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NB001 Attianese,P.Calabria Greca. Greek Coins of Calabria.SanSeverina,1974-1980.Completeinthreevolumes.Quarto,pp.398, (2);439, (1);548.All threevolumes in theoriginalpublisher’sclothandprotectivesleeves.Minimal wear, overall a very good set. £395

Clain-Stefanelli2087;Daehn2631.

NB002 Babelon, E. Catalogues des Monnaies Grècques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Les Perses Achéménides. Les Satraps et les Dynastes Tributaires de leur Empire Cypre & Phénicie.Paris,1893.Thickquarto,pp.cxciv,412;39fineplatesprintedoncard.BoundbytheNewYorkbinders,Stikeman&Co.inhalfnavycrushedmoroccoandclothboardsandwiththeneatex-librisofEdwardNewellonthefrontpastedown. Raisedbands,panelledandletteredingilt, topedgegilt. Some minor rubbing and wear, else a fine copy. £400

Clain-Stefanelli3059*,Daehn6181,Grierson91.

NB003 Babelon,E.Inventaire Sommaire de la Collection Waddington Acquise par l’Etat en 1897.Paris,1897-1898.Completeinfourparts.Quarto.pp.xv,(1),152;(153)-279,(1);(4),(281)-438,(2);(4),(441)-576;21fineplatesofRomanProvincialandGreekcoinsallboundinonhinges.Allfourpartsfinelyboundinhalfgreenmoroccoandmarbledboardswiththeoriginalcoverspreserved.Spinesletteredingilt.Thebindingofthefirstvolumeashadedarkerthantheotherthree.Allvirtuallyasnewwithclean,brightcontentsthroughout.The rarely seen original edition of this magnificent collection, now housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Still important. £650

Clain-Stefanelli2600*;Daehn4529;Grierson57.

Complete Set of The Original Dumbarton Oaks References

NB004 Bellinger,A.R.&Grierson,P.Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection. 1966-1999.Fivevolumescomplete innineparts.VolumeOne.AnastasiusItoMaurice491-602,pp.xxvi,383,53plates;VolumeTwo.PhocastoTheodosiusIII602-717.1968.Twovolumes,pp.728,46plates;VolumeThree.LeoIIItoNicephorusIII717-1081.TwoVolumes,pp.887,70plates;VolumeFour.AlexiusItoMichaelVIII.Twovolumes,pp.736,54plates;VolumeFive.MichaelVIIItoConstantineXI1258-1453.TwoVolumes,pp.609,91plates.Theoriginalandmuchpreferrededitionsofthefirstthreevolumeswithfarsuperior,collatypeplates.Somecornersrubbedandbumped,volumesfourandfivealmostasnew.All in original cloth. A major and essential work. The standard reference for Byzantine coins. £675

Clain-Stefanelli5392*

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NB005 Betlyon,J.W.The Coinage and Mints of Phoenicia. The Pre-Alexandrine Period.California,1982.Octavo,pp.xi,(1),171,(1);9plates.Laterhalfmoroccoandmarbledboards,ruledandletteredingilt.Exlibrarywithadiscreetstampontitlepage,contentsotherwiseasnew.A very fine copy, seldom offered. £285

Clain-Stefanelli2895a;Daehn5571,‘Arevisedversionofadoctoraldissertation.’

NB006 Bodenstedt,F. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Tübingen,1981. Thickquarto,pp.x,390;63plates.Cloth,jacket.The latter a trifle rubbed, minimal wear to extremities, contents as new. A widely used and important reference. £195

An Original Copy of Boehringer on Syracuse

NB007 Boehringer,E.Die Münzen von Syrakus.Berlin&Leipzig,1929.Twopartsboundintoonevolume.Quarto,pp.vi,(2),297,(9);32superbplates.Handsomelyboundinlatertancloth,spinelettereddirectingilt.Atriflerubbed,fineoverall.Seldom offered and of the utmost importance. £2,450

Clain-Stefanelli2257*;Daehn3120;Grierson64;Kroh21(fourstars),‘Adiecorpusoftheearlysilverissuesfrom510toc.415B.C.Over733die-couplesarelistedwith364obverseand500reversediesillustrated.Suchisthequalityofhisresearchthatoversixtyyearslaterthereareveryfewnewdiesordiecombinationstoaddtothisimpressivelistandthedatingcriterianeedstobeonlyslightlyadjusted.’

NB008 Cahn,HerbertA.Die Münzen der Sizilischen Stadt Naxos.Basel,1944.Quarto,pp.168;12plates.Originalprintedwrapperswithphotographlaidon.Wrappers a little creased, some minimal wear, very good overall. £265

Clain-Stefanelli2246*, ‘Emphasizeseconomicaswellasartisticaspects.’ Daehn3062;Grierson63;Kroh20*(fivestars) ‘Anexcellentdiecorpus…publishedin1944andstillthestandardreference.’

