Medieval numismatics

Giovanni 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.

Francesco Muntoni, The coins of the popes and papal states, 4 volumes, P. & P. Santamaria, Rome 1972-1974, first edition, pp. 1249 overall, ill., 224 plates, 31 cm, imitation leather ed. with titles and decorations in gold on the back and on the front plate.

Volume I: pp. XLVIII, 240, 45 plates.

Volume II: pp. 288, 46-104 plates.

Volume III: pp. 308, 105-172 plates.

Volume IV: pp. 365, 173-224 plates.

Fundamental work for the study of the examined coins.

In excellent condition.

Very rare.

Giuseppe 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.

Luigi 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.

Maria 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.

David R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values, second edition revised and enlarged, With the collaboration of Simon Bendall and Michael Dennis O'Hara, Seaby, London 1987, pp. 526, richly illustrated, 23 cm, full canvas binding ed. with gilt titles on spine and dust jacket.

In perfect condition.

Luigi Simonetti, Handbook of medieval and modern Italian numismatics. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, 2 vols., Tipografia Poggiali, Ravenna, pp. 1243 overall, 25 cm, splendid binding in all leather with gold titles on the spine and embossed decorations on the spine and plates.

Volume I: Chronology, Acaia-Avisan, 1965, pp. 627.

Volume II: Chronology, Banias-Bologna, 1967, pp. 616.

The first two volumes were the only ones to be published and analyze a total of 108 mints.

Traces of use and lacks in the margins of the spine of the first volume, second volume in excellent condition.

Luigi 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.

Salvatore 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.

Matteo 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.

Palmiero 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.

Giuseppe 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.

Domenico 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.

Coins 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.

Bononia 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.

Quintilio 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.

Gold Coins of the World from ancient times to the present, 8th edition, Coin & Currency Institute, 2009, pp. 766, richly illustrated, 28 cm, card. and.

Insignificant traces of use on the first cards, otherwise in perfect condition.

Silvana Balbi de Caro, Money in Rome and Italy. Presentation by Antonio Fazio, 3 vols. + 1 fasc. for presentation, Bank of Italy, Rome 1993, pp. 737 overall, richly illustrated in color with beautiful images, 32 cm, binding in all canvas ed., Silver stamped titles, dust jacket and slipcase.

Volume I: Rome and money, pp. 239.

Volume II: Coins and peoples in Italy in the Middle Ages, pp. 239.

Volume III: Principles and coins in modern Italy, pp. 239.

Presentation booklet: Money in Rome and Italy, pp. 20.

Slight halo on the casket, otherwise volumes in excellent condition.

Antonio Santarelli, Of the oldest and rarest coins existing in the city museum of Forlì, Democratic Typography, Forlì 1876, pp. 164, cm 24, br. and.

The lawyer Antonio Santarelli was a member of the Government Commission of Fine Arts, Royal Inspector of excavations and monuments, director of the Pinacoteca and Civic Museums of Forlì. He carried out numerous excavations in the surroundings of Forlì, Villanova, Vecchiazzano and in other places. We owe him the foundation of the first nucleus of what is today the National Archaeological Museum of Sarsina. The Civic Archaeological Museum of Forlì is named after Antonio Santarelli, whose very foundation is due to his work. In this volume, Santarelli describes the ancient, medieval, modern coins and the medieval, modern and pontifical medals preserved in the city museum of Forlì.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Study Notebook, Mario Rasile Numismatic Circle, Cassino, n. XLII, November-December 2000, pp. 79, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.

Issue entirely dedicated to the Proceedings of the Federico II Hohenstaufen cultural meeting 750th anniversary of his death, held in Atina on December 16, 2000.

In perfect condition.

Augusto Balsamo, Catalog of Piacenza coins, Typography A. Del Maino, Piacenza 1928, pp. 38, richly illustrated, 25 cm, br. and.

A pupil of Carducci and of the Grecista Vittorio Puntoni, Augusto Balsamo (1875-1949) was director of the Municipal Library of Piacenza. In addition to editions with translation and commentary on Greek and Latin classics, he published the Catalog of Piacenza coins, proposed here, which due to its rarity is now missing in all the specialized libraries listed. In addition to collaborating with important literary magazines, Balsamo wrote about local history in the Historical Archives for the Parma Provinces, published by the Deputation of Homeland History of which he was a member since 1927, in the Piacentino Historical Bulletin and in the Piacentina Strenna. From 1901 to 1903 he was among the members of the Italian Bibliographic Society. After his death the family donated his book collection to the Piacenza Library. A room was then dedicated to his name.

Publication embellished by the author's autograph dedication.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Maria Luisa Dal Gian, The lion of St. Mark on the coins and oselle of the Serenissima, Ediz. della Fortuna, Venice 1958, pp. 56, ill., 40 plates, 16 cm, br. and. with sov. to col.

La bala d'oro necklace. Curiosities and bibliographic rarities of Venetian history, literature and art, 5.

Work printed in 500 hand-numbered copies, this is number 30.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Hans Jörg Kellner, Die Münzen der Freien Reichsstadt Nürnberg, H. Geiger, Grünwald bei München 1957, pp. 174, richly illustrated, 25 cm, binding in all canvas ed. with titles on the spine.

Work included in Bayerische Münzkataloge.

In excellent condition.

Muro Leccese. Discovering a medieval land. A city, its people, its roots, edited by Paul Arthur, Brunella Bruno, Mauro Congedo Editore, Maglie 2007, pp. 91, richly illustrated, 28 cm, br. and.

Among the various contributions present: Giuseppe Libero Mangieri, Medagliere. The treasure of Muro Leccese.

In perfect condition.