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POZZI’S WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF GREEK COINS

NB001 [Ars Classica I] Naville, Lucerne. Monnaies Grecques Antiques Provenant de la Collection de feu le Prof. S. Pozzi. Geneve, 1920. Quarto, pp. (2), 194, 3334 lots, (2); 101 super plates illustrating every coin in the collection. Bound in full maroon cloth with the original paper wrappers preserved. Minor wear, the text pages browned as is usual. A monumental collection, and a difficult catalogue to obtain being the first and most important of the Ars Classica sales of ancient coins. £525 Daehn 2084; Kroh 11 (4 stars); Spring 471. Also listed as number 5 under the most important sales of Ancient Greek coins - the Lockett sales are listed as numbers 1-4.

NB002 [Bank Leu/Adolph Hess] Eight bound volumes of auction catalogues. Comprising sale numbers; 25-32, 34-37, 40, 42-44, 47, 48 and 50. Also containing the three parts of the Walter Niggeler collection, produced by Bank Leu in conjunction with Münzen & Medaillen (1965-67) as well as the first, second and fourth independently numbered sales produced by Bank Leu alone (1971-72). All volumes bound in half Russia and cloth boards, raised bands, gilt. Decorative endpapers with purpose made pockets on the pastedown of each volume for sheets of prices realised. Binding rubbed and worn. A good run of these catalogues, including some important sales. £545

NB003 Bastien, P. Le Monnayage de Magence (350-353). Belgium, 1964. Quarto, pp. 236; 18 plates. Original orange card covers. Faded and a trifle dusty. Contents as new. £65

Clain-Stefanelli 4399

NB004 Bateson, J. D. & Campbell, I.G. Byzantine and Early Medieval Western European Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet University of Glasgow. London, 1998. Quarto, pp. xix, 180; 29 plates. Original cloth, gilt, jacket. Extremities a trifle worn otherwise a fine copy. £35

This volume forms Part 6 of the Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunterian set written by Anne Robertson – see also NB032

NB005 Boehringer, C. Zur Chronologie Mittelhellenistischer Münzserien 220-160 V. Chr. Berlin, 1972. Quar-to, pp. xxiii, 228, 7 folding maps; xi, (1), 40 lose plates housed in matching folder. Both volumes bound in the original green cloth, virtually as new. £125

Clain-Stefanelli 2304*

A PRICED AND NAMED COPY OF THE MAGNIFICENT CARUSO SALE

NB006 [Canessa, C. & E.] Collezione Del Fu Comm. Enrico Caruso. Monete e Medaglie in Oro. Naples, 28th June 1923. Quarto, pp. photographic portrait of Caruso as frontispiece, (iv), 104, 1458 lots; 64 fine plates. Translation of the preface (into English) loosely inserted. Annotated throughout in pencil with buyers names and prices and with a list of names (presumably those present at the auction) at the front including such well-known dealers as Ratto, Santamaria , Baldwin’s and Hamburger (who is noted as bidding on behalf of the major collec-tor Schlessinger) as well as Forrer, De Ciccio and Adda to name but a few. Sadly disbound, some pages a trifle soiled but on the whole a very good copy of this major sale containing a wealth of information. Certainly in need and deserving of binding. A remarkable collection, seldom offered for sale, especially so when annotated as here. Rare thus. £750 Clain-Stefanelli 7966; Grierson 275; Spring 96 (also listed under most important sales of Byzantine and Roman Imperial coins).

Formed by the famous tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) this enormous collection consisted solely of gold coins and medals ranging from an-cient Greece to modern world and European coins and commemorative medals all in the finest grades of preservation possible and bought from some of the major sales of his day including Montagu and Gnecchi. A truly remarkable collection.

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NB007 [Another]. Bound in grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards a little rubbed and grubby but contents very good, with a partially removed Spink and Son bookplate on the front pastedown. £450

NB008 Castelin, K. Keltische Münzen. Katalog der Sammlung des Schweizerischen Landesmuseums Zürich. Zurich, 1985. Two volumes. Quarto, pp. 235, (1); 172, good quality photographic illustrations throughout. Original grey cloth. Virtually as new. Scarce. £125

Clain Stefanelli 5230

THE BEST EDITION OF COHEN IN A BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY BINDING

NB009 Cohen, Henry. Description Historique des Monnaies Frappées Sous L’Empire Romain Communé-ment Appelées Médailles Impériales. Second Edition. Paris/London, 1880. Complete in 8 volumes. Quarto, pp. xxvii, (1), 544; xvi, 446, (2); 426, (2); 532, (2); 545, (3); 570, portrait of Cohen with tissue guard bound in at end, (2), 496; 510, (4); line drawn illustrations throughout. All volumes uniformly bound in sumptuous half red morocco with red marbled boards, raised bands, gilt in compartment. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers, and with the original paper wrappers preserved in each volume. Some neat annotations in the later volumes, with some worming, not affecting the text, contents otherwise clean with only minimal signs of wear. A beautiful set of this still widely used reference, this, the much preferred second edition is rarely seen, especially in such fine contemporary binding as here. Rare. £1,650

Babelon 147; Clain-Stefanelli 4015*; Grierson 74

NB010 Curiel, R. & Schlumberger, D. Trésors Monétaires D’Afghanistan. Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan. Tome XIV. Paris, 1953. Quarto, pp. 130, (2); 16 plates. In the original printed card wrappers, pages unopened. Some damage to the front cover where an old label has been re-moved, otherwise almost as new with only minimal signs of wear. Out of print and scarce. £150

Clain-Stefanelli 3224; Daehn 6194

NB011 Curiel, R. & Fussman, G. Le Trésor Monétaire de Qunduz. Mémoires de la Délé-gation Archéologique Française en Afghani-stan. Tome XX. Paris, 1965. Quarto, pp. 93, (1); lx superb plates, one folding. In the original printed card wrappers. Some minor foxing to the front prelims otherwise a fine copy, with almost no signs of use. Out of print and sought after. £165

Clain-Stefanelli 3223; Daehn 6314; Kroh 47 (5 stars) – “This is an analysis of a spectacular find of 627 coins of the Bactrian Kings (all attic tetr-adrachms but for a few of the very rare double-dekadrachms) and conveniently covers an area that was not well represented before.”

NB012 Fischer-Bossert, W. The Athenian Decadrachm. American Numismatic Society. Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 168. New York, 2008. Quarto, pp. x, 94, (4), 41 plates. Original cloth, jacket. A little worn at extrem-ities, otherwise a very good copy. The standard reference, now out of print. £145

Daehn 4012 – “A comprehensive examination of the Athenian decadrachm and its social, political and economic background…Most of the decadrachms, both genuine and false, are illustrated.”

FROM THE LIBRARY OF ADOLPH HESS WITH A WEALTH OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

NB013 [Gilhofer & Ranschberg/Adolph Hess.] Sammlung Franz Trau. Munzen Der Romischen Kaiser. 22nd May, 1935. Quarto, pp. portrait of the three generations of the Trau family, further portrait of Trau senior with other collectors of the day, 130, 4726 lots, 53 fine plates, 11 page list of prices realised bound in at end. Annotated throughout with prices realised in black ink and further information in red ink. A short paragraph written in the same hand on the title page notes that (in translation), ‘The numbers written in black India ink beside each lot number are, unless they are in parentheses, the prices realised at the auction. The numbers in parentheses are the estimates for the coins that did not sell at the auction. These remainders were reoffered by the company Adolf Hess AG in Lucerne in their auction of 28th April 1936. The prices realised at that auction, converted into Austrian shillings, are indicated in red ink in the present copy of the catalogue.’ Bound in cloth and marbled boards, some page edges lightly trimmed, manuscript label to spine. Some minor rust marks to first few pages from original staples, otherwise contents clean and bright. Two library stamps on title page, probably those of Adolph Hess with this volume almost certainly being lot 9247 in the Peus sale of 1991 in which the Hess library was dispersed. A superb copy of this important sale, with the added benefit of being from the Hess library and with much valuable and contemporary information included. Unique thus. £895

Clain-Stefanelli 4086*; Grierson 288; Spring 190 (also listed under ‘Most Important Sales of Roman Imperial Coins.’)