NB009 Calciati, R. Pegasi. Mortara, 1990. Two volumes. Quarto, pp. 729,copiouslyillustratedthroughout.Originalcloth,jackets.Bothvolumeshousedinslipcase.Almost as new.A superb reference, scarce. £350

Daehn4253,‘AcorpusofthesilvercoinageofCorinth,hercoloniesinGreece,ItalyandSicilyandtheindependentcitieswhichissuedcoinsofCorinthiantype.’Kroh38(fivestars),‘ItisabraveattemptatacorpusofthesilvercoinageofCorinthandallher26colonies. Itcontains732pagesofbilingual(EnglishandItalian)textandexamines13,650coins…Thecoverageiscertainlycomprehensive.’

NB010 Campana,A.La Monetazione Degli Insorti Italici Durante la Guerra Sociale. Soliera, 1987. Quarto, pp. xv, (1), 153, (1); 12 plates of coins.Originalheavycardcovers.Almost as new. £350 Thestandardreference,essentialfortheseriesanddifficulttoobtain,withcopiessellingatover$1300inrecentauctions. NB010


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NB011 Carradice, I. [Ed.] Coinage and Administration in the Athenian and Persian Empires. BARInternationalSeries343.Oxford,1987.Quarto,pp.v,(1),167;15plates.Recentlyboundinhalfmaroonmoroccoandmarbledboards.Ruledand lettered ingilt.Matchingendpapers.Contentsasnew.A most attractive copy of this excellent reference, surprisingly difficult to obtain. Rare thus. £275

Daehn3995;Kroh36

Dattari’s Monumental Work on The Coinage of Roman Alexandria

NB012 Dattari,G.Monete Imperiali Greche. Numi Augg. Alexandrini. Catalogo Della Collezione G. Dattari Compilato dal Proprietario. Cairo, 1901. Two volumes. Folio,pp. x, 471, (1); 37 plates. Both parts intheoriginalwrappers,chippedandworn.Thespinebrokenonthetextvolumeandthewrappersofthe plates volume inverted. Contents clean with the pages unopened, would certainly benefit fromrebinding.The much preferred first edition of this exhaustive work with far superior plates to those in the later reprint. Still the classic reference for the coinage of Roman Alexandria. Seldom offered. £495

Clain-Stefanelli 4520*;Kroh54 ‘Oneof themost complete references for this coinage…Raritiesandunusual typesabound(manyonlyrecordedhere)and,liketheBMC,thecoinsarearrangedbytypesandnotaccordingtoregnalyears.’

NB013 Desneux,Dr. J.Les Tétradrachmes D’Akanthos.Bruxelles,1949.Quarto,pp.122;38plates.Boundinlaterhalfmoroccoandmarbledboardswiththeoriginalwrapperspreserved.Ruledandletteredin gilt. Matching endpapers. The prelims a trifle foxed, contentsotherwiseasnew.An excellent reference, rarely encountered. £435

Clain-Stefanelli2318;Daehn3243;Grierson60.

NB014 Fischer-Bossert, W. The Athenian Decadrachm. AmericanNumismaticSociety.NumismaticNotesandMonographsNo.168.NewYork, 2008. Quarto, pp. x, 94, (4), 41 plates. Original cloth,jacket.Alittlewornatextremities,otherwiseaverygoodcopy.The standard reference, now out of print. £145

Daehn4012,“AcomprehensiveexaminationoftheAthenianDecadrachmanditssocial,politicalandeconomicbackground…Mostofthedecadrachms,bothgenuineandfalseareillustrated.” NB014

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NB015 [Florange/Ciani]Collection de Monniaes Grècques H. de Nanteuil.Paris,1925.Twopartsinonevolume.Thickquarto,pp.xiv,343,(2);59plates.Contemporaryquarterredmoroccoandmarbledboards.Spineletteredingilt.A most attractive copy, very fine. £595

Animportantcollection,listingover1,000coinsfromSpaintotheAegeanIslandsandcataloguedwiththehelpofJeanBabelon.Thecollectionwasaddedtoupuntilthe1970satwhichpointitwasgraduallydispersed,predominantlythroughtheLeusalesofthetime.Clain-Stefanelli1931;Daehn2041;Grierson57;Kroh12.

NB016 Gaebler,H.Die Antiken Münzen von Makedonia und Paionia.Berlin,1935.Largequarto,pp. vii, 234; 40 plates, (2). Handsomely bound in half green morocco and marbled boards,raised bands, lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Scarce and important, particularly in such fine condition as here. £325

Previously lot7210fromthePeussaleof theAdolphHess library. Volumethreeof theattemptedcorpusofGreekcoins‘AMNG’(DieAntikenMunzenNord-Griechenlands),originallybegununderImhoof-BlumerandbestdescribedbyClain-Stefanelli in Numismatics; an Ancient Science: ‘This dream of a corpus of all ancient Greek coins seems to have hauntednumismatists since the early 16th century…But it proved too ambitious even for the late 1800’s and despite competentscholars,thisgiganticGermanworkprogressedveryslowlyuntilitfinallycametoahaltinthelate1930’s.’Clain-Stefanelli2305*;Daehn3247.

