Recent Changes :
May 11, CNG sold
May 5, Gorny, Hess-Divo added.
April 29, Hess-Divo 317, including a Republican collection
April 27, wonderful medieval from Kunker, Roma III, Nomos 6,
April 18
April 6, F&S Manhattan Sale 3, Sotheby's NFA wonderful sale--one of the most beautiful catalogs of all time.
March 31, BCD Thessaly and Triton XV, Shoshana Collection (finest collection of Jewish coins)
March 14, 2012. Book sold.
Feb. 22. catalogs sold.
Feb. 19. book sold.
Feb. 18. Some Leu prices reduced. Removed the listings of many sold catalogs. Reduced prices on ancient coin books.
Detailed terms
of sale are here, but all you need to know is next:
Terms:
Packing and postage in the US 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. I
do not ship catalogs or books to the UK, Europe, or elsewhere abroad -- shipping is too
expensive.
All
catalogs are in good used condition
and come with a copy of thePrices
Realized (PRs), unless
marked otherwise, so
you can tell what the coins
were really worth. If
you buy these elsewhere, you probably
won't get the PR and you won't get this critical information. You won't be able to
tell what the coins really sold for.
To
ask me a question, or to order,
e-mail me, Warren, at
I
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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.
(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.)
Search this
page for firms or theme emphasis (there is
only the one long page) with the usual
keystrokes: Ctrl-F on a PC or Cmd-F on
a Mac.
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 and
Charles
Davis are favorites
of mine. Yes, I sell books and catalogs, but I buy
lots of them for my collection too!
If you own SNG
Copenhagen (Danish). I made a map of the
regions covered by each of the 8 volumes of SNG
Copenhagen (Danish). http://esty.ancients.info/catalogs/SNGCopenhagen.pdf
It was not so obvious which volume to look in to find
coins of various cities, but with this map you can
find the right volume rapidly. If you have the
volumes, print this and put it with your books.
Recommended special items: Art of the Ancient
World : Painting, Pottery, Sculpture, Architecture (book) AAG 25 with 465
Gallic and Celtic coins. Sear, Greek
Imperial Coins and Their Values , 1982
(current edition), 636 pages, 1750
illustrations, black cloth, dust jacket. Fine.
[$49]Peus 366, an outstanding
collection of Roman Provincials. Vinchon "Collection
Armand Trampitsch "
a major named collection, reduced
Aes
grave (Baldwin's).
Septimius Severus and his
family, catalog
with high-quality and rare coins. Sotheby's NFA 1--gorgeous
catalog and highest-quality coins!
Comments about reference catalogs:
Oct. 7, 2009. As of a couple of weeks ago,
acsearch.com removed its German auction pieces.
Reference works on the web are disappearing! This is
unfortunately contrary to expectations that
information will be free. Maybe hardcopy catalogs will
make a comeback! (Anyway, they are a lot of fun
to own and peruse.)
July
16, 2009: As of a few days ago,
Coinarchives.com removed access to its coins
from all catalogs issued prior 6 months ago,
except for subscribers who pay $600 per year.
That is a huge blow to coin research.
Previously, on my educational site:
Ancient Coin Auction Catalogs: Contents http://esty.ancients.info/catalogs/
I noted which catalogs were on Coinarchives
and which were not. That information is no
longer available, so I changed this page to
use a discrete ******* to mark the
transition. Catalogs before that are not on
Coinarchives for anyone, and catalogs after
that are on Coinarchives for subscribers (but
not for most of us, unless they are in the
last 6 months).
The finest of
their kind:
Dr. Busso Peus366
(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
catalog 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. [Years
ago I sold many at $29. Times have changed.
$24, reduced to $15, reduced to $13.]
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
(long!) 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 $12!
Berk-England sale of Dec. 7,
1989. 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. [$15, including media-mail postage in
the US, with PR (as always)] Byzantine AE
SNG (Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum) ANS (American Numismatic Society)
VI, Palestine-South Arabia.
Hardcover. Folio. 1615 coins photographed, covering the Holy Land very well. It should
be a $100 book, but they printed too many for the market. Demand is
strong, but supply is even greater. Hard to pack it is so big (not
thick, but folio!)
[$20, including S&H in the US media-mail.]
Künker, Fritz
Rudolf (Osnabruck,
Germany) (= Kunker, Kuenker) 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. If you are interested in Greek
AE, this is a major reference. No SNG is
this beautiful or extensive for Greek
AE. It would be $100 if not an auction
catalog. So this is a real
bargain. [$27 SOLD plus $4 S&H, it
is big.] Greek AE (809)
Sale Catalogs:
European Firms and U.S. Firms
together, alphabetically.
All the auction catalogs come 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) [$1 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, now $5, now $4, now $3] 1982,
Sept. 15. 304 ancients. [SOLD]
1982, Dec. 7. 352 ancients,
illustrated throughout plus 5 ppl E.
[$6, now $5, now $4, reduced to $3]
1983, Dec. 9. 406 ancients.
[$6, now $5, now $4, now $3]
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.
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. Reduced to $4] 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. Reduced to $4]
Purple means recently "SOLD".
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.]
17
(6/88) 772 ancients among 1427 on 34 ppl
among 62 ppl. 324 G, 6 lead, 81 RP, 305
R, 46 Byz. [$6, reduced to $5] 22 (6/92)
940 ancients among 1476 on 40 ppl + 1 E among 63
ppl. 437 G, 467 R, 34 Byz.
[$6, reduced to $5 SOLD] 23 (6/93) 679 ancients among 982 on 35
ppl among 55 ppl. 443 G, 220 R, 27
Byz [$6, reduced to $5]
late
Roman gold 24 (6/94) 580 ancients among 1256
on 25 ppl + 1 E among 67 ppl. 420 G, 158 R, 2
Byz. [$6, reduced to $5] 25 (6/95) 1524 ancients among
2556 on 64 SOLDppl + 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 [$15] 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. On sale, $8, reduced to $6]
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 [$6, reduced to $5]
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, reduced to $6 , reduced to $5 ] 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 , reduced to $5 ] 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, now $1] 5
(11 Oct. 1995)
"Byzantine Gold Coins
from the P. J. Donald
Collection" 285 Byz gold
from an important collection
on 12 large ppl. Photos okay
but not as good as most.
[$8, reduced to $6 , reduced to $5 ] Byzantine gold
(285) 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, now $4, no PR, PR on
line, now $2] 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, now free with an order. Just ask.]
Berk-England
sale of Dec. 7, 1989. 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. [$15, including
media-mail postage in the US, with PR (as
always)] Byzantine AE (368)
Burgan 1989, Dec.
6. 515 ancients among 1216, with many
3rd and 4th century Roman coins (mostly
ants) on 8 ppl plus 6 ppl of other
ancients. Strong in late radiates.
[$1]
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 scarcer. These
early issues $7 (now $5 each) each unless marked
otherwise
1
[$12], 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18,
20-21, 23, 24 [$10], 25, 27, 28
[$10], 30, 32, all with copies of the
Prices Realized.
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, reduced to $8]
There is a distinct increase
in the number of ancients here. Auction 35 and thereafter are
much thicker catalogs. 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 SOLD] [a second copy, well worn with a crease on
the cover, $8, reduced to $6] Turkoman
(126) 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 [$12 , reduced to $10 ]
Roman
imperial (509) 42
(5/97)
HV. 1235 ancients among 1622 plus some
enlargements throughout. 652 G, 72 RR, 342 RI,
4 DA, 28 Byz [$12, reduced to $10]
Postumus (35), Athens
New Style (64)
**** For the major
importance of CNG 43 through 47
, because they
have the Goodman collection of Roman Republican coins, see Andrew
McCabe's
site and commentary on them. 48 is 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) 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, reduced to $10] 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, reduced to $10 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. One of the
finest catalogs of all time to date.
