Sample List #N6

Ancient Coins (Other than British)

Addison, Joseph. THREE SETS OF MEDALS ILLUSTRATED BY THE ANCIENT POETS, IN THE FOREGOING DIALOGUES. Extracted from Vol. III of Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Mr. Tickell. London, 1736. Later non-numismatic content not present. 12mo, removed from binding. (167)–235, (1) pages including 29 plates illustrating Roman coins [lacking one final plate]. Good. Part of a defense of numismatics written in the form of a discourse between Cynthio, Eugenius and Philander, followed by three series of woodcut plates of Roman coins, and preceded by Alexander Pope’s “Verses Occasion’d by Mr. Addison’s Treatise of Medals.” Addison was one of the most important English essayists, and was, through The Spectator (which he published with Richard Steele), one of the guardians of good taste at the time. His opinions on the merits of coin collecting mattered. Dekesel A49. Hirsch 2 (citing the 1726 edition). Lipsius 4 (citing the 1726 edition). $40.

Adelson, Howard L. and George L. Kustas. A Bronze Hoard of the Period of Zeno I . (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, no. 148). New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1962. ix, 89 p. : ill., 1 plate ; softcover; fine, $35.

Akerman, J.Y. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF RARE AND UNEDITED ROMAN COINS FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF THE ROMAN COINAGE, TO THE EXTINCTION OF THE EMPIRE UNDER CONSTANTINUS PALEOLOGOS. London: Effingham Wilson, 1834. Two volumes. 8vo, later matching yellow cloth; red morocco spine labels, gilt. (2), xxi, (1), 506; (2), 512 pages; 22 plates of coins engraved by Henry A. Ogg. Intermittent staining and discoloration. Very good. One of this prolific author’s most ambitious and popular works. Akerman, usually considered the father of the Royal Numismatic Society, was the most important figure in the early history of British numismatics. Leitzmann 2. $100.

Allan, John and Rapson, Edward James. A Catalogue of the Indian Coins in the British Museum , 3 Volumes, reprint of the originals published 1908-1914-1936; India: Eastern Book House, 1989-1991. Vol. 1: Coins of Ancient India (318 p.; [46] p. of plates; vol. 2: Coins of the Andhra Dynasty the Western Ksatrapas the Trai Kutaka Dynasty and the Bodhi Dynasty (268 p., [21] p. of plates; vol. 3: Coins of the Gupta Dynasties and of Sasanka, King of Gauda (184 p., [24] p. of plates); hardcover; all with laminated dust jackets; fine condition, $40 ea. or $100 for the lot of 3 out of an original set of 4 volumes. SOLD

American Numismatic Association. Selections fromThe NumismatistAncient and Medieval Coins. Racine, WI: Whitman Pub. Co.; ANA, 1960. 318 p. : ill. ; hardcover with slightly bumped corners; original blue cloth; small white blemishes on front and back covers; overall very good plus, $30. A selection of the contents could be provided upon request.

American Numismatic Society. ANS Magazine (2012 issue 2). New York, NY: ANS, 2012. 72 p. : ill., ports; original printed card covers; fine $10. Includes the ancients-related feature article, “The Eye of the Needle: A Tale of Three Cities, Egyptian Antiquities, and the Early ANS”, p. 8-17.

The American Numismatic Society Museum Notes (published by ANS of New York, New York; all softcover; most in very good condition or better as noted: $25 ea. unless priced otherwise (i.e. the volumes from 1950 and 1958 are $30 ea.)

Volume numbers:

4 (1950) 130 p., 24 p. of plates; includes articles on “The Alexander Hoard of Megalopolis” by David M. Robinson (p. 13-28) and “Abarqubadh, A New Umayyad Mint” by George C. Miles (p. 115-120); hardcover; very good, $30.

8 (1958) 220 p., 48 p. of plates; includes articles on “Notes on Iberian Denarii from the Cordova Hoard” by G. K. Jenkins (p. 57-70) and “Two Hoards of Hetoum-Zabel Trams” by Paul Bedoukian (p. 145-180); cover loose, otherwise good, $30.

10 (1962) 172 p., 35 p. of plates; cover has some water damage and bumping/creasing on top right of cover affecting about 1/3 of the cover; stain on p. 143; overall good+ condition; ex-libris prominent Canadian numismatist Jerome H. (a.k.a. “Jerry”) Remick with his bookplate on inside front cover & signed by him; includes articles on “The Crown of Naxos”, “The Corinth Hoard of 1938”, Ptolemaic, Transoxianan (Islamic kingdom in area of modern Turkistan) and Armenian numismatics, “The Medallic Portrait of Albrecht Dürer” and “Additions to Coinage for Colonial Virginia” by Eric P. Newman (p. 137-143). SOLD

11 (1964) 335 p., 59 p. of plates; 1 pull out chart on Manchu inscriptions; large crease on top right front cover; overall very good condition; ex-libris Jerry Remick with his bookplate on inside front cover & signed by him; includes articles on “Damarete’s Lion”, “The Kozani Hoard of 1955”, “Philippi in Macedonia”, “A Hoard from Thessaly”, “Ptolomy Philometer and Athens”, “Three More Hoards of Byzantine Copper Coins”, … and “The James II 1/24th Real for the American Plantations” by Eric P. Newman (p. 319-332). SOLD

12 (1966) 232 p.; 59 p. of plates; crease on lower right cover; bumped on top right corner; very good condition; includes articles on “A Hoard from Northern Greece” by Margaret Thompson (p. 57-63), “Trinummus”, “An Unpublished Consular Solidus of Justinian I”, “The Monogram of Charlemagne in Greek” by Margaret Thompson (p. 125-127) and “Coins of Gerogia in Transcaucasia”

15 (1969) 140 p., 23 p. of plates; some creasing on right front edge of cover; very good conditon; includes articles on “A Hoard of Early Greek Coins from Afghanistan”, “The Early Alexander Coinage at Seleucia on the Tigris” by Nancy M. Waggoner (p. 21-30), “The Fourth Century Origin of Roman Didrachms”, “An Alexander/Macedonia Contorniate”, “A New Anonymous Bronze of Constantine X”, “A Hoard of ‘Porcupine’ Sceattas” by D.M. Metcalf (p. 101-118), “The Copper of the Later Kings of Cilician Armenia”

24 (1979) 282 p., 51 p. of plates; ex-libris James Anthony Hauck with his Professional Engineer of Alberta stamp on the title page; includes articles on “Some Reflections on the Early Cistophoric Coinage”, “The Successive Monetary Reforms of Diocletian”, “The Coinage of Trebizond under Isaac II (A.D. 1185-1195)”, “Early Islamic Traditional Gold Issues of North Africa and Spain” and “The Confederate Issues of 17 February 1864” by Richard G. Doty (p. 257-273); fine condition.

25 (1980) 232 p., 23 p. of plates; includes articles “Coins from the William P. Wallace Collection” by Nancy M. Waggoner (p. 1-15), “Tarik Darrch (Kangavar) Hoard”, “Jewish Friends and Allies of Rome” by C.M. Kraay (p. 53-57) , “The Imperial Tetradrachms of Heliopolis”, “A Hoard from Syria Countermarked by the Roman Legions” by Gregory G. Brunk (p. 63-70), “The Iantinum Mint”, “Ottoman, Isfendiyarid, and Eretnid Coinage: A Currency Community in Fourteenth Century Anatolia” and “The Bolivian Monetary Medal” by Richard G. Doty (p. 189-208); fine condition.

27 (1982) 244 p., 32 p. of plates; large crease on top right hand corner of front cover and top left hand corner of back cover and minor blemish on back cover; slight tear to top of spine; overall very good condition; ex-libris James Anthony Hauck with his Professional Engineer of Alberta stamp and his Calgary return address label on the title page; includes articles on “The Autonomous Wreathed Tetradrachms of Kyme, Aeolis”, “Hellenistic Coins of Aegeae (Cilicia)”, “Caracalla or Elagabulus? A Case of Unnecessarily Mistaken Identity”, “Vandal Silver Coinagein the Name of Honorius”, “A Ninth Century Dirham Hoard from Devitsa in Southern Russia”, “The Coins of the Later Ilkhanids: Mint Organization, Regionalism, and Urbanism”, “A Virginia Numismatic Discovery” by Graham P. Dyer and Peter P. Gaspar (p. 231-237) and “Confederate Issues of 1864: A Reappraisal” by Richard G. Doty (p. 239-244)

28 (1983) 206 p., 22 p. of plates; pencil (?) mark to top left of front cover; otherwise near fine condition; includes articles on “The Chronology of the Fourth-Century B.C. Facing Head Coinage of Larissa”, “Rome and Alexandria: The Minting of Egyptian Tetradrachms under Severus Alexander”, “A Coin Hoard of Maurice Tiberius of Anemurium, Isauria” and “A Gold Dinar of the Sasanian Queen Buran”; as new condition.

30 (1985) 281 p., 52 p. of plates; some faint staining on right edge of book block; otherwise fine condition; includes articles on “The Wreathed Coins of Aeolian Myrina”, “The So-Called ‘Pesudo-Autonomous’ Greek Imperials” by Ann Johnston (p. 89-112), “Imitations of Roman Bronze Coins, A.D. 318-363”, “Early Twelfth-Century Bohemian Coinage in Light of a Hoard of Vladislav I” by Ruth Mazo Karras (p. 179-210); fine condition.

31 (1986) 239 p., 39 p. of plates; includes articles on “The Aradian Pataecus”, “The Elephants of Nisibis”, “A New Interpretation of the Reverse of Herrod’s Largest Coin”, “Islamic Bronze Weights from Caesarea Maritima” and “The Albany Committee of Correspondence’s Paper Money” by Joseph H. Lasser (p. 233-239); as new condition.

33 (1988) 223 p., 25 p. of plates; includes articles on “Some Archaic Bovine Curiosities”, “Phliasian Bronze Coinage”, “A New Solidus of Julian Caesar”, “The Umayyad North: Numismatic Evidence for Frontier Administration”, “The Monetary History of Leon-Castile (ca. 1100-1300) in Light of the Bourgey Hoard” and “Were Counterfeit British Style Halfpence Dated 1785 Made Specifically for American Use?” by Eric P. Newman (p. 205-223); as new condition. SOLD

Title change to American Journal of Numismatics; Second Series continuing The American Numismatic Society Museum Notes

7-8 (1995-96) 313 p., 32 p. of plates; includes articles on “The Tetradrachms of Agathocles of Syracuse: A Preliminary Study”, “The ‘Victory’ Drachma of Phraates IV”, “Vespasian’s Syrian Provincial Coinage”, “Coins from the Excavations at Tell Nimrin”, “Some Coins of Mas ‘ud I, Qilijarslan II, and the Maliks”, “Greco-Roman Alchemy and Coins of Imitation Silver” and “Reconstructing the Beach-Grünthal Hoard of Counterfeit Halfpence: The Montclair, New Jersey (1922) Hoard” by John M. Kleeberg (p. 187-208) ; as new condition.

The following volumes are all in hard cover, $35 ea.:

10 (1998) 157 p., 12 p. of plates; includes bibliographic references and articles on “Carthaganinian Coinage in Perspective”, “The Reign and Chronology of the Archon Hygiaenon” by Elena Stolyarik (p. 61-70), “A New Variety of a roman Provincial Tetradrachm from Neapolis”, “Three Notes on Gupta Coin Legends”; as new condition.

11 (1999) 184 p., 9 p. of plates; includes bibliographic references and articles on “The Livia Hoard of Pseudo-Philip Tetradrachms”, “A Fatimid Amulet-Box with European Coins from the Eleventh Century”, “From Regional to National Gold Circulation Patterns: The Evidence of the Hull, Texas (1936) Hoard” by John M. Kleeberg (p. 69-83) and “Western American Gold and Unparted Bars: A Review of the Evidence” by Michael Hodder (p. 85-149); as new.