NB017 Grose,S.W. Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Volume 1. Western Europe, Magna Graecia, Sicily. Volume 2. The Greek Mainland, The Aegean Islands, Crete. Volume 3. Asia Minor, Farther Asia, Egypt, Africa.Cambridge,1923-1929.Completeinthreevolumes.Largequarto,pp.x, (2),380,111plates;536, (112)-248plates;vi,507, (249)-380plates. All threevolumesuniformly bound in dark green morocco and matching cloth boards. Raised bands, panelled andletteredingilt.Topedgesgilt.Marbledendpapers.Someunobtrusivewatermarkstothetopofthefirstandsecondvolumesotherwiseaverygoodset,expertlybound.A superb record of this remarkable collection, listing over 10,000 coins, now housed in the Fitzwilliam museum. £1,450

Clain-Stefanelli1887*;Daehn1770,‘Thisisoneofthegreatcollections,expertlycatalogued…Alsoincludessomeveryusefulindices,includingageographicalindexandindicestotypes,inscriptions,monograms,symbolsandpersons.Theseindices,alongwiththevastscopeofthecollection,makethisoneofthemostusefulcataloguesforscholars,collectors,anddealersinGreekcoins.’Grierson57;Kroh10.

NB018 Head,B.V.Historia Numorum. A Manual of Greek Numismatics.Oxford,1911.Thickquarto,pp.lxxxviii,966,5tables,numerousillustrationsinthetext.Originalcloth,gilt.Endpapersatriflefoxedotherwiseafinecopyofthesecondandbesteditionofthisstillessentialstandardreference. The most comprehensive single volume reference work on Greek coins. Rare thus. £350

Clain-Stefanelli1832*;Daehn90;Grierson52,‘Ouvragederéférenceclassiqueetessential.’Kroh7.


NB019 Hill,G.F.L’Art dans les Monnaies Grecques. Pièces choisies, Reproduites en Agrandissement et Décrites.Paris/Bruxelles,1927.Quarto,pp.65,(3);64superbplatesofcoins,allenlargements.Attractivelyboundinquarterbluemoroccoandmatchingclothboards.Someminorfoxingelseagood,cleancopy,presentedbytheauthortotheBurlingtonFineArtsClubwiththeirex-librisneatlypastedin.Fine. £295

Clain-Stefanelli3557;Daehn1168,‘ReviewstheartisticelementsofGreekcoins.Over250ofthefinestGreekcoinsaredescribedandshowninenlargedphotographs…MostofthecoinsarefromtheBritishMuseum,althoughsomearefromtheGulbenkian,Jameson,LloydandWoodwardcollections.’

A Good Run of The IBSCC’s Indispensable Forgery Reports

NB020 [InternationalBureaufortheSuppressionofCounterfeitCoins]Bulletin on Counterfeits.39issues.Comprising;Vols.1-7;Vol.9-22(No.2).1976-1997.All in the original paper wrappers, a little smoky with some edges browned, fine overall. £750

Agoodrunoftheseindispensablebulletinscoveringalmostallgeographicalandhistoricalareasofnumismatics.Veryrarelyofferedandoftheutmostimportance.Kroh98(fivestars).

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NB021 Jenkins,G.K.The Coinage of Gela.Berlin,1970.TwoVolumes.Quarto,pp.xxiv,312;16,56plates.Bothvolumesintheoriginalgreenclothboards.A trifle rubbed, very fine overall. £850

Clain-Stefanelli2224*;Daehn3010,‘Acomprehensivestudy.’Grierson62;Kroh19(fivestars),‘Absolutelyessential.’

NB022 Kouymjian,D.K. [Ed.]Near Eastern Numismatics, Iconography, Epigraphy and History. Studies in Honor of George C. Miles.AmericanUniveristyofBeirut,1974.Largequarto,pp.478;profuselyillustrated.Cloth,gilt.An important festschrift containing some major papers as well as a biography and bibliography of Miles’ extensive works. £165

A Beautiful Copy of Kraay & Hirmers Classic Work on Greek Coins

NB023 Kraay,C.&Hirmer,M.Greek Coins.NewYork.1966.Folio.396;220platesillustrating1,329coins,20colourillustrationstippedin,maps.Beautifullyboundinhalfbrownmoroccoandclothboards,ruledingilt.Raisedbandstospine,letteredingilt,topeedgegilt.Asuperbcopyofwhatisgenerallyconsidered to be the most sumptuously produced book on Greek coins ever published. FurthereditionsappearedinbothFrenchandGerman,butthis,theEnglishversion,carriesthebestandmostuptodatetextbyColinKraay.Extremely fine. £595

Clain-Stefanelli1849*;Daehn127,‘Notedforthe1329photographsof809ofthebestspecimensofGreekcoinage.’Grierson53,‘Ouvrageluxueusementillustré.’Kroh7,(fivestars),‘TheULTIMATE“coffee-table”book;certainlythefinestworkonGreekcoinseverprinted.ItismassiveinsizeandcontainsmanyfantasticenlargementsofthebestGreekcoinsyouareeverlikelytosee.Longoutofprintthisistheworld’smostsoughtafternumismaticbook.’


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NB025

NB024 Lacroix,L.Les Reproductions de Statues sur les Monnaies Grècques. La Statuaire Archaȉque et Classique.Paris,1949.Octavo,pp.xxii,372,(2);28plates,15,(1).Originalpublisher’scloth,somewhatwornwiththespinesplitatlowerend.Contentsbrownedasisusual,elsefine.Rare and important. £220


NB025 Lederer,P.Syrakusisches Kleingeld im 5. Jahrhundert vor Chr. Archaische und Übergangs-Zeit.Berlin,1913.Octavo,pp.26;4plates,illustrationsinthetext.WITH;Lederer,P.Seltene Griechische Münzen der Sammlung Arthur v. Gwinner.Berlin,1916.Octavo,pp.27;3plates,furtherillustrationsinthetext.Bothtitlesneatlyinscribedonthetitlepage.Two important papers, both rare. £295

Clain-Stefanelli2273forthefirsttitle,thesecondunlisted.

NB026 May,J.M.F.The Coinage of Damastion and the Lesser Coinages of the Illyro-Paeonian Region.London,1938. Quarto,pp.xiv,207;12plates. Originalclothboards,bumpedanddusty. Withauthor’scomplimentsliplooselyinserted.Contentsfine.A rarely seen reference, still important and widely used. £350

Clain-Stefanelli2455;Daehn3821;Kroh31.

NB027 May,J.M.F.The Coinage of Abdera(540-345B.C.)RoyalNumismaticSocietySpecialPublicationNo.3.London,1966.Quarto,pp.xi,(1),298,(2);34fineplates.Originalcloth,jacketinprotectivesleeve.A fine copy, clean, bright and with little sign of use. £120

Clain-Stefanelli3276*;Daehn3690,‘AdetailedstudyofthecoinageofAbdera.’Grierson60.

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NB028NB029

NB028 Meshorer,Y. Qedem. Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology.Nabatean Coins. Jerusalem,1975.Quarto,pp.111pages,8b/wplates.Originalprintedclothboards.Alittledustywithsomeweartothespine.Prelimsyellowed,contentsotherwiseverygood.The only single volume reference for this area of coinage, out of print and surprisingly difficult to obtain. £95

Minn’s Rarely Seen Work on The Scythians and Greeks

NB029 Minns,E.H.Scythians and Greeks. A Survey of Ancient History and Archaeology on the north coast of the Euxine from the Danube to the Caucasus. Cambridge,1913.Largequarto,pp.xl,720pages;9photographiccoinplateseachwithpageofdescriptivetext,11foldingmapsandplans,351furtherphotographicillustrationsandlinedrawingsinthetext.Intheoriginalblueblindembossedcloth,spineletteredingilt.Worn and rubbed, hinges broken but still holding. Contents dusty and thumbed, possibly ex library with the labels removed. £495

Animpressive,expertandrarelyencounteredvolumecoveringmanydifferentscholarlyareas,ofwhichnumismaticsisbutone.Thecoinsillustratedintheplatesareclearlyattributedtomanynotablecollections:“ThefollowingPersonsandInstitutionspossessimportantcollectionsofGreekcoinsfromSouthRussiaandtomostofthemasindicatedbelowIamindebtedforcasts:H.I.H.theGrandDukeAlexanderMichailovich;hisisperhapstherichestofall...TheHermitage...TheHistoricalMuseumatMoscowcontainsBurachkov’scoins...TheMuseumoftheOdessaHistoricalandArchaeologicalSociety...TheCountessUvarov ... General A.L. Bertier-de-la-Garde ... Dr. I.A. Terlecki ... The British Museum ... TheImperialCabinetatVienna....”.EllisMinnswasDisneyProfessorofArchaeologyattheUniversityofCambridgebetween1926and1938,apositionpreviouslyoccupiedbyPercyGardnerbetween1879and1887.Clain-Stefanelli2624*

NB030 Newell,E.T.The Coinages of Demetrius Poliorcetes.London,1927.Quarto,pp. 174, 18fineplates. Originalgrey clothwithpaper label to frontboard.Pagesuncut,contentsfresh,cleanandvirtuallyasissued.Anextremelyfinecopy,scarcethus. £385

Clain-Stefanelli2356*;Daehn3447, ‘Adetailedstudy.’ Grierson66;Kroh26(fivestars), ‘Adie-studystillusedasthestandardreference.’

NB031 Price, M. J. The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus.ABritishMuseumCatalogue.London,1991.Twovolumes.Largequarto,pp.637,159photographicplates.Redcloth, jackets,slipcase.As new and in original protective wrapping. £395

Thestandardreference.Outofprintandbecomingdifficulttoobtainnew.