[$19, reduced to $17 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 (including
11 Pertinax denarii), 11 DA, 15 Lombards, 127 Byz, 156 Crusader
"The Matthew Rich Collection," some not photographed, 6
Merovingian, 12 Celtic England, 6 English DA, 34 pennies
[$12, reduced to $9 RI Quadrans (40), Lombards
(15), Crusader (156), Aksumite (27), Baktrian and Indo-Greek
(191) 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, reduced to $9] 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, $15, reduced to $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") [$15] late Anglo-Saxon ("Conte
collection")(249), Alexander the Great
(130) 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] A major reference for Greek AE. 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] [both parts, $30] Roman
Provincial
(103, including important myths including
the labors of Herakles),
Gordian III (23), 2 dies 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, reduced to $7] 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
[back cover with 1" tear repaired, therefore
only $12, reduced to $10] 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, , reduced to $9, $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 [$10, reduced to $8, $25
new from CNG.] 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) [$19] Greek
gold (among 386), Parthian
(160),
Sasanaian
(136), Antinous (19) [$25,
reduced to $19, reduced to $15. $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. [$10] 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 SOLD.] 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] 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. [$23 for
this part alone. It is a major reference
work.] 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 for part 2 alone,
SOLD] [$33 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, reduced to $10] 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 [$19] 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 (2007, Sept. 12) in two parts.
Part 2 being "The Seeger Collection". 1734 ancients among
1867 in Part I, plus 439 in Part II.
[both parts, $12]
77 isTriton
XI (2008, Jan 8-9)
1215 ancients among 1817. High value
coins, all in color with many
enlargements. [$15] 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 SOLD] Bulgarian
empire (78) 80 is Triton XII [$17]
88 (2011, Sept. 14) Thick! 1800 ancients among 2195 lots.
89 is
Triton XV
(2012, Jan 3-4) in three volumes. Session 1 is hardcover, "BCD
Thessaly" with 1000 lots, all from this one region of Greece. It is BCD 8 and
completes BCD's Thessaly collection from which many top coins were
offered in Nomos 4. With superb scholarly and
informative cataloging, these will be the reference works for
Greek
coins of Thessaly for years to come, superseding any other reference
work. Session 2 is in a slim volume "Masterpieces of Ancient Greek
Coinage: Selections from Cabinet W [Dr. Arnold-Peter Weiss.]"
which has only 19 lots but all of
the very highest quality and presented beautifully. This volume has
coins of the highest average value of any catalog ever. Sessions
3-4 look more like a typical Triton catalog, with 636 lots of high-value
ancient coins plus 76 English hammered coins ("The Marshall Faintish
Collection") among 941 lots. 374 G, 66 high-quality RP, 44 RR, 85
RI, 1 spectacular contorniate, 5 DA, 84 Byz, 9 early Islamic, 20
pre-1500 dated medieval coins. This catalog has three parts:
[Session 1, hardcover Thessaly: $59] "Cabinet W" [19 lots
only, but all super, $9] Sessions 3-4, like a typical Triton
catalog: [$15]. All three, if I still have them, [$69] Thessaly (1000), English hammered (76)
Freeman
and Sear (Los
Angeles, California. All MV. MQP)
1 (3/95) 900 ancients.
274 G, 508 R, 21 Byz. On 40 ppl
plus 2 ppl of enlargements. [$5, reduced to $3] 2
(1/96) 723 ancients. 447 G, 258 R, 4
Byz. 28 ppl + 3 ppl of
enlargements. [$7, reduced to $5 , reduced to $3 ]
3
(10/96)
854
ancients.
304 G, 403 R, 106 ERP, 23 Byz. 36
ppl + 3 ppl of enlargements. [$ to7, reduced $7, reduced to $3]
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, reduced to $5, reduced to $3] 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, reduced to $12]
Byzantine AE (181), Archtectural types (72) 7
(2/02) 651 ancients among 760.
242 G, 47 RP, 330 R, 29 Byz, 4 Arab
Turkoman. ppl interleaved. [$5, reduced to $3] 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, reduced to $3] 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. [$5, reduced to $3] 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 to $3]
late
Roman silver argentii (35) 12
(2005,
Oct. 28) 656 lots of ancients, + 7
color ppl of enlargements. [$6, reduced
to $4, reduced to $3]
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, reduced to $4, reduced to $3] Celtic (92) 15 (2008,
June
27) 462 ancients. 3 color ppl of
enlargements [$6, reduced to $5, reduced to $3]
16 (2009, June 5) MV. MQP. 469 ancients, plus
some unpictured large lots, in B&W throughout with many
enlargements plus 6 color ppl E. 257 G, 12 India, 27 RR, 142 RI
including 47 argentii, 25 Byz. [$6 , reduced to $4 ] late Roman silver argentii (47)
"Manhattan Sale 3" 2012, Jan. 3 236 ancients, all in color and
almost all enlarged in color. HV. HQP. 52 Celtic, 106 G, 8 RR, 62 RI
including 22 argentii and 4 later Roman silver, 8 Byz, 1 Arabic [$8]
Celtic (52), Roman argentii of the tetrarchy (22)
Freeman&Sear
fixed price lists SALE
pricing: [$1.00 without color
photos, $1.50 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 5 with 196 ancients
SOLD 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. 14
with 102 ancients and some antiquities.
Gemini
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, reduced to
$6, reduced to $5, reduced to $4]
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, reduced to
$6, reduced to $5, reduced to $4]
Gemini V (2009, Jan 6)
HV. HQP. 883 ancient lots, grouped by
consignor. 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, reduced to $5, reduced to $4] controniates (18)
Gemini IX (2012, Jan 8) HV. HQP. 767 lots of ancients including 182 from
the Phil Davis collection of Dacian and other imitations of Roman
Republican denarii. 236 G, 14 RR, 21 RI before Vespasian, 207 Flavian
(Vespasian-Domitian, with emphasis on Jewish-related), 49 RI post
Flavian, 24 Byz, 31 English hammered. [$15 SOLD] Flavian (Vespasian-Domitian) (207), Roman Republican denarius imitations (182 lots)
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.
102
(5/00)
HV. HQP. 664 ancients + 7 color ppl + many
enlargements throughout. 371 G, 20 RP, 220
R, 41 Byz, 8 DA [$10 ,
reduced to $6 ] 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 , reduced to $8 ] 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 ,
reduced to $7] 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, reduced
to $6] 130
(3/04) 1491 ancients.
355 lots of Parthian and
Sasanian [$10, reduced to $8
SOLD] 132 Ancient
artifacts, not coins [$5 ,
reduced to $2 ] 142 (2005,
10-11 Oct.) 2378 lots of
ancients, plus large lots, illustrated
throughout. A large catalog.
[$10, reduced to $7] 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, reduced to
$10] 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 ,
reduced to $8 ] Kings of the Bosporus in AV and
Electrum (36) 191 (2010, Oct. 11/12) 1833 lots of ancients. [$5] 199
(2011, Oct. 10) 893 ancients. High
Value [$5 SOLD] 200
(2011, Oct. 10-12) 2200 ancients plus
large lots [$5 SOLD] 203 (2012, March 5) 640 ancients. HV. [$5] 204
(2012, March 5-6) 1933 ancients plus 133 large lots. [$5]
Hauck and Aufhauser
(see Bankhaus Aufhauser) 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), reduced to $3]
(2010, June 25) MV. HQP. 1174 ancients among 1298, all beautifully
illustrated in color throughout with a few enlargements. 126 G, 75 RR,
271 RI, 52 Byz, 3 DA, 641 RP.> [$10]
7 (2011, Dec. 12-13) MV. HQP. 1087 ancients among 1343.
(Unusually, coins a given series are not all grouped together. For
example, Greek coins are found in two discontinuous places) Celtic 7+5, G
49+204, RR 17+58, G imitations 3, RR imitations 6, RI&RP 82, Byz
37+107+ 2 fourree, DA 1+5, RP 193 including 123 of Lower Moesia,
RI 296 [$5]
RP Lower Moesia (107)
Heritage (2002, July 3) "Ancient and World Coins" Some
good coins but not well-photographed and not all ancient lots
photographed. Order something else and ask for this one, free.
