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Medieval numismatics
Welcome to the section dedicated to medieval numismatics books on Biblionumis.it, the reference point for scholars, collectors and enthusiasts of the monetary history of the Middle Ages. In this category, we offer you a wide selection of specialized texts that explore the fascinating world of medieval coins, from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the end of the Middle Ages. Each book in this category is a gateway to centuries of history, where coins are not only economic instruments, but true witnesses of the political, social and cultural changes of the Middle Ages. Whether they are Byzantine, Carolingian, Anglo-Saxon, European kingdoms or Italian mints, these volumes offer a detailed and in-depth analysis, enriched by images and precise cataloging. Our books are written by internationally renowned historians and numismatists, who guarantee accurate and detailed content. You will find complete catalogs, identification manuals and monographic studies that will guide you in understanding and evaluating medieval coins. These texts are essential tools for those who wish to deepen their knowledge or enrich their collection of medieval coins. Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of medieval numismatics with our books, designed to satisfy both experts and neophytes. Each volume is carefully selected to offer a complete and detailed vision of this historical period, enhancing numismatic and historical knowledge. Explore our collection of medieval numismatics books on Biblionumis.it now and enrich your library with fundamental works that will allow you to discover and understand the historical and cultural value of medieval coins.
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Promis, Coins of the Republic of...
€22.00Domenico Promis, Coins of the Republic of Siena, Studio Editoriale Insubria, Milan 1977, pp. 83, ill., 10 plates, 24 cm, br. and.
Anastatic reprint of the 1868 edition.
Pencil annotations in elegant handwriting on the plates.
In perfect condition.
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Libero Mangieri, Salerno's...
€18.00Giuseppe Libero Mangieri, The medieval coinage of Salerno in the Figliolia collection, Pietro Laveglia Editore, Salerno 1991, pp. 122, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.
Series of Salerno historical studies, 5.
In perfect condition.
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Rasile, The coins of Capua
€50.00Mario Rasile, The coins of Capua from the ancient and medieval periods, Editions of the author, Itri 1990, pp. 88, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Rasile, I crowned by Ferrante I...
€35.00Mario Rasile, The crowned men of Ferrante I of Aragon and Renaissance portraiture on coins, Author's editions, Itri sd, pp. 79, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.
Very slight traces of use on the cover, otherwise in perfect condition. Rare.
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Unpublished or little-known...
€27.00Lucio Bellizia, Giovanni Florio, Unpublished or little-known coins from the Salerno mint. With appendix on some Norman coins, Libreria Ar, Salerno 2003, pp. 64, richly illustrated in col., 30 cm, br. and.
In excellent condition.
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Italian gold coins. Catalog of...
€200.00Italian gold coins. Catalog of coins issued from 1252 to 1945 with degrees of rarity and public sales awards, edited by Lorenzo Bellesia, 2 vols., Nomisma, Serravalle 2002, pp. 616 overall, richly illustrated, 30 cm, cart. and. with titles on the spine and on the front plate, dust jacket and slipcase.
Volume I: Ancona-Novellara, pp. 320.
Volume II: Padua-Verona-Savoy, pp. 296.
Important work for scholars and collectors. It shows the Italian gold coins with the awards of the international auctions of over a century.
Insignificant traces of use on the first cards of vol. II, otherwise in excellent condition.
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The Mardin hoard. Islamic...
€18.00N. M. Lowick, S. Bendall, P. D. Whitting, The Mardin hoard. Islamic countermarks on Byzantine follies, AH Baldwing & Sons, Ringwood 1977, pp. 79, richly illustrated, 21 cm.
Important contribution for the study of Islamic countermarks on Byzantine coins.
In excellent condition.
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The Billion Trachea of Michael...
€18.00S. Bendall, PJ Donald, The Billion Trachea of Michael VIII Palaeologos 1258-1282, AH Baldwin & Sons, sl 1974, pp. XVIII, 44, richly illustrated, 21 cm.
In excellent condition.
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Bernareggi, The economic system...
€170.00Ernesto Bernareggi, The economic system and the coinage of the Lombards in upper Italy, M. Ratto, Milan 1960, pp. XXIX, 207, 15 plates, full cloth binding ed. with gilt titles and decorations on spine and front cover.
Work of great scientific interest.
Small initials of ownership on the first endpaper.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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De Concina, On the trade of the...
