Medieval numismatics

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.

Excavations at Otranto, vol. II, The finds, edited by Francesco D'Andria, David Whitehouse, Congedo Editore, Galatina 1992, pp. 369, richly illustrated, 29 cm, br. and. with dust jacket.

Series of the Department of Sciences of Antiquity. Historical-archaeological sector. University of Lecce, 6. Among the various contributions present is the study by Adriana Travaglini dedicated to coins. Other writings: Introduction, David Wilkinson; Pre-Roman ceramics, Grazia Semeraro; African and micro-Asian ceramics, Maria Teresa Giannotta; Common pre-Roman and Roman pottery, Grazia Semeraro; The oil lamps of the Roman age, Maria Teresa Giannotta; Medieval Domestic Pottery, Helen Pattersona, David Whitehouse; Aphorae for Bulk Transport, Paul Arthur; Roman and medieval glass, Maria Teresa Giannotta; The Small Objects, Martin Hicks, Alison Hicks; The Animal Bones: A Preliminary Assessment of the Stock Economy, Judith Cartledge, Gillian Clark, Valerie Higgins; The Avifauna, Sheila Sutherland; The Fish Remains, Andrew KG Jones, The Marine and Fresh-water Shells, David Reese.

Small signature of possession on the title page.

Very slight traces of use, otherwise in excellent condition.

Siponto. Archeology of an abandoned city in the Middle Ages, edited by Caterina Laganara, Claudio Grenzi Editore, Foggia 2011, pp. 231, richly illustrated, 31 cm, br. and.

The volume includes a contribution by Giuseppe Sarcinelli dedicated to coins. Other contributions are signed by: Gianluca Andreassi, Sabino Edoardo Andriani, Patrizia Albrizio, Gabriella Bozzi, Austacio Busto, Giovina Caldarola, Ida Maria Catalano, Maria Antonietta Catamo, Giuseppe Ceraudo, Marcello Ciminale, Pasquale Corsi, Ginevra d'Onofrio, Giuseppe Daurelio , Giuseppe De Benedetto, Antonella Di Marzo, Emanuela Elba, Giacomo Eramo, Giulia Finzi, Danilo Gallo, Alessandra Genga, Patrizia Gentile, Lorena C. Giannossa, Caterina Laganara, Rocco Laviano, Katia Luzio, Annarosa Mangone, Tiziana Mastracci, Gioacchino Micocci, Raffaella Palombella, Gabriella Passatelli, Comasia Petronella, Daniela Pinto, Daniela Rossitti, Mariangela Sammarco, Maria Siciliano, Tiziana Siciliano, Antonio Tepore, Angela Traini, Anna Maria Tunzi, Adriana Valchera, Inez van der Werf, Enrica Zambetta. