 Celtic, 22 imitations. Much
Roman
gold.
10 regular plates, plus 18 color page-plates. 289 expensive lots.
[Higher quality than the usual Lanz catalog]
[$10]
72
(5/95) 936
ancients on 35 ppl.
333 G including Celtic imitations, 122 RR,
442 RI including 3 contorniates and a few RP, 26 Byz, 13 DA.
[$6]
Note: Before number 97
the
odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients and the even-numbered
catalogs had only ancients.
74
(5/95) 936 ancients on 35 ppl. 73 Celtic,
11 Imitiations, 248 G, 561 R, 3 contorniates, 26 Byz, 13
DA
[$6]
76
(5/96) 1015
ancients on 39 ppl. 302 G, 610 R, 94 Byz, 8
DA [$8]
78
(11/96) 783 ancients on 35 ppl. 384 G, 580 R, 19
Byz [$8]
80
(5/97) 800 ancients on 26 ppl. 215 G,
539
R, 36 Byz. [$6]
Lanz
82
(11/97) 879
ancients on 35 ppl. 227 G, 611 R (including
RP), 36 Byz, 6 coins of the mines. [$6]
[84 is literature, without PR, $1]
86
(5/98) MV. MQP. 808 ancients on 32 ppl. 235 G, 533 R, 34
Byz, 6 DA. [$8]
88
(11/98) HV, HQP, "Sammlung
Leo Benz"
978 ancients on 43
ppl. + 5 color E. 43 ppl. 886 RR (very high quality Roman Republican,
mostly AR), 102 Augustus. I think this is the finest or second-finest
modern sale catalog of Roman Republican coins (after Leu 17, which
sells easily at $100). It belongs in the library of every RR collector.
[$34]
Roman
Republican
(886), Augustus
(102)
90
(11/98) was orders and decorations, not ancients. Without PR [free with
a fillable order of any other Lanz catalog(s)]
92 (6/99) 1305 ancients on 59 ppl. 319
G, 905 R including
RP, 4 contorniates, 57 Byz, 9 DA [$15]
AE
of Greek
Bruttium (3 ppl.), very
large diameter Roman Provincial (over
90
pieces c.36 mm or larger)
Before this line, the catalogs do not have their coins on CoinArchives.
com
94
(11/99) "Sammlung Leo Benz" VHV. VHQP. 694 Roman
imperial, Augustus-Commodus, on 40 ppl + 15 ppl of color enlargements.
[$15 SOLD]
Roman
imperial
Augustus-Commodus (694), Roman AE medallions (14)
Note: Before number 97
the
odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients and the even-numbered
catalogs had only ancients.
97 (5/00) MV. MQP. 1094
ancients on 46
ppl + 1 in color. 355 G, 652 R, 48 Byz, 8 DA. [$6]
102
(5/01) MV. HQP.
1125 ancients on 48 ppl + 7 ppl
of
color enlargements. 349 G, 727 R, 36 Byz, 11 DA.
[$8, SOLD]
105 (26 Nov. 2001) 981 ancient coins of Corinth. THE
collection and catalog for Corinth. Lots of copper as well
as silver. MV. MQP.
Greek Corinth (981)
[$15 SOLD]
106 (26-27 Nov. 2001) MV. HQP. 816 ancients on
39 ppl + 4 color
ppl of enlargements. 180 G, 613 R, 23 Byz. [$6]
109
(5/02) MV.
HQP.
943 ancients on 48 ppl plus 4 color ppl
of enlargements. 66 Celtic, 13 imitations, 139 G,
57 RR,
634 RI (including RP), 34 Byz. [$8 SOLD]
111 (25 Nov. 2002)
MV.
MQP. 604
Greek coins of Euboia. THE
catalog for
Euboia. "The BCD collection."
Greek Euboia
(604) [$15 SOLD]
112
(25/26 Nov. 2002) MV. MQP. 1000 ancients on 48 ppl + 4 color
E. 244 G, 702 Roman, 51 Byz, 4 DA
114 (5/03) MV. MQP. 933 ancients on 47 ppl. 32 imitations,
160 G, 48
RR, 627 RI (including 3 medallions and some RP), 52 Byz, 14 DA.
[$6]
(a different copy with loose plates.
otherwise
okay: $2)
117
(11/03)
MV.
MQP. 1383 ancients on 72 ppl. 451 G, 35 RR,
842 RI (including RP), 53 Byz. [$9]
120 (18 May 2004) MV. MQP.
667 ancients on 39
ppl. 32
Celtic, 6 imitations, 141 G, 21 RR, 412 RI (including RP), 45 Byz, 4 DA
gold. [$8]
121
(22 Nov. 2004) MV. MQP. 687 ancients. 87 Celtic, 6 R
imit., 138 G, 69 RR, 354 RI, 32 Byz, 1 DA.
123
(30 May 2005) MV. HQP. 1185 ancients, all in color (no
enlargements). 21 Celtic, 17 R imit., 232 G, 134 RR, 578 RI, 109 Byz
(incl. AE), 94 DA $9]
Dark Ages (94, including 55 Vandal and Ostrogothic)
125 (2005, Nov. 28) MV. HQP. 1266
ancients, all in color.
30 Celtic, 8 Roman imitations, 494 G, 102 RR, 558 RI, 68 Byz, 5 DA, 1
spintria. [$6]
128
(2006, May 22)
MV. HQP. 1000 ancients, all in color. 37
Celtic, 5 R
imitations, 111 G, 111 RR, 748 RI, 41 Byz, 4 DA. [$6 SOLD]
131 (2006, 27 Nov.) "Sammlung Karl.
Coins of Caria" MV.
HQP. 822 Greek ancients, all in color. An important
specialized
collection of coins of Caria including Rhodes. Including 49
satraps and dynasts, 46 large RP of Stratonikeia. [$15]
Caria =
Karia (387), Rhodes (464, including 142 AE) [A major
reference work]
132 (2006, Nov. 27) MV. HQP. 622
ancients, all in color.
27 eastern Celtic, 3 Roman imitations, 228 G, 50 RR, 253 RI, 52 Byz
[$6]
135
(2007, May 21) MV.
HQP. 1065 ancients, all in color. 36 Celtic, 360 G, 76 RR, 28
Augustus, 471 RI (including some RP), 80 Byz (including some AE), 6 DA,
8 India. [$6]
138
ancients in color [$6 SOLD]
141
ancients in color [$6]
Lanz Graz
10
(1977, Dec. 3) "1000 Ancient coins" [in German]
31 ppl. [$8]
Leu
(Bank Leu, later Leu
Numismatik AG -- Zurich) 11
3/4" by 8 1/4". Generally very
high
value coins and high value coins.
Many catalogs offer major collections assembled by very wealthy
collectors. The coin descriptions are often long with substantial
pedigrees and detailed comments on where similar rare coins have
appeared. They always have outstanding coin identifications. The
photography is excellent. In this sense, their catalogs are always of
high-quality presentation. If I use "MQP" below, it is because of
having few enlargements. They do not use color photographs as much as
some of
the firms (NAC, Tkalec) that use color lavishly. It would be fair to
say
that almost every catalog could be cited for outstanding Greek and outstanding
Roman
coins. However, I
will not bother to repeat that every time. If you want to see absolute
top-quality coins, any Leu catalog will do.
20
(4/78) VHV. VHQP. 403 ancients on 27 ppl + 14 E.
181 G,
222 R. [$20 SOLD]
28
(5/81) VHV. HQP. 637 ancients on 35 ppl +
4 E. 300 G, 316 R, 21 Byz. [$20 SOLD]
38
(5/86) VHV. HQP. 436 ancients on 25 ppl +
3 E + 1 color
E. 172 G, 209 R, 55 Byz. [$20]
42
(5/87) VHV. HQP. 387 ancients on 25 ppl +
4 E. 387 Greek. [$20 SOLD]
Greek
45
(5/88) VHV. VHQP. 435 ancients on 26 ppl + 16
E.
295 G, 107 R, 33 Byz. [$15 SOLD]
48
(5/89) VHV.
VHQP. 444 ancients on 37 ppl + 13
E. 270 G, 174 R. [$15 SOLD]
50
(4/90) HV.
HQP. 424 ancients on 25 ppl + 11
E. 254 G, 147 R, 20 Byz. [$17 SOLD]
52
(5/91) VHV. VHQP. 292 ancients, most enlarged
throughout. 142 G, 150 R. "A distinguished American Collection." Very
long coin identifications (in English) so
usually two coins per page, sometimes only one. [$18 SOLD]
53
(10/91) HV. HQP.
347 ancients + 238 Arabic among 979 on
18 ppl + 10 ppl of Arabic among 53 ppl.
171 G, 176 R
+ 238 Arabic
Arabic (238)
[$15 SOLD]
54
(4/92) VHV. VHQP. 341 ancients + many enlarged
throughout. 207 G, 134 R. [$17]
57
(5/93) HV. HQP.
325 ancients + 2 E + many
enlarged within. 143 G, 31 Parthian, 151 R.
Parthian (31)
[$15]
59
(5/94) HV. HQP. 353 ancients + 4 E + many
enlarged throughout. 162 G, 180 R, 11 Byz. [$15]
61
(5/95) VHV. HQP. 335 ancients among
645 + some enlarged throughout. 214 G, 103 R, 18 Byz.
[$15]
71
(10/97) HV.
HQP. 585 ancients + 1 E + some enlarged
throughout. 254 G, 331 R. [$15 SOLD]
72
(5/98) HV. HQP.
594 ancients + some enlargements
throughout. 393 G, 201 R.
Philistro-Arabian
(22)
[$15]
77
(5/00) VHV. HQP. 923
ancients + numerous enlargements throughout. 404 G, 370 R, 152 Byz.
[$15 SOLD]
78 Neuzeit (not
ancients) 259
pages [$5, no PR]
87
(6 May 2003)
"Roman
Gold Coins from the Collection of a
Perfectionist" VHV, VHQP. 124 Roman gold, most discussed at length on
individual pages, all enlarged, and all also illustrated on 8 color
plates. [$17]
Roman gold
(124)
90
(May 10, 04) HV, HQP
"BCD Olympia Collection" 345 lots of one
city, Olympia also known as Elis. This is the essential work
for coins of Elis. [$25 SOLD]
Olympia
Elis (345)
91
(May 10-11, 04)
HV. HQP, 1000 ancients, many
enlargements throughout. 221 G, 207 Jewish, 64 RR, 278 RI, 158 Byz, 68
multiple coin lots
Jewish
(207) [$15 SOLD]
93 (May 10, 2005)
VHV, vHQP.
145 nearly perfect Roman gold coins "From the collection of a
perfectionist" One or two coins per page. Long descriptions. All
enlarged in B&W. All in color natural size on 8 ppl.
[$15 SOLD]
Roman
gold (145)
Leu and M&M
(The famous "Niggler
Collection" of amazingly wonderful
coins)
Sammlung Niggler, part 1: (12/65) HV. HQP. 553 G on
29 ppl
+ 3 E [$35 SOLD].
Greek
(553)
Sammlung Niggler, part 3: (11/67) VHV Roman "after
Augustus". 526 Roman on 32 ppl. [$35 SOLD]
Trajan,
Hadrian, and
Antoninus Pius sestertii, several AE medallions, late Roman argentii,
late Roman silver and gold, 17 contorniates.
Malloy,
John Aiello Collection of Roman
Egyptian Coins,
XIV (7/79) glossy, not the recent
newsprint
paper (but, still not great photos) [$9] 1375
lots crammed in.
775
of Roman Egypt.
Auction XI,
1977, Dec. 8 (glossy format) 422 ancients plus Sasanian plus
Arabic, on 21 ppl. (Significantly nicer than his later auction
catalogs) [$3, reduced to $2]
Malter
II,
"The
Coinage of
Ancient Egypt" (2/78) 384 lots, mostly
Ptolomaic. A
collection. [$12
SOLD] cover foxed.
Ancient
Egypt
IV (Oct.
1978)
including
78 lots of Roman Egypt [$3]
XXXIX April 2,
1989. A real
collection, seriously assembled. Very strong in ancient
weights.
88
Assyrian to Byzantine, and another 200 Arabic glass weights.
Many pictured on 7 ppl, but many not pictured too. Catalog continues
with regular Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Arabic coins on a further 14
ppl. Very important for weights. [$7 SOLD]
49
(1992, Nov. 15) The Dr. J.