12 (2000) 271 p., 34 p. of plates; includes bibliographic references and articles on “A hoard of unpublished bronze coins of Ptolemy Ceraunus”, “Large Ptolemaic bronzes in third-century Egyptian hoards” by Catharine C. Lorber (p. 67-92), “The early gold coinage of Trajan’s sixth consulship”, “An unpublished silver double tram of Gosdantin I (1298-1299), king of Cilician Armenia” and “Three notes on the private gold coinage of the United States” by John M. Kleeberg (p. 215-237) ; as new.

16-17 (2004-5) 303 p., 48 p. of plates : ill. ; includes bibliographic references and articles on “Herodotus’ ‘Aryandic’ silver and bullion use in Persian-period Egypt” by Peter G. Van Alfen (p. 7-46), “A new Athenian ‘owl’ and bullion hoard from the Near East” by Peter G. Van Alfen (p. 47-62), “Multiple hoards of the second century AD from the sanctuary of Zeus Olympios at Dion (Macedonia)” by Sophia Kremydi-Sicilianou (p. 93-112) and “Death on the Tigris: a Numismatic Analysis of the Decline of the Great Saljuqs” by Eric J. Hanne (p. 145-172).

18 (2006) 202 p., 50 p. of plates; includes bibliographic references and articles on “A New Chronoloy for the Ptolemaic Coins of Judah” by Haim Gitler and Catharine Lorber (p. 1-41), “A Hoard of Roman Antoniniani from the Bath at Metropolis, Ionia”, “First Reported Find of an Early Medieval Khwarezmian Drachm in the Kyrgyz Republic” and “Lessons from Abundance: The Case of Mexico” by Richard G. Doty (p. 141-151); as new.

19 (2007) 190 p., 46 p. of plates; includes bibliographic references and articles on “The Devaluation of Sidonian Silver Coinage in 365 BCE and the First Bronze Issues”, “Trajan’s Gold Coinage, AD 112-117″ ,”The Enigma of ‘Ahud al-Dawla Kuch Tegin Resolved” and “A Note on the Liberty Reverse Type of the Connecticut Coppers (1785-1788)” by Oliver D. Hoover (p. 169-182); as new.

21 (2009) 225 p., 15 p. of plates; includes bibliographic references and articles on “Athenian Tetradrachms from Tel Mikhal (Israel): A Metallurgical Perspective”, “Antiochus III Hoard” by Cathariine Lorber and Arthur Houghton (p. 89-104), “The Metrology of Judaean Small Bronze Coins” by David Hendin (p. 105-121) and “Early Byzantine Coin Circulation in the Eastern Provinces: A Comparative Statistical Approach”; as new.

22 (2010) 216 p., 59 p. of plates; includes bibliographic references and articles on “The Sardes Mint under Seleucus I Nicator”, “Bronze Coinage of Ptolemaic Egyupt in the Second Century BC”, “Coin Quality, Coin Quantity, and Coin Value in Early China and the Roman World” and “Old Coppers Driven out of Office” by Joseph Daragan (p. 119-130); as new.

23 (2011) 284 p., 45 p. of plates; includes bibliographic references and articles on “From the Types of Alexander to Lysimachus: The Chronology of Some Mesembrian and Other West Pontic Staters”, “Irregular Coins of Judaea, First Century BCE-First Century CE: New Insights form Comparisons of Stylistic, Physical, and Chemical Analysis” by David Hendin and Nathan Bower (p. 35-54), “More Than It wold Seem: The Use of Coinage by the Romans in Late Hellenistic Asia Minor (133-63 BC)”, “Die Cutters At Work: New Light on the Coinage Struck for the Syrian Koinon“, “Early Medieval Chacian coins with Lyre and ram Horns Tamghas”, “Seventeenth-Century American Coins in the Hunterian Museum” by Robert W. Hoge (p. 229-256) and “Pricing Relationships of United States Type Coinage” by Robert L. Fagaly (p. 257-263) ; slight bump to lower right corner; otherwise, as new.

26 (2014) 386 p., 62 p. of plates; includes bibliographic references and articles on “Notes on the Coinage of Mende”, “The Hadrianic Silver Coinage of Aegeae (Cilicia)”, “Damascene Tetradrachms of Caracalla”, “Digging in the Archives: A Late Roman Coin Assemblage from the Synagogue at Ancient Ostia (Italy)” by Daniela Williams (p. 245-273) and “An Eighteenth-Century Sicilian Coin Hoard from the Termin-Cerda Railway Construction Site (Palermon, 1869)”; as new.

American Numismatic Society. A Numismatic Bibliography of the Far East: a Check List of Titles in European Languages . (Numismatic Notes and Monographs; no. 101) by Howard Franklin Bowker. New York: The Society, 1943. 144 p. ; original printed card covers; bumped on top right-hand front cover with a minor tear on the right edge; $50. This work includes references to ancients and medieval numismatic material from this specific geographic area.

American Numismatic Society. TREASURES OF ANCIENT COINAGE: FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY MEMBERS. Lancaster, 1996. Square 8vo, original pictorial card covers. (4), 124 pages; illustrated. Near fine. $50.

Anson, L. Numismata Graeca: Greek Coin Types Classified for Immediate Identification , Forni reprint of 1910-1916 original, six parts in two hardbound volumes, one for text and one for plates. 3667 Greek coins illustrated on the plates; as new; $250.

Arslan, Melih. Roman Coins. 1st ed. Ankara: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, 1992. 170 p., col. ill., 2 col. maps; softcover; fine, $75.

Aureus Investments. [Catalogue featuring a very rare variant of the Sestertius dated 221-222 of Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, A.D. 222-235]. North York, ON: Aureus Investments, July 1988. 35 p., [84] lots, [111] literature lots : ill.; [8] p. of plates; original stapled card covers; fine, $20. Includes article “The ‘Bead and Reel’ Denarius of C. Vibius Pansa” by B. [Bruce] R. Brace (p. 1-6; includes bibliographic references); “An Unpublished Denarius of Gordian III” by Gordon C. Kumpikevicius (p. 6-11, includes bibliographic references). $20.

Babelon, Ernest. ANCIENT NUMISMATICS AND ITS HISTORY: INCLUDING A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. Translated by Elizabeth Saville. London and Crestline: Spink and Kolbe, 2004. 8vo, original green cloth; jacket. Frontispiece portrait; 248 pages. New. A translation of Babelon’s introduction to his Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, probably the single best overview of numismatic literature ever written. Studies in the History of Numismatic Literature, No. 2. Daehn 21. $60. SOLD 1 copy; another available

Babington, Churchill. CATALOGUE OF A SELECTION FROM COLONEL LEAKE’S GREEK COINS, EXHIBITED IN THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM. Cambridge, 1867. 4to, orig. blue cloth; printed paper label on front cover. 51, (1) pages. Spine very worn, but holding; some spotting, previous owner’s notes in ink on flyleaves. Ca. VG $45.

Baldwin’s, Ira & Larry Goldberg, Dmitry Markov and M&M Numismatics. THE NEW YORK SALE AUCTION XXXIX. THE BRODY FAMILY COLLECTION OF ANCIENT JEWISH COINS. NY, Jan. 10/97. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 238 lots; col. ill.. Fine. [with] Goldberg, Ira & Larry. THE PRE-LONG BEACH AUCTION: THE BRODY FAMILY COLLECTION PART II. ANCIENT JUDEAN, MODERN ISRAEL COINS & STAMPS, ANTIQUITIES & JUDAICA. Los Angeles, June 6/17. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 186 p.; lots 1400–2076; col. ill. Fine. $50.

Bank Leu AG. Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc. The Garrett Collection, Part I: Public Auction of Ancient & Foreign Coins . Zurich, Switzerland, May 16-18, 1984. 402 p., [140] p. of plates; 1427 lots : ill. ; includes bibliography and index; soft covers, front lower right-hand corner creased and bumped; with an insert of estimates in Swiss Francs and bid sheets from both firms; fine, $60. Ancients comprise lots 582-1045: Roman Republic and Roman Imperial (through Domitian).

Bank Leu AG. Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc. The Garrett Collection, Part II: Public Auction of Ancient & Foreign Coins . Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 16-18, 1984. 344 p., [161] p. of plates; 1858 lots : ill. ; includes bibliography and index; soft covers, top right-hand corner creased; with an insert of estimates in Swiss Francs; fine, $60. Ancients comprise lots 1-477: Celtic, Greek, Late Roman and Byzantine; the Middle Ages comprise lots 478-1002: Early Middle Ages: Vandals & Byzantines in North Africa, Italy from Odovacar through Papl-Imperial, The Iberian Peninsula from the Fifth through the Tenth Century, Burgundians and Merovingians, Carolingians, Anglo-Saxons in England; The High Middle Ages: The British Isles, France, The Iberian Peninsula, Italy, The Low Countries, Mitteleuropa, Scandinavia, Serbia, The Crusaders. If both parts I & II of The Garret Collection are purchased together, they can be had for $100 for the pair.

Bauslaugh, Robert A. Silver coinage with the types of aesillas the quaestor. (Numismatic studies no. 22) New York: American Numismatic Society, 2000; hard cover with gilt lettering, 119 p.; new condition, $65.

Becker, Thomas W. The Coin Makers. Garden City, NY : Doubleday; London : The Oak Tree Press, 1969. 178 p. : ill.; includes index; hardcover with dust jacket with chips and tears along the edges; and dust jacket protector; ex-library copy; good-plus. $35.

Bedoukian, Paul Z. COINAGE OF THE ARTAXIADS OF ARMENIA. London: RNS, 1978. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. xii, 81, (1) pages; 8 plates. Near fine. Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No. 10. Clain-Stefanelli 2836. $55.

Bellinger, Alfred R. COINS FROM JERASH, 1928–1934. New York: ANS, 1938. 16mo, original printed card covers. (4), 141, (1) pages; 9 fine plates. Fine. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 81. Concludes with several pages and a plate describing and depicting Umayyad and Arab-Byzantine copper coins. Grierson 49. Mayer 160: “Umayyads, Abbasids, Mamluks, Ottomans.” $40.

Bellinger, Alfred R. THE EIGHTH AND NINTH DURA HOARDS. New York: ANS, 1939. Frontispiece, (4), 92 pages; folding table; 13 plates. Fine. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 85. $45.

Bellinger, Alfred R. ESSAYS ON THE COINAGE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. New York: ANS, 1963. 4to, original printed card covers. (10), 132 pages; map; 3 fine plates. Covers a little worn; very good or better. Numismatic Studies, No. 11. Daehn 3318. Ex Stack Family Library. $80.

Beulé, M. “Les monnaies d’Or d’Athènes”. Extract from Mémoires de la Société impériale des Antiquaires de France, vo. 23. [Paris?: La Société], 1857. 24 p. : ill., 1 plate ; original sewn paper cover; very good, $75.

Blancard, Louis. Le Trésor d’Auriol et les Dieux Nègres de la Grèce. [Marseille: L’auteur], 1882. 10 p. : ill. ; original stapled card covers with hand-written title and date; some soiling around the edges; near fine, $30.

Bolender, M. H. 177th Mail Auction Sale of Rare Coins, Medals, Tokens and Paper Money . Freeport, Ill. : The author/cataloguer, Feb. 25, 1950. 72 p. ; 2028 lots ; includes index; original stapled card covers; fine, $15. Ancients comprise lots 1-36, 1468-1475, 1859-1883: Egypt, Greece, Chou Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Sung Dynasty, Greek bronze, Roman silver denarii, Roman first bronzes (Sestertii).