€580.00Jacopo de Concina, On the trade of the Romans in Aquileja, for Nicolò and Giovanni Bettoni, Alvisopoli 1810, pp. 71, 1, dedicatory to His Imperial Highness Eugene Napoleon of France, Vice-King of Italy, typographical mark in woodcut on the title page, wonderful chalcographic portrait of the author placed on the frontispiece engraved by G. Ginanni based on a design by L. Zuccolo, 6 beautiful pl. intaglio prints including 5 reproducing coins, 25 cm, splendid and solid contemporary binding in all spotted calfskin, gold decorations on the edges of the plates, on the edges and on the spine, end caps in fine turquoise marbled paper.
Alvisopoli, a hamlet of Fossalta, was commissioned and created in 1800 by the noble Alvise Mocenigo; in 1810, he decided to equip it with a printing press and appointed the printer Niccolò Bettoni as its director. De Concina's publication represented, chronologically, the third printing in the history of this typography. The work was extensively examined and presented by Giovanni Comelli in his work "The Friulian affair of the typography of Alvisopoli" (1985).
Volume embellished with an elegant ex libris on the front pastedown by an illustrious medalist and historian from Trieste.
Exemplary in superb condition, with very fresh paper and wide margins.
Extremely rare work to find complete.
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Gamberini di Scarfea, Imitations...
€58.00Cesare Gamberini di Scarfea, Monetary imitations and counterfeits in the world. First attempt at a general and practical study for the use of numismatists. Part Three. The main Italian and foreign imitations and counterfeits of coins from medieval and modern Italian mints, Forni Editore, Bologna 1972, pp. 345, richly illustrated, 25 cm, br. and.
Anastatic reprint of the Bologna edition, 1956.
In excellent condition.
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Pesce, Numismatic writings...
€60.00Giovanni Pesce, Numismatic writings 1941-1991, Ligurian numismatic circle "Corrado Astengo" section of the Ligurian Society of Homeland History, Genoa 2005, pp. 398, richly illustrated, 30 cm, br. and.
Full-bodied volume in perfect condition. Extremely rare.
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Lunardi, The coins of the...
€90.00Giuseppe Lunardi, The coins of the Genoese colonies, Ligurian society of homeland history, Genoa 1980, pp. 317, rich in illustrations, 5 tablets. folded, cm 24, br. and.
In perfect condition. Rare.
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Simonetti, Medieval and modern...
€130.00Luigi Simonetti, Medieval and modern Italian coins. House of Savoy, 3 vols., Tipografia Poggiali, Ravenna 1967-1969, pp. 1308 overall, richly illustrated in b&w and col., 25 cm, splendid full green leather binding with titles and decorations on the spine and boards.
Volume I, From Oddone Conte (1056) to Carlo Emanuele I Duke (1630), 1967, pp. 485.
Volume II, From Vittorio Amedeo I (1630) to Vittorio Emanuele I (1821), 1968, pp. 386.
Volume III, From Vittorio Emanuele II (1861) to Vittorio Emanuele III (1946). Coinage abroad. Monetary weights, 1969, pp. 437.
Blooms and traces of use on the spine of volume 3, otherwise the work is perfectly usable and in more than good condition.
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De Luca, The coins with Arab...
€230.00Maria Amalia De Luca, The coins with Arabic legend of the Municipal Library of Palermo, presentation by Filippo Guttuso, Part I, sn, Palermo 1998, pp. XXXIX, 399, richly illustrated, 31 cm, elegant cloth binding with titles, gold decorations on plates and spine and dust jacket.
Aere perennius necklace. Catalogues, 1.
At the top of the title page: City of Palermo, Department of Culture, Municipal Library.
Part I was the only one published. Work of significant scientific interest.
In perfect condition. Very rare.
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Simonetti, Manual of Italian...
€28.00Luigi Simonetti, Handbook of medieval and modern Italian numismatics. From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, vol. 2, Poggiali Typography, Ravenna 1967, pp. 616, 25 cm, splendid full leather binding with gold titles on the spine and embossed decorations on the spine and plates.
This is the second of only two volumes published for this work, in which 36 mints are analyzed, sorted alphabetically by Banias in Bologna.
Slight traces of use, otherwise in a more than good general state of conservation.