S. Wilkinson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins" 837 Greek coins, all
photographed in B&W. A broad and nice selection. Most are not
extremely expensive. A good, representative, selection of the commoner
Greek silver. [$15 SOLD]
Greek (837)
59
(11/94) 13 ppl of ancients, 5 more of
antiquities [$3, no
PR]
LXIX (6/96) 7 ppl of
antiquities and 14 of ancients [$3, no PR]
84.
Feb. 29, 2004. 111 lots of aniquities and 280 of
ancient coins. [$3, no PR]
Collectors Journal of
Ancient Art. volume 8, 1995, by Malter Galleries. 75
ancient-coin lots, then 325 more of Asian and African art, etc.
[$1]
86
(2004, Nov. 14) 256 ancients on 10 ppl plus 43 ppl
of antiquities. [$1, with PR]
Markov
(New York)
Usually has
many central
Asian coins rarely seen in
other catalogs
(Huns, Bukhara, etc.)
11
(9/03) 454 ancients among 902, plus
1color E
among 4.
111 G, 34
Jewish related, 12 Persis, 6 Parthian, 9 Kushan, 34 RP, 27 RR, 101 RI,
27 Byz (incl. 3 of Cherson), 10 Sasanian, 21 Hunnic related, 2
Khawarazmia, 3 Chaganian, 4 Samarqand, 16 Bukhara, 6 Chach, 3 Khazar, 9
Arabic, 4 Volo-Bulgrian.
[$7]
Hunnic
related
(21), Khazar (3)
12
(9/03) was
numismatic
literature, not coins. [not offered]
13
(24-25 Nov. 2004) MV. MQP. 317 ancients, 83
Arabic, 22
Mongol among 759, illustrated throughout, a few B&W
enlargements,
plus 2 color ppl of enlargements. 85 G, 27 RP, 24 RR, 125 RI, 16 Byz, 3
Georgia, 13 Sasanian, 8 Huns, 83 Arabic, 22 Mongol [$7]
Skip to
the top of the
list. AAG,
CNG
(and Triton),
Freeman
and Sear,
Gorny,
Lanz,
Leu,
M&M,
NAC,
NFA,
Sternberg,
Tkalec,
Vecchi.
M&M
(Munzen und Medallien = Monnaies et Medailles) (Basel,
Switzerland) Many of the highest-quality coins have
been
sold by M&M - one of the most prominent firms in the world
until
they folded in 2004.
Most early issues are in French. Some
are in German.
Very
high value to
high value coins. There are
generally collections, not just nice coins fresh out of the
ground.
If M&M has
late Roman or Byzantine, it is almost always gold. They have
fixed-price lists that might offer an outstanding piece in copper, but
these auctions do not, in contrast to, say, Sternberg, who often does.
So, when the list here says, say, "85 Byz" do
not expect any to be copper.
VII
(12/48) HV.
MQP. 362 ancients among 721 on 13 ppl
among 30, photos from casts. 148 G, 188 R, 27 Byz.
[$15
SOLD]
XIX
(6/59) HV. MQP. 604
ancients on 28 ppl (this and all
following have photos from coins, not from casts) 325 G,
279 R
Roman AE medallions
(6)
[$10]
XXI
(3/60) VHV.
MQP. 100 Roman gold. Thin.
Roman
gold (100)
[$10 SOLD]
XXV
(17
Nov. 1962) HV.
MQP. 341 ancients on 17 ppl
+ 3 E. 117 G, 36 Holy Land RP, 38 Jewish and related, 105 R,
48 Byz [$12 SOLD]
XXVII
(11/63) Not
ancients. Early
Italian
coins, 1032 - 1700. A major collection, but not ancients. Regularly a
high-priced catalog [retail $35, but here only $12
SOLD]
XXVIII
(6/64) VHV. MQP. 622 ancients
on 36 ppl + 2 E + 2 ppl of cut stones. 202 G, 317 R, 103
Byz.
Roman AE
medallions (12), contorniates
(6),
sestertii (among 210)
[$19]
32
(11/66) 529 lots. 32 ppl Greek,
Palestine included.
Jewish
and especially Holy Land city bronze coins
(15 ppl)
[$19]
M&M
35
(6/67) HV. MQP. 246 ancients among 645 on
15 ppl + 2 E (+ 2 ppl bracteates + 25 other) 212 R, 33
Byz.
[$12]
37
(12/68) VHV, MQP. 351 ancients on 22
ppl + 2
E. 295 G, 51 Roman gold
Roman
gold (51)
[$12]
38
(12/68) "Sammlung August Voirol"
915 lots, 48 ppl. mostly ancient. [$15]
41
(6/70) HV.
MQP. 619
ancients on 38 ppl + 2 E. 310 G, 309 RP. [$18 SOLD]
Roman Provincial (309)
43
(11/70) VHV to
HV. MQP. 623
on 37 ppl + 2
E. 37 Punic, 24 G, 194 R Republican, 284 R, 85 Byz
Roman AE medallions
(8),
Punic (37), Roman Republican (194)
[$12]
44
(6/71) VHV. MQP.
210 among 1289 on 10 ppl
+ 1 E among 76 ppl. 20 G, 190 R
Roman gold, late
Roman gold,
rare late Roman emperors in gold
[$15]
47 (12/72)
HV.
MQP. 551 on 43 ppl + 1
E + 1 color. 156 Aes grave, 241 Gaul, 152 G
Aes grave
(152 on 25 ppl +
1 color ppl), Gaul (241)
Very
important
for
these [$18 SOLD]
52
(6/75) VHV. HQP.
874 ancients on 52 ppl +
2 E + 2 ppl of color enlargements. 263 G, 555 R, 56 Byz. [$15 SOLD]
Antinous
(33), d'Este
countermarks (now thought to be Gonzaga) (24),
Roman
Republican (228)
53
(11/77)
VHV.
HQP.
306 ancients on 21 ppl + 3 E + 1 color. 173 G, 133 R.
[$10, on sale]
54
(10/78) VHV.
MQP. 425 Greek on 24 ppl + 3
E. [All
Greek, $12]
Greek (425)
61
(10/82)
VHV and MV. MQP. 1466 lots of ancients on
72 ppl
+ 2 E. Divided into two parts. The first part of the catalog is a
typical selection of VHV Greek and Roman coins. A second part is the
Pierre Bastien Collection of late
Roman AE.
239 G, 156
Roman Republican, 132 R, 9
spintriae, and then 926 lots of late Roman AE on 32 ppl. (Only
tetrarchy
and Constantinian family, not Valentinian and later.) All the late
Roman AE are in outstanding condition and many lots consist of all
the co-emperors of the same issue, although only one per type is
usually
illustrated. This
is the
finest catalog of
late Roman AE ever issued.
Usually people with Dr. Bastien's resources and passion collect
something really expensive, but he formed an amazing collection of
tetrarchal and later AE. This issue is in high demand.
late
Roman AE (926
lots) [It
has taken me years of looking to find
this duplicate issue (of course, I will keep mine -- I use it!) and I
will not part with this copy lightly, $89, now reduced to $79, now
reduced to $69 SOLD.]
64
(1/84) VHV. MQP. 354 ancients on 26
ppl. + 5
E. 234 G, 84 RI, 37 Byz AV. 90 pieces above 10,000
Swiss
Francs. [$14]
66
(10/84) HV. MQP.
885 ancients on 55 ppl +
3 E, 315 G including an imporant collection of Crete, 570
R. Probably the finest group of Greek coins of Crete ever
sold. [$17].
Crete
(122), Septimius Severus family
w. two heads or more (9), Roman
Republican (196)
68
(4/86) VHV.
MQP. 463 ancients on 28
ppl + 3 E. 325 G, 111 R, 27 Byz. [$12]
72
(10/87) VHV.
HQP. 781 ancients on 47 ppl + 3 E.
460 Archaic Greek, 258 G, 46 R, 14 Byz. [$15 SOLD]
archaic
Greek (460, the
Jonathen Rosen collection)
73
(10/88) VHV.
MQP. 283 ancients + 153 Arabic among 933 on
16 ppl + 2 E + 12 ppl of Arabic among 46 ppl.
171 G, 101
R, 152 Arabic [$10]
Arabic (152)
75
(12/89) VHV.
MQP. 320
ancients + 192 Arabic on 17 ppl +
2 E + 12 ppl of Arabic among 46 ppl.
290 G, 30 R,
192
Arabic.
Arabic (192)
[$9 SOLD]
76
(9/91) HV. MQP.
Thick for an M&M catalog. 917
ancients + 183 Arabic on 55 ppl + 2 E + 11 ppl of Arabic among 95 ppl.
841 G, 75 R, 183 Arabic
Greek AE
(among 917),
Arabic
(183)
[$18
SOLD]
77
(9/92) VHV.
MQP. 172 ancients + 304
German bracteates among 841 on 12 ppl + 6 ppl of German bracteates
among 50 ppl. 139 G, 28 R, 5 Byz.
German
bracteates (304) [$10]
79
(3/94) HV. HQP.
656 ancients among 939 on
42 ppl + 2 E + 3 ppl in color among 69 ppl. 433 G, 189 R, 14
spintraie, 14 Byz
spintriae
(14)
[$12 SOLD]
85
(4/97) HV. MQP. 340
ancients among 823 on 20 ppl + 1 E among 56 ppl. 164 G, 105 R, 71 Byz.
[$12 SOLD]
88
(5/99) HV.
HQP. 460 ancients on
25 ppl + 3 E. 326 G, 13 RP, 119 R. [$12 SOLD]
90
(6/00) HV.
MQP. 340 ancients among 495 on 7 ppl +
1 E among 30 ppl. 265 G, 50 R, 16 Byz.
[$12 SOLD]
92
(11/02) HV. HQP. 385 Roman
imperial,
some
enlarged throughout
plus 8 color ppl. A high-quality portrait series with emphasis on
condition. Sale title: "A friend of the Romans" Some major
rarities but
also many common emperors merely in very high grade. [$14
SOLD]
93 (Dec.
16,
2003) VHV. HQP.
"Arthur Bally-Herzog
Collection" 311
ancients, illustrated throughout plus 4 color ppl. 73 RR, 237 RI, 1 DA.
[$14]
Roman
imperial
gold (half?)
94
(Dec. 16,
2003) 79+57
ancients on 5 ppl plus 5 E. 42 G, 10 RP,
14 Celtic of
Spain and the east, 14 RI, followed by 57 enlarged DA.
Thin, with few coins, but a major catalog for Dark
Ages.
[$14 SOLD]
Dark Ages
(Ostrogoths, Langobards, Merovingian (57))
95 (2004,
Oct.
4) 178
ancients among 463 plus one color ppl
among 5. HV. MQP. 110 G, 64 RI, 4 Byz.
[$8]
[This is the end of the M&M series. They went out of
business.]
M&M Deutschland All
moderate
value coins. All moderate quality presentation. Excellent
photographs. 10 1/4" by 7 3/4".) They often have, among many very nice
coins, nice but unspectacular late Roman AE and second and third
century Roman AR of interest to collectors of modest means. Roman
provincial are separated out and often very numerous (check in the
descriptions). The photography and printing are
excellent.
1
(9/97) 838 ancients among 1871 on 30 ppl +
1 E + 2 ppl Arabic among 58 ppl. 361 G, 228 RP, 228 R, 23 Byz, 8
DA, 2 ppl Arabic.
Roman provincial
(228 on 11
ppl including Roman Egypt)
[$7
SOLD]
3
(10/98) 586 ancients
among 928 on 24 ppl
among 37. 137 G,
118 RP, 40 Celtic, 180 R, 111 Byz. [$7]
4
(3/99) 429
ancients among 772 on 19 ppl among 34.
211 G, 49 RP, 7 Celtic, 152 R, 10 Byz. [$7 SOLD]
5
(10/99) 541 ancients + 12 Turkoman among 1237 on
21 ppl +
1 E + 1 ppl Turkoman among 50 ppl.
279 G, 46 RP, 10 Celtic, 194 R, 9 Byz,
12
Turkoman [$7]
6
(3/00) 450 ancients among 698 on 30 ppl among
52.
141 G, 91 RP, 27 Celtic, 157 R, 30 Byz, 4 DA. [$7]
8
(5/01) MV, MQP. 482 ancients 21 ppl + 2 E among
717 coins
on 36 ppl. 225 G, 238 R, 20 Byz [$7]
Gallienus
13
(2003, Oct.