Bolin, Sture. STATE AND CURRENCY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO 300 A.D. Milan, 1973. Reprint. 8vo, original blue leatherette, gilt. 357, (1) pages; diagrams and tables. Near fine. Clain-Stefanelli 4007. Cash $50.

Bompois, Ferdinand. “Diobole Inédit du Tyran Satyros: Supplément à la Notice sur Quelques Monnaies Chappées à Heraclea de Bithynie”. Extract from the Revue Archéologique, mars 1879. Paris: Librairie Académique Didier, 1879. 23 p. ; original blue paper covers with some chipping around the edges, top right-hand front corner missing and gouged mid-way down front edge; inscribed by the author to “M. W.H. Waddington, membre de l’Institut, Ministre des Affaires Étrangères”; good, $100.

Bompois, Ferdinand. “Explication d’un Didrachme Inédit de la Ville d’Ichnae (Macédoine)”. Extract from the Numismatic Chronicle, vol. XIV, p.177-228). London: The Chronicle, 1874. 52 p. ; original paper covers with some chipping around the edges; inscribed by the author to “M. Ch. Toudain, membre de l’Institut”; very good, $80.

Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, Inc. Nummus Mundi, issue no. 1, March 1979. Los Angeles, CA: Bowers and Ruddy, 1979. 24 p., 555 lots : ill.; includes bibliography; “a fixed price list” (p. 1); original stapled paper covers; fine, $15. Ancient coins comprise of lots 1-64, 139, 153, 318, 533-534: Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval.

Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, Inc. Nummus Mundi, issue no. 2, Summer 1979. Los Angeles, CA: Bowers and Ruddy, 1979. 32 p., [647] lots : ill.; includes bibliography; “a fixed price list”; original stapled paper covers; fine, $15. Ancient coins comprise of lots 1-130, 405a, 446-447: Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval.

Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, Inc. Nummus Mundi, issue no. 3, Winter 1979-1980. Los Angeles, CA: Bowers and Ruddy, 1979. 44 p., 1012 lots : ill.; includes bibliography; “a fixed price list”; original stapled paper covers; fine, $15. Ancient coins comprise of lots 1-129, 232, 260, 272, 546: Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval.

Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, Inc. Rare Coin Review, no. 23. Summer 1975. Los Angeles, CA: Bowers and Ruddy, 1975. 171 p. : ill.; soft cover with some light creasing on front right edge and back top edge; corners bumped; otherwise near fine, $30. Fixed price lists of U.S. and world coins. Ancient coins comprise 36 lots on p. 138-141; plus the following Medieval non-gold coin issues (no. in parenthesis after country name): Ireland (7 on p. 87), Italy (6 on p. 90), Mongol Empire (1 on p. 98), Poland (1-2 on p. 106), Scotland (5 on p. 119), Spain (1-3 on p. 123), Switzerland (1 on p. 126), Turkey (3 on p. 132); and the following Medival gold coin issues: Hamburg (1 on p. 152), Great Britain (2 on p. 153), Hungary (4 on p. 157), India (3 on p. 158), and Turkey (1 on p. 168).

Boyce, Aline Abaecherli. FESTAL AND DATED COINS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: FOUR PAPERS. New York: ANS, 1965. 8vo, original printed card covers. x, 102 pages; 16 fine plates. Fine. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 153. $40.

British Museum. AGuide to the Exhibition of Roman Coins in the British Museum. Rev. ed. London: The Museum, 1952. 74 p. 8 p. of plates: ill. incl. index; card covers; VG $35.

Brudin, J.A. [John Andrew] “China: Coins of Wang Mang and The Mantchu Dynasty.” (2 articles Reprinted from The Numismatistvol. 3, 1891 & vol. 3-5, 1891-93, respectively). American Numismatic Association, 1963. 20 p. : ill., very good condition; previous owner’s stamp at the top of the front cover and light pencil (?) mark there, $10.

Buttrey, Theodore V. The Triumviral Portrait Gold of the Quattuorviri Monetales of 42 B.C. (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, no. 137). New York: American Numismatic Society, 1956. 69 p., : ill. , 9 p. of plates; softcover, as new condition, $40.

Buttrey, Theodore V., Ann Johnston, Kenneth M. MacKenzie and Michael L. Bates. GREEK, ROMAN, AND ISLAMIC COINS FROM SARDIS. Cambridge, 1981. 4to, original violet cloth, gilt. xxix, (1), 274, (2) pages; text figures; 10 plates of coins. Near fine. Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, Monograph 7. $110.

The Canadian Numismatist. 9 issues: Vol. 1 no. 4 to Vol. 1 no. 12 (June 1988-Feb. 1989). Ottawa: Nadin-Davis International Numismatics. All in original stapled card covers; near fine, $5 ea. or all 9 for $35. All include articles on Roman and Jewish coins.

Carson, R.A.G., and Colin M. Kraay [editors]. SCRIPTA NUMMARIA ROMANA: ESSAYS PRESENTED TO HUMPHREY SUTHERLAND. London, 1978. Tall 8vo, original blue cloth; gilt; jacket. Frontispiece; xiii, 250 pages; maps; tables; 24 plates. Near fine. An important festschrift $65.

Casey, John and Richard Reece, eds. Coins and the Archaeologist. 2nd ed. London: Seaby, 1988. 306 p. : ill., maps [8] p. of plates ; includes index and bibliographic references; hard cover with dust jacket that is creased and torn at the top left-hand corner on the back; pages beginning to yellow around the edges; near fine, $60. SOLD

Casson, Lionel, ed. Coins, Culture and History in the Ancient World : Numismatic and Other Studies in Honor of Bluma L. Trell. Detroit: Wayne State University Press 1981. 205 p., ill., includes bibliographic notes & index; hardcover with dust jacket, as new, $65.

Chaffers, William. SECOND EDITION OF A CATALOGUE OF ANCIENT & MODERN COINS AND MEDALS, WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED, AT THE PRICES ATTACHED TO EACH. London, 1852. Second edition. (2), 93, (1) pages; 2680 listings. [bound with] Chaffers, William. A CATALOGUE OF ANCIENT & MODERN COINS AND MEDALS. WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED, AT THE PRICES ATTACHED TO EACH. London, 1853. Third edition. (4), 128 pages; 3476 listings. Two catalogues, removed from previous binding but still bound together as one text block; original printed paper covers included except for rear of first. Good to very good. Two scarce British fixed price catalogues of ancient, medieval and modern coins, medals and occasional related objects. In both cases, ancient coins comprise more than half the items on offer. Chaffers (1811–1892) issued at least four such fixed price catalogues during this period, and remained active in numismatics for most of his life; $50. SOLD

Chakraborty, Swait. SOCIO-RELIGIOUS & CULTURAL STUDY OF THE ANCIENT INDIAN COINS. Delhi, 2013. 8vo, original pictorial boards; jacket. xvi, 394 pages; 10 plates. Near fine. $55.

Ciani, Louis. Monnaies Antiques Grecques et Romaines, collection d’un amateur athénien: vente aux enchères publiques . Paris: Louis Ciani, 1e 12 décembre, 1921. 20 p., 127 lots, [8] loose-leaf p. of plates: ill.; original stapled card covers; includes unused order form; ex-libris York University (Toronto, ON), fonds Germain Bazin; near fine $75.

Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira E. Highlights from the Money Collection of the Chase Manhatten Bank . Washington, D.C.: The National Museum of History and Technology, 1979. 36 p. : ill., stapled card covers; fine, $25. Includes chapters on “Primitive Media” (p. 3-6), “Coinages of the Ancient World” (p. 7-8) and “Coins as a Mirror of History” (p. 9-11) SOLD

Coin Hoards, Volume I. London: The Royal Numismatic Society, 1975. 124 p. : ill.; includes index; hardcover, slightly bumped front top right-hand corner; near fine, $25.

Coin Hoards, Volume II. London: The Royal Numismatic Society, 1976. 161 p. : ill.; includes index; hardcover, bumped top right-hand corner; near fine, $25.

Coin Hoards, Volume III. London: The Royal Numismatic Society, 1977. 203 p. : ill.; includes index; hardcover; near fine, $25.

Coin Hoards Volume IV. London: The Royal Numismatic Society, 1978. 180 p. : ill.; includes index; hardcover, bumped top left-hand corner with fraying ; otherwise, near fine, $25.

Coin Hoards Volume V. London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1979. 160 p. : ill.; includes index; hardcover; near fine, $25.

Coin Hoards Volume VI. London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1981. 188 p. : ill.; includes index; hardcover; near fine, $25.

Commission Internationale de Numismatique, Istituto Italiano di Numismatica. Congresso Internazionale di Numismatica, Roma 11-16 Settembre 1961, Vol. 1 Relazioni . Roma: Istituto Italiano di Numimatic, 1961. 435 p. ; original sewn card covers; articles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish; near fine, $50.

Coole, Arthur Braddan. THE EARLY COINS OF THE CHOU DYNASTY. Boston: Quarterman, 1973. 8vo, original yellow cloth printed in black. (14), 557, (1) pages; illustrated. Previous owner’s bookplate on front pastedown. Near fine. Encyclopedia of Chinese Coins, Volume 2. Ex Q. David Bowers Library. $60.

Coole, Arthur Braddan. SPADE COIN TYPES OF THE CHOU DYNASTY. Boston: Quarterman, 1972. 8vo, original white cloth printed in black. (12), 513, (1) pages; illustrated. Near fine. Encyclopedia of Chinese Coins, Volume 3. Ex Q. David Bowers Library. $75.

The Cornucopiae – Official Publication of the Ancient Coin Society of Canada Volume IV 1979, $15. SOLD 1 copy; another available

Cox, D.H. The Caparelli Hoard. (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, no. 43). New York: American Numismatic Society, 1930. 17 p. : ill. ; original stapled card covers ; fine, $45.

Craig, Alan D. THE COINS OF KOREA AND AN OUTLINE OF EARLY CHINESE COINAGES. Berkeley, 1955. 8vo, original printed boards. 96 pages; illustrated. Near fine. $25.

Cresswell, Oliver D. EARLY COINAGE OF SOUTH EAST ASIA. Dallas: Numismatics International, 1974. 8vo, original printed card covers. 46 p.; 13 halftone plates. Fine. $25.

Curtis, James W. The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt. Chicago: Argonaut, 1969. xxiv, 172 p., [11] p. of plates; ill., 1 map ; hard cover, small black marks near upper spine on front cover; near fine, $60.

Daehn, William E. Annotated Bibliography of Ancient Greek Numismatics . Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2012. viii, 652 p. : ill. ; includes indexes; hard covers, bumped on top corners; as new, $125.

Dattari, G. “Tre Differenti Teorie Sull’Origine Delle Monete Dei Nomos Dell ‘Antico Egitto”. Extract from the Journal D’Archéologie Numismatique. Athens, 1904. The Journal, [177]-202 p., 1 plate : ill. ; original paper covers, very brittle, chippied and discoloured to dark tan around the edges & separated from the text; contents good, inscribed, but not signed, by the author; $30.

De Foville, Jean. “Études de Numismatique et de Glyptique”. Extract from the Revue Numismatique, 1905, p. 277. Paris: Chez C. Rollin et Feuardent, 1905. 34 p. : ill., 1 plate ; original card covers; very brittle and chipped and discoloured around the edges; overall good, $50.

De Hauteroche, M. Le Chevalier. Mémoire sur une médaille anecdote de Polémon 1er, Roi de Pont. Cambrai: Chez S. Bertoude, 1826. 26 p. : ill., 1 plate ; original hard cover with black printing except for gilt spine title “Polémon” on red leather, headcap missing and small hole midway on front hinge; ex-libris with ligh red ownership stamps on cover and title page; otherwise good+, $120.