(2012, March 8-9) Shoshana Collection of
ancient Jewish coins [the finest collection ever offered, all in color
and most enlarged in color, with extensive commentary. 711 lots,
including many of city coins of the holy Land and Roman Judaea Capta
pieces. [$45, new condition, with PR, as always]
Jewish and Holy Land (711)
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. 247
(6/78)
MV. MQP. 431 ancients on 19 ppl plus 1 E.. 216
G, 57 RR. 175 RI, 24 Byz. [$10, reduced $8, reduced to $6] 249
(11/79) MV, MQP. 466 ancients on
16 ppl. 252 G, 61 RR, 139 RI, 9 Byz.
[$10 on sale $8, reduced to $6]
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, on sale $6, reduced to $4] 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, reduced to $12] Roman gold (230)
Hess-Divo
(Basel, Switzerland) 306 (2007, June 8) "The
P. A. Collection of Ancient Coins" 799
lots of excellent ancients in beautiful color.
[$5, now $4] 317 (2010, Oct. 27) "A Swiss private collection" (In German)1060
ancients, all illustrated in color throughout, many with one side
enlarged. HV. HQP. 377 G, 11 RP, 25 Celtic, 422 RR including 43
imperatorial, 134 RI, 84 Byz (mostly gold), 6 DA. [$9]
Roman Republican (422)
Künker, Fritz
Rudolf (Osnabruck,
Germany) (= Kunker, Kuenker)
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. If you are interested in Greek
AE, this is a major reference. No SNG is
this beautiful or extensive for Greek
AE. It would be $100 if not an auction
catalog. So this is a real
bargain. [$27 SOLD plus $4 S&H, it
is big.] Greek AE (809) I made an image of
two pages: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Kuenker133.jpghttp://augustusmath.hypermart.net/Kuenker133.jpg 174 (2010, Sept. 27)
HQP. 1249 ancients, all very well photographed in color with some
color enlargements throughout. 477 G, 126 RR, 503 RI, 12 DA, 82
Byz. [$5] 182 (2011, March 14) HV.
HQP. 1143 ancients, all very well photographed in color with some
color enlargements throughout. 402 G, 112 RR, 383 RI including 48
late Roman gold, 10 DA, 123 Byz. [$5] 193 (2011, Sept. 26) MV. HQP. 1214 ancients. 327 G, 181 RR,
550 RI, 7 DA, 92 Byz, some large lots [$5]. 204 (2012, March 12) 1103 ancients, many with enlargements. [$5] 205 (2012, March 12-13) The
first 143 are Dark Ages, mostly gold, followed by 67 Carolingian and
then many early medieval German (bracteates, etc) [$5]
Lanz
Munich firm. Catalogs with
only ancients, all with PRs, all in German
-- but the pictures are in English :)
Lanz, unlike some firms, separated
ancients from other coins and issued
catalogs that specialized in one or the
other. Most of the missing issues did
not have ancients (You can tell which had
ancients and which did not on my educational
site on Ancient
Coin Catalog Contents). (as "Gitta
Kastner". If you want the run of Lanz
catalogs, it begins as "Gitta Kastner" with
the same format) 6
(11/74) (also as "Gitta
Kastner") HQP.
476 ancients on 35 ppl + 9 E. 222 G,
194 R, 60 Byz [$12, scarce,
reduced to $10 ,
reduced to $8 ] 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. 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 ,
reduced to $5 ] 44
(5/88)
925 ancients on 43 ppl. 319 G, 539 R, 65 Byz
[$6 ,
reduced to $5 ] 46
(11/88)
835 ancients on 38 ppl. 353 G, 410 R, 61 Byz,
10 DA. [$6 ,
reduced to $5 ] 48
(5/89)
886 ancients on 38 ppl. 420 Greek, 28 Juba II,
402 R, 36Byz. [$6 ,
reduced to $5 ]
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 ,
reduced to $7 ]
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 ,
reduced to $5 ] 54
(11/90) HQP. 1088 ancients on 44
ppl + 6 color E. 358 G, 682 R, 50 Byz (some
Cherson AE) [$6 SOLD]
shekels
of
Tyre (49) 56
(5/91)
883 ancients on 37 ppl + 2 color E. 300 G, 520
R, 53 Byz, 9 DA [$6 ,
reduced to $5 ] 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, reduced to $5] 62 (11/92) 987
ancients on 40 ppl + 2 color E. 453 G, 457 R,
51 Byz, 22 Byz lead seals [$6 ,
reduced to $5 ] 64
(6/93) 1019 ancients on 37 ppl + 2
color E. 346 G, 576 R, 83 Byz, 12 Byz
lead seals [$6 ,
reduced to $5 SOLD ] 66
(11/93)
1006 ancients on 35 ppl + 1 color E.
353 G, 614 R, 39 Byz [$9 ,
reduced to $7 ] 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 ,
reduced to $6] 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 ,
reduced to $8 ] 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 ,
reduced to $5 ] 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 ,
reduced to $5 ] 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 ,
reduced to $6] 80
(5/97) 800 ancients on 26 ppl. 215 G,
539 R, 36 Byz. [$6 ,
reduced to $5 ]
Lanz 82
(11/97) 879 ancients on 35 ppl. 227 G,
611 R (including RP), 36 Byz, 6 coins of the
mines. [$6 ,
reduced to $5 ]
[84 is literature,
without PR, free for the asking] 86
(5/98) MV. MQP. 808 ancients on 32 ppl.
235 G, 533 R, 34 Byz, 6 DA. [$8 ,
reduced to $6 ]
90 (11/98) was orders
and decorations, not ancients. Without PR
[free with a fillable order of any other Lanz
catalog(s)]
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. [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 ,
reduced to $5 ] 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) [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 ,
reduced to $5 ] 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 ,
reduced to $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. [$5]
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. [$23] 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
[$5] 138 (2007, Nov.
26) MV. 1007 ancients. 53 Celtic, 437 G, 44 RR, 413 RI
(includng some RP), 54 Byz (Including AE), 6 DA. [$5]
141
ancients in color [$6 ,
reduced to $5 ]
Lanz Graz 10
(1977, Dec. 3) "1000 Ancient
coins" [in German] 31 ppl. [$8,
reduced to $6, reduced to $4]
Leu = LHS (Bank Leu, later Leu
Numismatik AG -- Zurich, later LHS) 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]
45
(5/88) VHV. VHQP. 435 ancients on 26 ppl + 16
E. 295 G, 107 R, 33 Byz. [$10] 48
(5/89) VHV. VHQP. 444 ancients on 37 ppl +
13 E. 270 G, 174 R. [$10] 50
(4/90) HV. HQP. 424 ancients on 25 ppl + 11
E. 254 G, 147 R, 20 Byz. [$10]
Leu
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. [$25 SOLD]
On his amazing site (on Roman
Republican coins) Andrew McCabe says " The
best single all eras catalogue I know, much the better than any
NFA catalogue or any single general handbook of Greek and Roman
coins. All of Greek, all of Roman, 290 coins, superb quality,
enlargements throughout, extensive numismatic notes against each
coin. Only a few Republican, each of the greatest interest
(Imperatorial gold etc.) but the purpose of this book is to
understand the sweep of coinage in ancient times. Anyone who reads
the notes will learn much of numismatics, helping place Republican
coins in context. Kraay Hirmer and Kent Hirmer rolled into a
single volume."