9) 889 ancients among 1237 on 42 ppl
among
60, plus 1E. "Sammlung Righetti, part III" 515 RP (including
51
of the Kingdom of the Bosporus), 64 G, 11 RR, 205 RI, 5 contorniates, 5
Byz, 48 Turkoman
figural
bronze
[$13 SOLD]
Roman
Provincial (515, including 51 of the Kingdom of the Bosporus) (not in
highest grades)
14 (2004,
April 16)
"Sammlung Bally-Herzog, part II"
[Part I was of the top coins, in M&M 93] 925 ancients among
1545,
split unusually into the first 322 from the Sammlung (= German for
"collection"), mostly
RI,
illustrated
throughout, and the rest on 32 ppl among 58. The 322 are 56 RR and 266
RI. The rest are 112 G, 157 RP, 18 RR, 75 RI, 196 Roman
Egypt,
and 17 Celtic.
Roman
Egypt
(196), Roman
Provincial
Syria (124)
[$15, for someone who wants a nice selection of coins of Roman Egypt
including 50 drachms, and a large selection of Greek Imperials from
Syria up to an including Commegene, Zeugma, etc.]
15 (2004,
21-22 Oct.) MLV. MQP. 1113 ancients among 1348 on
49 ppl among 58. "Sammlung Righetti, part IV" 919 Roman Provincial
(mostly not high grade, even for provincials), 45 Greek, 45 Celtic of
Gaul, 1 RR, 102 RI. [$15]
Roman
Provincial (919)
16
(2005, May 19-20)
"Sammlung Righetti, Part 5,
Roman Provincial Coins." MLV.
MQP.1298 ancients
among 1636. 852 Roman Provincial AE (strong in Phrygia, Pamphylia,
Pisidia, and Moesia Inferior. A few are Greek) AE, 145 G silver,
39 "Paeonian hoard, 1968," G silver, 17
silver RP, 1 RR, 95 RI, 2 Celtic, 96 Byz AE, 88 Arabic Turkoman bronze.
[$12]
Roman Provincial AE (852),
Arabic Turkoman bronze (88)
17
(2005, Oct. 4)
"Sammlung Hans Hermann
Gutknecht" MLV.
MQP. 1233 Greek, almost all AE, + 4 color ppl. 1149
Greek
AE,
62 G silver. [Not the highest grades, but an outstanding
selection, and all Greek AE] [$15]
Greek
AE
(1233)
18
(2005, Oct. 5) "Sammlung
Righetti part 6, Coins of the Holy Land." MLV. MQP. 358
ancients among
934. 288 city coins of the Holy Land, 37 Jewish, 22 G, 2 RP, 2 RR, 1
RI. [$12]
Roman
provincial
city coins of the Holy Land (mostly low grade) (288)
19 (2006,
May 16) "Sammlung
Righetti part 7"
MV. MQP. 854 ancients among 1578. 332 Roman Provincial from
the
Righetti collection (especially Kilicia = Cilicia, 229), 102 Greek,
another 38 RP, 342 RR including many struck AE (the unnamed "Gibboni collection"), 36 RI. [$12,
but no PR]
332 Roman Provincial from the
Righetti collection including 229 from Kilikia = Cilicia, Roman Republican
struck AE (many among 342 RR)
20
(2006, Oct. 10-11)
"Sammlung
Righetti, part 8, Syria, Phoencia, and Mesopotamia"
1003 ancients among 1561. 118 G (most AE), 86 RP, 52 Kings of the
Bosporus, 4 Celtic, 17 RR, 196 RI, 21 Byz (most AE), 4 Aksum
AV, and the Righetti collection of Roman Provincial: 270
Syria,
161 Phoenicia, 73 Mesopotamia. [$12]
Righetti
Roman Provincial: 270 Syria,
161 Phoenicia, 73 Mesopotamia.
21 (2007, May
24-25)
"Sammlung James H. Joy, the Isles of Greece Collection"
837
ancients and 53 large lots of Greek AE, illustrated throughout plus 4
color E. A major collection. [$19]
Greek AE
(837)
22
(2007, May 24-25) 141 ancients plus 25 large lots
among 589. 62 G, 47 RP, 3 RR, 34 RI, 5 Aksum gold. [$5]
I have a
separate group of
M&M D
1-16 inclusive, with PRs of course, that I
will sell for
$109. A very
large group of fascinating coins actually collected (not just
assembled) by serious collectors. Not coins of particularly high value,
but
of significant interest.
M&M
Numismatics (Washington,
D.C.)
Auction I (12/97) 412 lots of ancient coins emphasizing Greek Imperial
with 165
lots of some of the finest large Greek imperials throughly
described
(often only 2 coins per page). The Greek and Roman are great
too,
but this catalog is very special because it is one of the finest
sale
offerings of Greek imperial
(Roman provincial). With PR (they
all are with PR) [$17 SOLD]
Munz Zentrum (Koln, Germany)
38 (1980, 16 April)
"Imperial
Roman Bronzes" MV. MQP. 520 roman bronzes, Augustus-Postumus.
Nothing else. Mostly sestertii in nice, but not extremely high,
grades. [$15]
520 roman bronzes,
Augustus-Postumus. Mostly sestertii
52 (12 Nov. 1984) ("Agyptische
Munzen")
1371 ancients
illustrated
throughout, all from Egypt, the first 78 Ptolemaic, mostly AE, 1262
Roman Alexandrian tetradrachms and drachms, 15 nomes, 8 lead.
Well-phographed. A major source for illustrations of coins of Roman
Egypt. [SOLD $35,
with PR, as always]
Roman
Alexandria,
Egypt (1262)
62 (1987,
Nov. 4) "Sammlung
Konsul Meyer, Teheran: Die Muenzen der Abbasidischen Kalifen"
1514
ancients (many not photograhed) plus 310 Abbasid AR (all photographed),
among 4781 lots. 27 Cletic, 9 Roman imitations, 514 G, 61 RR,
715 RI,
123 Byz, 3 DA, 35 Crusader. [$10 SOLD]
Arabic,
Abbassid (310)
64 MunzZentrum 64,
"Sammlung Dr. Meyer-Coloniensis Teil II, Bedeutende
sammlung Munzen der Romischen Kaiserzeit" April 1988. A thick catalog
of a collection of Roman Imperial (only)
coins. 1138 imperial
coins, thoroughly described (in German) with many
3rd and 4th century coins of interest to collectors of moderate means.
These are not the top end coins (well, some are), but interesting
coins. I love this catalog and keep my copy in a special place to
consult for fun. New condition. Retails at $25. [$12 with PR, as always
for my catalogs]
MZ fixed price list 32
(May 1980, small
format and thin) includes 42 pieces of Tarbistan (an outstanding
selection) and 89 ancients [$2]
MZ
fixed price list 38
(1987) which includes 45 late Roman follis molds of
Licinius I and Constantine from Egypt as well as 10 ppl of
ancients. Remarkable as the only catalog I know of with an extensive
selection of ancient counterfeiter's molds, although most are similar
to one another. [$7, with reduced postage because the catalog is small]
Molds (45)
NAC
(see Numismatica Ars Classica,
below)
New
York Sale (Baldwin's,
M&M Numismatics, and
Vecchi in conjunction for 1 and 2, just Baldwin's and M&M
Numismatics for 3, Baldwin's, M&M Numismatics, and Markov for
4-7) All high
value
coins with high quality presentation. .
I
(12/98) Vecchi, Baldwin's and M&M
Numismatics
together in one
very high quality sale. 409 HV ancients among 605. 162 G, 16
RP,
203 R, 27 Byz. Additional 4 color plates. Like new
[$9]
II (12/99) 412 HV
ancients among 485. 138 G,
29 RP,
204 R, 16 Byz, 4 DA. [$10 SOLD]
V (1/03) 412 HV ancients among 477, with 3 color E
among 4.
176 G, 11 RP, 25 RR, 49 R fractional AE (quadrans, semis), 154 RI, 6
Byz.
Roman
quadrans,
semis (49) [$10 SOLD]
VII (Jan. 15,
2004)
HV. 7 (1/04) "Frederick M. Bayer
Collection of Ancient
Greek
Coins" Plus 2 color E. 218 G, 22 RP, 6 RR, 43 RI, 7 Byz
(incl. 2
of Cherson), 2
DA. [$11, SOLD]
IX (13
Jan. 2005) (Baldwin's, Markov, and
M&M
Numismatics) HV.
MQP. 230 ancients among 386. 2 color ppl among 4. 135 G, 9 RP, 10 RR,
62
RI, 14 Byz. [$10, now $8]
11
(2006, Jan. 11)
(Baldwin's, Markov, and M&M
Numismatics)MHV. HQP. 451 ancients among 716, all in color. 185 G, 35
RP, 21 RR, 140 RI, 18 Byz, 40 DA, 11 Bactria, 4 contorniates.
[was $12, now $9]
Dark Ages (40)
[I think 10 was held jointly with 9 and did not have ancients.]
14
(2007, Jan. 10) (Baldwin's, Markov, and M&M
Numismatics) HV. HQP. 494 ancients among 856, all in color.
[$10, now $8]
Purple means recently "SOLD".
Nomos
auction 1, May 6, 2009: Very high quality ancients in color, most
enlarged in color. In English. 183 wonderful coins. [$6, reduced to $5]
fixed price
list 1: 100 very high quality rarities. They wanted
to start this firm off with a bang! [$1]
Numismatic Art and
Ancient Coins (Zurich) excellent B&W photographs
auction 4 large format, 325 ancients on 14 ppl.
[$8] They moved to Zurich and became:
Numismatic and Ancient Art Gallery
AG:
7 (4/91, 397 lots of antiquities and ancient art, many in color, and
240 ancient Greek coin, many AR fractions) [$9 SOLD]
NFA = Numismatic
Fine Arts
NFA Auctions --
Outstanding coins -- the
finest offered in the US at the time, extremely well cataloged (all
with PRs). All coins are very well photographed life-size,
and
often many are enlarged too.
[Listed here are
all the wonderful
horizontal-format
catalogs from 6 through 22. The lesser vertical-format
catalogs
follow
these.
26 (8/91) "ANA Centennial Sale" VHV.
HQP. Vertical format.
387 ancients. 189 G,
198 R. Plus 9 ppl of enlargements and 2 ppl of color, plus
one coin hugely enlarged (A Septimius Severus aureus with his family on
the reverse). [$12]
Roman
gold and late Roman gold
27
(12/91) VHV. VHQP.
Horizontal format. 662 ancients.
88 G, 574 R. Plus 8 ppl of enlargements plus some
enlargements
throughout plus 4 ppl of single-sided huge color enlargements.
Excellent!
(Including one of only two
coins of usurper Saturninus, an amazing aureus.) [$19 SOLD] [Andrew
McCabe rates this as one of the top few RR catalogs of all time.]
Roman
Republican AR (426)
29 (1992 ANA, 8/92) HV. MQP. 491
ancients. 242 G, 215 R, 26
Byz, 4 DA. ppl interleaved. [$10]
31 (3/93) "Spring mail-bid sale" MV. MP. 1404
ancients. 413
G,
349+466 = 815 R, 119 Byz. 50 ppl plus 3 ppl of enlargements.
[$8 SOLD]
May 16-18, 1984 [#13, unnumbered,
joint with Leu]
was the
Garrett Collection, part I.
(5/84) HV. HQP. Vertical-format thick
catalog with 335 ancients among 1419 on 32 ppl plus 11 ppl of
enlargements (among many plates). Includes 40 pages of a biography of
Garrett. About 1/3 the catalog pages are
devoted to ancients. 56 RR aes grave, 49 RR (including an EF EID MAR),
230 RI.
aes
grave RR (56), Zodiac drachms (12)
[$19 SOLD]
NFA
Vertical
format. (All
sold)
Numismatica
Ars Classica (NAC)
Numismatica Ars
Classica (auction
sales) (Swiss firm, but sparce text in
English, with
PRs)
The numbered sales are all superb,
with highest
quality coins and major rarities. All coins are very well illustrated
with excellent high-quality photos. The numbered sales have
additional color plates and plates of enlargements. There are also four
special sales.