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HAHN’S MONUMENTAL WORK ON BYZANTINE COINAGE

NB014 Hahn, W. Moneta Imperii Byzantini. Rekonstruktion des Prägeaufbaues auf Synoptisch-Tabellar-ischer Grundlage. Bands 1-3. Vienna, 1973-1981. I Teil: Von Anastasius I. Bis Justinianus I (491-565); 2 Teil: Von Justinianus II. Bis Phocas (565-610); 3 Teil: Von Heraclius Bis Leo III./Alleinregierung (610-720). Quarto, pp. 141, (1); 146; 315, (1); 42 + 40 + 58 plates, 13 + 13+ 16 folding tables. All three volumes in the original cloth, jackets. The first volume a little more worn than the other two but generally speaking a very good set. The most comprehensive work on Byzantine coinage ever written and essential for the series. Out of print, important and elusive. £850

Clain-Stefanelli 5398*; Daehn 93 (4½ stars) – “MIB is an extremely scientific work that examines each issue in detail and (unlike all other works of its kind), provides dating for nearly all coin-issues…a handy provision (for non-German readers) are the many fold out charts that make researching coins in MIB a “breeze”.” Grierson 110.

THE COMPLETE DE WIT SALES

NB015 [Künker] The De Wit Collection of Medieval Coins. 1000 Years of European Coinage. Complete in 4 parts. Osnabruck, 2007-2008. Part I: Migration Period, Merovingians, Carolingians, France, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. 12-13th March, 2007. Large quarto, pp. 480, 1514 lots, colour photographs throughout; Part II: Ger-many, Switzerland, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary, Silesia, Poland, Baltic States, Russia and the Golden Horde. 9th October, 2007. Large quarto, pp. 516, (1515)-3034 lots, colour photographs throughout; Part III: England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Balkan, the Middle East, Crusader States, Jetons and Weights. 11th March 2008. Large quarto, pp. 434, (3035)-4256 lots, colour photographs throughout; Part IV: The Sceattes. 2008. Quarto, pp. 118, 481 lots, colour photographs throughout. All four catalogues in the original covers, minimal wear. A monumental set of sales, now a major reference and of the utmost importance. Difficult to obtain as a complete set. £295

NB016 Lacam, G. Civilisation et Monnaies Byzantines. Paris, 1974. Quarto, pp. 503, (1), 101 high quality photographic plates, mostly enlargements and with some in colour. Original red cloth. Spine a trifle faded, a little worn otherwise fine. £110

Clain-Stefanelli 5401; Grierson 111.

NB017 Lacam, G. La Fin de l’Empire Romain et le Monnayage Or en Italie 455-493. Adolph Hess. Lucerne, 1983. Two Volumes. Large quarto, pp. 528, (2); (541)-1108 (2), 226 + 60 plates, further illustrations in the text. Original cloth boards, gilt. Limited to 800 sets of which 150 were numbered, this being set number 112. Edges bumped otherwise fine. £195

Kroh 91 (5 stars) – “A truly remarkable corpus-catalogue of the gold coinage of the Italian mints of the Western Roman Empire with many surprising conclusions.”

GUY LACAM’S RARELY AVAILABLE DOCOTORAL THESIS ON THE ROMAN GENERAL FLAVIUS RICIMER

NB018 Lacam, G. Ricimer. Un Barbare au Service de Rome. Thèse de Doctorat D’Université en Histoire. Université de Nice. Paris, 1984-1984. Two volumes. Large quarto, pp. v, 200; (201)-459, 11 plates, some illustra-tions in the text, printed on verso’s only. Card covers. WITH; Addendum. Quarto, pp. 21. Spiral bound. WITH; Nouvelles Pages Latines. Ricimer, Leon Ier et Anthemius. Le Monnayage de Ricimer. Paris, 1986 Quarto, pp. 48 pages again printed on verso’s only, 7 original photographic plates past-ed in, additional plates in the text. Card covers. Both titles inscribed to John

NB018

Kent. Ex libris on inside cover of first volume. A fine set of Lacam’s doctoral work, both rarely available and particularly nice with the inscriptions to his mentor, John Kent, who wrote the foreword to NB017 and of whom Lacam wrote, “Notre gratitude va, en particular, au Dr J. P. C. Kent du British Museum, qui nous a subi en maintes occasions avec gentillesse et humour, avant de nous donner d’ultimes conseils et nous faire l’honneur de présenter notre travail, malagré ses lacunes et ses insuffisances.” Important and most interesting. £425

NB019 Lederer, P. Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Segesta. Munich, 1910. Large quarto, pp. 54; 1 fine plate. Original printed card covers. Title written in ink on the spine, front cover partially detached, contents fine. A very good copy of this rarely seen reference, the standard work on the coins of Segesta. Important thus. £395Clain-Stefanelli 2252; Daehn 3071; Kroh 20 – “A detailed study.”

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THE WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF THE VICOMTE DE SARTIGES

NB020 [Longuet, D. A.] Collection Du Vicomte de Sartiges. Series Grecque et Romaine. Paris, 1910. Quarto, pp. 48 exceptionally fine collatype plates, each with individual tissue guard printed with descriptive text. Housed in a black spring back binder, paper label to spine. Contents fresh, clean and virtually as new. A superb record of this wonderful collection which featured many important rarities in both the Greek and Roman series. It was gradually dispersed by the family after the Vicomte’s death in 1892 with the Greek sold by private treaty and the Roman section auctioned by Ars Classica in their final sale in October 1938. Produced almost entirely for private distribution so printed in very small number. Rare and important thus. £765

FROM THE LIBRARY OF FRANK SHERMAN BENSON

NB021 MacDonald, G. Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunte-rian Collection. University of Glasgow, 1899. Complete in three vol-umes. Large quarto, pp. four page prospectus bound in at the front of volume I, lxvi, 495, 30 fine collatype plates; vi, 649, plates (xxxi)-lxii; vi, (2), 799, (1), plates (lxiii)-cii. All three volumes bound in full tan cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Top edges gilt. Contents as new. Par-ticularly nice with the addition of the rarely seen prospectus in the first volume. From the library of the esteemed American collector Frank Sherman Benson and with his finely engraved bookplate on the pastedown of the first volume. A second ex-libris opposite. Neatly rebacked, the boards a trifle worn but generally a most attractive set of this monumental work which was twelve years in the making. A classic refer-ence, and scarce, as the printing was limited to only 500 sets - the large majority of which were gifted to libraries. £1,750

Clain-Stefanelli 1901*; Daehn; 1899; Kroh 10.

NB022 May, J. M. F. The Coinage of Abdera (540-345 B.C.). Royal Nu-mismatic society Special Publication No. 3. London, 1966. Quarto, pp. xi, (1), 298, (2); xxiv plates. Original cloth, gilt. Jacket preserved in a protective sleeve which has made the colour on the printed wrapper run slightly, otherwise a nearly fine copy of this standard reference. Out of print. £75

Clain-Stefanelli 3276*; Daehn 3690.