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 [$10 SOLD]
Arabic (238) 54
(4/92) VHV. VHQP. 341 ancients + many enlarged
throughout. 207 G, 134 R. [$12, on sale $9] 57
(5/93) HV. HQP. 325 ancients + 2 E + many enlarged
throughout. 143 G, 31 Parthian, 151 R. [$12, on
sale $9]
high-quality
Parthian (31) 59
(5/94) HV. HQP. 353 ancients + 4 E + many enlarged
throughout. 162 G, 180 R, 11 Byz. [$8] 61
(5/95) VHV. HQP. 335 ancients among 645 +
some enlarged throughout. 214 G, 103 R, 18
Byz. [$8. On sale $7] 65
(5/96) VHV. VHQP. 616 ancients + 46 Arabic on 47
ppl + many enlarged througout. [$12 SOLD]
40 Celtic, 233 G, 272 R, 28 DA, 43
Byz. 46 Arabic 71
(10/97) HV. HQP. 585 ancients + 1 E + some
enlarged throughout. 254 G, 331 R. [$8] 72
(5/98) HV. HQP. 594 ancients + some enlarged
throughout. 393 G, 201 R. [$12]
Philistro-Arabian (22, wonderful) 74
(10/98) HV. MQP. 300 ancients among 2620.
Thick catalog. 300 G. [$8 SOLD] 77
(5/00)
VHV. HQP. 923 ancients + numerous
enlargements throughout. 404 G, 370 R, 152 Byz.
[$14 SOLD] 78
Neuzeit (not ancients) 259 pages
[$4, no PR, SOLD] 95 (25 Oct.
2005) HV. HQP. 460 ancients among 867. 16 Celtic, 338 G,
10 RR, 88 RI, 3 Byz, 5 DA. Numerous B&W enlargements
throughout. [$9]
Malloy , John Aiello Collection of Roman
Egyptian Coins, XIV (7/79)
glossy, not the recent newsprint paper
(but, still not great photos)
[$12, reduced to $8 SOLD] 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 SOLD]
Malter
IV (Oct.
1978)
including
78
lots of Roman Egypt [$3, reduced to
$2] 59
(11/94) 13 ppl of ancients, 5 more of
antiquities [$3, no PR, reduced to $2] LXIX
(6/96) 7 ppl of antiquities and 14 of
ancients [$3, no PR, reduced to
$2] 84.
Feb. 29, 2004. 111 lots of
aniquities and 280 of ancient coins.
[$3, no PR, reduced to $2] 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]
Munzen und Medallien = M&M = 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 wonderful 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.
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 SOLD] 32 (11/66) 529
lots. 32 ppl Greek, Palestine included.
Jewish and especially Holy
Land city bronze coins (15 ppl)
[$19] 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. Very important for
these [$18] Aes
grave (152 on 25 ppl + 1 color ppl), Gaul
(241) 52
(6/75) VHV. HQP. 874 ancients on 52
ppl + 2 E + 2 ppl of color enlargements. 263
G, 555 R, 56 Byz. [$14] 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, now even better,
$8] 54
(10/78) VHV. MQP. 425 Greek on 24 ppl
+ 3 E. [All Greek,
$10. On sale, $8] Greek (425) 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. [$7] 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. [$14 SOLD]. 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. [$8] 72
(10/87) VHV. HQP. 781 ancients on 47
ppl + 3 E. 460 Archaic Greek, 258 G,
46 R, 14 Byz. [$14 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 [$6] 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. [$8]
Arabic (192)
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 [$8] spintriae
(14) 81 (1995, Sept.
18-19) HV. MQP. 998 ancients on 58 ppl
among 114 ppl. 108 G, 274 R, 3 Byz, 447 RP, 98 DA (+ 93
Carolingian) [$12] Roman
provincial (447 on 30 ppl), Dark Ages (98)
M&M
[The issues not listed usually do
not have ancients. See my "Catalog
Contents"site: http://esty.ancients.info/catalogs/
for a complete list.]
85
(4/97) HV. MQP. 340 ancients among 823 on 20
ppl + 1 E among 56 ppl. 164 G, 105 R, 71 Byz. [$6] 86
(6/98) HV. HQP. 246 ancients among 421 on 15 ppl + 2
ppl in color among 26 ppl. 55 G, 60 RP, 6 Celtic, 114 R,
10 Byz. [$6] 87 (6/98)
Not ancients. "Sammlung Herbert A.Cahn" of "European
coins from the middle ages to the Baroque." [$5,
no PR SOLD] 88
(5/99) HV. HQP. 460 ancients on 25 ppl + 3 E.
326 G, 13 RP, 119 R. [$6] 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. On sale, $6]
[This is the end of the M&M
series. They went out of business.]
M&M GMBH (Deutschland,
Weil am Rhein) 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] 2
(3/98)
703 ancients among 934 on 37 ppl among 46
ppl. 135 G, 125 RP, 7 Celtic, 402 R,
33 Byz. [$8]
Roman
Republican
aes grave and AE (15 ppl) 3
(10/98)
586 ancients among 928 on 24 ppl among 37.
137 G, 118 RP, 40 Celtic, 180 R, 111
Byz. [$6] 4 (3/99) 429 ancients
among 772 on 19 ppl among 34. 211 G,
49 RP, 7 Celtic, 152 R, 10
Byz. [$7] 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] 7
(10/00)
700 ancients among 1069 on 30 ppl among 52.
262 G, 86 RP, 8 Celtic, 299 R, 30 Byz, 5
Visigothic [$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
9
(10/01) MV. MQP. 676 ancients on 25
ppl among 1487 on 64 ppl. 286 G, 380 R, 10
Byz [$7]
electrum
of
Mytiline, Alexander III drachms 10
(3/02) MV. MQP. 423 MV ancients on
13 ppl among 705 coins on 23 ppl.
240 G, 20 PR, 159 R [$7 SOLD] Young
Marcus
Aurelius
(89) 11
(11/02)
1015 ancients among 1486 on 44 ppl among
70, plus 1 E. architectural types (mostly
temples) 217 RP plus 145 R. 492 G, 115 RR,
39 RI, 3 Byz. [$12 SOLD] architectural
(217
Roman
provincial plus 145 Roman) 12
(2003,
April 11) "Sammlung Righetti, Part 1,
Egypt." 733 ancients among 1228 on
35 ppl among 61, + 2E. 122 G
(including 58 Corinth Pegasi), 158 RP, 23
RR, 85 RI, 344 Roman Egypt, including many
drachms). [$12 SOLD] Roman Egypt (344,
including many drachms), Corinth
Pegasi (58)
[Note about
Righetti: There are eight
sale catalogs of the Righetti collection
of Roman Provincial (= Greek Imperial)
coins. There is also a large book, SNG Schweiz
(Switzerland) II, of the
"Righetti Collection." The coins in
the sale catalogs are not in the SNG,
and after checking numerous entries I can
say that most of the types
in the sale catalogs are not in the SNG.
It seems that, on average, the coins in
the sale catalogs are slightly nicer than
the SNG
coins. I do not know why these nicer coins
did not make it into the SNG. The
sale-catalog coins are organized by region
in a scholarly fashion, not by emperor.
Anyone interested in Roman Provincial
coins can regard the eight sale catalogs
together almost as if they were another
large and important SNG
volume, but with prices realized.] 22
(2007, May 24-25) Only 141
ancients plus 25 large lots among 589.
62 G, 47 RP, 3 RR, 34 RI, 5 Aksum gold.
[not many ancients, so only $4]
Munz Zentrum (Koln,
Germany)
64 Munz
Zentrum 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. Reduced to $9. I love
this catalog (I like later Roman
imperial coins). Reduced
further to $6]
MZ fixed price
list 32
(May 1980, small format and thin) includes 24 pieces of Tarbistan (an outstanding
selection) and 89 ancients [$2,
reduced to $1]
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. Small
format and slim. Remarkable as the only
catalog I know of with an extensive
selection of ancient counterfeiter's molds,
although most are very similar to one
another. [$7, reduced to $5, with reduced
postage because the catalog is small.