If
you know CNG catalogs, think of the NAC numbered sales as, on
average, significantly higher quality coins, equally well
photographed, with less description, but far more enlargements and use
of gorgeous color. If you like CNG quality coins, you
will love these.
All with "Prices
Realized." That is
important. PRs are not easy to find. Most catalogs come without PRs. If
you buy these elsewhere, you probably won't get the PR and won't be
able to tell what the coins really sold for.
NAC
special sales:
Gilbert
Steinberg Collection of
Roman
Coins 16 Nov. 1994 (NAC joint with Spink
Taisei
Numismatics) A
major
collection of Roman
coins, in English. VHQP. All
illustrated in
B&W, with 7
additional
color ppl and 3 ppl of enlargements.
883 HV Roman
coins. 783 R, 100 RP.
Splendid Roman coins. EID MAR denarius,
colosseum aureus,
Circus Maximus sestertius, etc.
There is nothing in these 883 coins that isn't
wonderful!
[$19]
"Roman
Imperial
Sestertii:
The Friedrich Collection" (4/95) MV. MQP. 960 R sestertii on 72 ppl. A
huge collection of sestertii, many in
affordable grades. A remarkably complete listing. [$16]
sestertii
(960)
"Arcadius to
Constantine XI"
26 May 1993, 613 lots
of top-quality Byzantine, 4
color plates, 48 plates total, and
this is the sale that included the extremely rare and recently
attibuted Byzantine-Papal siliquae of Rome (all
natural size
and greatly enlarged). Wow! [$18 SOLD]
"Autumn
Sale 95"
(26-27 Oct.
1995) HV. MQP. 939 ancients among 1609 on 48 ppl + 1 color E among
96 ppl + Additional
8 color plates of
color enlargements.
261 G,
536 R, 51
DA, 187 Byz. All
very strong coins. [$17
SOLD]
NAC
numbered sales:
2
(2/90) HV. VHQP. 916 ancients on 58 ppl + 6
E + 12 color
ppl. 241 G, 674 R. [The first two are in German. After this
one
they are in English.] [$21SOLD (this is
the first
copy of #2
I've had for sale -- it is scarce)]
6
(3/93) HV. HQP.
549 ancients on 46 ppl + 8
in color. 201 G. 346 R. Extremely nice, but not as nice as
some
later ones. However, it is hard to find NAC with issue numbers this
low, so it is a scarcer catalog. Therefore [$19 - $3 = $16SOLD because
paper at top of spine torn]
7
image
of two plates
(3/94) HV. VHQP. 891 ancients on 78 ppl + 3 E + 8
ppl in
color. 143
Etruscan , 107 G, 207
Italian aes grave, 84 RR struck AE, 374 R.
Etruscan (143),
Italian aes grave (207) [$35, cover
dinged at
spine, so $4 off = $31] This
is THE
SOURCE for photos of Etruscan
coins.
No other catalog I have heard of comes even close.
8 (4/95) HV.
VHQP. 981 ancients
on 68 ppl + 12 E + 8 color E. 451 G, 279 Republican AR and
AE,
246
Roman imperial
Roman
Republican AE
(100), AE
of Greek Italy (148) [$16]
9
(4/96) VHV. VHQP. 965 on 85 ppl + 8
E + 12 color E. 352 G, 180 aes grave, 230 R Republican, 190 R
imperial [$21 SOLD]
Republican,
aes grave (180
on 28 ppl)
10
(4/97) VHV. VHQP. 819 ancients on
70 ppl + 12 E + 16 color E. 265 G, 117 aes grave, 21 medallions, 15
contorniates, 328 R, 30 Byz, 48 Beneventum
aes
grave (117
on 19
ppl),
Roman medallions (21), contorniates (15), Beneventum (48)
[$19]
11
(4/98) HV. VHQP. 639 ancients on
53 ppl + 5
E + 16 color E. 120 G, 221 Roman Republican, 230 Roman imperial, 27
Byz, 20 DA.
Roman Republican
(221) [$17]
12
(5/98) Not
ancients.
Collection Marques de Solanes of Italian mints. B&W plus 5
plates
of B&W enlargements plus 9 of gorgeous color enlargements. NOT
ancients, therefore only [$9, SOLD no PR]
13 (10/98)
"Greek
Coins of Magna Graecia" VHV.
VHQP. "It may
be
confidently stated
that this collection represents the
most impressive and complete array of coinage from Magna Graecia and
Sicily ever brought to public auction." 575 ancient Greek
illustrated
throughout + 32 color E. [$36, NEW. SOLD The
ultimate treat
for
Greek-coin lovers] Spectacular!
Greek, Magna Graecia
15
(5/18/99) 585
pictured top-quality ancients (2 reached 200,000 Swiss Francs!)
559 R, 30 Byz. 53
B&W plates + 4E, with many lots also enlarged on 23 color
plates!
Roman
imperial [$17]
18
(3/2000) image of one
plate of enlargments, another
788
lots photographed
individually, many with enlargements, and an additional 28 color
plates! Mostly spectacular coins, 266 Greek, the rest Roman.
If
you like Roman, this is one
of the most beautiful
catalogs
of
all time. [$22]
21
(5/01)
VHV. VHQP. 628 ancients + 28
ppl of color E + occasional enlargements within. 140 G, 468 R, 19
Byz, 1 DA.
Every
one of the coins is fully
described in
English, and many have
extended scholarly discussions of the numismatic, social and historical
background of the individual coins. Many coins are unique,
finest
known, or one of only two known. There is an EF Denarius of
Julius Caesar "possibly the finest known specimen" PR 40,000SF; an EF
Sestertius of Drusus "among the finest known" estimated at 40,000SF; an
EF gold Quinarius of Aelius "only two specimens known" at 110,000SF; an
EF Aureus of Caracalla at 95,000SF; a unique 2 Aureus
Medallion of Maximinus at 200,000SF; and a 2 ½ Solidi
Medallion
of Valens "Finest Specimen Known" at 440,000SF.
Another
gorgeous NAC catalog. [$23 SOLD]
23
(3/02) VHV. VHQP. 753 ancients
illustrated in
the
text with most also enlarged there, and an additional 31 ppl of color
enlargements. Wow! 314 G, 417 R, 18 Byz, 1 DA.
Spectacular!
[$23 SOLD]
24
(12/02) VHV.
VHQP. Hardcover.
452 of the finest Roman
gold coins and gold medallions from BC 46 to 1067 AD. Spectacular! All
pages in color. All coins with at least one side enlarged in color.
Mostly two or three coins per page with extensive pedigrees and
writeups. This
may be the
highest quality catalog of all time
for Roman
coins, and certainly has the finest group of Roman gold formed in the
last century. It is like an amazing book on gold coins. It says, in
gold lettering on the cover and dustjacket, a
"Higly [sic] Important" collection -- a spelling pun. The seller, not
named in the introduction, was Lord Higly!
Roman
gold and
gold medallions (452) [$69 SOLD]
25 (6/03) VHV.
VHQP. 799 ancients, all
pages in color and most coins also englarged in color, including "An
important collection of Visigothic coins". Totally
spectacular!
207 G, 28 aes grave, 103 RR, 289 RI, 16 Byz, 157 DA (Visigothiic)
Visigothic
Dark
Ages
(157) [$39 SOLD]
29
(May 11, 2005) HV, VHQP. 748 ancients, all in color
and
almost all with color enlargements throughout. 243 G, 186 RR,
245
RI, 73 Byz.
This is top quality for everything! Maybe I can single out
the Republican
collection (including a nice EID Mar denarius) as outstanding, but so
is the rest. [$25]
31 (2005,
Oct. 26) "An
Important Collection of Roman Gold Cons. Property of an
American
Collector" 176 spectacular Roman gold coins, all in color and all
enlarged in color. 10 R, 25 from the 12 Caesars, 32 second C through
Pertinax, 50 from Severans to before the tetrarchy, 40 tetrarchy
through family of Constantine (including medallions), 19 later Roman.
[$22]
Roman gold
(167) (many of
highest desirability)
33
(2006, April 5) VHV. VHQP. 696 ancients, all in color and
enlarged in
color. 184 G, 208 RR, 247 RI, 49 Byz AV, 6 DA. Totally
gorgeous
expensive coins! 25 with 6-digit PRs! (and many
other very-high-value
coins).
Roman Republican (208)
34
(2006, Nov. 21) "An
Important Collection of Roman Gold Coins" VHV. VHQP. 255
Roman gold
coins, including a Brutus portrait piece, Pescennius Niger,
and many
other spectacular coins. It goes chronologically throught the emperors
twice, as part I and part II: 6+2 Republican, 10+26 twelve Caesars,
21+24 second C through Pescennius Niger, 36+23 Severans to the
tetrarchy, 21+15 tetrarchy through family of Constantine, 28+12 later
Roman. [$25]
Roman gold (255) many
of the highest desirability
38 (2007,
March 21) "Collection of Roman Coins by a Connoisseur of
Portraiture" VHV. VHQP. 304 Roman imperial portrait coins of
most
of the emperors through Romulus Augustus, about half in gold and half
in silver or bronze. Many are spectacular, with 16 reaching 6-figure
PRs, and many more 5 figures. Surprisingly, some coins were not amazing
and 29 went below 300 Swiss Francs. [$22]
Roman gold
(304) many of highest desirability
NAC
Lettered auctions,
each with many page plates of excellent (but few
over $10,000) ancient coins (only ancients). (Most of their absolute
top quality coins go in the numbered sales.) (These are some of my
favorite auction catalogs because they have a great selection of $100 -
$1000 coins, with some higher. Coin descriptions are very brief.)
[$6
each, except for A] (For C, D, E, F and H, make it $5 each).
A
A (2/91) 1152 ancients on 53 ppl. Photograph
quality below typical standard (contrast too high).
45 Celtic, 541 G, 490 R, 7 contorniate,
23 Byz.
[$20 SOLD] $20 not because it is great, but
because it is rare and if you
want to complete your NAC series you will need it and possibily never
find it elsewhere. I am prepared to hang on to it forever!]
C (3/93) 1110 ancients on 64 ppl. 457 G,
18 Kings of
the Bosporus in electrum, 634 R. SOLD
Kings
of the Bosporus in
electrum (18)
D (3/94) 1329 ancients on 65 ppl. 623 G,
542 R, 166
Byz
Byzantine
(166,
including AE)
E
(4/95)
1313 ancients among 1389 on
62 ppl among 67 ppl. 614 G, 698 R, 30 crusader,
Roman
Republican struck AE (77),
Greek
AE
of Italy (190)
F
(4/96)
728 ancients on 39 ppl. 303
G, 402 R, 23 Byz.
Roman Republican
struck AE (56)
G
(4/97) 997
ancients on 53 ppl (+ 10 ppl of
large
lots). 270 G, 710 R, 57 Byz. SOLD
H
(4/98)
1325
ancients on 69 ppl +
21 ppl of large lots. 455 G, 802 R, 66 Byz.
Aes grave (5 ppl)
I
(5/99)
1433 ancients on 84 ppl +
1 ppl of large lots. 346 G, 1076 R, 4 DA, 7 Byz. SOLD
K
(3/00) 1133 ancients on
72 ppl. 387
G, 742 R, 4
Byz. SOLD
Aes
grave (6
ppl)
L
(5/01) 1172 ancients on 69 ppl. 424
G, 706
R, 44 Byz. SOLD
N
(6/03) 1251 ancients and 20 large lots 83 + 3 ppl. 397 G,
43 RR aes grave, 226 RR, 538 RI, 42 Byz, 3 DA. SOLD
P (5/2005) 1257 ancients. Strong in
Magnia Graecia and Sicily. SOLD
Q (2006, April 6) 1126 ancients. Illustated
throughout.
Numismatica Genevensis SA,
Geneva, Switzerland.
4
2006, Dec. 11-12. A whopping catalog an inch thick, all coins
pictured in color with 296 high-value ancients among 1842.
(Greek, Tranquilina denarius, lots of Roman gold, etc.) Most
of
the rest are medal and large coins of Europe, including over 500 of Russia. Spectacular!
[$6 plus an extra $1 postage - it is big!]