NB023 Munro, Neil Gordon. Coins of Japan. First Edition. Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Octavo, pp. colour fron-tispiece, xx, 281, (5), 25 plates printed in metallic tints; 38 additional plates of coins; illustrations in the text. Original gilt embossed green cloth, this copy still with the original paper jacket which rarely survives. Hinges a little weak but the contents very good if not better. £235

Clain-Stefanelli 10489*.

WITH LA TOURS SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED PLATES VOLUME WITH ENGRAVINGS BY DARDEL

NB024 Muret, E. & Chabouillet, M. A. Catalogue Des Monnaies Gauloises de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Paris, 1889. Large quarto, pp. xxvii, (1), 327, (1). Half red morocco with marbled boards, raised bands, yellow label in second compartment lettered in gilt. With; De La Tour, H. Atlas de Monnaies Gauloises Préparé Par Le Comission De Topographie Des Gaules et Publié Sous led Auspices du Ministère de L’Instruction Publique. Paris, 1892. Large quarto, pp. iv, (2), 12; 55 beautifully engraved plates by Dardel. Mean half morocco over later cloth boards, raised bands, green morocco title label to spine, lettered in gilt. Both books scuffed at extremities, contents very good with only minimal browning A good set of this major catalogue of the French National collection of Gaulish coins, complete with the very scarce volume of plates. £485

Clain-Stefanelli 5144 & 5139*.

SIGNED WITH THE AUTHOR’S COMPLIMENTS

NB025 Newell, E. Reattribution of Certain Tetradrachms of Alexander the Great. New York, 1912. Quarto, pp. 62, (2); 30 good quality photographic plates. Rebound in half brown morocco and marbled boards, decorative endpapers. Signed with the authors compliments. Extremities rubbed, contents generally fine with a little foxing to the prelims but otherwise very good. A very scarce work. £245

Clain-Stefanelli 2344*; Daehn 3428; Kroh 24 (3½ stars) – “This monograph firmly established the crucial place of die-study in numismatics. While examining the Demanhur Hoard [Newell] discovered that many issues attributed by Müller on the basis of symbols to widely separated mints were in fact die-linked and so all had to emanate from the same, very prolific, central mint.”

NB026 Von Petrowicz, A. Sammlung Petrowicz. Arsaciden-Münzen. Vienna, 1904. Quarto, pp. vi, (4), 206, (2); 25 fine plates all printed on thick card. Bound in full brown modern cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Ex libris on first pastedown. Privately printed and limited to 130 copies, rare thus. £385

Clain-Stefanelli 3029; Daehn 6149.

NB021

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A COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF TOM VIRZI’S COLLECTION

NB027 [Virzi Collection] 77 superb quality original bromide photographic prints of the Tom Virzi collection of South Italian and Sicilian Bronze coins. Each plate (240 x 180mm) illustrating in remarkable detail, both the obverse and reverses of 2238 coins. Housed in the original photographic album. No text. Assistant to Jacob Hirsch for a number of years, Tom Virzi formed one of the (if not the) most important collection of Greek bronze coins at a time when the area was mostly overlooked by other collectors. His collection was partly dispersed in 1907 when Hirsch auctioned off a small section but it was not until Leu’s sale almost seventy years later that any considerable number were sold, with the remainder being dispersed by dealer Alex Malloy in 1980. The plates here show the collection in its entirety prior to the Leu sale of 1973. As such, this is a most important record of Virzi’s remarkable collection which contained many pieces of exceptional quality and rarity and which would therefore be of immense interest to any modern collector of the series. A very small number of these original sets of photographs were produced by Leu, mainly for private distribution. Reproductions of the sets are more widely available but the highly professional quality of these plates cannot be over emphasised. £975

FROM THE LIBRARY OF TOM VIRZI

NB028 Woodward, W. H. Ancient Greek Coins. Undated. Quarto, pp. printed title page produced by Robert Myers, 12 superb photographic plates, each accompanied by one manuscript page of descriptive text (attached to a negative print of the original) and each housed in plastic sleeves. Part of Woodward’s collection was sold in Ars Classica’s sale number 15 (July 2nd 1930) – although a number of his coins were later withdrawn. Although the photographer of the coins is unknown, the catalogue here is evidently a privately printed record of Woodward’s wonderful collection taken prior to its dispersal and with descriptions written by Tom Virzi. It also has the additional benefit of not only giving full catalogue descriptions but provenances when known, information not included in the auction catalogues of the time. All housed in a modern loose-leaf binder, gilt stamped on the upper cover, title label partly removed and title written in manuscript on the spine. Ex libris on inside front cover. Unique and important. £650

NB029 Picard, O. Chalcis et la Confédération Eubéenne Étude de Numismatique et D’Histoire (IVe – Ier Siècle). Paris, 1979. Thick quarto, pp. 377, 32 plates. Original cloth backed boards. Ex libris on first pastedown. A trifle

worn otherwise a fine copy. The standard reference for the coins of Chalcis. £195 Kroh 33 (4 stars) - ‘A good, detailed historical background with a die study of the mint of Chalcis (excluding the archaic issues, which are very rare anyway). Very useful for the AE and Greek Imperial issues, it corrects and complements Wallace.’

NB030 Price, M. J. The Coinage in the Name of Alexander The Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. Zurich/London, 1991. Two Volumes. Folio, pp. 637; 159 b/w plates. Publishers cloth, jacket. Slipcase. New and unopened in protective wrappers. The standard reference for the series. Out of print, important and difficult to obtain. £395

Daehn 3474 – “Describes about 4100 varieties of coins struck in the name of Alexander the Great (lifetime and posthumous issues), his half-brother and successor, Philip Arrhidaeus, and those of Lysimachos of the Alexander types...This is the most comprehensive study of the Alexander coinage ever published and is the standard reference for the series.” Kroh 24 (5 stars) “the ultimate reference for this series.” Kroh 24 (5 stars).

A COMPLETE SET OF PRIDMORE’S ESSENTIAL REFERENCES

NB031 Pridmore, F. The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the end of the Reign of George VI 1952. Complete in 4 parts (5 vols). London, 1960-1980. Part 1. European Territories. Quarto, pp. 98, illustrated throughout. Original printed boards, almost as new; Part 2. Asian Territories. Quarto, pp. 337, illustrated throughout. Original printed boards, a little worn; Part 3. Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras and the British West Indies. Quarto, pp. 364; illustrated throughout, one folding plate. Valuation sheet loosely inserted. Original printed boards, minor wear to extremities; Part 4 India. Volume 1. East India Company Presidency Series c1642-1835. Quarto, pp. 275, illustrations in the text. Original cloth, jacket. The latter worn and a little discoloured otherwise very fine; Volume 2. Uniform Coinage, East India Company 1835-58, Imperial Period 1858-1947. Quarto, pp. 245, illustrations in the text. Original cloth, jacket. The latter chipped and a little discoloured otherwise very fine. A fine set of this highly important set of books. All volumes out of print, difficult to obtain and most highly sought after. Complete sets are seldom offered and are very rare thus. £725

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Clain-Stefanelli 9936*

NB032

THE COMPLETE HUNTER CATALOGUE OF ROMAN COINS

NB032 Robertson, Anne S. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet University of Glasgow. Complete in 5 volumes. London, 1962-1982. Quarto, pp. clxxi, (1), 391, (1), 60 plates; clxviii, (2), 534, (2), 124 plates; cxiv, 325, (3), 88; xlviii, 529, (1), 96 plates; ccxvi, 340, (4), 64 plates. All in the original cloth, gilt, jacket. Volumes 2-4 in near fine condition with only wear at the extremities, volume 1 a little scuffed. Contents virtually as new throughout. A most important catalogue. The first two volumes in particular are excessively rare and difficult to obtain, complete sets as here even more so. £1,450 Clain-Stefanelli 4055*; Grierson 73 & 74; Kroh 72 (4 stars) - “This five volume set is being more and more quoted all the time…Most of the coins are illustrated in the plates and the latest research is used in attributions and dating. Concordances are given to RIC, BMC, and Cohen…Highly recommended for all serious collectors.” See also NB004 for the seventh volume in this series covering Byzantine and Medieval Western European coins. See also NB004.