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NB032NB033

NB032 [Rollin&Feuardent]Collection H. Hoffman. Médailles Grècques et Romaines Françaises et Étrangères.Paris,2ndMay,1898.Largequarto,pp.photographicportraitofHoffmanasfrontispiece,vii,210,2,892lots;12superbplates.Fullblackcloth,gilt.Somescuffing,contentscleanandbright.Nearly fine. £395

Babelon34;Clain-Stefanelli1735;Grierson283;Spring576.

NB033 [Sambon&Canessa]Collections Martinetti & Nervegna. Médailles Grècques et Romaines, Aes Grave. Rome,18thNovember,1907. Quarto,pp.vii,254pages,3184lots,(2);43plates,additionallinedrawingsinthetext.Boundinblackhalfmoroccoandclothboards,raisedbands.Letteredandpanelledingilt,alledgesgilt.Marbledendpapers.Averyimportantcollection.As new. £165

Clain-Stefanelli1744;Grierson284;Spring621,alsolistedunderthe‘MostImportantSales’ofRomanImperialcoins.

NB034NB035

NB034 [SantamariaP.&P.]Collection de Médailles Grècques, Romaines, Aes Grave et Monnaies Italiennes avant appartenu à Feu Le Prof. Carlo Stiavelli et à un autre Collectionneur Distingué. Rome,6thApril,1908.Quarto,pp.158,1299lots;18fineplates.Originalprintedcardcovers.Spinebroken,contentsloosebutcleanandbright.Very good. £165

Clain-Stefanelli1777;Grierson287;Spring637.

NB035 Särström,M. A Study in the Coinage of the Mamertines. Lund,1940. Smallquarto,pp.xv,(1),182,(2); 54 plates, one page of corrections loosely inserted. In the original printed card covers, a littlediscoloured,minimalwear.An important reference, infrequently offered and surprisingly, not listed in either Clain-Stefanelli or Daehn. Scarce thus. £175

NB036 Seltman,CharlesT.The Temple Coins of Olympia.Firstseparateedition.ReprintedfromNomismaVIII. IX.XI.,Cambridge,1921.Textandplatevolumes,pp. ix, (1),117, (1);12fineplatesprintedoncardandboundinonhinges.Thetextvolumeintheoriginalprintedwrappers,thespinesplitwiththeuppercoverandfirstfewpagesloose.Theplatesboundinquartermoroccoandredclothboards,gilttospine.Worn and rubbed, the plates a little browned and with numerous pencil annotations. A major reference, seldom offered. £275

Clain-Stefanelli2565*;Daehn4373,‘AdetailedexaminationofthecoinagewhichhadtraditionallybeenattributedtothecityofElis.’Kroh33,‘Averygooddiecorpus.’

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NB037 Schönert-Geiss, E. [Ed.] Griechisches Münzwerk. Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria. Berlin,1975. Quarto,pp. (6),62, (2);8b/wplates. Intheoriginalprintedboards,dustyelseverygood.The specialist reference and die-study for coins of the Thraco-Macedonian area. Infrequently offered. £145


NB038 [Sotheby,Wilkinson&Hodge]Catalogue of The Bunbury Collection of Greek Coins. First Portion. Italy, Sicily, European Greece, Crete, &c. London,15thJune,1896.Quarto,pp.iv,155,(1),1258lots;8veryfineautotypeplates;[and]Second and Final Portion. Asia Minor, Africa, &c. London,7thDecember,1896.Quarto,pp.iv,104,810lots;7veryfineautotypeplates.Bothvolumesneatlyboundinquarterblackmoroccoandclothboardswiththeoriginalpaperwrapperspreserved.Spineletteredingilt.Very fine and important. £350

Sale totals £8700-4-6 & £3880-4-6. Clain-Stefanelli 1950; Grierson 281; Spring 767 & 768, both sales listed under the ‘MostImportant Sales’ ofAncient Greek coins. “The collection of Greek coins…is perhaps one of the most extensive and mostinterestingthathaseverbeenformedbyaprivateindividual.”

NB039 Starr,C.G.Athenian Coinage 480-449 B.C.Oxford,1970.Octavo,pp.xiii,96,(2);26plates.Originalcloth,jacket.Annotated and marked throughout in a neat hand. A fine copy of the preferred, first edition of this surprisingly scarce work. £165

Clain-Stefanelli 2522; Daehn 4115, ‘Presents a new chronological arrangement of the coinage ofAthens between 480-449B.C., revisingthechronologiesproposedbySvoronosandSeltman.’ Grierson61;Kroh35 (fourstars), ‘There ismuchusefulinformationtobegleanedfromthismodestlysizedbook.’