Peus
271
(25. Nov. 1969) "Romer,
Byzantiner" 553 lots of ancients of 28 ppl. All Roman and
Byzantine. 73 RR, 400 RI, 82 Byz gold, 3 DA. [$8]
301 (1981,
May 25-27)
Two volumes. 1241 ancients among 2642 on 50 ppl among 143
ppl. 38
Spanish, 35 Parthian, 3 Characene, 14 Sas, 535 G, 129 RR, 342 RI, 99
Byz 5 DA, 2 crusader. [$12]
304 (1982,
March 16-18)
Two volumes. 611 ancients among 2024 on 24 ppl of
ancients
among 112 ppl. 195 G, 91 RR, 229 RI, 73 Byz, 11 DA, 8
Carolingian. Plate volume ONLY (with PR) [$4]
322 (1988,
Nov. 1). MV.
MQP. "Sammlung eines Fachgelehrten Munzen der Romischen Republik"
A thin catalog of 646 Roman Republican coins (only) on 26
ppl.
Some AE, mostly denarii. Very nice, but not spectacular, coins.
[$12]
Roman
Republican (646)
330
(4/91) 45 page plates of ancients, including 14 ppl of Roman
Republican, among 124, Two options: plate volume only (corresponding
text volume is
not included, but PR is). [$5], Bth plate and text
volumes, $12]
Roman
Republican (14 ppl)
340 (1994, Nov. 2) "Nicholas
V. Jamgochian Collection of
Ancient
Coins" 1258 ancients (only) on 56 ppl. 569 G, 51 Parthian, 2 Persis, 4
Elymais, 94 RR, 441 RI, 67 Byz. A nice collection.
[$12 SOLD]
345
(11/95) two volumes,
one with 176 (!) page plates (not all
ancients), the other with 218 pages of text. 44 page plates of ancient
and early Arab. Especially strong in Samarian, Parthian, and Bactrian
and
Indo-Greek, with 360 Roman. [$8 SOLD]
357
(10/98) only
the plate
volume of a two volume catalog -- the text volume is not included. 204
page plates of coins, 50 pages plates of ancients, including a major
collection of late Roman coins of the mint of Trier, 466 pieces, mostly
AE, on 18 of the page plates. An excellent resource for collectors of
late Roman coins. SOLD
Peus
366
(Frankfurt, Germany, 25 October 2000, ), a large
collection of top Greek
Imperials
(Roman
provincial). 49 page plates of a real collection, not just
an
accumulation. 859 Greek imperial lots! The Burstein Collection, with
another
550 lots of regular Roman. 83
B&W plates
total, plus 4 color plates. One of the best-ever sales of Greek
Imperial. It is arranged by region and city, and then
emperor.
This is the way academic catalogs are arranged and makes it easy to
spot regional styles.
This catalogue covers the Marcel Burstein collection of Roman
provincial coins. This sale consists of over 1,000 of the rarest and
most important coins from the
Burstein collection, with some of the coins offered as the only known
specimens. With PR (of
course) New
condition. [$24.]
372
(2002, 30 Oct.) one
volume. 60 ppl of ancients among 70, rest
Arabic. [$8]
374
(2003, April 23) 1269 ancients on 61 ppl plus 2 color
ppl. MV. MQP. 139 G, 7 Elymais, 50 Parthian, 111 Sas, 247 RR (including
24 aes grave) 587 RI, 42 Byz AV, 1 Lombard, 101 Arabic and 70 lots.
Emphasis on "Women of the Caesars" [$12 SOLD]
***** After here the format changes to a new, larger format, with
ancients and Islamic coins in volumes separate from medieval and newer
coins. This new format is much more convient for collectors of
ancients. The photos are throughout, instead of on page plates as
before.
376
(2003, 29-30 Oct.) 1248 ancient
plus 171 Byz seals and
208 Arabic among 1627 lots. 90 Celtic. 470 G (including about 120 Greek
fractions), 238 Parthian, 6 Sasanian, 21 North Africa, 0 RR, 274 RI,
148 Byz, 171 Byz seals, with very extensive comments [$14
SOLD]
Parthian
(238),
Byzantine seals (171), Greek
fractions (120)
380
(11/04) The new larger format with only
ancients (and a
few islamic) 975 ancients, very-well photographed with many
enlargements throughout. [$8, reduced to $6 June 1, 2009] (sort of a slightly
thinner
version of a CNG catalog in German)
384
(2005, 2. Nov.) 1014
ancients, all in color, among 1424 (rest
Arabic). [$10, SOLD]
388 (2006,
Nov. 1)
1244 ancients and 241 Arabic, all in color. 222 G, 54 Persis,
458
Parthian, 16 Sas, 12 Central Asia, 276 RR, 118 RI, 29 Byz, 7 DA, 27
Arab-Sas. possibly the
best-illustrated collection of Parthian coins of all time (yes, I know
of the Shore sale, CNG 36, which goes for $75 or so. This is better for
illustrations.) Good in Sasanian and strong in Republican. A super
catalog! [$SOLD]
Persis (54), Parthian
(458), Roman Republican (276)
Prier,
Michel
(Comptoir General Financier =
Compagnie Generale de Bourse)
Monnaies II
(1997, June 21) 627
coins of Gaul and only Gaul in B&W. Small format. An
important group! [$15]
Gaul (627)
"Rome
II" (1996) fixed
price. Macrinus - end of Roman empire. 324 lots in B&W small
format. [$3]
"Rome V" a
specialized fixed-price collection of Probus.
About 300 photographed on 52 pages, with a couple of misprinted blank
pages. Therefore, only [$1]
Monnaies III,
a small-format, but thick 296 page
auction catalog 453 ancient coins and many later coins. [$2]
Rauch
11 Mail bid
sale (2006 Sept. 12) 1451 ancients, B&W, on 47 ppl.
[$4]
Sommerauktion 2007, Teil I (the ancient part) 1372 lots of ancients,
plus some large lots, on 57 ppl. [$4]
80
Part I (the part with ancients) June 1-2, 2007. 326
ancients among 1505, in color. [$4]
Schweizerische Bankverein
(= Swiss Bank Corporation) Zurich,
Switzerland. Moderate
and high value coins in hardcover catalogs with very nice catalog
quality
5
(1979, Oct. 16) M-HV. M-HQP. Hardcover. 584
ancients on 36
ppl plus 7 ppl E. 3334 G, 65 RR, 144 RI, 39 Byz AV. [$12]
6
(1980, April 19)
M-HV. M-HQP. HC. 239 ancients on 15 ppl + 3 color ppl. 90 G,
5
Roman Egypt, 111 RI, 33 Byz AV (including 3 AE medallions and a
Claudius II 8 aurei gold medallion) [$12]
Schweizerische
Kreditanstalt (SKA) (= Credit Suisse) Bern,
Switzerland. Catalogs with concise descriptions in German. 9
1/2" by 8". This
series
was only 8 issues. All are MV with MQP, with good
photographs. One unusual feature is most have some rare or very rare late Roman AE.
1
(1983, April 22-23)
646 ancients among 983. 23 Celtic, 148 G, 86 RR,
264 RI,
125 Byz (including AE). [$15]
2
(1984, April 27-28) 752
ancients among 1261. 28 Celtic, 330 G, 79 RR (including AE), 212 RI
(including some very rare late Roman AE), 21 DA, 82 Byz gold.
[$15]
7
(1987, April 27-29)
1342 ancients among 2260. B&W thoughout plus 4 ppl of
color
enlargements. 35 British, 328 Greek, 40 cast AE of central
Italy,
245 Greek AE, 122 RR (including AE), 300 RI (including some very rare
late Roman AE), 61 DA, 211 Byzantine (including many AE) [$24
SOLD]
Greek bronze AE (245),
Dark Ages DA (61), Byzantine AE (many among 211)
Schulman, Jacques (Amsterdam)
excellent photographs.
Auction 254
(12 Nov. 1971)
1451 ancients, not all photographed, on 22 ppl.
Nice coins.
Some Gree and Byzantine, mostly Roman [$12]
Auction 262
(14 May 1975)
503 ancients on 18 ppl. 1/3 Greek, 2/3 Roman.
[$10.
No PR. No is avialable anywhere and I'm not certain one was issued.]
Schulman
Gallery
(New York) June 6-11, 1969. The famous Mabbott
Collection
in three parts: Greek, Greek illustrations, and Roman
(including
illustrations). Famous for 62 contorniates! And, many
important
Greek Imperial (Roman provincial). Also, medallions. Not
mostly
in high grade, but very interesting. [$35 SOLD]
Sotheby's
1990, June 19 (New York) Hunt part I: "The Nelson Bunker Hunt
Collection of Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins." VHV. VHQP.
Hardcover. 164 ancients,
most with two pages each and large color enlargements. All spectacular
and very expensive coins. 116 G, 48 R. with DJ. $75 elsewhere,
here $45 SOLD]
1990, June 21-22 (New York) Hunt part II. "The Nelson Bunker Hunt
Collection of Important Greek and Roman Coins." HV, HQP.
Hardcover. 789 ancients
illustrated throughout + 5 color plates. 481 G, 308 R.
with DJ. [$55 elsewhere, $35 here SOLD]
1990, 4 Dec. (New York) Hunt part III: "The Nelson Bunker
Hunt Collection of Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins." VHV, VHQP.
Hardcover.117
ancients, most with two pages each and large color enlargements. All
spectacular and very expensive coins. 64 G, 53 Roman. [not on
vcoins at this time, $55 SOLD]
1990, 5-6 Dec. (New York) VHV. QP. Hardcover. "The William
Herbert Hunt Collection of Highly Important Byzantine Coins" 961
Byzantine on 67 ppl. (the photos are okay, but not as good as most
catalogs) [$75 elsewhere, here $45 SOLD]
Byzantine
(961)
Hunt,
Byzantine.
1991, June 21 (New York) "The William
Herbert Hunt Collection:
Important
Byzantine Coins"
HV. QP. 646 lots, 114 of individual Byz
gold. The rest is multiple-coin lots of Byzantine gold, not all
illustrated, but many photos of coins in groups. [$12 SOLD]
Byzantine
(114 + large lots)
NFA 1. "Property
sold on the
instructions of the agent: Numismatic
Fine Arts"
26 October
1993:
156 superb lots,
many with a whole page to themselves, most enlarged too, and many with
color enlargements. One
of the most beautiful auction catalogs of all time.
This copy privately hardbound
in Ivory letherette. Exterior skuffed, but special. [Regular copy, if
not hardbound, retails $35 and I have seen them for $65; this special
hardbound one only $27 (reduced)]
NFA 2. "Property
sold on
the instructions of the agent: Numismatic Fine Arts"
27-28 October
1993: lots 157-1890
(numbering continued from the above sale) Many high grade and expensive
coins, but
not the $20,000 stuff that was in the first part. (with
PR) [retail $25,
here
$15 SOLD]
"Property
sold on the instructions of the agent: Numismatic Fine Arts" Dec. 9&10,
1993: lots 66-633 are ancients, many lots
have multiple coins of one type. This was material that NFA managed to
accumulate in bulk. Not cheap, but not special either. With
PR
[retail $20, $6 here SOLD]
1999, April 22-23. "The Stack Collection."
"Important Ancient British,
Anglo-Saxon, and English Hammered Coins." 22-23 April 1999.
All 809
lots pictured with 18 extra page plates of color enlargements. A
superb catalog. With PR [$27]
British,
Anglo-Saxon, and English Hammered
Spink
(London) Auctions
20
(10/1986, Zurich) "Griechische Munzen -- Greek Coins"
HV.
MQP. hardcover.
416 G on 55 pages, well-photographed. [$15]
123
(11/97) "Michael Kelly Collection of
Roman Silver Coins" 488 Roman imperial silver coins, the
majority
(19 ppl) denarii of the Severans,
poorly photographed on 26 ppl, the
last six of which cover Gordian III, Philip, and some later ants and
the first ppl Hadrian and earlier. A major collection with
rarities. [For the Severan specialist, $12]
Severan (367)
Spink and Son with Galerie des Monnaies SA, Geneve.
1977, Oct.
10. 589 ancients. B&W throughout. Nice
coins including
two 2nd C. medallions. [$8]
Spink's
Numismatic Circular
Spink, in London,
publishes catalogs with selections of ancient, British, and world
coins. Their monthly journal also have numerous short scholarly
articles on coin find and new identifiations.
1966, 1969, 1970 Complete years of 11 issues
(July-August
is one issue), some issues a bit beat up, but all there [$15
each
year]
Stack's
"The
Fred V. Fowler Collection of Ancient
Greek and Roman Gold, Silver and Bronze Coins" June 19, 20, 1969.