NB033 Robinson, E. S. G. A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins. Part II: Italy, Sicily, Carthage. Part II: Greece to East. Two parts complete in four volumes. Lisbon, 1971. Quarto, pp. 136; 42 superb plates; 200; (43)-99 plates. All in the original gilt embossed cloth boards, the plates in matching folders and still shrink-wrapped. A superb catalogue of a wonderful collection, now housed in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. Out of print with complete sets becoming difficult to obtain. £495 Clain-Stefanelli 1898*; Daehn 1889 & 1886; Kroh 10 (4½ stars) – “A magnificent achievement and a record of exceptional coins beyond compare. Mr Gulbenkian collected only coins in perfect mint condition with a concentration on their artistic merit and (as one of the richest men in the world at that time) was able to purchase many of the best pieces from the auctions of the 1930’s and 40’s as well as significant private purchases from the Vlasto and Jameson collections.”

A FINE COPY OF THE FAMOUS DE QUELEN SALE

NB034 [Rollin et Feuardent] Collection de Feu M. le Vicomte E. de Quelen. Monnaies Romaines et Byzantines D’Or, D’Argent et De Bronze. Paris, 14th-26th May, 1888. Quarto, pp. (iv), 229, 2627 lots; 13 fine plates. Handsomely bound in half brown morocco and marbled boards with the original blue paper wrappers preserved and an original sheet of printed prices realised loosely inserted. Raised bands. Lettering and top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers, of which the front is sadly loose. Hinges worn and rubbed. With the dated ownership inscription of Von Schennis on the first free endpaper (8th October 1888), and with his distinctive library stamp on the original front and back wrappers and the prices realised. An attractive copy of this important sales catalogue, particularly nice with such a distinguished provenance. £450 Clain-Stefanelli 3690; Grierson 286; Spring 567.

De Quelen died in 1887 at the young age of 35 having already amassed a wonderful collection of Roman and Byzantine Coins, including many fine specimens bought only 13 months previously in the Ponton D’Amecourt sale. The preface to the catalogue states that he was the ‘inheritor of an illustrious name, and with a brilliant mind, he would have thrown new light on our science. His collection is a dignified monument to himself and to the studies to which he devoted most of his time.’ The sale itself reached a total of 226,620.50 Francs.

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A PRICED AND NAMED COPY OF MONTAGU’S MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION

NB035 [Rollin Et Feuardent] Collection de Feu M. H. Montagu F.S.A. Monnaies D’Or Romaines & Byzantines. Paris, 20th-28th April, 1896. Large quarto, pp. 180, 1291 lots; 41 superb autotype plates. Ruled in red and neatly priced and named throughout. Handsomely bound in half red morocco and red cloth boards with the original wrappers preserved. Spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Binding rubbed and worn, particularly to spine but on the whole a very fine copy of this marvellous collection. Highly important and difficult to obtain, especially so priced and named. Rare thus. £1,650 Clain-Stefanelli 3682; Grierson 285; Spring 573 (also listed under Most Important Sales of Roman Imperial and Byzantine coins.)“The sale of this remarkable section of the Montagu collection…consists of 1291 pieces and is the largest bought together by a private collector. Besides including a large number of rarities and unique coins, the collection has never been surpassed for condition, nearly every piece being in the highest state of preservation.” The Times 22nd April, 1896

A BEAUTIFULLY BOUND COPY OF THE HOFFMAN SALE

NB036 [Rollin & Feuardent] Collection H. Hoffman. Médailles Grecques et Romaines, Françaises et Étrangères. Paris, 2nd – 11th May, 1898. Large quarto, pp. 210, 2892 lots; fine heliographic portrait of Hoffman followed by 12 exceptionally fine plates (10 ancient). Finely and attractively bound in full tan morocco, spine lettered in black. One of only 50 editions printed on yellow paper and presented by Madame Hoffmann. The original textured card covers cropped and mounted within. A most attractive copy of this major sale. £695

Clain-Stefanelli 1735; Grierson 283; Spring 576.

NB037

A CHARMING HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ON ROMAN IMPERIAL COINAGE

NB037 [Roman coins] Handwritten manuscript relating to Roman Imperial coinage. No place, no date although probably produced around the turn of the 20th century. Octavo (185 x 230mm), pp. 104 pages, text in German, all written in a neat manuscript hand and mostly in black ink, many pen and ink sketches and rubbings along with cuttings pasted in from printed reference books. Sadly there is no indication of the authors’ name, as is so often the case with such material but it is obviously the work of an enthusiastic collector whose aim was to list the reverse legends and mintmarks of the coins, along with a reign by reign listing of the imperial titles used. As this information was first published by Harold Mattingly and Edward Sydenham in the exhaustive RIC series, we can safely assume that this manuscript dates prior to c.1923, the year the first volume was published. As such this would have been a most useful reference for the collector and would certainly have been worth the time and effort taken in compiling such information. A trifle worn at extremities, the first leaf loose otherwise very good. A most interesting manuscript which also serves to illustrate the difficulties faced by collectors prior to the publication of the standard reference works which are so heavily relied upon now. Interesting and unique. £550

NB038 [Schulman, H. F.] The Eduard Kann Collection. Coins of China and Japanese Coins. Odd and Curious from the H. D. Gibbs Collection, Part V. Gold and Silver Coins of the World. Los Angeles, June 18th-20th, 1971. Octavo, pp. 175, 2458 lots; 1 plate. 68 page pictorial supplement loosely inserted along with the printed prices realised. Original red covers, a little faded as is usual but otherwise a very good copy of this important catalogue. £125

Clain-Stefanelli 8701

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THE BRAND COLLECTION – COMPLETE IN TEN VOLUMES

NB039 Sotheby’s. The Brand Collection. From the Collection of Virgil M. Brand sold by Order of the Executors of The Estate of Jane Brand Allen. Zurich, 1982-1985. Complete in ten parts. Part 1. Roman and European Coins; Part 2. Swiss Coins; Part 3. Greek and Roman Coins; Part 4. Russian and Polish Coins; Part 5. Greek and Roman Coins; Part 6. Coins of the Netherlands; Part 7. Ancient Coins; Part 8. Swiss, Austrian and German Coins; Part 9. Colonial and Indian Coins; Part 10 – The Final Portion. Classical and Modern Coins and Medals. All in the original card covers and with the printed prices realised loosely inserted into each catalogue. A monumental collection consisting of 5790 lots. All virtually as new. £235

THE FAMOUS FAROUK COLLECTION IN A BEAUTIFUL BINDING AND WITH THE RARELY SEEN ADVERTISING BROCHURE

NB040 [Sotheby & Co.] The Palace Collections of Egypt. Catalogue of the Highly Important and Extremely Valuable Collection of Coins and Medals The Property of the Republic of Egypt. Egypt, Cairo. February-March, 1954. Quarto, pp. 306, (6), 2798 lots; 37 photographic plates. Printed prices realised bound in at front. Most attractively bound in quarter calf and marbled boards, five raised bands, lettered in gilt with the original paper covers preserved. Also with the original and rarely seen 18 page, fully illustrated brochure advertising the collection secured in an especially made pocket on the inside back cover. Prices realised for most of the coins neatly added in a later hand. Neat unobtrusive ex-libris on the first pastedown. A beautiful copy of this major sale, scarce and becoming particularly difficult to obtain, especially in such fine condition as here. Rare thus. £575

NB041 [Another] In the original green printed wrappers, prices realised loosely inserted. Extremities a little worn, otherwise a near fine copy. £250

NB042 Spijkerman, A. The Coins of Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem, 1978. Quarto, pp. xvi, 322, 82 +2 plates, 24. Original printed card covers. Out of print, scarce and important. £65

Clain-Stefanelli 2887; Kroh 60 (4 stars) – “A great catalogue of city-coins of Judaea in the Museum of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem, many of which were previously unpublished types. It also features much historical documentation and the best bibliography of any work of its kind.”