De Puymaurin, A. Mémoire sur les Procédés les Plus Convenables pour Remplacer le Cuivre par le Bronze dans la Fabrication de Médailles. Paris: A. Egron, 1823. vi, 58 p. ; original sewn card covers, slight staining and corner crease at bottom right-hand side of front cover; fold on upper left-had side of back cover, top of spine cover at top with piece missing, overall very good; $50.

De Saulcy, F. “Recherches sur les Monnaies des Tétrarques Héréditaires de la Chalcidène et de L’Abilène”. Extract from Wiener Numismatischen Monatshefte. Vienna, 1870. 36 p. : ill. ; in brown paper wraps with handwritten title; good-v. good, $45.

De Witte, A. Moules Monétaires Romains en Terre Cuite Récemment Découverts en Égypte. Brussels: J. Goemaere, Imp. du Roi, Éditeur, 1902. 10 p. : ill. ; original stapled covers heavily discoloured to brown around side and top edge; front lower left corner creased and parially torn from side edge; good, $25.

De Witte, J. “Médaille d’Amphipolis”. Extract of the Revue Numismatique, new series, vol. IX, 1864. Paris: E. Thunot et Ce., 1864. 15 p. : ill., 1 plate ; original card covers; very good, $75.

Dolphin Coins Fixed Price List no. 1 1991. London: Dolphin Coins, 1991. vii, 66 p. : ill.; includes bibliography and index; soft cover; “Enamelled Coinage” brochure inserted; fine, $15. Ancient coins comprise of lots 14-28, 536, 537, 539, 550-569, 649-651, 690-694, 720-725: English hammered gold coins, groats, hammered pennies and fractions, [early] Scottish coins, [early] Irish coins, ancient & Byzantine gold coins.

Dolphin Coins Fixed Price List no. 3 1993. London: Dolphin Coins, 1993. iv, 42 p., [11] p. of plates : ill.; includes bibliography and index; unused order form inserted; soft cover; fine, $15. Ancient coins comprise of lots 3001-3126, 3900-3975, 4118-4129: Celtic, English hammered coinage, [early] Scottish coinage, [early] Irish coinage.

Dolphin Coins Fixed Price List no. 4 [Summer]1993. London: Dolphin Coins, 1993. iv, 17 p., [5] p. of plates : ill.; includes unused order form; original stapled card covers; fine, $15. Ancient coins comprise of lots 5001-5110, 5185-5187, 5473-5474, 5481-5482: Greek, Greek Imperial, Roman Imperatorial, Celtic, hammered silver, Kings of Wessex, Kings of All England, Scottish gold (2 from the reign of James 1V 1488-1513), [2 pre-1500 Irish coins].

Dolphin Coins Fixed Price List no. 5 1994. London: Dolphin Coins, 1994. iv, 30 p., [11] p. of plates : ill.; includes unused order form; original stapled card covers; fine, $15. Ancient coins comprise of lots 6001-6142, 6209-6210, 6661-6708: Celtic gold and silver, English hammered coins, English hammered gold (one each from reigns of Richard II 1377-99 and Henry VI 1422-61), [early Scottish coinage].

Dolphin Coins Fixed Price List no. 6 1995. London: Dolphin Coins, 1995. iv, 44 p. : ill.; original stapled card covers; fine, $15. Ancient coins comprise of lots 1-142, 183-184, 607-619, 641: Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Sassanian, Celtic gold and silver, English hammered silver, English hammered gold (2 coins, both from reign of Edward III 1327-77), Scottish Silver, & one Irish silver penny from reign of Henry III 1216-1272.

If all 5 Dolphin Coins Fixed Price Lists are purchased together, $60 for the lot.

Donaldson, T. L. Architectura Numismatica: Ancient Architecture on Greek and Roman Coins and Medals . Chicago: Argonaut Pub., 1965. 361 p., [23] p. of plates; includes index; hard cover with dust jacket with slight wear around edges and a few small tears on the back edges; fine, $45.

Duncan, G.L. COIN CIRCULATION IN THE DANUBIAN AND BALKAN PROVINCES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, AD 294–578. London, 1993. 4to, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. xiv, 192 pages; maps; tables. Royal Numismatic Society, Special Publication No. 26; fine, $90.

Duyrat, Frédérique et Olivier Picard, eds. L’exception égyptienne?: Production et échanges monétaires en Égypte hellénistique et romaine. (2 extraits) Actes du colloque d’Alexandrie, 13-15 avril 2002. (Études alexandrines 10 -2005). [Paris?] : Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 2005. 2 reprints [13, 31] p. ; includes bibliographic references ; original printed card covers; fine, $30 for the set of 2. Includes “L’apport des monnaies des fouilles d’Alexandrie” par Olivier Picard (p. 81-[90]) et “Le vocabulaire financier dans les papyrus et l’évolution des monnayages lagides en bronze” par Fabienne Burkhalter et Olivier Picard (p. 53-80)

Easson, Alison Harle. “Money Alone Sets All the World in Motion”: A Brief Introduction to the exhibit of Greek Coinage in the ROM. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1973. [8] p. : ill., port. ; original printed, stapled card covers; fine, $15. “Reprinted from the Summer 1973 issue of Rotunda, the Magazine of the Royal Ontario Museum.” — Inside front cover. SOLD

Elder Coin & Curio Corp. Public Auction Sale: Rare coins, paper money, curios, tokens, medals, etc. [from] The collection of Samuel W. Comstock of Cambridge, Mass. and others . New York; Dec. 14-15, 1934. 65 p. ; 1483 lots; stapled card covers; some dark staining/residue on lower bottom edge of front cover; some yellowing to pages; otherwise very good condition. $25.

Ancient coins comprise of lots 52, 175, 214-216, 252, 254-256, 298, 330, 359, 379-382, 983-988, 1226, 1255, 1344-1345, 1371-1375, 1377-1390, 1449-1462: Roman bronzes, Tiberius A.D. 14-37 Tribute Penny, Medieval France, Bohemia, Brittany, Burgundy, Byzantium, Majorca, Aztec, Hamburg, Greek, Roman Republic, Roman Imperial, Byzantine, Spanish Medieval gold, Greek and Roman silver, Shekel of Simon Maccabaeus, 143 B.C., Rare [Austrian] Thaler of 1479.

Elder Coin & Curio Corp. Public Auction Sale: The Dr. Clifton Wheeler and other collections: Coins, medals tokens, paper money, curios, autographs, etc. New York; June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1937. 128 p. ; 2819 lots; stapled card covers; small tear at bottom of p. 67-68 and some yellowing to pages; otherwise very good condition. $25.

Ancient coins comprise of lots 1460-1466, 1562-1569, 1614, 1705-1717, 1743-1744, 1747, 1791, 1827a-1868, 1889-1896, 2021-2026, 2364, 2366, 2514-2532, 2549-2554: Bronzes, Silver of Julius Caesar, etc., Syrian silver, Parthian fine silver, Roman Republic and Empire silver, Roman Empire bronze, Roman middle bronzes, Sicilian Medieval Reals, Egyptian bronzes, Roman First Bronze Coins, Silver of Ptolemy, Pompey, Julius Caesar, Tiberius.

Elder, Thomas L. CATALOGUE OF THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF RARE COINS AND MEDALS FORMED BY THE LATE DR. GEORGE ALFRED LAWRENCE… New York, June 26–28, 1929. 4to, original gilt-printed card covers separated from book block. 107, (3) pages; 1544 lots. Prices realized list laid in. Good or better. a large-format version of one of his most important auction catalogues. The Lawrence sale is Adams 222, and is rated A+ overall by Adams. The sale’s offerings are remarkably varied but it is best known for Lawrence’s outstanding collection of California and other pioneer gold coins. Ex Phil Carrigan Library. $70.

Ancients comprise lots 1-510: (Gold: Britannia, Greek, Roman, Byzantine; silver: Greek, Judea, Parthia; bronze: Greek, Judea; “Ancient Coins of the Roman Republic and Empire. One of the Finest Collections Offered Since Millers’ Silver Coins of the Ancient Roman Republic” (p. 21): bronze, Imperial denarii, “Imperial Roman First Bronze”, “Imperial Roman Middle or Second Bronzes”, “Imperial Roman Petite Bronzes”.

Elder, Thomas L. List of Coins, Paper Money and Numismatic Books for Sale (Bulletin no. 90, Jan. 1905). New York: Thomas Elder, 1905. [8] long pages, folded from 8.5 x 17 sheet ; brittle, yellowed & torn at folds especially at mid-fold between p. 1 & 2; reading copy, $30. Lists 11 ancients (5 Greek, 2 Egypt, 4 Rome) available for sale on page 1.

Elder, Thomas L. The New Rare Coin Book: a Comprehensive Work on Numismatics, Coin Premiums, Numismatists, Coin Collecting . New York: Elder Coin & Curio Corp., 1934. 98 p. : ill.; New Premium Coin Book –Cover title ; original stapled card covers all but separated from the contents; some creasing, small tears, chipping to covers and some pages; overall good, $15. Prices paid for English Medieval gold coins: p. 51, “Scotch” Medieval gold coins, p. 53, English silver, p. 53-54, “Scotch” & Irish silver, p. 56, English copper p. 57,; “Premiums paid for ancient Greek silver coins” p. 59-60, misc. ancient silver, p. 61, “Prices paid for first or largest bronze Roman coins”, p. 61-2.

Faber, Ernst, ed. by P. Kranz. Chronological Handbook of the History of China . Shanghai: The General Evangelical Protestant Missionary Society of Germany, 1902; xvi, 250, xliv p. hard cover; reading copy (cover separated from book block between preliminary pages ii and iii due to old faulty repair); $60.

Fagerlie, John M. Late Roman and Byzantine Solidi Found in Sweden and Denmark . (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, no. 157). New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1967. xxv, 213 p. : ill., [33] p. of plates; softcover, slightly bumped on back left-hand corners; otherwise near fine, $35.

Faintich, Marshall. ASTRONOMICAL SYMBOLS ON ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL COINS. Jefferson, 2008. Tall 8vo, orig. pictorial boards. vi, 224 p. ill. Fine. $60. SOLD

Fanning, David F. Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 1869–1939. Gahanna: Kolbe & Fanning, 2020. Crown 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. 288 pages; illustrated in color throughout. A bibliography and analysis of American auction catalogues issued before the Second World War that feature photographically printed illustrations of ancient coins. Includes biographical material concerning the dealers whose catalogues are discussed, as well as a statistical analysis of the catalogues and supplementary information relevant to provenance research. New, $95.

Feuardent, Jules and Henri Leman. CATALOGUE DES MONNAIES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES, MÉDAILLES ARTISTIQUES FRANÇAISES ET ÉTRANGÈRES COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION ENGEL-GROS. Paris, 17 déc. 1921. 4to, orig. heavy card covers. 48 p.; 154 lots; 17 fine plates. Contents coming loose, VG or better. Includes important Renaissance medals. A scarce catalogue, poorly bound and almost invariably with pages detaching from the spine. Clain-Stefanelli 14357. Grierson 315.; $100.

Florange, Jules, and Louis Ciani. COLLECTION BARRACHIN. ANTIQUITÉS. MONNAIES GRECQUES, ROMAINES, FRANÇAISES, ÉTRANGÈRES. Paris, 18–20 décembre 1924. Crown 4to, original printed card covers. 60 pages; 785 lots; 6 fine plates of antiquities; 8 fine plates of ancient coins; 8 fine plates of French and European coins. Near fine. A significant sale from this notable partnership. Clain-Stefanelli 1694. Grierson 279. Spring 184; $100.