761 lots, 13 plates [$9]
"Frederick
S. Knobloch
Collection of Roman Imperial Coins" (5/1980) some illustrated
throughout plus 35 ppl. All Roman imperial. A prominent
collector/dealer's collection [$12 SOLD]
1984, May 5. "The Frederick S. Knobloch Collection of Late Roman
and Byzantine Coins"
Many high-quality tetrarchy and later coins, a fraction illustrated
throughout and on 5 page plates. Many rare late Roman silver and gold.
[$12]
Late Roman
silver and gold
1989, April 8. 357 lots of ancients, 157 gold, and 974 lots
total. [$2]
Coin Galleries "Golden Gate Collection" of ancient Greek coins in gold,
electrum, and silver, April 14, 1993. Not the usual Coin
Galeries sale, but a catalog devoted solely to ancient Greek coins in 8
1/2 by 11 format. 50 pages. with PR, of course.
[$5 SOLD]
Stack's "Michael
Price Collection" 12/3/1996.
Spectacular
all-color,
all huge-enlargement catalog of major Greek silver and Roman gold
coins. 257 wonderful pieces in color enlargements! [$15] (Not your
usual
Stack's catalog! -- This one
is superb!)
Stack's "Men of
Rome"
collection 11/29/1990. 79 lots of major Roman
gold on 135 pages, with every coin in B&W and greatly enlarged
in
color. All the emperors from Sulla to Severus Alexander.
[$15 SOLD]
Sternberg
(Swiss
firm. High quality coins, all photographed in
high-quality
photographs. Text in German.)
(11/73)
[#1,
unnumbered] MV. HQP. 500 ancients, all
Roman.
21 ppl + 3 ppl of enlargements + 1 in color
late Roman silver
[$10 SOLD]
Note: # 2 and #4 do not have ancients.
(11/74)
[#3,
unnumbered] HV and MV. HQP. 728
ancients. 673 R, 63 Byz. 28 ppl + 4 of enlargements + 3 in
color.
late Roman AE, Trier
mint
(218 on 4 ppl) [$12 SOLD]
(11/76) [#6,
unnumbered] MV. HQP. 1080 ancients. 180
G, 556 Jewish and related and Holy Land RP, 260 R, 43 Byz, 14
DA AE, 24 Arab-Byz. On 47 ppl + 3 of enlargements.
[$15 SOLD]
Jewish
and related
(261),
Holy
Land Roman
Provincial (295),
Dark Ages AE (14), Arab Byz (21)
#7 (11/77) 1315 ancients. 200
G, 1004 R, 112 Byz including
AE. On 64 ppl + 2 of enlargements [$17 SOLD]
late
Roman AE (among 252 late
Roman), 308 Republican (on 14 ppl)
#VIII (Nov. 1978) 1015 lots. 52 plates of ancients, including 1 1/2
page plates of Axumite! 13 ppl of excellent Byzantine
AE (some AV included).
Special in a couple of
ways. [$15]
10 (11/80) MV.
HQP. 728
ancients. 200 G, 434 R,
70 Byz, 12 DA, 12 Arab-Byz on 39 Pppl + 5E + 2 of cut stones
[$9 SOLD]
Arab-Byzantine
(12)
18
(11/86) MV, HQP. Hardcover.
716
ancients on 36 ppl + 5E + 3 color + 4 of cut stones + 1 color among 62
ppl.
210 G, 64 Aksumite, 432 R
(including 13 AES grave on 3 ppl), 52 Byz, 6 Turkoman AE
Aksumite
(64)
[In 2001 the catalog
was
available from the company
at
100 DM] [$22 SOLD]
19
(11/87) HV,
HQP, Hardcover.
715
ancients among 885 on 46 ppl + 3 color + 10 of cut stones and
antiquities + 4 color of cut stones and antiquities, among 70
ppl.
256 G, 512 R, 53 Byz, 148 DA[In
2001
the catalog was
available from the company
at 60 DM, $20 SOLD]
Dark Ages
(148)
#28
(Oct 30, 1995) Joint with Freeman and Sear. HV. MQP.
305 Roman imperial AE on 26 ppl + 2 color. [$12 SOLD]
Roman
imperial AE in high grade, mostly top sestertii (305)
Auction XXIX (Oct.
1995) 27
plates of ancients, another 33 plates, 10
of antiquities, especially cut stones, and a further 4 plates of
enlargements. A good run of "biblical" coins. 547
ancients among
868. On 27 ppl + 3 E + 2 color (+10
+ 1 E + 3 color of ppl of cut stones and jewelry, + 4 ppl of German
bracteates, among 69 ppl total) 154
G, 97 Jewish and related, 6 Arab Palestine, 100 Bactrian, 152
R
Jewish
and related (97), Bactrian (100) [$12 SOLD]
Sternberg
fixed-price lists: 8-11. Small format. 4 issues for
$2.
Superior
Stamp and Coin (Los Angeles) "NYI Convention Auction" Dec. 8-9, 1995.
760 ancients among 1566. Very strong in Jewish and Holy Land
provincial, as well as some highest-quality sestertii. Pictures a bit
dark. (I file mine under "Jewish and Holy Land" and not
under
"Superior". It is special. [$9]
Tkalec
(At usually one catalog per year, numbered by the year. VHQP. Superb
photography in catalogs since 1991.)
Although catalogs have many very high value coins, they are not all
rare coins. They seem to regularly offer some common coins in superb
condition with spectacular patina or toning. All their catalogs since
1994 are truly beautiful. Swiss
firm, catalogs in English.
All in
hardcover. All
spectacular!
1996
(10/96) Hardcover. VHV. VHQP. 335 ancients (+ all
enlarged) 142 G, 251 R, 32 Byz. Beautiful catalog.
[$19, reduced from $23]
1998 (10/98) Hardcover. HV. VHQP. 384 ancients
(+ almost
all enlarged in the text + 26 ppl of even greater
enlargements
in B&W) 76 G, 27 RR, 266 RI, 16 Byz. Beautiful
catalog. [$19, reduced from $2323]
2002
(2/02) Hardcover. VHV. VHQP. 307 ancients,
all in
color and almost all enlarged in color in the text, with 20
extra ppl of even greater enlargements in color.114 G, 175 R, 17 Byz,
1 DA. Spectacular! One of the most beautiful catalogs ever produced.
[I keep
saying
that, but it's true!] [$25 SOLD]
2003
(24 Oct. 2003) Hardcover. HV, VHQP. 484
ancients, all in color plus most x2 in color, plus 31 color ppl
of even larger enlargements. 8 Celtic, 155 G, 47 RR, 253 RI,
20
Byz, 1 DA. Spectacular! One of the most beautiful catalogs
ever
produced. (I'm repeating
myself!) [$19, reduced from $22]
2005
(2005, 9 May) 429 ancients, all in color and almost
all x2 in color. 6 Celtic, 106 G, 135 RR, 159 RI, 23 Byz
[$16]
RR
Roman Republican
(135)
2006 May
7) HV. VHQP. 283 ancients, all in color,
almost all x2 in color as well, plus 3 more ppl of enlargements. As
usual, the quality of the catalog is spectacular.
14 Celtic, 76 G, 37 RR, 148 RI, 8 Byz AV [$16]
2007,
April 22.
HV. VHQP.
403 ancients, all in color and all x2 in color, plus 6 ppl of even
greater enlargements in color. 8 Celtic, 114 G, 78 RR, 194
RI, 18
Byz AV. All highest quality for type, but quite a few common
types. Spectacularly beautiful catalog, as are the rest of Tkalec also.
[$16]
2008, Feb. 29.
HV, VHQP. "Collection of Roman Republican" 538 ancients among
725, all in color and all x2 in color, plus 3 ppl of even greater
enlargements in color. 388 RR, 46 G, 98 RI, 6 Byz,
4
DA. (Includes a superb IDE MAR) [$19, reduced from
$23]
Roman
Republican (393)
Tradart
("The
Numismatic Auction" NewYork) A short run of three auctions
of highest-quality
ancient coins, all well-photographed in B&W on page plates,
plus
page plates of some enlargements in B&W. All VHV.
HQP.
3
(1985, Dec. 1) 372
ancients on 23 ppl. plus some much
enlarged on 18 ppl. 190
G, 13 RR, 145 RI, 24 Byz gold. [$15 SOLD]
Triton
(these are also regarded as CNG
catalogs with
numbers in their run of catalogs.)
Triton
(joint offerings of CNG, Freeman
& Sear, and
NAC) All high to very high value coins with very high quality
presentation.
Go to CNG for these.
I = CNG 44 (12/97)
II = CNG 48 (12/98)
III = CNG 52 (Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 1999)
IV = CNG 56 (12/00)
V = CNG 59 (1/02)
VI = CNG 62 (1/03)
VII = CNG 65 (1/04)
VIII = CNG 68 (CNG alone) 11-12 Jan. 2005.
IX
= CNG 71 (Jan. 10-11, 2006)
X = CNG 74 (1/07)
XI = CNG 77 (1/08)
XII = CNG 80 (1/09)
A.G. van der Dussen
23 (1995, April 6-7) 255 large ppl of
ancients. MV. MQP. [$6]
Vecchi
(London)
Vecchi went out of business in 2000
after 17 very
interesting
issues. Moderate
value coins with moderate quality presentation, usually with a few
page plates of enlargements. Generally very interesting coins with
interesting and unusual mini-themes. For example, no other catalogs
have better
runs of 5th century AE4's. I, personally, find these some of
the most interesting catalogs because Vecchi sold collections from
thoughtful collectors. Note the extensive use of green below,
indicating
outstanding groups from those series. I love
Vechhi catalogs.
Vecchi and Sons,
10 Oct. 1983 [$9, now $7]
8 Oct.
1986 [$9, now $7]
1
(2/96) MV. HQP. 931 ancients among 1839 on
52 ppl + 7 color ppl of enlargements among 98 ppl. 452 G, 367
R, 87 RP, 23 DA, also Carolingian and "Mediaeval
Christendom." [$11]
2
(9/96) MV. MQP.
1137 ancients among 2140 on 50 ppl + 3 E
among 100 ppl. 62 Celtic, 605 G, 267 RR AR, 252 British
Roman Republican AR
(267), British
(252)
[$13]
3
(9/96), "A
Collection of Roman
Republican Struck Bronze" 646 lots, a very special reference for this
series [$15 SOLD]
Roman
Republican
struck AE
(646)
4
(12/96) 738
ancients on 43 ppl plus 4 E. 417 R, 321 Byz,
including AE. [$11]
sestertii, Byz AE
5
(3/97) 1198
ancients on 69 ppl + 4 E among
92 ppl. 358 G, 618 R, 75 DA, 62 Byz, 9 Papal-Byzantine, also Arabic,
Crusader, 22 Roman imitations [$14]
sestertii,
Papal-Byzantine
AR (9), late Roman AE, Dark Ages (75), imitations (22), Turkoman AE (38)
6
(6/97) 1575
ancients among 2253 on 81 ppl + 3 E among 135
ppl. 92 Celtic, 512 G, 887 R, 63 Byz, 5 DA.
[$14 SOLD]
Carthage, Roman
Republican AE (282), Roman Republican AR (143), Constantine of London
(14)
7
(10/97) 1702
ancients among 2107 on 83 ppl
+ 3 E among 111 ppl. 541 G, 565 R, 546
RP. [$15 SOLD]
Roman
Provincial (546)
8
(12/97)
MV. HQP.
675 ancients illustrated within + 10 E +
6 ppl of enlargements in color. 157 G, 237 R, 282
Byz. [$12]
Byzantine and
Byzantine AE
(282)
9
(12/97) MV. MQP. A specialized
collection of Augustus.
366 coins of Augustus illustrated within + 5 ppl of
enlargements.
[$14]
Augustus
(= Octavian)
10
(3/98) MV. MQP. 1343 ancients among 2043 on 67
ppl + 4 E
+ 1 ppl of enlargements in color among 106 ppl. 483 G,
730 R, 130 Byz including AE. [$12]
Republican
Aes grave
11
(6/98) MV. HQP. A
specialized collection of
Thrymsas Sceattas. 121 of the finest coins of this type. All
illustrated on 3 ppl + all greatly enlarged on 10 ppl. [$18 SOLD].