NB043 Sutherland, C. H. V. The Emperor and the Coinage, Julio-Claudian Studies. London, 1976. Quarto, pp. (2), 132, (4); 10 plates each with page of descriptive text. Original cloth, jacket. £35

Clain-Stefanelli 4098.

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A SUPERB COPY OF SVORONOS’ MASTER WORK ON ATHENS IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING

NB044 Svoronos, J. N. Les Monnaies D’Athènes. Trésor De La Numismatique Grecque Ancienne. Munich, 1923-1926. Three volumes complete in six parts. 1ère livraison – Planches 1-20; 2ème livraison – Planches 21-40; 3ème livraison – Planches 41-60; 4ème livraison – Planches 61-80; 5ème livraison – Planches 81-100; 6ème livraison – Planches 101-114 and Tables (by B. Pick). All in the original orange paper wrappers, covers a trifle discoloured and dusty, the first a little worn at extremities but improving from volume to volume with part 6 almost as issued. Contents virtually as new and exceedingly fine overall. Distributed by Verlag Von F. Bruckmann with the original advertising sheets loosely inserted. An exceptionally fine set of this monumental work. Of the utmost importance and highly sought after. Rarely seen and scarce in any condition, the volumes are usually found bound together into one volume so it is particularly nice to see them in the original wrappers as here. Exceptionally rare thus and important. £4,750

Clain-Stefanelli 2524*; Daehn 4122; Kroh 36(4 stars) & 37 (5 stars) – “This is indubitably the most useful reference published as it included illustrations (from casts) of every coin (usually with their weights in grammes) that was in all known public or private collections of the time, from ‘owls’ through the Imperial period…There were only 500 copies of the originals printed and they are extremely rare and virtually unobtainable…Essential!”

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SVORONOS’ MAJOR WORK ON CRETE

NB045 Svoronos, J. N. Numismatique de La Crete Ancienne Accompagne de L’Histoire, La Geographie et la Mythologie de l’Ile… Première Partie, Description des Monnaies Histoire et Gèographie. Macon, Imprimerie Protat Frères, 1890. Two parts. Large quarto, pp. ix, (1), 358; 35 fine autotype plates. Text volume bound in contemporary quarter black calf with black marbled boards, raised bands, lettered in gilt. Edges bumped, spine worn and chipped and with the top quarter of the spine loose, binding tight and contents clean. The plates housed in the original printed boards, worn, with the spine cracked and the plate edges chipped. Contents generally very good. An essential reference for the series, very rare and most difficult to obtain. £2,950

Clain-Stefanelli 2581*; Daehn 4437; Kroh 50 (4 stars) - “This study, as opposed to the BMC, attempts to be a corpus of all known types and is still utilised as such by most researchers.

A HANDSOME SET OF VALENTINES’ MAJOR WORKS

NB046 Valentine, W. H. The Copper Coins of India. Part I. Bengal and the United Provinces; Part II. The Panjab and Contiguous Native States. London, 1914. Quarto, pp. folding coloured map as frontispiece, 128; (123)-266, line drawings throughout. Both volumes in the original decorated cloth boards. WITH; Modern Copper Coins of the Muhammadan States. London, 1911. Quarto, pp. colour map as frontispiece, 203, line drawings throughout. Original printed boards. WITH; Sassanian Coins. London, 1921. Quarto, pp. 118 pages, line drawings throughout. Original boards. All in fine condition with only slight minimal wear to extremities. All of Valentines works are reprints from his original manuscripts and are printed in his distinctive and charming handwriting. An important series of works, the original editions of which (as here) are now particularly difficult to obtain. £395

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NB047 Waddington, W. H., Babelon, E. & Reinach, Th. Recueil Général des Monnaies Grècques d’Asie Mineure. Paris 1910-1912. Four parts complete in two volumes. Premiere Fascicule: Pont et Paphlagonie. Paris, 1904. Quarto, pp. 210, (2), 28 fine plates; Deuxieme Fascicule: Bithynie (jusqu’á Juliopolis). Paris, 1908. Quarto, pp. (4), (211)-393, (1), (29)-44 plates; Troisième Fascicule: Nicée et Nicomédie. Paris, 1910. Quarto, pp. (4), (395)-572, (2), (45)-93; Quatrième Fascicule: Prusa, Prusias, Tius. Paris, 1912. (575)-640, (2), (99)-111 plates. All four parts bound into two volumes in dark blue cloth and matching boards with the original paper wrappers preserved. Binding weakening with some pages and plates lose. Some staining to the prelims of the first part, other minor areas of discolouration, contents otherwise very good. Marbled endpapers, ex-libris on first pastedown. A massive undertaking on the part of the authors, this classic reference is still the most complete work in its area with the coins now housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Important and rarely offered. £1,250

Clain-Stefanelli 2600; Daehn 4529; Kroh 65.

NB048 Ward, J. Greek Coins and Their Parent Cities. London, 1902. Quarto, pp. fine autotype plate as frontispiece, xxxvi, 404, (2), illustrations and maps throughout. Original decorated cloth boards. The usual wear, some scuffing but overall a very good copy. With a manuscript inscription on the first free endpaper to ‘Dr Harriet Saxmann with the deepest affection and regard from “The Guru”, Manley’ and a photographic portrait (presumably of Dr Harriet) on the opposite pastedown signed, ‘With deepest gratitude to the giver “My Guru” Manley P. Hall.’ £275

Clain-Stefanelli 1933; Daehn 2118; Kroh 10.

Manley P Hall (1901-1990) was a Canadian mystic who is best known for his 1928 work, ‘The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy’, which is widely regarded as his magnum opus, and which he published at the age of 25.

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NB049 Webb, Percy H. The Reign and Coinage of Carausius. London, 1908. Reprinted from the Numismatic Chronicle. Fourth Series, Vol. VII. Octavo, pp. vi, (2), 260; 5 fine plates. Bound in the original green cloth boards, gilt. Ex libris on first pastedown. A trifle worn at extremities, contents a little browned as is usual otherwise a little used copy of this charming title. Rarely encountered. £150

NB050 Wroth, W. Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum. London, 1908. Two Volumes. Quarto, pp. beautiful autotype plate of a gold medallion of Justinian I as frontispiece, cxii, 312, 35 fine autotype plates; (313)-687, (1), plates xxxviii-lxxvii. In the distinctive original crimson half morocco and red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Binding becoming weak but still intact, some pages coming loose, contents generally clean and with only marginal foxing. Extremities rubbed and worn. A very good set of this standard reference. £285 Clain-Stefanelli 5423*; Grierson 109; Kroh 94.

Recently Acquired Titles

Listed below are a selection of titles recently acquired. For more information on new or forthcoming books, or for a larger selection of our stock please visit our website or contact Caroline Holmes.