Reduced to $4] Molds (45)
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. [$9, reduced to $6, reduced to
$4] II(12/99) 412 HV
ancients among 485. 138 G, 29 RP,
204 R, 16 Byz, 4 DA. [$8, reduced to
$6]
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, reduced to
$8, reduced to $6] 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, now $6, reduced
to $5] XI (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, now $7
SOLD] 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, now $6] 48
rare
late Roman tetrarchal AE. [$8, reduced to $6] late Roman tetrarchal folles and
fractions (48) 17
(2008, Jan. 9) (Baldwin's, Kunker,
Markov, and M&M Numismatics) HV.
HQP. 279 ancients among 966, all in
color 133 G, 11 RP, 6 Celtic, 17 RR, 64 RI, 40
Byz (including AE), 2 Aksum, 6 Arab-Sas, 9
Arabic. [$10, reduced to $6, reduced to
$4] 20 (2009, Jan.
7) (Baldwin's, Kunker, Markov, and M&M
Numismatics) 476 ancients among 965. 254 G, 71 Jewish and
Holy Land, 4 Persian Darics, 11 Kushan gold, 13 RP, 20 RR,
73 RI, 12 Byz, 2 Aksum [$5,
reduced to $3] 23
(2010,
Jan 6) 288 ancient, 100 India, some Islamic [$4,
reduced to $1]
27 (2012, Jan 4) "The Prospero Collection" (Markov, Baldwin's,
and M&M Numismatics) "Spectacular Ancient Greek Coins" [Completely true!] VHV. VHQP. 642 extremely high value ancient
Greek coins, magnificently presented in color and with very large
enlargements and extensive cataloging. Billed as the finest Greek sale
since "Kunstfreund" (Leu and M&M, May 1974), Prospero is even better
for having twice as many lots and the benefit of higher modern
cataloging standards. This could serve as a coffee-table book. [$49] Greek (642) 28 (2012, Jan 5) MV in color with some enlargements. 93
ancient coins among 285. 50 G, 2 RP, 3 RR, 34 RI, 1 Taman Goth, 1 Byz, 2
ancient British [$2]
Nomos (Zurich, Switzerland) Gorgeous
catalogs with very-high-value coins and very high production-value
catalogs. Coins in color throughout with most enlarged in color as
well, and with extensive descriptions. Cataloging by Alan Walker
of the highest quality.
1 (2009, May 6) VHV.
VHQP.
183
ancients
among
203. Photographed in color and enlarged in color throughout, with
2 or 1 or sometimes 3 coins per page, with long descriptions. A
wonderful catalog (as are the others). 2 Celtic, 131 G, 6 RI, 40
RI, 2 DA, 1 Byz, 2 England [$4]
3 (2011, May 10) VHV. VHQP. 259 ancients
among 263. 2 Celtic, 159 G, 10 RR, 79 RI including 41 argentei
from "the tetrarchy collection", 6 Byz, 3 M erovingian [$5 SOLD] late Roman argentei (41) 4 (2011, May
10) VHV. VHQP. Hardcover. "Coins of Thessaly, the BCD Collection" 437
of the highest quality and rarest coins of Thessaly. This catalog
is a treat to read with cataloging by Walker often followed by
comments by BCD, and they know these coins as well as anybody. A major
reference. [$49]
Greek Thessaly (437) 6
(2012, May 8) 200 high value and very high value ancients,
beautifully cataloged with very high quality presentation. [$6]
Fixed price list Winter/Spring 2009 VHV. "125 distinctive numismatic items" [$1, or free with Nomos 4 or 6]
Fixed price list Winter/Spring 2012 VHV. "123 distinctive numismatic items" [$1, or free with Nomos 4 or 6]
Numismatic Art and
Ancient Coins (Zurich) excellent B&W
photographs Auction 4 large format, 325
ancients on 14 ppl. [$8, reduced to $6,
reduced to $5, reduced to $4]
Numismatic Fine Arts = (NFA) 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.
This are the beautiful attractive horizontal-format NFA catalogs which introduced the modern standard of cataloging. 2 (3/76) HV. VHQP.
605 ancients. 338 G, 157 R, 110 Byz. An additional 7 ppl of
enlargements
early electrum, 8
Axumite Auction V (2/78) 600 lots, all
photographed, 5 additional page-plates of enlargements
[$12] Auction X (9/81) 508 lots, all
photographed, one additional color-page plate, some
enlargements [$10] Auction XIV (11/84) 593 lots
(including and EID MAR denarius), all photographed, one color
pate of aurei and 6 page-plates of enlargements [$15]
25 (11/90) VHV.
VHQP. 511 ancients. 294 G, 216 R, 1 Byz. [Brutus gold IDE MAR on the cover] [$12]
NFA Vertical
format. 28 (4/92) MW.
MQP. "Spring mail-bid sale" 1544 ancients. 550 Jewish and related,
96 Celtic, 308 G, 486 R, 77 Byz. [$12
Jewish and related (550),
Celtic (96) 32 (6/93) HV. MQP.
371 ancients. 137 G, 129 Jewish and related, 105 R. [$9]
Jewish and related
32 1/2 "Summer buy-or-bid" (9/93) Not numbered, but after #32 and before #33. No PR
issued. MV. Low QP for NFA.
859 lots of ancients, many
multiples of common coins. 371 G, 421 R, 33 Byz. [$4]
Larissa, Gaza mint imitations of Athens
tetradrachms
NFA fixed price list 36, Spring 1989, with Pertinax aureus on the cover. [$2]
See Sotheby, 1992
and 1993, for the important sales of coins with NFA as the
"agent".
Numismatica Ars
Classica (NAC) Numismatica Ars
Classica (auction sales)
(Swiss firm, but 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! [$17 SOLD] 7 (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. [$25]
Far and away the best sale ever for
Etruscan coins, and terrific for aes
grave. Etruscan (143),
Italian aes grave (207) 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
SOLD]
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]
SEE BELOW for a
special copy
hardbound 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
[$14] aes
grave (117 on 19
ppl), Roman
medallions (21),
contorniates
(15), Beneventum
(48) SPECIAL! Volumes 9
and 10 and F and
G make up their
auctions from
1996 and 1997.
Someone had them
hardbound
together in a
lovely green
cloth binding,
labeled
"Numismatica Ars
Classica
1996-1997" in
gold on the
spine. All four
issues
beautifully
bound together
[$35, reduced to
$29, with $1
extra postage,
SOLD] I'm sure
the cost of
binding was more
than I am
asking!
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. [$14 SOLD]. Roman
Republican (221) 13
(10/98) "Greek
Coins of Magna
Graecia" VHV. VHQP.
"It may be
confidently stated
that this collection
represents themost impressive and
complete array of
coinage from Magna
Graecia and Sicily
ever brought to
public auction."575 ancient Greek
illustrated
throughout + 32
color E.
Spectacular! [$25] Greek,
Magnia Graecia and
Sicily (575)
14
[not ancients, all coins of the Popes, a
very special collection. 249 pieces. No
PR.] [$15] 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![$10] 16 [not
ancients, Italian, Spanish, huge 128 B&W
plates plus XXX color plates! No PR]
[$19] 18
(3/2000) image of oneplate of enlargements, 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 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
(Visigothic) [$25] Visigothic
Dark Ages (157) 27
(May 12, 2004) VHV. VHQP. 555
ancients, all in color and almost all with
enlargements in color. 204 G, 86 RR
(including an EID MAR in gold), 250 RI
(including 7 AE medallions and 3 multiple
solidi), 14 Byz, and 1 Arab-Byz of
Scythopolis. [$19] 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. [$20
SOLD] 31 (2005, Oct.
26) "An Important
Collection of Roman
Gold Coins. 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. [$14] 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). [$18] 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.
[$18] 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. [$15]
Roman gold (304) many
of highest
desirability 41
(2007, Nov. 2) VHQ. VHQP. 146 ancients.