NB040


An Original and Complete Set of SNG Denmark

NB040 [SyllogeNummorumGraecorum] The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum.Copenhagen,EinarMunksgaard,1942-1979.Completein43volumesandwiththerarelyseenintroduction.Comprising: Introduction.(Reprinted).1942;1.Italy.PartI.Etruria-Campania.1942;2.Italy.PartII.Apulia-Lucania:Metapontum.1942;3.Italy.PartIII.Lucania:Poseidonia-Bruttium.1942;4.Sicily.PartI.Abacaenum-Petra.1942;5.Sicily.PartII.Segesta-Sardinia.1942;6.Thrace.PartI.TheTauricChersonese-Thrace:Mesembria.1942;7.Thrace.PartII.Odessus-Sestus.Islands,KingsandDynasts.1943;8.Macedonia.PartI.Acanthus-Uranopolis.Dynasts.1943;9.Macedonia.PartII.AlexanderI-AlexanderII.1943;10.Macedonia.PartIII.PhilipIII-PhilipVI.MacedoniaUndertheRomans.KingsofPaeonia.1943;11.Thessaly-Illyricum.1943;12.Eprius-Arcania.1943;13.Aetolia-Euboea.1944;14. Attica-Aegina. 1944;15. Corinth. 1944;16. Phliasia-Laconia. 1944;17. Argolis-AegeanIslands. 1944;18. Bosporus-Bithynia. 1944;19. Mysia. 1945;20. Troas. 1945;21. Aeolis-Lesbos.1945;22.Ionia.PartI. Clazomenae-Ephesus.1946;23.Ionia.PartII. Erythrae-Priene.1946;24.Ionia.PartIII.Smyrna-Teos.Islands.1946;25.Caria.PartI.Alabanda-Orthosia.1947;26.Caria.PartII.Sebastopolis-Trapezopolis.Satraps-Islands.1947;27.Lydia.PartI.Acrasus-Saȉtta.1947;28.Lydia.PartII.Sala-Tripolis.1947;29.Phrygia.PartI.Abbaȉtis-Eumeneia.1948;30.Phrygia.PartII.Grimenothyrae-Trajanopolis.1948;31.Lycia-Pamphylia.1955;32.Pisidia.1956;33.Lycaonia-Cilicia. 1956; 34. Cyprus-Cappacdocia. Uncertain Coins. Imperial Cistopheri. 1956; 35. Syria.SeleucidKings.1959;36.Syria:Cities.1959;37.Phoenicia.1961;38.Palestine-Characene.1961;39.Parthia-India.1965;40.Egypt:ThePtolemies.1977;41.Alexandria-Cyrenaica.1974;42.NorthAfrica.Syrtica-Mauretana.1969;43.Spain.Gaul.1979. All in folio,consistingof597plates illustratinganddescribing22,012coins fromallover theGreek world. All with accompanying pages of descriptive text and with additional essaysin the first volume describing the origins and formation of the collection (these also presentin the introductory volume, which is a contemporary reprint of these pages). All volumesin the original brown printed card covers, some wear, particularly to spines and extremities,the cover of part four detached. Contents however clean, fresh and virtually as issued. Amostattractivesetofthisphenomenalwork,themostimportantandcomprehensiveofalltheSyllogesandoneofthemostimportantreferencesforAncientGreekcoins. Much used, highly sought after and very seldom seen complete. Rare thus. £6,000 Clain-Stefanelli1912*;Daehn1982;Kroh13(fivestars),‘ItisthelargestandmostcompeteofallSNGsandisutilizedextensivelybybothscholarsandthetrade.Thecoverageisextensiveandboththequalityofmaterialaswellastheresearchisverygood.An astonishing 583 [sic] plates illustrate most of the 22,012 coins (Volume 41,Alexandria, illustrates all but the very wornduplicates).Originalfullsetsareveryrare…’

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SNG Von Aulock from The Library of Adolph Hess

NB041 [SyllogeNummorumGraecorum]Deutschland. Sammlung V. Aulock.Berlin,VerlagGebr.Mann.1957-1968.Completein18parts.Comprising:

1.Heft.Nr.1-332:Pontus.Paphlagonien.Bithynien.1957;2.Heft.Nr.333-676:Pontus.Paphlagonien.Bithynien.1957;3.Heft.Nr.677-1049:Pontus.Paphlagonien.Bithynien.1957;4.Heft.Nr.1050-1438:Mysien. 1957;5. Heft. Nr.1439-1767:Troas. Aeolis. Lesbos. 1959;6. Heft. Nr.1768-2333.Ionien.1960;7.Heft.Nr.2334-2867.Karien.1962;8.Heft.Nr.2868-3328.Lydien.1963;9.Heft.Nr.3329-4040. Phrygien. 1964;10. Heft. Nr.4041-4476. Lykien. 1964;11. Heft. Nr.4477-4893.Pamphylien.1965;12.Heft.Nr.4894-5412.Pisidien.Lykaonien.Isaurien.1694;13.Heft.Nr.5413-6098.Kilikien.1966;14.Heft.Nr.6099-6673.Galatien.Kappadokien.KaiserzeitlicheKistopherenPosthume Lysimachus- Und Alexander-Tetradrachmen. Incerti. 1967; 15. Heft. Nr. 6676-7190.NachträgeI.Pontus.Paphlagonien.Bithynien.1967;16.Heft.Nr.7191-7758.NachträgeII.Mysien.Troas.Aeolis.Lesbos.1967;17.Heft.Nr.7759-8298.NachträgeIII.Ionien.Karien.Lydien.1968;18.Heft.Nr.8299-8739.NachrägeIV.Phrygien.Lykien.Pamphylien.Pisidien.Lykaonien.Isaurien.Kilikien.Galatien.Kappadokien.Kaiserzeitl.Kistophoren.Increti.1968.