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NB051 Attwood, P. Hard at Work. The Diary of Leonard Wyon 1853-1867. BNS Special Publication No. 9. London, 2014. 478 pages, b/w illustrations in the text. Cloth, jacket. £45 Leonard Wyon (1826-1891) was Victorian Britain’s foremost designer of coins and medals. The diary that he kept from 1853 to 1867 throws light on many of Wyon’s most important works: official commissions, including the famous ‘bun’ penny of Queen Victoria, coins destined for India, Australia and Canada, campaign medals awarded for service in the various mid nineteenth-century military and naval actions in which Britain was engaged, and the prize medal for the 1862 International Exhibition. Other medals were commissioned by the Queen herself, as well as by a broad range of learned societies, academic institutions, commercial concerns and private individuals. Wyon’s diary also chronicles the more personal aspects of his daily life and domestic arrangements, revealing the ways in which he and his extensive family occupied their leisure hours and documenting such activities as his visits to exhibitions and his opinions on the works of art he saw, his shopping excursions in London, his holidays in Britain and abroad, and – most importantly in Wyon’s view – the religious services he attended and the philanthropic ventures that, as an Evangelical Christian, he saw it as his duty to support. This book includes a fully annotated transcription of the diary, an introduction discussing all aspects of Leonard Wyon’s life, and appendices giving detailed accounts of the production of all the works by Wyon mentioned in the diary.

NB052 Bennett, K. A Catalogue of Georgian Coins. 2014. 341 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Casebound. £75 A useful English language guide to Georgian numismatics. The book aims to introduce English speaking readers to the wealth of knowledge available in Russian about the Georgian coinage, in this context, all coins struck in what is present-day Georgia. It aims to catalogue the types, varieties and dates of all the Georgian coins classified in the literature to date and to aid with identification and the reading of inscriptions on Georgian coins which are often in Arabic and Persian.

NB053 Bijovsky, G. Gold Coin and Small Change: Monetary Circulation in Fifth Century Byzantine Palestine. Italy, 2012. 553 pages, illustrations in the text. Card covers. £45 A comprehensive analysis of the local coinage that circulated in Palestine from the death of Arcadius until the time of the Arab conquest in the 640’s.

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THE HISTORY OF OTTOMAN COINS SERIES

Damali, Dr. A. Osmanli Sikkeleri Tarihi. History of Ottoman Coins. A comprehensive series covering the reigns of all the Ottoman rulers, due to be complete in 9 volumes. Each individual volume gives detailed chronologies for each Sultan as well as a short description of the important historical events during their reign. Together, the complete series will provide a detailed description of all of the Ottoman mints as well as coin production techniques, a list of all the inscriptions used in both Turkish and English, weight analyses as well as the important historical milestones in the history of Ottoman coin production.

NB054 Volume 1. Ottoman Coins from Osman I to Suleyman I. 2010. 440 pages, full colour illustrations. Cloth, jacket. £110

NB055 Volume 2. The Coins of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. 2010. 440 pages, full colour illustrations. Cloth, jacket. £110 The second volume in the series has over 700 images of the gold and silver coins struck during Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent’s reign.

NB056 Volume 3. The Coins of Sultan Selim II and Sultan Murad III. 2011. 380 pages, full colour illustrations. Cloth, jacket. £110 This volume illustrates 200 silver and gold coins of Sultan Selim II as well as 350 coins of Sultan Murad III.

NB057 Volume 4. The Coins of Sultan Mehmed III and Sultan Ahmed I. 2011. 360 pages, full colour illustrations. Cloth, jacket. £110 Volume four has over 270 illustrations of both the silver and gold coins of Sultan Mehmed III as well as 200 coins of Sultan Ahmed I.

NB058 Volume 5. The Coins of Sultans Mustafa I, Osman II, Murad IV, Ibrahim and Mehmed IV. 2012. 420 pages, full colour illustrations. Cloth, jacket. £110 The fifth volume in this series includes the pictures of 61 coins of Sultan Mustafa I, 98 coins of Sultan Osman II, 139 coins of Sultan Ibrahim and 118 coins of Sultan Mehmed IV; i.e. 465 gold and silver coins.

NB059 Volume 6. The Coins of Sultans Suleyman II, Ahmed II, Mustafa II, Ahmed III, Mahmud I. 2013. 420 pages, full colour illustrations. Cloth, jacket. £110 This volume includes the details of 28 coins of Sultan Suleyman II, 18 coins of Sultan Ahmed II, 104 coins of Sultan Mustafa II, 346 coins of Sultan Ahmed III and 335 coins of Sultan Mahmud I; i.e. 831 gold and silver coins.

NB060 Volume 7. The Coins of Sultans Osman III, Mustafa III, Abdulhamid I, Selim III and Mustafa IV. 2013. 420 pages, full colour illustrations. Cloth, jacket. £110 Volume six includes the details of 71 coins of Sultan Osman III, 460 coins of Sultan Mustafa III, 401 coins of Sultan Abdulhamid I, 409 coins of Sultan Selim III and 56 coins of Sultan Mustafa IV; i.e. 1478 gold and silver coins.

NB061 Volume 8. The Coins of Sultans Mahmud II. 2014. 410 pages, full colour illustrations. Cloth, jacket. £110 Volume eight includes the details of 1217 coins of Sultan Mahmud II.

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NB062 Gray, S. A Study of Australasian Trade Tokens. An Illustrated Reference. Perth, 2013. 216 pages, full size colour illustrations throughout and complete with rarity guides and up to date valuations. Casebound. Lim-ited to 500 copies. £45 This 216 page book, with its huge number of colour images, is a completely updated study of the merchant tokens of Australia and New Zea-land, being the first major work on this subject since the standard reference of Dr Arthur Andrews in 1921. The 1850’s were turbulent years in Australia and New Zealand, dominated by changing social, political, and economic events. Gold rushes in both countries saw swelling of the population and rapidly growing economies, thus accelerating the requirement for all forms of goods and services. Merchants had been plagued by severe shortage of small change for years and ultimately took matters into their own hands. Quite independently of any govern-ing authority, many businesses and individuals arranged for the production of their own currency to facilitate trade. This catalogue provides images and enhanced identification details for all known Australasian trade tokens along with their relative rarity and an indication of base prices. It also includes new and previously unpublished token types making this the definitive reference for all collectors.

NB063 Gupta, P. L. & Hardaker,T. R. Punchmarked Coinage of the Indian Subcontinent. Revised Edition, 2014. 296 pages, b/w illustrations, maps and diagrams throughout. Casebound, jacket. £35 The long-awaited second edition of this Catalogue of Indian punchmarked coins – ‘GH’ as it has become known - is at last available, twenty-nine years after its first publication. It introduces the new data and types accumulated over this period. Nearly three times the length of the first edition, the book has been extensively rewritten by the surviving author (Hardaker) and is superbly printed with clear photographs including three colour maps. Whereas the original volume catalogued 613 types, this edition includes 1043 and expands the original seven Series to nine. These now include the pre-karshapana coinages of the early Magadhan state as ‘Series 0’, and the post-Mauryan karshapana-like coinages as ‘Series VIII’. Many improvements have been made. The Catalogue section (132pp) includes photos next to the symbol drawings. The task of identification is made easier with extensive symbol lists, guidance on rarity, and a ‘critical path’ chart, as well as a 35-page section of enlarged photos. Users of the first edition will be glad to see that the old type numbers are retained, new types being added by way of ‘a’, ‘b’, etc. The first two introductory sections (57pp) provide some exciting insights into Magadha-Mauryan coinage resulting from ongoing study since the 1980s. The narrative is set into the wider context of late Iron Age society. The bankers and other additional marks seen on these coins are for the first time classified into chronological phases, and the way these marks can be used to reconstruct the economic and social history of the period is described. Recent research, including much fresh hoard evidence, is evaluated in the discussions on chronology and date, and the most likely options are laid out. Especially interesting is the progress that has been made in the chronology of the Series I coins which now total 505 types. The text demonstrates how close-focus study of coinage can expose specific moments in time, such as a mint workman’s catastrophic error (pictured above), while also illuminating the broader thinking underlying society in an age on the cusp of historic time. The coins show financial dealers battling with iron-fisted state control, engravers improving their skills in fulfilling complex design directives, and finally the collapse of society at the end of the Mauryan period. This will remain the standard reference work on the karshapana series for many years to come.