7 G gold, 28 VHQ RR including 12 gold, 109 RI
mostly gold. [$10] 42 (2007, Nov. 20) "The Barry
Feirstein Collection of Ancient Coins, Part
II-III" Part 2: VHV-MV: 146 RI, Severus
Alexander and later, many of them gold but a
few common RI in super condtion, plus 1 Byz
Constantine XI. Part III: HV-MV: 26 RR, 179 RI
[$10] 45 (2008, April 2) "The Barry
Feirstein Collection of Ancient Coins, Part
IV". VHV. VHQP. 147 ancients. 59 RR
(including an EID MAR in gold) and 88 RI up to
Macrinus [$10]. 46
(2008, April 2) HV. VHQP. 1059 ancients. All
in color and most enlarged in color. The coins
are grouped in two parts. The first part has
all enlarged and, on average, high to very
high quality coins. The second part has none
enlarged, with HV coins. 163+126 G, 12
Italian aes, 138+62 RR, 289+231 RI, 4+25 Byz,
4 DA. This auction has many spectacular
coins of the highest desirability. [$18] 48
(2008, Oct. 21) "A
remarkable selection of
Greek silver" VHV. VHQP.
111 ancient Greek coins,
all in color and all
with at least one side
enlarged. [$15] Greek (111)
many of highest
desirability 49
(2008, Oct. 21)
"An interesting
selection of Roman gold
coins from the B. d. B.
collection" VHV. VHQP.
422 Roman gold coins
including 4 RR.
All illustrated in
color and most also x2,
throughout.
[$15] I have
a second copy with some
comments ("Nice", "small
ding on ear", etc.) on a
small fraction of the
coins inked in by
someone who was there
and thinking of bidding
on them. Interesting,
but this copy is not
prisitine. [$13] Roman gold
(422) 54
(2010, March 24) VHV. VHQP. 1350
ancients in two groups, the first 666 of the
highest quality and the rest just very nice.
Group 1: 145 G, 142 RR, 379 RI, 1 DA. Group 2:
1 Celtic, 226 G, 95 RR, 350 RI, 4
contorniates, 5 Byz gold, 2 DA. [$29] 56
(2010, Oct. 8) HV. HQP. 404 ancients and 142
early medieval, all in color and most
enlarged. 44 late Roman gold, 51 DA, 290 Byz
(some E and AR), 13 crusader, 22 Bulgarian,
122 early medieval, 3 Turkoman, 2 Huns, 4
Axum [$25] Late Roman
gold, Germanic migrations Dark Ages,
Byzantine, and early medieval 58 (2011, April 4) not ancients! "The Restelli Collection:
Coins and Medals from the Knights of St. John (Rhodes and Malta) 476
lots. Not ancients. [$12] 61 (2011, Oct. 5-6) HV. HQP.
1220 Roman Republican, "The RBW
Collection of Roman Republican Coins,
Part I." 1220 RR, many AE. Very high quality
and many rarities, including 14 Italian of
the Social War. Spectacular! One of the
finest Republican catalogs of all
time. [$45, not on any sale. It is highly desirable.] Roman
Republican (1220), Italian of the Social
War (14) 62 (2011, Oct. 6) "The S. C.
Markoff Collection of Roman Coins" 133
Roman coins. VHV. VHQP. 13 RR including
EID MAR and Labienus, 120 RI as a run of
wonderful portrait pieces, one coin of the
very highest quality of each of the emperors,
including the rarities and some medallions.
Some of each metal [$16].
NAC
Lettered
auctions , each
with many page plates
of very fine ancient
coins. Most of their
absolute top quality
coins go in the
numbered sales. These
have a large selection
of $100 - $1000 coins,
with some higher. Coin
descriptions are very
brief.
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 [$3]
Byzantine
(166, including AE)
F (4/96) 728
ancients on 39 ppl. 303 G, 402 R, 23 Byz. [$3]
Roman Republican struck
AE (56) G
(4/97) 997
ancients on 53 ppl (+ 10 ppl of large lots). 270 G,
710 R, 57 Byz. [$3] I
(5/99) 1433
ancients on 84 ppl + 1 ppl of large lots. 346 G, 1076 R, 4
DA, 7 Byz. [$3]
Peus Peus366
(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.
Reduced to $15] Roman
Provincial (859)
380
(11/04) The new
larger format with only
ancients (and a few
islamic) 975
ancients, very-well
photographed with many
enlargements
throughout.
[$6, reduced to $4] (sort of a
slightly thinner version
of a CNG catalog in
German)
Rauch 6
Fernauktion (2002, Oct.
4) thin, all
ancients. 934 ancients on 28
ppl. [$2, no PR]
11 Mail bid sale (2006
Sept. 12) 1451 ancients,
B&W, on 47 ppl. [$4 ,
reduced to $3 , to $2] Sommerauktion2007, Teil I (the
ancient part) 1372 lots of
ancients, plus some large lots,
on 57 ppl. [$4 ,
reduced to $3, to $2 ] 80
Part I (the part with
ancients) June 1-2, 2007.
326 ancients among
1505, in color. [$4 ,
reduced to $3, to $2 ] 82
2008, April 23-25.
719 ancients, all in
color, plus 576 lots of
antiquities. [$4, reduced
to $3, to $2] Sommerauction2008, 2008
Sept 15-16. 1292
ancients, all in color, plus
large lots. [$5, reduced
to $4, SOLD] 84
2009, May 13-15. 1059
ancients, all in color.
[$5, reduced to $4, to $2]
2011, April 15, auction "Numismata", 482 ancients plus large lots among 1144 lots [$2 with printed PR]
Sommerauktion 2011, 2011 Sept. 19-21, Katalog 1 (1340 ancients) [$2]
89 2011, Dec. 5-8 1349 ancients, PR on the web. [$2]
Roma (London, Richard Beale)
III (2012, March 31) 580 ancients. HV and HQP. Lovely color with almost everything enlarged in color too. [$6]
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 , reduced
to $9 SOLD ] 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 , reduced
to $9 ]
F (4/96) 728
ancients on 39 ppl. 303 G, 402 R, 23 Byz. [$3]
Roman Republican struck
AE (56) G
(4/97) 997 ancients on 53
ppl (+ 10 ppl of large
lots). 270 G, 710 R, 57 Byz.
[$3] I (5/99) 1433 ancients
on 84 ppl + 1 ppl of large
lots. 346 G, 1076 R, 4 DA, 7
Byz. [$3]
[There is no J;
the Romans did not have a "J"!] Q
(2006, April 6)
1126 ancients.
Illustated
throughout.
[SOLD] P
(5/12/2005) 1261
ancients. [$3]
Schweizerische
Kreditanstalt
(SKA) (= CreditSuisse ) 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, reduced to $12, reduced to $9, reduced to $7] 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 , reduced to
$12 , reduced to $9, reudced to $7]
Schulman , Jacques
(Amsterdam) excellent
photographs.
Auction 254 (12 Nov. 1971)
1451 ancients, not all
photographed, on 22 ppl. Nice
coins. Some Greek and Byzantine,
mostly Roman [$12, reduced to
$8, reduced to $6]
Auction 262 (14 May 1975)
503 ancients on 18 ppl.
1/3 Greek, 2/3 Roman. [$10.
Reduced to $5, reduced to $3. No PR.
None is available anywhere and I
think none was issued.]
Seaby's (London) Small
format monthly fixed-price lists. I
have the complete years 1982 and
1983 for sale, $7 per year
and I will throw in 1984 missing
September and October, plus Dec
1981, for free if you want them and order the
other years. Shipping media-mail in
the US will be $3 for one year, or
$5 for all issues.
Seaby's had short
scholarly notes and letters to the
editor, and well as coins, mostly
ancient and British, for sale.