Allvolumesinfolio,withatotalof304finelyprintedphotographicplatesillustrating8,739coinsfromAsiaMinor,eachwithaccompanyingpageofdescriptivetext.Alleighteenvolumesintheoriginalbrownprintedcardcovers.A little worn. From the library of Adolph Hess with a small library label taped to the spine of each volume. Contents very fine throughout. £3,250

Previouslylot7440inthePeussaleoftheAdolphHesslibrary.Clain-Stefanelli1914;Daehn1988;Grierson56;Kroh13(fivestars),‘ConcentratessolelyontheGreekandGreekImperialcoinageofAsiaMinor.Thescholarshiputilizedisexcellentandisuniversallyrecognizedasthe ultimatereferenceforthisseries.8,739coinsareillustratedon304plates,withaverygoodGermantext.Thesecoinswereafterwardsdispersedthroughthetradeandareusuallyofferedatauction.OriginalsetsofthisSNGareveryrare…’


NB042 [SyllogeNummorumGraecorum]Volume III. The Lockett Collection. Part I: Spain-Italy (Gold and Silver). Part II: Sicily-Thrace (Gold and Silver). Part III: Macedonia-Aegina (Gold and Silver). Part IV: Peloponnese-Aeolis (Gold and Silver). Part V: Lesbos-Cyrenaica: Addenda (Gold and Silver). London,Published for theBritishAcademy,1938-1945,1957. Thefirst fourvolumesfirstimpressions,thefifthvolumethesecondimpression(1957).Folio,prefacebyE.S.G.Robinson,64fineplatesillustrating3,542coins,eachwithaccompanyingpageofdescriptivetext.Allvolumesintheoriginalbrownprintedboards.Important and scarce. £650

Clain-Stefanelli1913*;Daehn1970;Kroh13(fourstars),‘Thiswasaprivatecollectionandthequalityisverygoodwiththescopefocusedonartisticstyle.HisentirecollectionwassoldbyGlendiningandCo.1955-61.’

NB043 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum] The Burton Y. Berry Collection. Complete in two parts. Parts 1. Macedonia to Attica. Part 2. Megaris to Egypt. TheAmericanNumismaticSociety.NewYork,1961-1962.Folio,pp.(3);(5),58fineplateseachwithfacingpageofdescriptivetext.Bothvolumesintheoriginalrussetprintedcardcovers.A little wear to extremities but contents fine and overall clean. £225

Clain-Stefanelli1916*;Daehn1961;Kroh14,‘Contains1,506coinsfromMacedoniatoEgyptillustratedon57fineplates.Berrywasaseriouscollectorsincethe1920s,andassembledanexcellentandvariedcollectionwithmanyunusualandartisticitems.Outofprint,popularandelusive…’

Svoronos’ Major Work on Crete

NB044 Svoronos,J.N.Numismatique de la Crète Ancienne accompagnee de l’Histoire, la Geographie et la Mythologie de l’Ile.Macon,1890.Completeintwoparts.Quarto,pp.(4),ix,(1),358;35fineplates.Bothpartsboundinquartercrimsonmoroccoandmatchingclothboards,ruledingilt.Fiveraised bands, the fourth and fifth lettered direct, the remaining with gilt decoration. Matchingendpapers to both volumes. Contents a trifle discoloured, the plate volume more heavily used with annotations and some illustrations inexplicably cut out but neatly glued back in. Very good overall. The standard reference for the series, seldom offered. £2,450

Clain-Stefanelli2581*;Daehn4437;Kroh50 (fourstars), ‘Thisstudy,asopposedto theBMC,attempts tobeacorpusofallknowntypesandisstillutilizedassuchbymostresearchers…Veryrare.’

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A Fine Copy of Svoronos’ on The Ptolemies

NB045 Svoronos,J.N.TA NOMIΣMATA TOϒ KPATOϒΣ TΩN ΠTOΛEMAIΩN / Die Münzen der Ptolemaeer.Athens, 1904-1908. Complete in four parts. Quarto, pp. xii, 506 columns, (3), 3 folding tables, (8);322, (2); lxvii, 396 columns, (2), (401)-438, (2), (442)-622, (1), 80 columns, folding table, 4plates; 64plates.Allfourvolumesrecentlyboundinquartercrimsonmoroccoandclothboards,ruledingilt.Spinesinsixcompartments,thesecondandfourthlettereddirect,theremainingwithgiltemblems.Matchingcrimsonendpapers ineachvolume.Contentsusedwithsomewearanddiscoloration topage edges. The title page, folding table and plates of the fourth volume partially damaged andcrudely repaired with some discolouration and minor loss to the plates in the addenda, the mainvolumeofplatesnotaffected.Very good overall. Seldom offered, with only 600 sets printed and of those, only 400 made available for sale. After over 100 years this remains the standard reference for the series, mainly due Svoronos’s exhaustive and thoroughly researched text, albeit on this occasion somewhat difficult for most to navigate being in Greek and German. Still, highly important and essential for the series. £2,750