Forrer, L. “Les portraits de Sappho sur les monnaies”. Extract from La Revue Belge Numismatique année 1901. [Brussels?]: La Revue, 1901. 13 p. : ill. ; original paper covers, chipped, discouloured to dark tan around the edges and very brittle; contents good-very good, $40.

Foss, Clive. ROMAN HISTORICAL COINS. London, 1990. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt, jacket. xxix, (1), 335, (1) pages; illustrated throughout. Near fine. $60. SOLD

Friedlaender, Julius. “Campanisches Schwergeld Aes Grave”. Extract from Numismatischen Zeitschrift. [Berlin?]: G.W. Huber & J. Karabauer, 1869. p.257-264, 1 plate : ill. original paper cover, extremely brown and brittle, chipped/missing pieces; reading copy, $40.

Gardner, Percy. ARCHAEOLOGY AND TYPES OF GREEK COINS. Reprint. Chicago: Argonaut, 1965. 4to, original red cloth; jacket. (2), v–xvi, 217, (17), pages; 16 plates. Near fine. A notable title. Clain-Stefanelli 1827 $65.

Gardner, Percy. “The Gold Coinage of Asia before Alexander the Great”. From The Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. III. London: The British Academy, 1908. 32 p., 2 p. of plates : ill. ; original card covers, slightly darkened around the edges; very good, $40.

Giacosa, Giorgio, R. Ross Holloway. WOMEN OF THE CAESARS: THEIR LIVES AND PORTRAITS ON COINS. Milan, (1977). 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. 127, (1) pages; well illustrated; 71 attractive plates, many in color. Some wear to jacket; near fine. $100. SOLD

Grant, Michael. Roman Anniversary Issues. New York: Attic Books, 1977. (reprint of original 1950 ed.); 204 p. includes index; hard cover; as new, $35.

Gyselen, Rika. “Ateliers Monétaires et Cachets Officiels Sasanides”. in Studia Iranica, extrait du tome 8, 1979, fascicule 2. p. 189-212 ; text in French; includes bibliography; fine, $20.

Harl, Kenneth W. Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700 . Baltimore: St. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. 533 p. [31] p. of plates : ill.: hardcover; fine, $100.

Hazlitt, W.C. THE COIN COLLECTOR. London, 1896. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. 298, (6) pages; 12 fine plates. Cover has some wear; very good. Ex Italo Vecchi library with his bookplate on pastedown; includes chapters on ancient Greek and Roman coins, plus significant treatment of British and European medieval coins; $40.

Hazzard, R.A. PTOLEMAIC COINS: AN INTRODUCTION FOR COLLECTORS. Toronto, 1995. 8vo, original printed card covers. x, 132 pages; 153 text illustrations of coins. Title written on spine; spine taped. Very good. Daehn 6601: “A thorough introduction.” $50.

Hazlitt, W.C. THE COIN COLLECTOR. London, 1896. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. 298, (6) pages; 12 fine plates. Cover has some wear. Ex Italo Vecchi library with his bookplate on pastedown; includes chapters on ancient Greek and Roman coins, plus significant treatment of British and European medieval coins; very good, $50.

Heiss, A. ATLAS OF THE ANCIENT COINS OF SPAIN. Chicago, 1976 reprint. 4to, original printed boards. 8 pages; map; 68 plates of coins. Fine. $75.

Hendin, David. GUIDE TO ANCIENT JEWISH COINS. New York, 1976. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. 134 pages; map; table; 9 plates. Previous owner’s bookplate and gift inscription on pastedown. Near fine. $30.

Hendin, David. NOT KOSHER: FORGERIES OF ANCIENT JEWISH AND BIBLICAL COINS. New York, 2005. 8vo, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. 224 pages; illustrated. Inscribed by the author; back cover slightly bent; fine. $60.

Heritage. THE SHOSHANA COLLECTION OF ANCIENT JUDAEAN COINS: THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AS TOLD THROUGH COINS. New York, March 8–9, 2012. 4to, original printed card covers. 180, (12) pages; 712 lots; illustrated in color. Printout prices realized list. Fine. [with] THE SHOSHANA COLLECTION OF ANCIENT JUDAEAN COINS, PART II: COINAGE, CULTURE AND CONFLICT IN THE ANCIENT HOLY LAND. Long Beach, September 5, 2012. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 106, (14) pages; 585 lots; illustrated in color. Printout prices realized list. The Shoshana collection was expertly catalogued by David Hendin and Herb Kreindler. Fine. $65.

Heritage Auctions. World & Ancient Coins, Chicago Coin Expo, Apr. 9-10 & 13-14, 2015: Auction #3040. 391 p., [1722] lots: ill.; soft cover; fine, $20.

Ancients comprise 310 lots of Greek, Judaea, Oriental, Roman Provincial, Roman Republic, Roman Imperial, and Byzantine coins.

Heritage Auctions. World & Ancient Coins, Chicago Coin Expo, Apr. 14-15 & 18-19, 2016: Auction #3046. 435 p., [1975] lots: ill.; soft cover; fine, $20.

Ancients comprise 382 lots of Celtic, Greek, Judaea, Oriental, Roman Provincial, Roman Republic, Roman Imperial, and Byzantine coins.

Heritage Auctions. World & Ancient Coins, Chicago Coin Expo, Apr. 14-15 & 18-19, 2016: Auction #3046. 180 p., [2260] lots: ill.; soft cover, tear at bottom front edge that affect the first 6 p.; otherwise near fine, $15. Ancients comprise 419 lots of Celtic, Greek, Judaea, Oriental, Roman Provincial, Roman Republic, Roman Imperial, Byzantine, and Islamic coins.

Heritage Auctions. World & Ancient Coins, Chicago Coin Expo, Apr. 20-21 & 23, 2018: Auction #3064. 519 p., [3956] lots: ill.; soft cover; fine, $20.

Ancients comprise 348 lots of Celtic, Greek, Judaean, Oriental, Indian, Roman Provincial, Roman Republic, Roman Imperial, Lombards, and Byzantine coins.

Higgins, Frank C. The Chinese Numismatic Riddle. Silver Spring, MD: Katen, 1975 (reprint of the 1910 original from The Elder Numismatic Press). 34 p., stapled yellow card covers; fine condition; $20. “A discovery of the identity of the astronomical and religious symbols of the Temple Money of the Far East at the time of Chaldea, Babylon, Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, the Aztecs of Mexico, the Incas of Peru, etc., etc.” — Cover. This paper was originally delivered by Frank C. Higgins, FRNS as “an address before the American Numismatic Association in Convention, Thu. Sept. 8, 1910” – T.p.

Hill, G.F. Ancient Greek and Roman Coins: a Handbook. New and enlarged ed. Chicago: Argonaut Pub., 1964. 302 p., [16] p. of plates; ill.; includes indexes and select bibliography; hard cover with dust jacket; fine, $40.

Hill, G. F. A Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins (Handbooks of Archaeology and Antiquities). London: McMillan, 1899. xv, 295 p., 15 p. of plates : ill. ; includes bibliography and indexes; green cloth hardcover, gilt; very good, $60.

Hill, G. F. Roman Coins from Croydon. Reprinted from the Numismatic Chronicle, fourth series vol. 5. London: The Chronicle, 1905. 27 p. ; original white paper covers with black printing; some hand writing near top edge of front cover; near fine, $25.

Hill, G. F. Roman Silver Coins from Grovely Wood. Reprinted from the Numismatic Chronicle, fourth series vol. 6. London: The Chronicle, 1906. 19 p. : ill. ; original white paper covers with black printing; name written and ownership stamp near top right-hand edge of front cover; near fine, $25.

Hill, G.F. SELECT GREEK COINS. A SERIES OF ENLARGEMENTS ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED. Chicago: Ares, 1974 reprint. 4to, original red cloth, gilt; jacket. 61, (3) pages; 64 plates. Some wear to jacket; else fine. $40.

Holloway, R. Ross. The Frederick M. Watkins Collection: the Ancient Coins . Reprint. Harvard University, 1973. [52] p. : ill.; stapled paper covers; very good, $25. “This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition, The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, January 31-March 14, 1973.” — T.p. verso.


Houle, A. Notice-Étude sur une Statère Découverte dans une Sépulture du Cimetière de Bury (Oise). Beauvais: Imprimerie Central Administrative, 1905. 12 p. ; original card covers yellowed around the edges; top right-hand front corner missing; good, $40.

Imhoof-Blumer, F. & Gardner, P. Ancient Coins Illustrating Lost Masterpieces of Greek Art: a Numismatic Commentary on Pusanias . Chicago: Argonaut Pub., 1964. 176 p. [36] p. of plates,includes indexes & select bibliography; hard cover with dust jacket; fine, $40.

Israel Numismatic Society. ISRAEL NUMISMATIC RESEARCH. VOL. 1. Jerusalem, 2006. 184 p., 21 p. of plates : ill., 3 maps ; includes bibliographic references ; 8vo, original printed card covers. Fine. A peer-reviewed research journal featuring scholarly articles. $30. Includes “A Hacksilber and Cut Athenian Tetradrachm Hoard from the Environs of Samaria: Late Fourth Century BCE” by Haim Gitler (p. 5-14), “The Last Ptolemaic Bronze Emission of Tyre” by Catharine Lorber (p. 15-20), “Deities from Egypt on the Coins of the Southern Levant” by Laurent Bricault (p. 123-136), “The Hugo Wennagel Hoard, August 25-26, 1941 – Dec. 7, 2003” by Danny Goldman (p. 157-165).

Israel Numismatic Society. ISRAEL NUMISMATIC RESEARCH. VOL. 2. Jerusalem, 2007. 187 p., 18 p. of plates: ill., 3 maps; includes bibliographic references; 8vo, original printed card covers. Fine. A peer-reviewed research journal featuring scholarly articles. $30. Includes “Silver Dome-Shaped Coins from Persian-period Southern Palestine” by Haim Gitler, Oren Tal and Peter Van Alfen (p. 47-62), “The Ptolemaic Mint of Ras Ibn Hani” by Catharine Lorber (p. 63-75), “A Hoard of Byzantine Solidi from the Deir ‘Aziz Synagogue” by Nili Ahipaz (p. 157-165).

If both Israel Numismatic Research volumes are bought together, they may be had for $50.

Jain, Rekha. ANCIENT INDIAN COINAGE. New Delhi, 1995. 8vo, original maroon cloth, gilt; jacket. 247, (1) pages; 8 plates. Near fine. Reconstructing Indian History & Culture, No. 8; $40.

Jen, David. CHINESE CASH: IDENTIFICATION AND PRICE GUIDE. Iola, 2000. 4to, original pictorial card covers. xi, 341 pages; illustrated. Fine. $60.

Jenkins, G.K., and R.B. Lewis. CARTHAGINIAN GOLD AND ELECTRUM COINS. London: RNS, 1963. 4to, original red cloth, gilt. 140 pages; 38 fine plates. Some wear to jacket; else fine Royal Numismatic Society, Special Publication No. 2 $120.

Jones, Tom B. A NUMISMATIC RIDDLE: THE SOCALLED GREEK IMPERIALS. American Philosophical Society: Philadelphia, 1963. An article contained in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 107, Number 4 (August 15, 1963). Pages 308–347; maps, charts, illustrations. Near fine. $40.

Jorgensen, Holger. Old Coins of China: a Guide to Their Identification . (Reprint [of 1944 original ed.]) S.l. : The author, 1962. 28 p. : ill. ; original stapled card covers; near fine, $15.

