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:
July 30, 2008
NAC "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. [$22 SOLD]
sestertii
(960)
NAC
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). [$29]
Roman Republican (208)
Peus 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)
July 20: Sales of catalogs of several firms.
Marked in large
red. NAC
lettered sales, Lanz, Freeman and Sear, Berk, Athena.
June 26. Knobloch
Collection of Late Roman and Byzantine Coins (Stack's)
Also, just added: NFA XXVII. Lindgren III "Ancient Greek
Bronze Coins from the Lindgren Collection." 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.
Freeman and Sear fixed-price lists
on sale.
Auctions too (each $2 off).
Lanz catalogs on sale (each $1
off):
June 6. AAG Basel added.
May 25: Swiss Bank 5 added.
Spink's Numismatic Circular
May 23: Many catalogs from a variety of major firms,
including:
Spink's Numismatic
Circular.
NAC lettered sales, CNG, Ariadne,
Peus, Triton
I (hard to find)
Peus, Roman
Republican. Many Gorny
added.
Antike Munzen aus Olbian und
Pantikapeum (book).
Aes grave (Baldwin's).
Severans catalog,
high-quality coins.
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. (Fun
for Roman Imperial collectors)
New condition. Retails at $25. [$15 with PR, as always
for my catalogs] Greek,
from Spink.
Celtic of Gaul, Adolf Hess (from the 1970's and
1980's). 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)
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.
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.
Outstanding items
include:
Triton
catalogs (major sales of CNG)
NAC
(especially #13, the
most
spectacular sale ever of Greek
coins
of Magna
Graecia -- Sicily and Southern Italy).
The best modern auction-sale
catalog of Byzantine
AE (Berk-England, new condition, in hardcover
for $20, media-mail postage in the US included)!
A large
collection of top Greek Imperials
(Roman
provincial) in unusally nice grades in a modern sale catalog--perhaps
the finest auction resource of recent years. Peus
366 (I reference it all the time.).
Many important M&M, Lanz, and gorgeous NAC
catalogs.
Roman
Provincial (M&M
Deutschland)
Ptolemaic
collection.
National
Geographic maps of the ancient
world.
Contents
(all on this one page, below):
Catalogs.
European and US Firms.
(Including NAC
catalogs,
probably the finest in the
world)
Greek Imperial
coins (Roman Provincials) (I am trying to be a
source for
the finest catalogs with Greek imperials.)
Books and
journals on
ancient coins.
Numismatic
Chronicle issues.
Books on ancient history.
Abbreviations
used below.
Historical fiction
on ancient subjects.
Terms
of sale.
Offered by
Warren Esty, 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 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.
To
ask me a question, or to
order, e-mail me, Warren Esty, at:
I
accept personal checks,
money
orders, and I accept PayPal . Please write me
first so I can confirm availability.
PayPal
payments may be made to ,
or you can
send a check if you prefer.
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 two dealers on vcoins who sell
literature: Charles
Davis (my favorite numismatic-literature dealer) and
ANE, who
is also good, but in Canada so shipping to the US costs more.
Todd Ballen
occasionally updates his
list
of
ancient-numismatic books for sale.
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.
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. [$10]
1982, Sept. 15.
304 ancients. [SOLD]
1982, Dec.
7. 352 ancients, illustrated throughout plus 5 ppl E.
[$8]
1983, Dec. 9. 406 ancients. [$8]
AstArte
. Lugano, Switzerland.
Very high-quality coins in beautiful catalogs. This series is not old
and would be worth collecting all the issues, if you are intersted in
very high quality coins. Very large format: 9 1/4 by 12 1/8
inches.
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]
Greek
AE,
Roman Republican AE
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, 652 RR, 231
RI, 85 Byz.
Roman
Republican (652) [$12 SOLD]
XVII, 8 Maggio 2005.
All color. Thin. 283 lots of ancients. Many above 1000 Swiss
Franks. beautiful. [$6, SOLD]
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, until July 30,
2008: $15 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)
[$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 [$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 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).
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)
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)
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]
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]
English (176 before 1200 AD)
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
price: until July 30, 2008: $2 each, or runs of three or more
in a row for $1.50 each. Shipping, $3
for 3, and 25 cents extra for each additional catalog.
82,91,93,94,
112-119 [with EID MAR denarius]
121, 123, 124,
127-133
136,137,141,144
146-159
CICF
1995
public auction.
(not his usual fare, but a real public auction of better pieces) 268
lots plus 4 color E [this one with
PR, it was a real auction, $5]
Premier autograph catalog [free, with any three or more, if I
still have it.]