Clain-Stefanelli3173*;Daehn6688,‘ThestandarddiestudyofthePtolemaicseries.Lists1919coinvarieties.’Kroh52(fourstars)‘Simplythefinestworkofitskind,withextremelydetailedhistoricalandnumismaticinformation.Itsmainusefulnessisinthemanytablesthroughoutthetextanditsthirdvolumeof64excellentcollotype(plus4moreintheaddenda)plates…Thishasneverbeenreprintedandisquiterareandingreatdemand.’

Svoronos’ Landmark Work on The Coinage of Athens

NB046 Svoronos,J.Trèsor de la Numismatique Grecque Ancienne. Les Monnaies D’Athènes.Munich,1923-1926.Folio,pp.(2),xix,(1),114superbplates.Superblyboundinquartercrimsonmoroccoand matching cloth boards, ruled in gilt. Five raised bands to spine, the second compartmentlettered direct, gilt emblems in the remaining. Matching endpapers. Prelims a trifle dusty,contents otherwise bright and virtually as new. A most attractive copy of this landmark work, completed by Behrendt Pick after the death of Jean Svoronos. Still the standard reference, widely used and of the utmost importance. Extremely fine overall. £3,500

Clain-Stefanelli2524*;Daehn4122;Grierson61;Kroh36(fourstars),‘IndubitablythemostusefulreferenceonAtheniancoinseverpublishedas it includedillustrations(fromcasts)ofeverycoin(usuallywiththeirweight ingrammes)thatwas inallknownpublicorprivatecollectionsatthetime,from“owls”throughtheImperialperiod…Therewereonly500copiesoftheoriginalsprintedandtheyareextremelyrareandvirtuallyunobtainable…Essential!’


NB047 Svoronos,J.N.[Ed.]Journal International D’Archéologie Numismatique.TomesSeptieme-Vingt-et-Unieme. Athens,1904-1927. Asubstantialrun(18of21volumes),missingvolumes11,16(part2),and19. All in theoriginalpaperwrappers. Quitewornoverall,with thewrappers looseonanumberofvolumesandthespinesofmanysplitasisusual.Thecontentsmainlycleanandbrightwiththepagesofmostvolumesunopened.A considerable run of this hugely important and very rarely seen periodical, packed with valuable information, particularly on Ancient Greek coins and well-illustrated with hundreds of fine collatype plates. £595

Clain-Stefanelli629;Grierson19.

NB048NB049

NB048 Szaivert,E.&W.&Sear,D.Griechischer Münzkatalog.TwoVolumes.BandI:Europa.Munich,1980.Quarto,pp.392,5pageindex,illustrationsthroughout;Band2:AsienundAfrika.Munich,1983.Quarto,pp.477,illustrationsthroughout.Bothvolumesboundinhalfcrimsonmoroccoandredbuckramboards,ruledingilt.Raisedbands,panelled,letteredanddecoratedingilt.Alledgesgilt.The slightly modified, German edition of Sear’s landmark work, ‘Greek Coins and Their Values.’ A very fine set. £125

Clain-Stefanelli1876;Daehn353,‘Itisprintedinalargerformatandfeaturesafewextracoinsandsomeauctionpricesrealized.Thecatalaogueispresentedchronologically(ratherthanseparatingthearchaicperiodpiecesandbronzecoinageaswasdoneintheEnglisheditions).Adifferentnumberingsystemisused,butthecoinsarecross-referencedtotheEnglisheditionnumbers.’Kroh7(fourstars),‘Highlyrecommended.’

NB049 Webb,PercyH.The Reign and Coinage of Carausius.ReprintedfromtheNumismaticChronicle,FourthSeries,Vol.VII.London,1908.Octavo,pp.vi,(2),260;5fineplates.Originalgreenclothboards,lettered in gilt. Ex-libris on front pastedown, with some foxing to the prelims, contents otherwiseclean.Very fine overall. £125

NB050 Westermark,U.&Jenkins,K.The Coinage of Kamarina.RoyalNumismaticSocietySpecialPublicationnumber9.London,1980.Quarto,pp.foldingmap,283;40plates.Originalcloth,jacketinprotectiveplasticsleeve.Clean and bright with minimal wear, a very fine copy. £145

Clain-Stefanelli2215*;Daehn3040;Kroh19,‘Itisatruecorpusanddie-studythatisthestandardreferenceforthisseries(andlikelywillalwaysbe).’

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