The Journal of the Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society, Toronto – September 2001 – Series Two, Volume Two, Number Three, $10

The Journal of the Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society, Toronto – December 2001 – Series Two, Volume Two, Number Four, $10

The Journal of the Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society, Toronto – March 2002 – Series Two, Volume Three, Number One, $10

The Journal of the Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society, Toronto – June 2002 – Series Two, Volume Three, Number Two, $10

The Journal of the Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society, Toronto – September 2003 – Series Two, Volume Four, Number Three , $10

The Journal of the Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society, Toronto – December 2003 – Series Two, Volume Four, Number Four, $10

The Journal of the Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society, Toronto – March 2004 – Series Two, Volume Five, Number One, $10

The Journal of the Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society, Toronto – September 2004 – Series Two, Volume Five, Number Three, $10

The Journal of the Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society, Toronto – December 2004 – Series Two, Volume Five, Number Four , $10

The Journal of the Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society, Toronto – Last Year of Issue March, June & September 2005 – Series Two, Volume Six, Number 1, 2 & 3 (i.e. one set of 3 issues), $20

Or all 12 issues, which are in as new condition, for $75, a savings of $35.

Kadman, L. CORPUS OF THE COINS OF THE JEWISH WAR. (Jerusalem: Offprint from Corpus Nummorum Palaestinensium Volume III, 1960). 8vo, original printed card covers. Pages 122–135; 5 plates. Near fine. $60. SOLD

Kankelfitz, Ralph. Katalog Römischer Münzen von Popejus bis Romulus, Band I . Munich: Battenberg, 1974. 217 p. : ill.; includes contemporary book review clipped from Coin World, Dec. 4/74 p. 62; soft cover; fine, $50.

Klawans, Zander H., An Outline of Ancient Greek Coins. Racine, Wis.: Whitman, 1959. 208 p., includes bibliography and index; hard cover, top corners bumped; very good condition, $15. SOLD

Knobloch, Frederick S. Fixed Price List (6 issues); all card covers have rust stains around the staples and “Canadian Numismatic Association Library” stamped on the front; good to very good ($5 ea.) or $25 for the lot of 6 (See also the 1984 sale of Knobloch ancients by Stacks, below) :

No. 11, Spring 1958: Greek Bronze Coins; [16] p.; 365 lots; stapled card covers

No. 12, Fall 1958: Greece, Rome, Byzantium, The Middle Ages; [16] p.; 365 lots (lot 291 on p. 13 and 316 on p. 14 was cut out); stapled card covers

No. 13, Winter 1959: Ancient Roman Coins, a fine and rare selection; [14] p.; 366 lots; stapled card covers

No. 15, Fall 1959: Ancient Greek and Roman Coins; [16] p.; 355 lots; stapled card covers

No. 16, Nov. 1959: Greek and Roman Coins, Related Literature; [16] p.; 429 lots; stapled card covers

No. 17, Winter 1960: Roman Bronze Coins; [16] p.; 413 lots; stapled card covers.

Koch, Heidemarie. A Hoard of Coins from Eastern Parthia. (Numismatic Notes and Monoraphs, no. 165). New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1990. ix, 64 p.. 12 p. of plates : ill., 1 map ; hardcover; fine, $40.

Kraay, C.M. THE AES COINAGE OF GALBA. New York: ANS, 1956. 8vo, later green cloth printed in silver. x, 124, (2) pages; folding tables; 37 plates. Fine. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 133. $110.

Kritt, Brian. SELEUCID COINS OF BACTRIA. Lancaster, 1996. 8vo, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. x, 70 pages including 5 plates. Page folds from shipment; else new. Classical Numismatic Studies, No. 1 $35.

Kumpikevicius, Gordon C., and Mark E. Tooth. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CLASSICAL NUMISMATICS IN CANADA. Toronto, 1994. 4to, original printed card covers. xiv, 150 pages; frontispiece; 37 full-page figures. Near fine. 1 of 200 copies. $90. SOLD

Künker. THE SAMEL COLLECTION OF JEWISH COINS AND MEDALS. Osnabrück, March 17, 2020. 4to, original pictorial boards. 172 pages; 598 lots; illustrated in color. Prices realized list laid in. Bruise to edge sustained in transit. The limited edition hardcover catalogue of this important collection, formed over the course of decades by Josef Samel and his sister Angela Arluk; as new, $60.

Lenormant, Ch. “Essai sur les Statères de Cyzique”. Extract from Numismatique, new series vol. 1, 1856. Paris: E. Thunot et Co., 1856. 52 p. : ill. 2 p. of plates ; original paper covers sunned, bent at the top and a couple of small pieces of the cover missing from both the top & bottom of the spine; some foxing to the pages; good, $80.

Lepczyk, Joseph. 13 Public Auction and Mail Bid Sales from 1978 to 1985 (with the no. of ancient coin lots in parentheses); nos. 27 (52), 29 (276), 30 (73), 32 (306), 33 (246), 34 (139), 35 (199), 36 (178), 37 (110), 38 (251), 39 (184), 60 (682) & 62 (165); East Lansing, MI: Josephy Leczyk, 1978-1985. v. : ill. ; all stapled card covers; all except no. 62 have prices realized lists; all near fine except nos. 60 & 62 which show more rubbing/wear (very good overall); $10 ea. or all 13 for $100.

Lepczyk, Joseph. FORTY-THIRD PUBLIC AUCTION AND MAIL BID SALE FOR THE JOINT CONVENTION OF THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL COIN FAIR AND THE INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. Toronto, November 20–21, 1981. 8vo, original printed card covers. [unpaginated]; 1507 lots; illustrated. Near fine. $30. Ancients comprise of lots 554-727: Greek, Greek Imperial, Roman Republic, Roman Imperatorial, Roman Imperial, Byzantine.

Lewis, Albert B. MELANESIAN SHELL MONEY IN FIELD MUSEUM COLLECTIONS. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago: 1929. Anthropological Series Vol. XIX, No. 1. 8vo, original printed card covers. Printed on thick paper. 36 pages; 25 plates. Cover coming detached from text block; very good. $30.

Lewis, Peter and Ron Bolden. THE POCKET GUIDE TO SAINT PAUL. COINS ENCOUNTERED BY THE APOSTLE ON HIS TRAVELS. Kent Town, 2002. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. xi, (1), 292 pages; ill.; 4 col. plates of coins. Fine. $75.

Lightfoot, C.S., ed. Recent Turkish Coin Hoards and Numismatic Studies . (British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 12, Oxbow Monograph 7). Oxford: Oxbow Books, 1991; softcover, 364 p., very good condition, covers slightly bumped, $100.

Lockhart, James H. Stewart. THE LOCKHART COLLECTION OF CHINESE COPPER COINS. Lawrence, 1975 reprint. Tall 4to, original butterscotch cloth, lettered in black; jacket. viii, (4), xv, 62 pages; 174 plates; price guide. Jacket worn. The Quarterman reprint of the scarce 1915 original. Still widely used. ClainStefanelli 8650*. Grierson 245. Overall, near fine; $75.

Lorber, Catharine. Amphipolis: The Civic Coinage in Silver and Gold . Los Angeles: Numismatic Fine Arts International, 1990. 196 p., [31] p. of plates; ill., includes bibliography and indexes; hardcover with dust jacket; as new, $75.

Lovette, James B. BIBLICAL RELATED COINS, INCLUDING BOTH THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. Little Rock, 1996. Revised edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. 203, (5) pages; illustrated; maps. Fine. $40.

MacDonald, David. THE COINAGE OF APHRODISIAS. London: RNS, 1992. 4to, original red boards, gilt; jacket. xi, (1), 169, (3) pages; 32 plates of coins. Fine. Royal Numismatic Society, Special Publication No. 23. Daehn 4889: “A complete catalogue and die study of the coinage of Aprhrodisias, focusing on the Roman Provincial coinage in bronze.” $80.

MacDowall, David W. THE WESTERN COINAGES OF NERO. New York: ANS, 1979. 8vo, original printed card covers. xviii, 256 pages; 8-page foldout table, 25 plates. Fine. Numismatic Notes & Monographs, No. 161. Davis 651. Kroh 77 (four stars). $45.

Matsson, G.O. THE GODS, GODDESSES AND HEROES ON THE ANCIENT COINS OF BIBLE LANDS. Stockholm, 1969. 8vo, original blue leatherette, gilt. xxviii, 267, (1) pages; 8 plates. Clain-Stefanelli 16420; fine, $50.

Mattingly, H. and E.S.G. Robinson. The Date of the Roman Denarius and Other Landmarks in Early Roman Coinage . Chicago: Obol International, 1974. 58 p., 3. p. of plates : ill.; “Communicated 1932” — p. [3]; stapled card covers; fine, $45.

Mayflower Coin Auctions. THE OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF COLONIAL, UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN COINS FORMED BY MR. C.H. STEARNS OF WAKEFIELD, MASS. Boston, Dec. 2–3, 1966. 8vo, original printed card covers. 99, (1) pages [lacking integral bidsheet]; 1252 lots; illustrated throughout. Near fine. Mayflower is perhaps the most notable series of American auction sale catalogues not in Adams, & this is probably their most important cat. It features a major collection of colonials & over 400 lots of large cents, many in choice cond. Ex Dan Freidus Library; $35. Ancient coins comprise lots 881-940: Greek, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Byzantine.

Mehl, B. Max. CATALOG OF THE CELEBRATED NUMISMATIC COLLECTION FORMED BY WILLIAM FORRESTER DUNHAM. COMPLETE SERIES OF THE UNITED STATES COINAGE. Fort Worth: June 3, 1941. 4to, original embossed gold and silver card covers. 287, (1) pages; 4169 lots; frontispiece portrait of Dunham; text illustrations; prices realized list; inserts. Covers worn and chipped around the edges; else near fine. One of Mehl’s most important sales. Adams A+: Landmark Sale. Virginia shilling. 1822 $5. Proof Kellogg $50. MS 1822 10¢. 1804 $1, 12 page write-up. Proof 1852 half cent, original. Definitive for encased postage, pattern dimes. Fine , $100. Ancient coins consist of lots 3131-3262: Greek and Roman gold, “silver coins of Judaea, including gem specimens of the shekel and half shekel” (p. 225), “Roman first or large bronze struck to commemorate the capture of Jerusalem” (p. 226), Greek silver, Roman denarii, Roman aes grave, Roman first or large bronze coins.

Meshorer, Ya’akov. ANCIENT JEWISH COINAGE. VOLUME I: PERSIAN PERIOD THROUGH HASMONAEANS. VOLUME II: HEROD THE GREAT THROUGH BAR COCHBA. Dix Hills, 1982. Two volumes. Small 4to, original matching brown cloth, gilt. 184; 295, (1) pages; map; text figures; 56 + 36 plates. Near fine. A groundbreaking work. Daehn 5795. Kroh 59. Ex Lawrence B. Wohl, with his bookplate; $300 for the pair. SOLD vol. II only; vol. I still available @ $150.

Meshorer, Ya’akov. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: the collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 6: Palestine-South Arabia. New York: The Society, 1981; hardcover, 54 p. as new condition, $60.

Metcalf, William E. The Cistophori of Hadrian. (Numismatic Studies no. 15). New York: The Society, 1980. 164 p. : ill., 31 p. of plates ; hard cover; as new, $100.

Metcalf, William E. [editor]. MNEMATA: PAPERS IN MEMORY OF NANCY M. WAGGONER. New York: ANS, 1991. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. x, 115, (1) pages; 21 plates. Fine. A posthumous festschrift for Waggoner who specialized in ancient Greek coins. Fine, $45.

Metcalf, William E. Roman Medallions. New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1979; 29 p. ; softcover; ex-Canadian Numismatic Association Library, very good $15.

Miles, George C. The Coinage of the Arab Amirs of Crete. (Numismatic notes and monographs no. 160). New York: American Numismatic Society, 1970. ix, 86 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; softcover; fine, $30.