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
(Michel Prier)
Monnaies XIII, a small-format, but very thick 414 page
auction catalog of coins of the Roman empire (the first 123 are
Republican, of 1404 Roman coins), with a very good selection of many
common types, about 5 per page photographed and extensively written up
with historical comments, references, etc. (in French), and long
introductory information on each emperor. Some pages devoted to
portrait styles of the various emperors, others to reverse
types.
Prier's catalogs are amazing for the huge amount of work that went into
them, but not for the expense or quality of the coins. Many common $50
coins get three column inches (in French)! Many many photos.
[no
PR, $5]
Rome
VI.
Fixed price list in French with an amazing list of chronilogical events
and what each oficina was producing in each emission, for Roman emperor
Philip. 197 coins of Philip illustrated and referenced at
length. 371
ancients overall. Thin catalog, but very strong for Philip.
[$5]
Philip the
Arab (197)
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]
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 , 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]
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
[$23 very hard to find]
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 SOLD]
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 SOLD]
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
RR and
imperatorial gold
(46)
One of
the finest catalogs of all
time to date. [$19]
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 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 SOLD] [Only the Polish
volume, $25 on world
coin sites, but here only $9 (still available)] [both volumes together $22
SOLD]
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. [$15 SOLD]
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 SOLD]
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. [$10 SOLD]
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 [$17, SOLD]
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
Samarian
(40),
Severan (86, Melcher, part
III)
[$12, $25 new from CNG]
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. [bad dig, 2"
square, in
reverse cover, contents fine. $12. SOLD]
Antinous (21),
sestertii (100+)
70
(21 Sept. 2005) 1152 ancients among 1324.
[$12,
SOLD $25 new
from CNG]
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. [$12 for part 2 alone]
[$25 for both volumes]
72
(2006, June 14) MV. HQP. 2308 ancients, all in color with
some
enlargments, 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 (Sept. 2006)
$25 from CNG [$12]
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. $25 from CNG]
Anglo-Saxon, the "Beowulf Collection" (140), Huns (26)
76 Two
volumes. [$15]
77 is Triton XI (2008, Jan 8-9) 1215 ancients
among 1817. High value coins, all in color with many enlargements.
[$15]
Skip to
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)
Dussen, van der (see van der Dussen)
Elsen
fixed price list 212 (10/00) 16 ppl. of ancients
[$2] Issues 227, 228, and 229, with 6, 8, 10 large ppl of
ancients, with some others. [$3 for the group of 3]
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! [$16]
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) [$8
SOLD]
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]
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. [$2]
Freeman
and Sear (Los
Angeles, California. All MV. MQP)
Sale! Through July
30, 2008: Each Freeman and Sear auction
catalog is $2 off the marked price.
1
(3/95) 900
ancients. 274 G, 508 R, 21 Byz. On 40
ppl plus 2 ppl of enlargements. [$8]
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) [$12]
2
(1/96) 723
ancients. 447 G, 258 R, 4 Byz. 28 ppl +
3 ppl of enlargements. [$8]
3
(10/96)
854
ancients. 304 G, 403 R, 106 ERP, 23
Byz. 36 ppl + 3 ppl of enlargements. [$8]
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. [$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. [$7]
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. [$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. [$6]
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 [$6]
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
[$6]
late Roman
silver argentii (35)
12
(2005, Oct.
28) 656 lots of ancients, + 7 color ppl of
enlargements.
[$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 [$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.
[$6]
Celtic
(92)
15 (2008,
June 27) 462 ancients. 3 color ppl of enlargements [$6]
Freeman&Sear
fixed price lists
SALE
pricing, July 20-30, 2008: [$2 without color
photos, $2.50 each with] For a consecutive run
of 5 or more, take 50 cents each off. 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
2 with 161 ancients
3 with 110
ancients
4 with 361 ancients
5
with 196 ancients
6
with 205 ancients
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.
All 13
issues, $19 on sale. S&H $5.
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]
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. [$9]
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. [$9]
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. [$9]
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.
[$9]
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.]
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. 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. Text in
German. A very large number of top-quality photos for the
price.
67
(5/94) HQP. 965
ancients. Some enlargements throughout +
1 E + 6 color E. 384 G, 525 R, 46 Byz. [$12 SOLD]
76
(4/96) 660
ancients + 5 E + occasional enlargements
throughout. 291 G, 42 RP, 283 R, 44 Byz. [$8 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
intergrated in. 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]
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]
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 SOLD]
121 (3/03)
"High value Ancient
coins" 546 ancients, many enlargements throughout
[$12]
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. [$12 SOLD]
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. [$10]
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. [$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. [$12]
160 [$10]
164
High value coins [$12] PR
on-line, not included
165
[$10] PR on-line, not included
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)
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.