NB064 Jayaswal, V. Glory of the Kushans. Recent Discoveries and Interpretations. India, 2012. 456, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Cloth, gilt. £150 The advent of the Kushans in the Indian subcontinent is a significant historical event. It is suggestive of such processes and factors which shaped the early historic cultural milieu of India in particular and Asia in general. The Kushan kings played an important part in the ancient history of India and Central Asia. They were worthy contemporaries of the three great world powers of the early centuries of the first millen-nium AD, the Roman Empire, the Han Empire of China and the Arsacid and Sasanian Empires of Iran. During the first four centuries of the millennium, they controlled a vital space between these empires, acting as entrepreneurs in international trade and restoring unified rule to northern India. Their patronage of Buddhism enabled it to spread through Central Asia and into China. However, in spite of their importance, very little information of their activities has survived into the modern period. This volume is the result of the International Seminar entitled, ‘Kushan Glory and Its Contemporary Challenges’, which was organized by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India), between October 3 and 5, 2008. Most of the papers were presented in the seminar but there are a few which were invited. Inclusion of these were intended to fill the gaps, in the otherwise holistic format of this volume. The 21 contributions of the volume are placed in seven distinct sections covering different themes, viz., (i) Discoveries: Old and Recent; (ii) Hegemony: Kushan Empire and Out-posts; (iii) Chronol-ogy and Succession; (iv) Policies and Patronage: Kushan Religion; (v) Architecture and Settlement: Kushan Archaeology; (vi) Art Expressions: Kushan Portraits and Compositions; (vii) Expansion and Continuity: Kushan Styles and Techniques. This strikingly illustrated volume is a significant contribution to the field of Kushan studies and is a valuable aid for students and scholars of history.

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NB065 [Ed.] Lapidge, M. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Second Edition. 2014. 583 pages. Maps, illustrations and line drawings in the text. Casebound. £120 Widely acknowledged as the essential reference work for this period, this volume brings together more than 700 articles written by 150 top scholars that cover the people, places, activities, and creations of the Anglo-Saxons. This is the only reference work which covers the history, archaeology, arts, architecture, literatures, and languages of England from the Roman withdrawal to the Norman Conquest (c.450 – 1066 AD). An essential reference tool, both for specialists in the field, and for students looking for a thorough grounding in key topics of the period.

NB066 Mahlo, D. The Early Coins of Myanmar (Burma): Messengers from the Past. 2012. 192 pages, b/w illustrations throughout, 16 colour plates at the end, bibliography. Casebound. £45 In the ancient and early medieval periods, the people of Myanmar lived in a world full of coins. Coins form a major part of their archaeological heritage and represent some impressive examples of early Asian design. The author has devoted almost fifty years to recording the prove-nance of these coins. He has studied their symbols and combinations of symbols and offers the results of his research to the public, organized in a geographical and chronological basis. In doing so, he is not only concerned with research of the coins themselves, but also with studying them as documents of an otherwise lost history and culture. This research has led the author to evidence of strong Indian influences in ancient Burma around the beginning of the modern era; to new insights into the development and extent of the Kingdom of Sri Ksetra; to the rise and fall of Halingyi; the origins of Pagan; to the possibility of a Khmer incursion as far as Thaton; as well as to the existence in the medieval period of previously unknown small states in Upper Burma and on the Gulf of Martaban. The early coins of Myanmar/Burma open a new window onto one of the forgotten civilisations of Southeast Asia. The book contains a summary, both in English and German.

NB067 Maier, N. French Medallic Art 1870-1940. Munich, 2010. 415 pages, b/w illustrations throughout. Casebound. £95 Medallists such as Chaplain, Roty and Charpentier renewed medallic art in France during the Nineteenth Century, leading to a revival that attracted worldwide interest. This volume examines the background to this revival and investigates its development down to the 1930’s. The wide range of subjects addressed by the artists is evident from the numerous illustrations. In addition, the book provides substantial insights into the medal society founded by Roger Marx, the Société des Amis de la Médaille Française (1899-1920). Short biographies are given for a total of 73 artists who decisively influenced French medallic art during the periods of Art Nouveau, Symbolism, Naturalism and Art Deco.

NB068 Mossman, Philip L. From Crime To Punishment. Counterfeit and Debased Currencies in Colonial and Pre-Federal America. Numismatic Studies 27. The American Numismatic Society. New York, 2013. £90 since coinage was developed in ancient Lydia, an element of society has sought to debase the coin of the realm for personal gain not only by counterfeiting, but also by shaving away precious metal. Currency debasement was not confined to the proletariat since throughout history various monarchs increased their royal revenues, or seigniorage, by reducing the quality of the coins’ specie content or its weight standard. The current text follows closely the course of royal English copper coinages whose high potential profit made them an ideal prey for counterfeiters. These forgeries flowed freely into the colonies where they overwhelmed, and eventually collapsed, the small change medium but not before various states sought to correct the evil of this imported copper trash. Great attention is paid to Great Britain’s mercantilistic policies which shaped the character of the currency in the North American colonies where chronic hard money shortages encouraged counterfeit coinages of all stripes whose actual manufacture and circulation is examined in great detail. Colonists further sought to expand their monetary pool by printing bills of credit to meet the exigencies of the French and Indian Wars. This new paper currency likewise became the target for forgery and a battle royal ensued between the colonial treasurers and bands of counterfeiters as they competed to outsmart each other. But as “the weed of crime bears bitter fruit,” many counterfeiters were apprehended and punished for their evil deeds.

NB069 Pataridze, M. & Janjgava, G. Rare Coins of the Trebizond Empire. 2006. 71 pages, 6 colour plates. Text in Georgian and English. Card covers. £25

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NB070 Platt, J. J. & A. K. The English Civil Wars. Medals, Historical Commentary & Personalities. London, 2013. Over 800 pages, copiously illustrated throughout. Two volumes bound in cloth, gilt. Slipcase. £175 Some three and a half centuries ago, Britain was convulsed by a series of civil wars. The names of its participants and major battles – Oliver Cromwell and Charles I, Cavaliers and Roundheads, Edgehill and Dunbar– are still well known today. These wars saw the introduction of medals as rewards for gallantry and campaign service. This book places these medals within the historical context of the times. These volumes will be an essential addition to the libraries of all who have an interest in the medals, personalities and events of the English Civil Wars. Building on earlier works on the subject, it provides detailed information which is indispensable for the collector, numismatist, auction house specialist and Civil War enthusiast as well as for the military or art historian with an interest in the period. The detailed information on over 900 individual medals illustrating over 400 subtypes in both private and public collections, accompanied by more than 500 photographs and illustrations of medals, many in colour, provides an important archival reference source. Assembled from the authors’ observations over thirty years of collecting and studying the medals of the period, this work places these ‘pieces of history’ within the historical context of the Civil Wars, the Interregnum and the Restoration. Through historical and biographical commentary on some 100 historical personages, the personalities of the figures of the period come into focus. Through the use of commentary and over 400 illustrations from the 17th through 19th centuries, we see the personages of the Civil War as did both their contemporaries and those closer in time to the events of the Civil War.