Sotheby's
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. One of the finest catalogs. [$69
SOLD] (not $250 as presently on vcoins!] Extremely valuable coins 1991, June 19-20
(New York) Hunt part IV:
"Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection; Important Greek and Roman
Coins" VHV. HQP. Hardcover. 916 ancients
among 1066 lots in B&W throughout, the rest
unphotographed multiple-coin lots. 22 color plates with
one to several sides of coins on each. 524 G, 32 RR, 355
RI, 5 Byz. [$35]
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 originally softcover copy privately hardbound in ivory
letherette. Exterior skuffed, but special. [$15] A second copy, new hardcover as issued [$18, on sale $12]
NFA 2.
"Property sold on the instructions of the agent:
Numismatic Fine Arts" 27-28 October 1993: "Greek
and Roman Coins" lots 157-1890 (numbering
continued from the above sale) Many high grade
and expensive coins, but not the $20,000 coins
that were in the first part. [retail was
$25, here $9] NFA 3.
"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
coins, but not special either. With PR
[retail was $20, $5 here] 1996, March 7. (London)"Ancient Coins"HV.
HQP. 248 ancients in B&W on 12 ppl
plus 7 ppl of B&W enlargements.
135 G, 4 RP, 4 RR, 94 RI (most gold),
11 DA gold. Cover crease and a
bit a tape removed [$8, reduced
to $6 , reduced to $5 ] Roman
and late Roman gold
Spink
(London) Auctions 20
(10/1986,
Zurich) "Griechische Munzen -- Greek
Coins" HV. MQP. hardcover.
416 G on 55 pages, well-photographed.
[$15, reduced to $9] 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, reduced
to $10, reduced to $8] 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,
reduced to $6, reduced to $4 SOLD]
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 finds 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,
reduced to $12, reduced to $10]
Stack's "The
Fred V. Fowler Collection of
Ancient Greek and Roman Gold,
Silver and Bronze Coins" June 19,
20, 1969.
761 lots, not all illustrated, 13 page
plates, many prices inked in by the
lot descriptions, plates clean. Small format.
[$9, reduced to $3]
1989, April 8. 357 lots of
ancients, 157 gold, and 974 lots
total. [$2]
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, reduced to $12 , reduced to $9 ]
(Not your usual Stack's catalog! --
This one is superb!) Gold
2006,
March 7 . 233
high-quality ancients in very high
quality presentation among 500 lots.
A beautiful catalog. [$3]
2009, Jan 12,
"Moneta Imperii Romani Byzantini" 640 ancients,
illustated throughout in color with almost all also x2
in color. 44 late Roman (mostly gold rarities), 344
Byzantine rarities, mostly gold but lots of silver and
copper too, 281 Byzantine-related and early
European coins (almost all outstanding), including 12
Ostrogoths, 3 Visigoths, 7 Merovingians, 10 Axumite, 3
Lombards, 3 Duchy of Naples, 4 Lombards, 14 Normans in
South Italy, 14 Arab-Byzantine, 7 Georgia, 27
Armenian, 9 Latin East Crusaders, 3 Kingdom of Cyprus,
27 Turkoman, 16 Bulgarian empire, 13 Kingdom of
Serbia, 1 of Bosnia, 1 of Venice, 4 of Patriarchate of
Aquileia, 1 of Trieste, 3 Anglo-Saxon, 7 Norman and
Platagenet England, 58 other early Europe.
[$15 -- not reduced, it is too nice!] I love this catalog! Late Roman (44), Byzantine (344), Byzantine-related (over
100), early medieval (over 100)
Sternberg
(Swiss firm. High
quality coins, all photographed in
high-quality photographs. Text in
German.)
Auction VII
(Nov. 1977) 1315 lots of Greek, Roman, and
Byzantine on 66 plates. Some Greek,
but outstanding Republican, Imperial, and
late Roman AE (one of the best catalogs
for rare folles and other late Roman AE --
about 200 excellent lots) [Thus special,
with PR, as always, $16, reduced to $14, reduced to $12]
27
(11/94) MV, HQP. 653 ancients on 33
ppl + 3 E + 3 color (+ 17 ppl + 1E + 2 color
of cut stones and jewelry)
248
G, 391 R, 13 Byz. [$10, reduced to $8]
Samarian and Yehud (12)
XXIX
(10/95) 1000 lots, 550 lots of high grade
ancients, some stamp seals. [with PR, $5 , reduced to $4 ]. Mail bid sale 1
(12/99) MV. MQP. 912 ancients on 45
ppl + 6 E (among 76 ppl) 328 G, 517 R, 51
Byz [$8, reduced to $6 SOLD ]
Tkalec
(Atusually 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! all sold Triton
(these are regarded here as CNG catalogs with
numbers in their run of catalogs.) (joint
offerings of CNG, Freeman & Sear,
and NAC, and later CNG alone) 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)
XIII = CNG 83 (1/2010)
XIV = CNG 86 (1/2011)
XV = CNG 89 (1/2012)
van der Dussen 23 (1995, April 7) MV. MQP. 2570 ancients but only 25 large page plates photographed. [$3, reduced to $2 ] 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. 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 , reduced to $9 ] 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 [$13 , reduced to $11 ] Roman Republican
AR (267),
British (252) 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 , reduced to $8 ] 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 [$12 SOLD] 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. [$12 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. [$10 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 , reduced to $9 ] 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.
[$15 SOLD] 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 , reduced to $9 ]
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 [$10
, reduced to $8 ]
Dark Ages (38), Roman
Provincial (148), imitations (27)
13 (1998, Sept. 4)
1344 ancients 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.
[$14 SOLD] Merovingianand related (49), 5th C. AE4's (84),
weights (33), Roman lead tessera (10), imitations
(21), Byz lead seals (39), Gallienus legionary
(21)
17
(12/99) MV. MQP. 1382 ancient among 1814 on
61 ppl among 79 ppl. 503 G including 5 of Hatra,
96 RP, 623 R, 12 imitations, 17 DA, 78 Byz w AE,
25 crusader, 20 Anglo-Saxon. [$10 , reduced to $8 ] Hatra (5)
[This completes the Vecchi
series. #17 was the
last one. After a time as Managing
Director Europe for with CNG in
London, he retired, but is still a coin
specialist for Dix Noonan Webb.]
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. [$19] 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. The Gallic coins are outstanding
with 37 in gold! [$23] Gaul (98), sestertii and
middle bronze (many)
Numismatique 1999, April 26. 1999, 26 April, "Paris, DR" "Numismatique." HV. HQP. 362
ancients among 620, plus 3 color ppl (on cover). 255 G, 6 RR, 25 RI,
18 Byz, 19 DA, 39 Celtic of Gaul. [$3, reduced to $2 ].
Waddell
(Washington, D.C.)
Auction II (Sept. 12, 1987) 774
ancients. [$7, reduced to $6,
reduced to $4]
Group lots Shipping to the US only!
SOLD
Do you want to know what the
German Mark, or Swiss Franc, was worth at
some date in the past? Here is a website
that not only has today's exchange
rates, but the rates for almost any
weekday date you pick in the past!
General
Ancient
Coins: (Greek, Roman, Roman Provincial, Other, and
ancient-coin journals below) Coins and Coin
Collecting, by
Howard Linecar (of
Spink's) 1971. Hardcover.
140 pages, very
well-illustrated (Most
pages are half coin
enlargements). Some
general philosophy of
collecting, a history of
ancient coins, coining
technology, and much more
on British coins.
[$3] Greek:
Coin Collection of
the American University of Beirut Museum:
Palestine and Phoenicia .
Large hardcover, by Dimitri C. Baramki. Includes 32
page plates. Important for Holy Land
collectors. $225, reduced to $185. [This is
the only copy I could find for sale. The one on
Amazon is mine--this one.]
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Catalog of Greek
Coins . By Agnes Baldwin Brett. Brown
hardcover, very good condition. 340 pages plus 115
plates. No dustjacket. Attic Books, 1974. "Unchanged
reprint from the 1955 edition." No interior
markings. Previous price penciled on first sheet.
$249 plus $3 postage in the US.