Montréal Timbres et Monnaies/Montreal Stamps and Coins. Encan de monnaie public [sic]/A public coin auction, Encan No. 94 Auction. Montreal: May 20, 1997. 24 p., [23] p. of plates : ill. ; 707 lots ; card covers with some ink pen notation on the cover; otherwise very good. $10. Ancient coins comprise lots 567 to 592: Greek and Roman with an image of lot 588 of a Diocletian (A.D. 284-305) Aerus estimated at $4,500 featured front and centre on the cover.

NASCA. The Wayte Raymond Collection of the Coins of the World: Part I . New York, NY, Dec. 5-8, 1977. 160 p., 3714 lots : ill.; includes bibliography; original stapled card covers beginning to separate from the staples & title page torn on outside edge; includes prices realized list and separate illustrations booklet [32] p.; otherwise very good, $30.

Ancient coins comprise lots 1-419: Roman Republic, Roman Imperatorial, Roman Imperial, Byzantine, Vandals, Greek, Egypt, Macedon, Parthia, Sassanid Persian Empire, Syria, Ancient Judean Bronze Coins.

New Netherlands Coin Company. 60TH PUBLIC AUCTION SALE. New York, Dec. 3–4, 1968. 8vo, original printed card covers. (2), 116 pages; 758 lots; 16 plates. Prices realized list laid in. Fine. “A strong candidate for best executed catalogue ever.”—John W. Adams. An incredible sale. The full title page points out some of the highlights: Canadian coins from the Brand and Lathrop collections; 43 lots of Massachusetts silver; Earle’s Lord Baltimore shilling; a Standish Barry threepence; a Chalmers shilling and sixpence; a silver Immune Columbia; colonials from the F.C.C. Boyd collection; New Jersey coppers from the Hall, Brand, Würtzbach and Boyd collections; and private and territorial gold including a J. Parsons and Co. $2.50 piece and an 1849 Mormon $20 piece. Adams 60 (rated A+ overall, A+ in colonials, A in private gold, and A in Canadian). $60. Ancients comprise of lots 614-635, 643-653, 664-669, 678, 687, 700-717, 731-732:

New Netherlands Coin Co. Inc. and B.A. Seaby Ltd. Second Joint Public Auction Sale. Early U.S. Large Cents 1793-1814, property of Mr. R. F. Naftzger, Jr. and Ancient Greek Coins… New York, Nov. 14-15, 1973. 105 p., [48] p. of plates, 1066 lots ; softcovers; includes bid sheet and estimated values; fine, $30. Ancient coins comprise lots 1-127, 609-638

New Netherlands Coin Company, with Numismatic Fine Arts, Hans M.F. Schulman and Henry Grunthal. 1952 ANNUAL NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION, OFFICIAL PUBLIC AUCTION SALE. New York, Aug. 16-21, 1952. Small 4to, original printed card covers that show some wear, minor stain and a small tear on the bottom edge of the front cover. (7), 158, (3) pages; 4880 lots; 48 plates. Prices realized list inserted. Good. Possibly the finest ANA convention sale. Conducted jointly by four different firms, the New Netherlands material tends to receive the most attention, including as it does the Homer K. Downing large cents and selections from his library. John J. Ford, Jr. claimed to have done much editing of the other three firms’ material, in addition to his work on the New Netherlands section. Cataloguing the Downing large cents was the first job Walter Breen did for New Netherlands. Other material includes the Gibbs Canadian, Rumbel’s patterns and Lesher dollars, Wayte Raymond’s assay medals, and coins of the world. A classic sale (rated A+ overall by Adams). Adams 38 (under New Netherlands) and 10 (under Schulman). Davis 779. $55.

Includes 476 lots of ancients: Roman and Byzantine Gold, Roman large bronze, Medieval, choice Greek, Roman aurei, Greek and Roman silver and gold.

Newell, Edward T. THE COINAGE OF THE WESTERN SELEUCID MINTS, FROM SELEUCUS I TO ANTIOCHUS III. New York: ANS, 1941. 4to, later maroon cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. Folding map; 450 pages; 85 plates. Very good or better. Numismatic Studies No. 4. The scarce original of Newell’s classic work, the accompaniment to his earlier work on the eastern mints. Clain-Stefanelli 2881*. Grierson 65. Kroh 42 (five stars). Ex Stack Family Library $110.

Newell, Edward T. STANDARD PTOLEMAIC SILVER. New York: Wayte Raymond, 1941. 8vo, original printed card covers. 16 pages; illustrated. Previous owner’s label. Coin Collector Series No. 7. A well-illustrated overview meant for non-specialists; near fine, $25.


Newell, Edward T. TWO RECENT EGYPTIAN HOARDS. New York: ANS, 1927. 16mo, original printed card covers. (4), 34 pages; 3 fine plates. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 33. Fine. $25.

Newell, Edward T., and Sydney P. Noe. THE ALEXANDER COINAGE OF SICYON, ARRANGED FROM NOTES OF EDWARD T. NEWELL, WITH COMMENTS AND ADDITIONS BY SYDNEY P. NOE. New York: ANS, 1950. 4to, original printed card covers. 41 (3) pages; 18 fine plates. Very good. Numismatic Studies, No. 6. Daehn 3452: “A catalogue of seventy varieties of the Alexander-type coinage minted at Sicyon. Incl. commentary on chronology, types, & symbols. Indices of symbols and monograms.” $60.

The Numismatic Chronicle. London: The Royal Numismatic Society. Red hard bound volumes, 17 years from 1961 to 1993 (1961, 1963-67, 1973-79, 1986, 1990, 1991 & 1993); all in fine condition. $30 ea. ($25 ea. if 5 or more are purchased at the same time). Most volumes typically include many articles on ancient and medieval coins.

Oreschnikow, A. W. Zur Münzkunde des Cimmerischen Bosporus. Moscow: Alexander Lang, 1883. 22 p., 1 plate : ill. ; orig. card covers, chipped & folded around the edge & spine, some small black blotches & light brown stains on back cover; overall good, $90.

Paramount International Coin Corp. Rare Coin List, no. 15. April-May 1977. Englewood, OH: Paramount, 1977. 80 p. : ill.; original stapled card covers that show a bit of rubbing; otherwise near fine, $20. Fixed price lists of U.S. and world coins. Ancient coins comprise 307 lots on p. 55-62; plus the following Medieval coin issues (no. in parenthesis after country name): Great Britain (1 on p. 73).

Paul, George M. [editor]. ROMAN COINS AND PUBLIC LIFE UNDER THE EMPIRE. E. TOGO SALMON PAPERS II. University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, 1999. 8vo, original tan cloth and purple boards, printed in purple; jacket. Frontispiece portrait; 168 pages; 32 plates. Fine, $90.

Penn, R.G. MEDICINE ON ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN COINS. London, 1994. 8vo, original pictorial card covers. vi, 186 pages; illustrated. Part of Seaby’s Aspects of Ancient Classical Coins series; fine, $60.

The Picus Volume 1 – 1992 – The Annual Journal of Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society $15

The Picus Volume 2 – 1993 – The Annual Journal of Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society $15

The Picus Volume 3 – 1994 – The Annual Journal of Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society $15

The Picus Volume 4 – 1995 – The Annual Journal of Classical & Medieval Numismatic Society $15

Or all 4 issues, with original card covers and which are in as new condition, for $45, a savings of $15 (i.e. buy 4 and get one free).

Poole, Reginald Stuart. Catalogue of the Coins of Alexandria and Nomes . (Elibron Classics series). [Boston] :Adamant Media Corp, 2006. 100, 395 p. : ill., [32] p. of plates; softcover; fine, $75. “This Elibron Classics Replica Edition is an unabridged facsimile of the edition published in 1892 by the Trustees of the British Museum, London.” — T.p. verso.

Price, Martin & Waggoner, Nancy. Archaic Greek Coinage: the Asyut Hoard . London: V.C. Vecchi & Sons; Encino, Calif.: Numismatic Fine Arts, 1975. 143 p. 32 p. of plates; includes bibliographic notes and index; hard cover with dust jacket in mylar protector; as new, $100.

Price, Martin Jessop. THE “PORUS” COINAGE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT: A SYMBOL OF CONCORD AND COMMUNITY (PL. IX–XI). Offprint from Studia Paulo Naster Oblata. I: Numismatica Antiqua. Leuven, 1982. 8vo, original printed card covers. (12) pages; 3 plates. Inscribed by author on front cover. Near fine. $40.

Price, Martin Jessop and Bluma L. Trell. COINS AND THEIR CITIES: ARCHITECTURE ON THE ANCIENT COINS OF GREECE, ROME, AND PALESTINE. London, 1977. Small 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. 298 pages; folding map; numerous color and monochrome enlarged coin illustrations. Near fine. Clain-Stefanelli 3493. $100.

Price, Martin Jessop. THE “PORUS” COINAGE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT: A SYMBOL OF CONCORD AND COMMUNITY (PL. IX–XI). Offprint from Studia Paulo Naster Oblata. I: Numismatica Antiqua. Leuven, 1982. 8vo, original printed card covers. (12) pages; 3 plates. Inscribed by author on front cover. Near fine. $40.

Rapson, E. J. The Coinage of Ancient and Medieval India.Reprint of 1897 ed., second reprint ed., Jan. 1969. San Diego, Calif.: Malter-Westerfield Pub. Co. , 1969. 56 p. : ill. ; original stapled card covers with some rubbing; overall very good, $25.

Raymond, Wayte. Guide to Ancient Coins. (The Coin Collector Series no. 11). New York: Wayte Raymond, 1944. 28 p. : ill.; includes index; original stapled card covers, ex-libris; overall good+, $15.

Raymond, Wayte. THE J. PIERPONT MORGAN COLLECTION. CATALOGUE OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN COINS, ABUKIR MEDALLIONS, ROMAN GOLD BAR. New York, 1953. 8vo, original printed card covers. 59, (1) pages; illustrated. Near fine. $75 Important. Daehn 2093: “In 1949, the collection was purchased by Raymond, who published this book prior to the collection’s dispersal.” Ex Phil Carrigan Library.

Robinson, David M. A Hoard of Silver Coins from Carystus. (Numismatic Notes and Monographs, no. 124). New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1952. 62 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; softcover, inscribed by the author on the front cover as a review copy; fine, $50.

Rutter, N.K. CAMPANIAN COINAGES, 475–383 B.C. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1979. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt; jacket. viii, 196, (2), (2) pages; 34 plates of coins. Near fine. Daehn 2695. Kroh 16 (four and one half stars). $180

Rutter, N.K. A Catalogue of the Ancient Greek Coins in the Collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh . Edinburgh: The Museum, 1979. 23 p. ; stapled card covers; very good, $40.

Samuels, Claudia Wallack, Paul Rynearson and Ya’akov Meshorer. THE NUMISMATIC LEGACY OF THE JEWS, AS DEPICTED BY A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION. New York: Numismatic Review, 2000. 4to, original blue cloth. (4), vii, (1), 211, (1) pages; text illustrations; 11 plates of coins. Fine. A notable work. $100. SOLD 1 copy; another available

Sayles, Wayne G. ANCIENT COIN COLLECTING. First five volumes. Iola: Krause. Volume I: Ancient Coin Collecting, 2003 (2nd edition). Volume II: Numismatic Art of the Greek World, 2007 (2nd edition). Volume III: The Roman World—Politics and Propaganda, 2007 (2nd edition).Volume IV: Roman Provincial Coins, 1998. Volume V: The Roman / Byzantine Culture, 1998. All 8vo, original cloth, gilt; jackets. A useful series that provides important overviews of ancient and medieval coinages from around the world. Although entirely approachable by the beginner, these are well-done enough to be worth the time of more advanced collectors. Fine, $35 each or all 5 for $140.