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Ferraro, The coins of Gaeta
€160.00Salvatore Ferraro, The coins of Gaeta with an appendix on the medals. Work adorned with 79 drawings and photoengraving, Melfi & Joele Typography, Naples 1915, pp. 135, richly illustrated, 30 cm, br. and.
Edition of 500 copies.
Slight traces of use on the paperback, otherwise in excellent condition, partially intact.
A very rare classic of the twentieth century numismatic literature in original edition.
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Camera, Important discovery of...
€100.00Matteo Camera, Important discovery of the famous tareno of Amalfi and of another unpublished coin of the doge Mansone III, Stamperia del Fibreno, Naples 1872, pp. 38 with beautiful woodcut engravings of the coins presented, cm 24, br. and. blue protected by coeval blank paper.
A classic of 19th century numismatic literature.
Small stamp of belonging to the title page.
Some flowering, otherwise in excellent condition.
Extremely rare.
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Palmieri, Opera complete
€200.00Palmiero Palmieri, Opera omnia, S. Bernardino Graphic Arts Establishment, Siena 1917, pp. 142 with beautiful small headings, richly illustrated, 4 large folded geographical maps, 25 cm, br. and. with titles in red and black.
Collection of studies by the Tuscan numismatist Palmiero Palmieri (1873-1925): Unpublished coins of the House of Savoy (illustrated); The populace of the Florentine Republic (illustrated); Lucca. Denarius of Conrad I Emperor 1016-1030 (illustrated); The last coin minted in Casale Monferrato (illustrated); An Imitation Sienese Coin (illustrated); Contribution to the Corpus Nummorum Italicorum (illustrated). To the numismatic writings are added contributions from other disciplines: Notes on agricultural geology; Alfalfa (gleaning from old pages); Excursion in the country of the Cunama (Colonia Eritrea). Palmiero Palmieri donated his rich coin collection and his library to the Archaeological Museum of Siena.
Text embellished with a long dedication by the author, dated March 1920, on the first flyleaf.
In excellent condition.
Extremely rare due to the limited edition.
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Catalog of the...
€340.00Giuseppe Castellani, Catalog of the Papadopoli-Aldobrandini numismatic collection, 2 vols., edited by the Municipality, Venice 1925, pp. XIX, 789 overall, ill., 15 tables total, 33 cm, solid coeval full cloth binding, the editorial paperbacks are preserved.
At the top of the title page: Civico Museo Correr.
Volume I: XIX, 379, splendid portrait of Count Nicolò Papadopoli-Aldobrandini on the frontispiece covered with tissue paper.
Volume II: pp. 410, 14 beautiful plates reproducing coins covered with tissue paper.
A classic of twentieth-century numismatic literature.
Insignificant signs of wear, otherwise in excellent condition and partially untouched.
Rare.
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Promis, The mint of Scio
€100.00Domenico Promis, The mint of Scio during the dominion of the Genoese, Royal Stamperia, Turin 1865, pp. 59, 4 beautiful plates. reproducing coins, 30 cm, br. and. protected by br. wetsuit.
Small ownership stamp on title page.
Exceptional conservation with fresh paper and beards.
Rare.
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Writings by Francesco Panvini...
€75.00Coins and medals. Writings by Francesco Panvini Rosati, 2 vols., Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, Rome 2004, pp. 768 overall, 29 cm, cart. and. with slipcase ed.
Supplement to n. 37 of the Numismatics Bulletin.
Volume I: Ancient Age.
Volume II: From Late Antiquity to the Modern Age.
In excellent condition.
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Bononia Docet
€24.00Bononia Docet. From Bolognino to the coins celebrating the IX Centenary of the University of Bologna, Ministry for Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Rome 1988, pp. 125, 29 cm, br. and.
Supplement to n. 10 of the Numismatics Bulletin.
Record of possession on the first guard card.
Traces of use on the paperback, otherwise in excellent condition.
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Perini, The coins of Verona
€140.00Quintilio Perini, The coins of Verona, Ugo Grandi & C. Editori, Rovereto 1902, pp. 110, richly illustrated, 28 cm, beautiful and solid coeval binding in half canvas with plates in splendid green peacock tail paper, preserved the paperback ed.
Edition of 300 numbered copies, this is n. 88.
Elegant numismatic ex libris on the front counterplate, small stamp of ownership on the front cover.
Overall in excellent condition.
Very rare original edition.