British
Thrymsas
Sceattas
12 (6/98) MV. MQP. 1280 ancients
among1666 on 50
ppl + 5 E
among 73 ppl. 465 G, 478 R, 148 RP, 27 imitations, 38 DA, 52 Byz, 43
British [$12]
Dark
Ages, Roman Provincial,
imitations
13
(9/88) 1344
ancient among 1803 on 60 ppl (+ 5 ppl of enlargements of Meroningian
and 4 ppl of enlargements of others) among
86 ppl. 49 Merovingian and related, 504 G, 435 R plus 84 5th
C. AE4's, 84 Byz including AE and AR, 16 DA. [$15 SOLD]
Merovingian
and
related (49), 5th C. AE4's (84), weights (33), Roman lead tessera
(10), imitations (21), Byz lead seals (39), Gallienus legionary (21)
14
(2/99)
MV. MQP. 1522 ancients among 1795 on 66
ppl + 6 E
among 85 ppl. 65 DA, 7 imitations, 630 G, 130 RP, 520 R, 29
DA,
112 Byz including AE [$12 SOLD]
5th C. AE4's, Dark
Ages
gold (53), Dark Ages AE4's, Greek fractions
15
(6/99) MV. MQP.
1789 ancients among 2003 on 80 ppl + 5 E
among 100 ppl. 528 G, 93 RP, 639 R, 166 Byz including
AE, 143 Celtic, 20 DA AE, 58 Anglo Saxon, 25 imitations, 16 lead
tessera. [$12 SOLD]
Nabaetean, 5th C.
AE4's,
imitations, Celtic and early medieval
16
(10/99) HV. HQP. "The London Auction" 628 ancients
illustrated
throughout + 8 color ppl. 325 G, 243 R, 61 Ostrogoths and related.
[$9 SOLD]
Dark Ages (61) including Ostrogoths (34)
Vecchi
17 (12/99) MV. MQP. 1382 ancient among 1814 on
61 ppl among
79
ppl. 503 G, 96 RP, 623 R, 12 imitations, 17 DA, 78 Byz w AE, 25
crusader, 20 Anglo-Saxon. [$10 SOLD]
[#17 was the last one in the Vecchi
series. He is
now with CNG in their London office.]
Vinchon
(Paris, France)
The finest coins France
has to
offer. Large format. Usually high-value
to very-high-value ancients,
well-photographed, among many European coins. The
organization is
by metal, almost always with a strong emphasis on gold, both Greek and
Roman, and then Greek silver. Vinchon rarely has much in the way of
Roman silver or bronze unless it is very special. Byzantine coins are
gold, not, for example, unusual AE. Coins are photographed throughout,
and additional large color page plates are usually crammed with lots of
natural-sized photos or enlargements.
1974, 29 April. "Collections Roger Peyrefitte" Very
High Value coins,
HQP.
Red
hardcover. 166
ancients and 57 antiquities, usually 2
or 3 coins
per page, plus 6 color ppl. of coin enlargements. 134 G, 32 R, 7
spintraie, 57 seals and cameos. [$25]
When seen, it
is usually at $50-55 because the coins are wonderful. [It is not as
beautiful a catalog as a recent NAC because color was not used so
lavishly in 1974, but the coins are as nice. Red leatherette cover
slightly torn at top and bottom of spine, which is typical for this
old. It is not in bad shape.]
1985, 13 April.
"Monnaies
Grecques Antiques" VHV. HQP. Brown hardcover.
437 ancient Greek coins, plus 8 color E.
Greek (437
including gold) [a
beautiful hardcover catalog with superb Greek coins, $19 SOLD]
Monaco, Nov. 1986
"Collection Armand Trampitsch". HV, HQP. Blue Hardcover 901
lots of ancients, plus
9 ppl of color enlargements. 301G, 98 Gaul, 77 RR, 21 RI gold, 25 Byz
gold, 5 DA, 374 RI
Gaul (98), sestertii and middle
bronze (many) When
seen, it is usually at $49-55 because it is
beautiful,
scarce, and offers a valuable collection, not just an assembly. Also,
the Gallic coins are outstanding with 37 in gold
[$34]
[The presentation is
not as beautiful as
a recent NAC because color was not used so lavishly in 1986, but the
coins are outstanding.]
1989, 14-15 March,
"Numismatique, Paris, DM" VHV. MQP. 177 ancients
among 497. 16 Greek gold, 137 G silver, 13 RI gold, 1 medallion, 4 Byz,
4 Gaul, 2 Carolingian. [$6 SOLD]
1989, 15 Nov., unusual small format (9 1/2" by 6 1/2")
thin,
"Quelques
Fleurons de la Numismatique." [This issue begins at lot 116. There was
another auction the same date with lots 1-115.] VHV. HQP. 41 ancients
among 60, all in
color. 24 G, 16 R gold, 1 Gaul gold. [$4 SOLD]
1994, May 18. "Collection Manuel Canovas" small format all color
catalog with 118 high-value ancients among 160. Beautiful.
[$4 SOLD]
1994, 24-25 Nov.,
"Paris, DR"
"Collection Velkov, Feret." VHV. HQP.
Dark blue
cardcover. 478 high-value
ancients among 525 plus 2 1/2 color ppl among
3. Some
enlargements throughout. 173 G gold and electrum, 117 G
silver,
36 G AE, 11 RR, 30 R gold, 37 Byz gold, 27 RI silver, 50 RI AE, 7 Gaul.
Greek gold and
electrum (173) [$12 SOLD]
1995, 22-23 May. "Numismatique, Paris,
DR" MV.
MQP. 454 ancients among 954, plus
2 color ppl among 4. 178 G, 51 RR, 176 RI, 28 Byz, 10 Celtic wheels, 11
Gaul. [$10 SOLD]
Waddell.
Waddell, Edward J.
Washington D.C.
Auction 1 (1982, Dec. 9). MV.
MQP. 584 ancients, almost all Roman provincial in nice grade on 34 ppl
+ 1 E. Some very large module pieces. [$19 SOLD]
Roman
Provincial (584-)
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Ancient
Coin Books
The
Norman Davis Collection [of Greek coins] by Hyla A.
Troxell. Greek
Coins in North American Collections, 1969, published by the ANS.
Excellent copy. Cardcover. 28 plates with 344
significant
Greek coins. [$17]
SNG
ANS 5. SYLLOGE NUMMORUM GRAECORUM. THE COLLECTION OF THE AMERICAN
NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes. New York 1988,
45 fine plates with facing text, folio, paper covered boards.
Shrink wrapped New. [$75] Very important for anyone interested in Greek oins of Sicily.
Coins of the Roman Empire
by Robert Carson (of the British Museum) published in 1990,
has 367
pages with 64 plates (980 coins well-illustrated), boxed in a slipcase.
It was a major publication.
I was originally 130 pounds = $200,
and not many were printed, so it is rare. I bought one
(expensive!) at
the time and still use it regularly. Now I have a second copy, in great
shape, nearly new, for sale.
It consists of a chronologically
arranged story of Roman imperial coinage with details of interesting
developmentsand patterns of issues (the first 218 pages). It continues
with discussion of Mints (when which was doing what), Output, Monetary
Systems, Mint Activity, and Techniques. Tons of details about what was
going on numismatically in any given reign, with important developments
and remarkable types well-illustrated on excellent
plates. $169 + $6 insured in the US. [Reduced
to $159, reduced to $149+$6 June 1, 2009]
This books still usually sells at or above
$199.
Catalog of Provincial Coins of
Dacia, The Roman Province.
by Ing. Koczev. Aleksandar. 2008. Sprial bound. 23 pages and 3 plates
of reduced -size ugly terrible photo-copy style images. A complete
listing, including all minor legend variations. Sometimes offered on
eBay, where it costs about $12 including postage. Here [$9]
Monnaies de Fouilles du
Sud-Est de la Gaule,
by Claude Brenot et Jean-Pierre Callu. In French. 113 pages plus 5 page
plates of coins, some Gallic but most Roman imperial coins in bad
shape. Universite de Paris X Nanterre, Centre de recherches sur
l"antiquite tardive et le haut moyen age, cashier no. III - 1978. You
do not want this unless you are trying to build a major library
complete for such things, in which case I will hold it for ransom
[$19].
Greek Numismatic Art:
Coins of the Arthur Stone Dewing Collection (Small
horizontal-format Paperback). 64 enlarged coins with high
Greek art. $14 used on Amazon. This copy very nice. [$8]
Klawans, A Handbook of
Ancient Greek and Roman Coins. PB. 287 pages.
Many photographs per page. The excellent introduction I, and many
others, began with. [$8]
Greek and Roman Coins
from the Athenian Agora. Booklet of the American School of
Classical Studies. 32 pages, maybe a hundred photos, mostly of Greek
AE. [$1]
Greek Numismatic Art:
Coins of the Arthur Stone Dewing Collection
(Small horizontal format Paperback). 64 enlarged coins with
high
Greek art. $14 used lowest price on Amazon. This copy very nice. $8+$3
media-mail postage in the US.
Recently Lindgren and Kovacs (#1) was
offered on the ACM list for $150 and it sold right away. I offer
Lindgren III Ancient
Greek Bronze Coins from the Lindgren
Collection in excellent condition
for [$42]
Stevenson, Dictionary
of Roman Coins. 927
pages (yes, a whopping book, $5 media-mail postage)
written in the late 1800's with legends explained and a great deal of
information on everything connected to Roman coins. In high demand.
[$42, no DJ. Former owner's name very boldly on topedge.]
Roman
Provincial Coins:
An Introduction to the Greek Imperials, by Kevin
Butcher. A wonderful slim book I
have
read more than seven times, and will read again. Seaby series, but
hard-to-find now. 138
pages.
Plates of outstanding photographs of 94 coins. Maps. Hundreds of line
drawings of coins. A scholarly introduction, with enough information to
keep you coming back for years! Hardcover. Out of print. Former owner's
name on flyleaf. Else clean and nice. [$45]
The ANS published the journal Numismatic Literature
which surveyed and abstracted all scholarly numismatic articles in the
previous year. I have a complete set for sale, 1-144 and 146
(1947-date) missing only the easily-available 145, and including ten
thin index issues for the early volumes). It is 3 feet, 10
inches
of essential reference for the serious numismatic scholar, and very
hard to find. You can find 1-120 in Germany in the $1700
range,
but shipping from Europe would be very expensive.
I am offering the whole set, 145 issues
(25 more
issues), and media-mail shipping in the US, for $1200.
Reduced to $899. Reduced to $799 (If
you
are a scholar and don't want to pay what it is worth, maybe you can get
your university library to buy it.)
If you have questions, feel free to
enquire.
Antike Munzen aus Olbian und Pantikapeum,
by K. Dittrich. Hardcove. 173 pages. 115 pages are plates
of single
sides of coins, both natural size and hugely enlarged. If you like
coins
of Pantikipaeum, here are huge (too huge) pictures of fine
examples. Text (mostly minimal coin descriptions) in German. A
copy brought $72 on eBay in 2005. This copy, spine and cover faded, but
contents nice. [$29]
Melville-Jones, Dictionary
of Greek Coins.
New. Hardcover. [$39] 248 pages + 5 pages of
tables of
alphabets. Many photos within. Really useful. If you care about Greek
coins, you should own this.
NOMISMA,
Untersuchungen auf dem Gebiete der Antiken Munzkunde,
Volumes I-X, edited by Hans Von Fritze & Hugo Gaeble
A.
Forni, 2002 Reprint of Berlin, 1907-17 originals. 10 volumes
bound in two volumes.
444 pages 40 plates. Large format, cardcovers. Nearly new.
Most articles are in German. [$140 plus $5 media-mail
postage] includes the
following:
Volume I: Imhoff-Blumer on Sestos, Terina and Beroia.
Volume II: Imhoff-Blumer on Amazons on
Greek issue; Von Fritze on
Asklepios on the coins at Pergamon.
Volume III: Von Fritze on the coins of
Abdera.
Volume IV: Hill on the Alexandrine
coinage in Phoenicia; von
Fritze on coins of Ainos; von Fritze on the cult of Attis at Kyzikos.
Volume V: Von Fritze on the oins of
Adramytion.
Volume VI: Von Fritze on the Greek coins
of Alexandria Troas.
Volume VII: Von Fritze on the Electrum coinage of Kyzikos.
Volume VIII: Seltman on the Temple coins
of Olympia (part 1).