Sayles, Wayne G. Classical Deception: Counterfeits, Forgeries and Reproductions of Ancient Coins . Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001. xi, 196 p. : ill. ; includes bibliographies and index; hardcover with dustjacket; as new, $45.

Schulman, Hans M. F., Abner Kreisberg and Jerry Cohen. Public Auction Sale Brand-Lichtenfels et al. Collections . New York: March 18-21, 1964. 215 p.; 4058 lots : ill. (in separate volume, [56] p. of which [55] are plates); original stapled gold foil-like printed card covers that shows some rubbing wear, minor creasing and slight; includes index; accompanied by aforementioned plates and illustrations booklet; $30. Ancient coins comprise lots 1-136: Greek silver, Greek gold, Indo-Greek gold, Roman gold, Byzantine gold.

Schulman, Hans M. F. Bowdoin College Collection Part II and Other Consignments; World Coins in All Metals, Ancient Coins, Medals and Amulets, U.S. Coins and Paper Money . New York: Schulman Coin & Mint, Inc. Feb. 22-23, 1972. 100 p., [32] p. of plates; 1035 lots : ill. ; original stapled card covers, top left-hand corner bent back to p.69; ex-libris Canadian Numismatic Association; very good, $10.

Ancient coins comprise lots 1-6, 59-157, 652-668: Ancient gold, silver & copper coins: Greece, Asia Minor, Kings of Syria, Judaea, Asia, Africa, Rome, Byzantine Rule, Ancient Ethiopia, Medieval Germany.

Schulman, Hans M. F. The Coin and Primitive Money Collection of the Estate of Howard D. Gibbs, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Part II . New York: Hans M. F. Schulman Gallery. Jan. 26-27, 1971. 111 p., [36] p. of plates; 1283 lots : ill. ; original stapled card covers; ex-libris Canadian Numismatic Association; fine, $10. Ancient coins comprise lots 1-126, 601-615, 940-1069: Assyria, Luristan, Coptic, Hittite, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Greece, Rome, Byzantine, Sassanian, Pre-Historic Europe (Armenia, Macedonia, Bessarabia, Bohemis, Switzerland, Ireland, Olbia, Russia, Ukraine, Spain); ancient silver and copper, Judaea, Cappadocia, Egypt, Parthia, Greece, Rome, Ethiopia.

Schulman, Hans M. F. Consignments from The Victor H. Weill Collection, United States Coins The Vatican Duplicate of Ancient Coins, et al . New York: Schulman Coin & Mint, Inc. Apr. 26-28 1972. 91 p., [17] p. of plates; 1433 lots : ill. ; original stapled card covers; ex-libris Canadian Numismatic Association; fine, $10. Ancient coins comprise lots 145-170, 211-867: Ancient gold (Greece, Rome, Byzantine Empire, Kushans Sassanian, Persia), ancient Greek and Rome silver & bronze coins: coins of the Crusaders.

Schulman, Hans M. F. New Era Coin Auction: Gold, Silver, Copper Rareties: The Arlow Collection Part II, Coins from a Beverly Hills Estate Part I . New York: Hans M. F. Schulman, Nov. 10-12, 1966. 176 p., [51] p. of plates; 2500 lots : ill. ; original stapled card covers; fine, $20. Ancient coins comprise lots 1-26, 257-258, 267, 294-295, 324, 329, 342-343, 346-348, 374-379, 443, 447, 458, 486-488, 509-510, 515, 536, 539-546, 571, 635-636, 638, 731-1022, 1780, 1826-1828, 1830-1831, 1855, 1884, 1911, 1931, 1961, 1991, 1995-1996, 2009, 2017, 2057-2059, 2100: Ancient gold of Greece, Rome, Byzantine & Axumite Empires, Armenia; Medieval gold of Algiers and Egypt (Islamic), Crusades Armenia, Brabant & Flanders, France, German States, English noble (Henry VI, 1422-1471), Hungary, Venice, Florence, Naples, Salerno, Messina, Holland, Spain; ancient silver & bronze coins of Greece, and its European colonies, Rome, Medieval Bremen (Bishopric), Deipholz, Dortmund, East Frisia, Hildesheim (Bishopric), Munster (Bishopric), Oldenburg, Saxony, Soest, Vechta, Wildeshausen, Wurttemberg, Hungary, and the Papal States.

Schulman, Hans M. F. The Thomas Ollive Mabbott Collection Part II: Coins of the Roman World . New York: The Hans M. F. Schulman Gallery, Oct. 27-29, 1969. 95 p., [32] p. of plates; [1477] lots : ill. ; original stapled card covers; ex-libris Canadian Numismatic Association; near fine, $20. “Republican, Imperial, Byzantine, Vandal, Ostrogoths, Crusaders, Silver and Copper” — T.p.

Schulman, Hans M. F. Volume 1 of the Virgil Brand, Baron von Richthofen, Howard Gibbs et al . New York, Nov. 20-25, 1964. 143 p.; [1604, 727] lots : ill. ; original stapled card covers; slightly bent; near fine, $15.

Ancients comprise lots 546-582 (Greece, Rome, Byzantine), 1177-1403 (Celtic, Ampania, Calabria, Lucani, Sicily, Thrace, Macedon, Thessaly, Illyria, Phocis, Boeotia, Athens, Corinth, Leucas, Peleponnesus, Achaean League, Crete, Kingdom of Pontus and Bosporus, Pntus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Mysia, Ionia, Caria, Lycia, Pamphylia, Cilicia, Cappadocia, Caesarea, Phrygia, Syria, Seleucia Pieria, Phoenicia, Judaea, Persis, Persia, Bactria, Egypt, Parthia, Rome, Axum, Byzantine, Armenia.

Schulman. Public Coin Auction. Harding Collection of Ancient Coins, Antiquities; Dr. Zack Collection of Israel & Judaea, World Coins . New York, Oct. 10-13, 1972. 152 p., [34] p. of plates : ill. ; original printed card covers with considerable creasing; good, $20.

Schwarz, Ted. Coins as Living History. New York: Arco, 1976. 224 p. : ill.; includes index; hardcover with dust jacket and dust jacket protector; pocket removed from front fly-leaf; ex-library copy; about very good, $35.

Seaby, H.A. and J. Kozolubski. Greek Coins and Their Values. London: Seaby, 1959. 157 p. [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; includes index; soft cover with some bumping on lower right-hand corner, one small tear on upper front left edge and top rear edge of the covers; some light pencil notes on title page; overall good, $20.

Seaby. Mail Bid Sale No. 1. London: B.A. Seaby Ltd, Oct. 22, 1982. 45 p., 540 lots : ill.; original stapled card covers; includes prices realized list; fine, $20. Ancients comprise lots 1-45, 456-460: Greek, Roman and Byzantine Gold, Republic and Imperatorial (Silver and Bronze), ancient British & early English gold, early Islamic silver.

Seaby. Mail Bid Sale No. 2. London: B.A. Seaby Ltd, Sept. 21, 1983. 37 p., 366 lots : ill.; includes bibliography; original stapled card covers with bumped corners; includes prices realized list; fine, $20. Ancients comprise lots 1-65: Italy, Epeiros, Macedonia, Thrace, Elis, Ionia, Seleucid Kingdom, Persia Empire, Parthia, Roman Republic, Roman Imperial, Byzantine, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Celtic Coins, early British.

Seaby’s Coin and Medal Bulletin. Black hardbound 1958-1960; softcover bound (1961-1978) and in green branded binders; 1979-1990. $30 ea. ($25 ea. if 5 or more are purchased at the same time). Most volumes include articles on ancient and/or medieval coins and medals.

Sear, David R. Greek Coins and Their Values: Volume II, Asia and North Africa . London: Seaby, 1979. 48, [445] p. : ill., 1 map; includes bibliographical references and index, hardcover with dustjacket; fine, $75.

Sear, David R. THE HISTORY AND COINAGE OF THE ROMAN IMPERATORS 49–27 BC. London, 1998. Small 4to, original dark blue cloth, gilt; jacket. xxxii, 360 pages; illustrated throughout. An important, focused work; near fine, $120.

Sear, David R. Roman Coins and Their Values. 3rd rev. ed. London: Seaby, 1981. 376 p., 12 p. of plates : ill.; includes bibliography & index; hardcover with dustjacket; fine, $50.

Seitz, Paul S. 10th Mail Auction Sale of United States, Foreign, Ancient, Rare Coins, Currency . Glen Rock, PA: The author/cataloguer, April 5, 1950. 80 p., 3360 lots ; includes generic letter from Seitz for recipients of his auction catalogue; fine, $10.

Includes an extensive offering of ancients, lots 1044 to 2572 (1529 lots): Roman Republic, Roman Imperial, Judaea, Parthia and Sassania. The cataloguer claims in writing on p. 29 of this cat. that “one of the largest Collections of Roman Imperial Silver Denarii & Antoninianii that has ever been offered at Mail Auction in this country.”

Seltman, Charles T. The Temple Coins of Olympia. (reprint of 1921 original ed.) New York: Attic Books, 1975. 117 p., 12 p. of plates; includes indexes, as new, $60.

Spink & Son Ltd. Spink Coin Auctions No. 71 1989. London, October 11, 1989. 69 p., 37 p. of plates; 1261 lots : ill. ; includes commission form, self-addressed envelope and prices realized list; soft covers; fine, $15. “Ancient, Medieval and World Coins and Numismatic Books including European, Medieval coins from the collection of the late Christopher Blunt at The Cavendish Hotel.” — Front cover.

Spring, John. ANCIENT COIN AUCTION CATALOGUES 1880–1980. London, 2009. 4to, original pictorial boards. xl, (2), 374 pages; illustrated. An attractive and well-produced work, with considerable background information in addition to the bibliographic listings; fine, $120.

Stack’s. Gold Coins of the World: Fixed Price List #54. New York, [1954?]. 52 p. : ill. ; original stapled card covers; incl. order sheet & printed self-addressed business reply envelope; fine, $30. Ancient coins are the first 75 on the list: Greek, Roman & Byzantine.

Stack’s. The Greater New York Numismatic Collection Sale — Part II; The Frederick S. Knobloch Collection of Late Roman & Byzantine Coins. Public Auction Sale, May 5, 1984 . 108 p. [5] p. of plates: ill.; [678] lots; includes bibliography and index; soft cover; fine, $20. (See the 6 Knobloch fixed price lists from 1958-60, above).

Stack’s. THE MICHAEL F. PRICE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN COINS. New York, Dec. 3, 1996. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. 100 pages; 257 lots; handsomely illustrated throughout in color. Fine. The Special Hardbound Edition. $60.

Sukiennik, Gabriela. CATALOGUE OF ANCIENT COINS IN THE OSSOLIŃSKI NATIONAL INSTITUTE LIBRARY. PART 1: COINS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. Wrocław, 1985. 8vo, original printed card covers. 107, (1) pages; plates. Near fine. $50.

Superior Galleries, with Bank Leu Numismatics. THE ABRAHAM BROMBERG COLLECTION OF JEWISH COINS. PARTS I & II. New York, December 5, 1991 & December 10, 1992. Two volumes. 4to, original matching pictorial card covers. 154 + 148 pages plus preliminaries; 626 lots; portrait; text illustrations throughout. The Bromberg collection was superb, and the catalogues are excellently written and illustrated throughout. Daehn 5856 (Bromberg): “one of the most complete collections of Jewish coins ever formed.” Near fine. $50.

Sydenham, Edward A. Historical References to Coins of the Roman Empire From Augustus to Gallienus . 1st Anglo-American ed. London: Spink; San Diego: Pegasus, 1968. 155 p. : ill. ; includes index; hardcover; fine, $50.