NB071 Russo, R. with De Falco, A. The RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins. Numismatic Ars Classica. Zurich, 2013. 433 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Casebound. £100 A superb reference work of the most important collection of Roman republican coins assembled in the last century, with an additional in-text commentary by Roberto Russo, David Vagi, Rick Witschonke and Andrew McCabe. Laid out in SNG format and including Roman Republican gold coins not sold in NAC’s 2011 and 2012 sales this reference is sure to become the new standard reference for Roman Republican coins.

NB072 Tully, John A. N. Z. The Island Standard. The Classical, Hellenistic and Roman Coinages of Paros. Numismatic Studies 28. The American Numismatic Society. New York, 2013. 206 pages, 27 b/w plates. Cloth, jacket. £100 This book is the first comprehensive study of the monetary history of one of the major coin-producing states of the Hellenistic and Roman Aegean. It analyses the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman coinages of the Cycladic island of Paros. It presents a die study of all known silver and bronze issues, and argues that Paros and its neighbour Naxos minted in the Hellenistic Period not on the Rhodian standard as has sometimes been thought, but on their own distinct standard: the ‘island standard’. All coin types are fully described, and die varieties are illustrated in 27 plates. John Tully read Greats at Magdalen College, Oxford before moving to Harvard, then Princeton, where he finished his PhD dissertation on “Networks, Hegemony, and Multipolarity in the Hellenistic Cyclades” in 2012. In 2010, he took the Eric P. Newman Graduate Seminar in Numismatics at the ANS in New York; this book is a direct result of the project he started there. He is currently a consultant in New York.

NB073 Winter, Heinz. Die Medaillen und Schaumünzen der Kaiser und Könige aus dem Haus Habsburg im Münzkabinett des Kunsthistorichen Museums Wien. Band I: Friedrich III. Und Maximilian I. Kunst Historisches Museum. Wien, 2013. 375 pages, 79 colour plates, additional colour illustrations in the text. Cloth, jacket. £45 The present book is the second volume in a row of publications dedicated to the medals of the House of Habsburg that are preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum. While Glanz des Hauses Habsburg. Die habsburgische Medaille im Münzkabinett des Kunsthistorischen Museums (2009) launched this series, the present study focuses on the early days of this media and thus the period of the emperors Friedrich III. (1452–1493) and Maximilian I. (1508–1519). On the basis of the rich collection of the coin cabinet in Vienna it is the goal to record and comment the medals from the kings and emperors of the Habsburg dynasty. Today the coin cabinet keeps the imperial collection; all relevant types are preserved here in technical and artistic perfection. Most of them come from the possession of Emperor Karl VI. (1711–1740), others date back to Emperor Franz I. Stephan from Lorraine (1745–1765). The main focus concentrates on the contemporary development of most of the types. As it turns out, the widespread opinion that Maximilian not only supported the hammer struck medal but also the cast medal in the years after 1510 could not be confirmed. Furthermore most of the cast medals were created first in the 18th century.

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NB074 [Ed.] Van Alfen, Peter G. & Witschonke, Richard B. Essays in Honour of Roberto Russo. Numismatic Ars Classica. Zurich/London, 2013. Large quarto. 426 pages, black and white illustrations throughout. Casebound, jacket. £100 A work of fundamental new research on Greek and Roman republican numismatics. Superbly produced and containing a variety of important articles written by some of today’s greatest numismatists and scholars including; Keith Rutter, Christof Boehringer, Alberto Campana, Giovanni Santelli, John Morcom, Haim Gitler, David Vagi, Andrew Burnett, Andrew McCabe, Richard Schaefer, Andrea Pancotti, Roberto Russo, T.V. Buttrey, Richard Witschonke, Clive Stannard, Bernhard E. Woytek, Michel Amandry, Franc L. Kovacs and Lucia Travaini. A superb new reference containing a wealth of information, this is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area of numismatics as well as a great and fitting tribute to the late Robert Russo.

NB075 Vecchi, I. Italian Cast Coinage. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Cast Bronze Coinage and its Struck Counterparts in Ancient Italy from the 7th to 3rd Centuries BC. 2013. 92 pages, fully illustrated throughout. Cloth, jacket. £50 Winner of the 2014 IAPN book prize, this new edition of Italian Cast Coinage (ICC) compiled by Italo Vecchi summarises the research into Italy’s cast bronze coinage since 1885. It lists 327 types from the aes rude and currency bars of early 1st millennium Italy to the final issues during the Second Punic War, many of which are previously unpublished. The book also includes an account of the cast coinages of Rome, Etruria, Umbria, North-East and Central Italy, Lucania and Apulia. Arranged overall by geographical area, the mints within each area are then listed alphabetical-ly; included are details of the historical or geographical background, and an examination of the

weight standards and chronology as well as three maps of the area. At the end of the book there are 87 plates illustrating almost all the types in the catalogue. The book is fully indexed for ease of reference.

NB076 Zhou Xin Yuan & Li Ping Wen. Concise Catalogue of Modern Chinese Copper Coins. 2012. 304 pages, full colour illustrations throughout with valuations in US$. Card covers. £35 Ever since Tracey Woodward published his masterpiece ‘The Minted Ten Cash Coins of China’ in 1936, a great contribution to the understand-ing of modern machine made Chinese copper coins was made. Many numismatic books have followed in his footsteps, even at the beginning of the 21st Century. These literary works, including forums on the internet, play an important role in the research of this subject. The struck copper coins were circulated for only about half a century as fractional currency in China, however, they created a legend around them sug-gesting that it was only those who studied hard and in depth who could enjoy them. Although the output was enormous, because of the tur-moil during that period most of these base metal coins were crudely made and therefore overlooked by many collectors. Unlike silver coins, copper coins were not carefully protected and as such, when they appear, corrosion has usually made it difficult for people to recognise the beauty of the details. Subsequently, high grade coins are hard to find and many others are either left in junk boxes or have been destroyed over the years. The large variations of the different era’s and issuers also confuse beginners. All these issues create difficulties for the general public to see the true value of these Chinese copper coins. This book is intended to present the most splendid side of Chinese copper coins and also provides the basis for a rarity and evaluation of coins included in this book. For enthusiasts it will be a book of appreciation; for new collectors it is a beginner’s guide book. For the convenience of readers, all fantasy, errors, tokens, unofficial issuers and cast coins are not included. It

is the author’s anticipation that this book will stimulate interest in Chinese struck copper coins.

The A to Z Series of LondonThis fascinating series of books provides fully-indexed maps of London at roughly 100 year intervals. Consisting of seven books in total, each one reproduces a key map of the period with comprehensive indexes which allow users to identify the locations of streets, buildings and in some cases small courts and alleys used at the time. They also enable the purchasers to find their way around the streets of London as they were in these eras and see how massive social, economic and political changes of these changeable times shaped the London we know today. A fascinating series of attractively produced books which will certainly appeal to anyone interested in the history and development of London.

NB077 [Ed.] Saunders, A. The A to Z of Charles II’s London 1682. London, 2013. 152 pages. Cloth, jacket. £30 NB078 Prockter, A. & Taylor, R. The A to Z of Elizabethan London. London, 1979. 62 pages. Cloth, jacket. £30

NB079 Hyde, R. The A to Z of Georgian London. London, 1982. 88 pages. Cloth, jacket. £30

NB080 Laxton, P. & Wisdom, J. The A to Z of Regency London. London, 1985. 116 pages. Cloth, jacket. £30 NB081 Hyde, R. The A to Z of Victorian London. London, 1987.140 pages. Cloth, jacket. £30 NB082 [Ed.] Saunders, A. The A to Z of Edwardian London. With an Introduction by M. H. Port. London, 2007. 169 pages. Cloth, jacket. £30

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