Volume IX: Seltman on the Temple coins
of Olympia (part 2); von
Fritze on the silver coins from Kyzikos.
Volume X: Von Fritze on the Autonomous
issues from Kyzikos.
Reference
for Greek and Roman Provincial collectors. Articles are
in German and English. Published at 150.00 Euros (US $200.00)
[$139 + $5 postage]
Catalogue of
Ancient coins in the National Museum of Warsaw, Coins of the Roman
Republic, by Janina Wiercinska.
350
pages, organized by Crawford number, and 1522 Roman Republican coins
illustrated on 87 page plates. [$35 plus postage]
12 page often-cited Arab-Byzantine-coin article by Michael Bates,
bound offprint [$3]
The Celator.
Full Years
2005, 12 issues, the full year [$10 + $4.50 shipping media-mail in the US. SOLD]
2006, 12 issues, the full year [$10 + $4.50 shipping media-mail in the US. SOLD]
2007, 12 issues, the full year [$10 + $4.50 shipping media-mail in the US. SOLD]
Individual issues (For a list of what is in The Celator issues, see this site,
which is under construction): $2.50 each, but inquire for a
substantial reduction for more than one issue, and postage will be
reduced in any case.
2002, Feb.
2004, Jan., April, July - Dec. SOLD
2005, Jan.
2006, June, Sept. Nov. Dec.
2007, Jan. - Nov. [This whole group $8 because it is missing December]
2008, Jan. - March.
SAN Journal (Society for Ancient
Numismatics)
XIX, 2, 1995. [$4 SOLD]
XX,
1, 1997 [$4 SOLD]
XXI, 2002. Memorial issue on Gobl's death. Some articles on
Sasanian coins. [$7 SOLD]
Numismatic Chronicle
issues (The Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society in London) Perhaps
the finest scholarly journal with articles on ancient numismatics.
Issues have major articles, minor notes, and scholarly book reviews of
essentially every major book pertaining to ancient numismatics
published in the preceding period. For some I have included large
(400k) pdf
files of the tables of contents. Maroon hardcovers.
SALE $2 off any volume.
1979
[$21 SOLD]
1980
[$19]
1981
[$19 SOLD]
1982
[$19 SOLD]
1984 [$21 SOLD]
1985 [$21 SOLD]
1987
[$21 SOLD]
1989
[$21 SOLD]
1990
[$21
SOLD]
1992
[$25 SOLD]
1993
[$25 SOLD]
1994
[$25 SOLD]
1996
[$27 SOLD]
All in excellent condition.
ANS Museum Notes
(The
journal of the American Numismatic Society) with articles on coins of
all periods, but usually emphasizing ancient coins.
28 (1983) [$20]
30
(1985) This is important
for Bastien's major
article on imitations of 4th century Roman AE, with four
page
plates. If you collect imitations, you will want this issue.
Fortunately for you, there are extra copies floating around. If it were
scarce, it would be worth a lot more. [$12]
Tesoros des Gabinete
Numismatico: Las
100 mejores piezas del monetario del Museo Arquologico Nacional,
large exhibition catalog in Spanish of the finest pieces of
the
National Archaeological Museum in Madrid, Spain. 9 3/8" by 11"
paperback, 214 pages of very high quality printing, many pictures and
100 top coins pictured with enlargements, 19 ancients, and even some
imitations of ancients. Text in Spanish and emphasis on Spain. Looks to
me like a $25 book, but it is in Spanish and not totally about
ancients, therefore [new $7]
Videotape!
A type set of
Ancient Coins. A 55-minute lecture by Thomas Palmer on collecting
ancient coins (for beginners). Delivered at the Florida United
Numismatists Convention. List price $29.95. [New $9.50]
Byzantine
and Medieval Coin Books:
none at this time
Berk-England
auction sale of
Dec. 7, 1989. *New* hardcover copy of the best modern sale for Byzantine AE.
It had 368 outstanding Byzantine AE, with a few photographed in color
and many with enlargements. To give you an idea of the quality and
rarity, 20 lots realized $1000 or more! That's for copper!
The
emphasis is very strongly on early pieces -- there are only 34 pieces
after AD 944. 61 pages. Excellent photos. If you collect Byzantine
copper, see what you can aspire to. New, hardcover
[$20, including media-mail postage in the US, with PR (as always)]
National
Geographic Maps
I
have a cork bulletin board behind my computer with maps pinned to it.
What a great way to keep track of locations in the ancient world!
NG
large map
of Celtic
Europe,
May 1977. The
other side is a regular map of Europe. One map in great shape,
with the
issue [$7 SOLD]. A second copy, one map with a minor tear
along
the fold and
no magazine.
[$5 SOLD]
"Ancient
Greece" map.
National
Geographic
December
1999
issue with an article on ancient Greece and the attractive "double map
supplement," 22"x35". The map
side
actually has six maps, with
the largest one, ancient central Greece to the coast of Asia Minor, 18"
x 15".
The other side is a very large artist's view of the Acropolis
of
Athens,
with a 5" border on
the bottom with a timeline and related
Greek artifacts pictured. The issue is complete in good condition,
and easy to find. But not with the map! The issue and map:
[$9 SOLD]
"Roman
Empire"
map.
National
Geographic,
July 1997 issue with an article on the Roman
empire and
the beautiful large 22"x35"
map The issue is complete in good condition,
and easy to find. But not with the map! One side is the whole
empire, the other an artist's aerial view of the city
of Rome.
The map is suitable for a nice coin-room wall. [$7 SOLD]
Medieval
England
double map,
with October 1979 issue. A lovely large map very hard to
find.
(The other side is a map of modern England.) Excellent
condition.
[$15 SOLD]
All map prices reduced Oct. 4, 2008
The Mongols,
double map
supplement with the December 1996 issue with a cover article on Genghis
Khan. Map
covers from China to
Europe, with three smaller maps of
various time periods ad campaigns. The back side is NG style
artwork of 20 oxen moving a giant
Mongol tent and a time line. [$5]
Traveler's Map of the
British Isles,
with the April 1974 issue. Large annotated map with
lots of
history, and several much-smaller maps, on the reverse. A beautiful and
interesting map of the British Isles, with a great deal to read on it.
Many ancient sites are mentioned, but it is not focused solely on
them. Old and rare. [$15]
Middle
East and its early Civilizations
double map, with Sept. 1978 issue. One side is the political
map
the the middle east in 1978, the other is an annotated map of the
ancient world (pre-coinage) from Egypt
and the horn of Africa to Greece, Anatolia, and most of the region of
Iran. Very hard to find such an old map and issue. [$9]
Middle East,
double map,
with the Oct. 2002 issue. One like a satelite topographical image
showing mountains, etc., the other a modern political map -- all of
Syria, Israel, Jordan, and Iraq, but only a bit of the surrounding
countries. [$4]
A Cultural Map of the
Middle East,
with the July 1972 issue. From Libya and Turkey to Afghanistan. All on
one artistic map. The reverse has mcuh smaller maps including a closeup
of Israel and the rest of north African over to Morocco, with many
small maps and lots of text on cultural regions. Rare and very hard to
find. [$16]
"Caspian
Sea" article in National
Geographic,
May 1999 with
the attractive "double map
supplement," 22"x35". The lesser side is half a view from
space
and half additional maps of the cultures and economics of the
region. The important side is a gorgeous large map, 22"x35" of the
region from the east edge of Greece to the edges of India and China,
and from the Arabian Sea to the top of Kazakstan, giving modern
boundaries. If you like "Oriental
Greek"
coins, this focuses on the
entire region. The issue and map: [$4]
"The Balkans"
map with Feb.
2000 issue, with an article on Kosovo and one on "Ancient Greece, part
II". A beautiful double map of the Balkans (up to the top of
Romania, over including Solvinia, and down to the top of Crete. The
other side is of refugees. [$4 SOLD] If you collect
Roman
provincial coins of Marcianopolis, etc. the region is on this map.
"Jerusalem" article
in National
Geographic, April 1996 with the attractive Jerusalem "double
map
supplement," vertical 20"x15". One side shows the surrounding
region too, the other maps the walled old city, with only a bit of
surrounding land. The issue and map. [$4]
"The Holy Land
double map"
annotated (with historical notes using
ancient place names, e.g. where the Dead Sea Scrolls were
found)
large map from Gaza to Beirut, the Med to Damascus and much of Jordan,
well past Amman. The other side has several detail maps and an artists
areal view of Jerusalem. I include the issue (Dec. 1989) of
the
magazine, but there is no corresponding article.
Beautiful.
[$5]
"The Egyptians"
map with the
April 2001 issue with the "Pharaohs of the
Sun" article. Annotated map of ancient Egypt with vertical timeline
illustrated with artifacts along the side and several inset maps along
the other side of the main map. The other side has a large artist's
aeral view of Luxor (Thebes) as it was then, plus an illustrated
timeline below. [$4]
"Afghanistan"
and Pakistan
large map with the Dec., 2001 very short "Special report" on
Afghanistan issue. [$3]
NG large map of Italy,
June 1970. Not
emphasizing ancient Italy, but all of Italian history. Very nicely
done. Nice condition. Not with the magazine. [$4]
NG large map of the Middle
East Sept. 1978.
Not with the magazine. [$3]
NG large map of "The Egyptians" April
2001, with the
magazine. [$3]
Ancient Iran
(August 2008) with the issue. Large map with modern and ancient sites
marked. (The map does not show the neighboring countries, but is
excellent for Iran.)
National Geographic,
Dec. 1978
issue with an article on Ebla (including unrelated map of
Canada)
[$1]
cut
out from Dec. 1987 "Oldest known shipwreck
reveals bronze age spendors" [free with a
fillable
order of $10]
cut out from March 1977, "Dazzling
Legacy of an
Ancient Quest" on Ancient Egypt [free with a fillable order
of $10]
coverless 32-page booklet of colorful historical maps,
including
several of the ancient world. [free with a fillable order
of $10]
History Books
Tacitus, The Agricola
and the Germania. Penguin paperback. Very good shape. $2.
Great
Ages of Man Series, Time/Life books. A
beautiful series of nicely hardbound 10 3/4" by 8 3/4" colorful
beginner's books with many excellent photos. These a fun to look at
again and
again. Each is about 5/8" thick and 190 pages.
Classical
Greece.
[$6 SOLD]
Imperial
Rome.
[$5 SOLD]
Ancient Egypt
[$4]
Barbarian
Europe
[$6
SOLD]
Ancient
Egypt: A Social History,
Cambridge U. Press, 1983, Trigger, Kemp, O'Connor and Lloyd, quality 9"
paperback, 450 pages. A serious work. [$5, in
great shape,
with $19.95 sticker on the back] This copy is nearly new!
The
Gold of Troy,
by Robert
Payne. HC 273 pages, 1959. A biography of the discoveror of
Troy,
who
did lots of interesting things first (including living in Russia and
participating in the
California gold rush!) with ragged dustjacket, but contents fine.
[$4 SOLD]
"The Emergence of Man"
series
by the Editors of Time-Life books. Each 160 pages, with many color
photos and paintings.
Life Before Man
The First Horsemen
The Empire
Builders
plus the series "Master
Index" (now
remaining 3 books,
plus index, series not complete) all in nice condition. Very
readable. [Three books as one lot,
$6, reduced from $8] (and
postage for this lot is only $4).
Historical
Fiction
Constantine,
by Frank Slaughter. paperback 420 pages. foxing. [$4].
A very good read.
The
First Man in
Rome, by Colleen
McCullough, a 896-page story of Marius [hardbound, excellent shape,
pretty heavy, $4]
Pompeii, by
Robert Harris.
Hardcover in excellent condition with DJ. 274 pages. 2003 [$4]
Here
is a link to my ancient
coins for sale.
To ask me a question, or to
order, e-mail me,
Warren Esty, at:
Terms: Packing and postage is $3.50 for one catalog or book
and 50 cents for each additional catalog for
United States
media-mail shipping. For
orders over $100 I will also ask for insurance also. I
do not ship
abroad -- it is too expensive.
If you don't
love it, send it back within two weeks of its arrival for a refund. I
want you to be more than satisfied.
To my Canadian friends: There is no
cheap rate to
Canada. Even
the smallest packages cost me $8 to send. So, I must
charge at least $8 for orders of one or two catalogs and an
additional $1 per catalog thereafter. Also, my experience
is that mail from the
US is not rapidly delivered within Canada.
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