[$350 on Amazon as I post this. The $249 copy is
this one of mine.]
Sear, Greek Coins and their Values,
volume 2, Asia. Used. A
very few light pencil marks. No
dust jacket. Current edition.
[$33 SOLD]
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, reduced to $14]
Ancient Greek Coins: Catalogue of the
Classical Collection Museum of
art, Rhode Island School of
Design (Paperback), by R.
Ross Holloway. 97 pages.
Excellent condition, nearly new.
[$12, reduced to $10]
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, reduced to
$6, reduced to $5, plus $3 media-mail postage in the
US.]
Roman: Ancient Coin
Collecting (volume I in a series) Wayne G. Sayles. First edition.
virtually new. hardcover 1996. 197 pages with very many photographs
within. [$9]
Robertson. Roman Imperial
Coins in the Hunter
Coin Cabinet,
University of Glasgow . All three in very good
condition, with no dust
jacket.
Note: These volumes cover
coins not covered in BMC
Roman.
Volume 3.
Pertinax to Aemilian.
[$300]
Volume
4. Valerian I to
Allectus. (Including
pre-reform coins of
Diocletian) [$165]
Volume
5. Diocletian reform to
Zeno. 96 plates. [$250 SOLD]
(This period is hard to find
well-illustrated in books.)
The
Zarifis Donation, The
Athens Numismatic Museum. Athens,
2006. Bilingual, Greek and English.
Thorough descriptions and
illustrations on 162 pages and 66
plates of Roman and Roman
provincials coins donated to the
museum. 8 1/2 by 11" glossy card
cover. Well-produced catalog but the
coins are not special. Not available
on Amazon or ABE or AddAll. [$19, reduced $17]
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, reduced to $15].
Cosa, The
Coins, in Memoirs of
the American Academy in Rome Volume
XXXIV, 1980, (Hardcover) 135
page chapter plus 9 plates of (Roman
Republican) coins, plus two other long
articles on aspects (pottery) of Cosa.
[$22]
The
Nietulisko Hoards of Roman Denarii
[from Poland] by Kunka
Mitkowa-Szubert. Paperback,
1989. 9 1/2" by 6 3/4". 199 pages,
almost all English, plus 69 plates
of hoard coins, almost all Trajan to
Commodus. For the specialist
scholar. Out of print. Not on
Amazon. $37 on ABE but the copy is
in Europe. [$27 reduced to $19, reduced to $17, very
nice condition]
Roman Provincial:
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 [$7, reduced to $5]
Sear, Greek Imperial
Coins and Their Values, 1982 (current
edition), 636 pages, 1750 illustrations,
black cloth, dust jacket. Fine. [$39]
Other:
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 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, $499. (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.
Journals
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.
Maroon hardcovers.
1980 [$20]
very good condition.
ANSMuseum Notes (The
journal of the American Numismatic
Society) with articles on coins of
all periods, but usually
emphasizing ancient coins. V (1952) [$8] VI (1953) [$8] 13 (1967) 250
pages and 49 plates. very good
condition 25 (1980) 232
pages and 23 plates. very good
condition. [$4] 28
(1983) [$17] 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. [$15]
American
Journal of Numismatics,
1989 (volume 1) cardcover
237 pages and 17 plates. neary
new. Includes "Roman bronze
coinage in Britain and monetary
history", 293-350 [$15]
1990 (volume 2) cardcover. 215
pages and 16 plates. very nice,
including "Athenian tetradrachm
coinage of the third century BC"
[$15]
1998 (volume 10) Hardcover.
157 pages and 12 plates. Including
"Carthiginian Coinage in
Perspective" [$12]
2000 (volume
12) Hardcover. 271 pages and
34 plates. an owl hoard.
bronze of Ptolomy, Seleucid
notes, Trajan's COS VI gold.
[$15] NEW
2001 (volume 13)
Hardcover. 212 pages and 20
plates. [$7]
Picus
(Classical and Medieval Numismatic
Society) 1994. 8 ancient-coin and
2-medival coin articles. I like this journal and have all the issues in
my own collection. [$5]
Byzantine
and Medieval Coin Books:
no books at
this time, but ...
Berk-England
auction sale of Dec. 7,
1989. *New*
hardcover copy of the best
modern sale for ByzantineAE.
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
[$15, including media-mail postage
in the US, with PR (as always)]
An
amazing Stack's catalog of Byzantine
and related coinage: January
12, 2009, "Moneta Imperii Romani
Byzantini, The Coinage of
the Late Roman Empire, the Eastern
Roman Empire and Byzantium and their
Successor States," 170 pages, 640
lots, all illustrated in color,
almost all also enlarged in color
(not all gold, but lots of
interesting copper and silver too)
numerous full page color
enlargements, card covers, with PR
as always. New [$19] (sold
recently on eBay for more)
"The Christov
Family Collection" of about 500 mostly
gold and silver Byzantine coins, many
important, in the Goldberg auction of
May 26, 2009, among 875 ancients among
2257 lots, beautifully illustrated in
color. Also, a great late Roman group
including the largest diameter silver
Roman coin of all, a 66 mm whopper of
Valentinian that went for $300,000.
(The Christov Family AE went in a
different sale.) [$12]
History Books
I have an excellent copy
with only a few sentences (5?) underlined total
(I didn't see any marks the first time paged
through it) of Art of
the Ancient World : Painting, Pottery,
Sculpture, Architecture (Hardcover)
by Groenewegen- ; Bernard Ashmole H.A. Frankfort
(Author)
a whopping and beautiful book of 496 pages, 12"
x 9 1/4", with some, but not much, material on
Greek and Roman coins. 700 B&W photos and 61
color photos. A large art book on *ancient* art
(only ancient).
Available used on Amazon at
$20 plus postage. Here, [$15+$6 postage],
media-mail in the US. If you like ancient art,
this book has a ton of it!
Caligula, The
Corruption of Power, by Anthony A.
Barrett. Yale U. Press. Red hardcover. 334
pages. 5 page plates with a few coins
illustrated. No marks, virtually as new.
[$19, reduced to $17, reduced to $14]
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! Sale! Take 50% off the listed cost of
maps.
The
Romans, July 1997. map
only. Double sided. One side is the
whole empire with comments around
the edges. The other is an artist's
rendering of the city of Rome. [$6]
HistoricalFrance, July 1989.
map only. Double-sided. Opposite
modern France. [$4]
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'sMap 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. [$18]
NG Map of "Medieval England."
Oct. 1979. Beautiful
historical map. NG issue not
included--just the map. Hard to
find. [$16]
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]
MiddleEast, 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 "OrientalGreek" coins, this
focuses on the entire region. The
issue and map: [$6]
"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 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]
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.) [$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. [$8]
NG large map of the
Middle
East Sept. 1978. Not
with the magazine. [$3]
Historical
Fiction
Childrenof the Wolf, Alfred Duggan (a
terrific author) about the founding of
Rome. A paperback in not great
condition (ask for it with any order
and I will give it to you) [$3]
Creation,
by Gore Vidal. A 593-page paperback
"His best novel" set in Persian times.
An ambassader for Darius who is
religious travels the whole known
world and pays attention to customs
and behaviors of the Greeks, Persians,
Indians, and Chinese of the 5th C.
BC. [$3].
To ask me a
question, or to order, e-mail
me, Warren, 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. I
prefer not to ship abroad -- it is
too expensive. I can ship one big
catalog or two or three thin
catalogs for $18, but that is too much.
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
$14 or more to send. So, I must
charge at least $14 for orders of
one or two catalogs and that is just too
much. Also, my experience
is that mail from the US is not
rapidly delivered within Canada.
I accept
personal checks, money
orders, and I accept PayPal .Please write me
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availability. After you write and I confirm I have it, y ou can pay
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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 (far nicer than most eBay
coins), 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:
PR = prices realized. Except as noted, all
have photocopies of the
prices realized (unless mrked
otherwise), 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