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]
252
(5/82) HV. MQP. 368 ancients among 1402 on 16 ppl among 64.
114 G, 78 RR, 154 RI, 21 Byz. [$10]
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) HV. MQP. 469 ancients on 20 ppl. 177 G, 230
Roman gold, 62 Byz gold. [$15]
Roman
gold (230)
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]
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 Juntinian 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 lots. [$3, no PR]
Auction XVI, Sept. 29, 2004. All color, 400
high-quality lots of ancients. [$3, with PR] 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]
Fritz Rudolf
Kunker
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]
Lanz
[CNG-level
coins. Munich firm. Catalogs with only ancients, all
with PRs, all in German -- but the pictures are in English :
) ]
Sale! July 20-30, 2008, each Lanz catalog is $2 off the
marked price.
4 (11/73) HQP. 357 ancients on 25 ppl
+ 1 E + 4 color E. 197 G, 118 R, 42 Byz [$15,
scarce]
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 [$15, scarce]
8
(11/75) (also as
"Gitta Kastner") 334 ancients on
20 ppl. 103 G, 37 RR, 144
RI, 50 Byz. [$15, scarce]
10 (5/76) (also
as
"Gitta Kastner")325 ancients on 18 ppl. 108 G,
208 R, 61
Byz
[$15, scarce]
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.
26 (12/83) 998 ancients on 45 ppl. 335 G, 624 R, 39
Byz [$8]
28 (5/84) 945 ancients on 42 ppl. 349 G, 519
R, 77 Byz [$8]
30 (11/84) 961 ancients on 42 ppl. 393 G, 503
R, 52 Byz, 10 DA [$8]
32 (4/85) 895 ancients on 48 ppl. 353 G, 492
R, 34 Byz, 13 DA
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]
36 (4/86) 962 ancients on 40 ppl. 518 G, 406
R, 33 Byz, 5 DA [$8]
38 (11/86) 1046 ancients on 48 ppl. 450 G, 418 R,
77 Byz, 3
DA [$8]
Note:
Before number 97 the odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients.
40 (5/87) 966 ancients on 44 ppl. 454 G, 454
R, 54 Byz, 4 DA [$8]
42 (11/87) 835 ancients on 38 ppl. 356 G, 436 R, 43
Byz [$8]
44 (5/88) 925 ancients on 43 ppl. 319 G, 539
R, 65 Byz [$8]
46 (11/88) 835 ancients on 38 ppl. 353 G, 410 R, 61
Byz, 10
DA. [$8]
48 (5/89) 886 ancients on 38 ppl. 420 Greek,
28 Juba II, 402 R, 36Byz. [$8]
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. [$10]
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 [$8]
54 (11/90) HQP. 1088 ancients on 44 ppl +
6 color E.
358 G, 682 R, 50 Byz (some Cherson AE) [$8]
shekels
of Tyre
(49)
56
(5/91) 883 ancients on 37 ppl + 2 color E.
300 G, 520 R, 53 Byz, 9 DA [$8]
Note:
Before number 97 the odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients.
60
(6/92) 1025
ancients on 41 ppl + 2 color E. 270 G, 494
R, 48 Byz, 11 Byz lead seals [$8]
62 (11/92) 987 ancients on 40 ppl + 2 color E. 453
G, 457
R, 51 Byz, 22 Byz lead seals [$8]
64 (6/93) 1019 ancients on 37 ppl + 2 color
E. 346 G,
576 R, 83 Byz, 12 Byz lead seals [$8]
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]
[$12]
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.
[$8]
Note: Before number 97
the
odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients.
74 (5/95) 936 ancients on 35 ppl. 73 Celtic,
11 Imitiations, 248 G, 561 R, 3 contorniates, 26 Byz, 13
DA
[$8]
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. [$8]
Lanz
82
(11/97) 879
ancients on 35 ppl. 227 G, 611 R (including
RP), 36 Byz, 6 coins of the mines. [$9]
[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 second-finest
modern sale catalog of Roman Republican coins (after Leu 17, which
sells easily at $100). It belongs in the liubray of every RR collector.
[$34]
Roman
Republican
(886), Augustus
(102)
90
(11/98) was orders and decorations, not ancients. Without PR [$]
92 (6/99) 1305 ancients on 59 ppl. 319
G, 905 R including
RP, 4 contorniates, 57 Byz, 9 DA
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
92
(6/99) 1305
ancients on 59 ppl. 319 G, 905 R
including
RP, 4 contorniates, 57 Byz, 9 DA
AE of Greek
Bruttium (3 ppl.), 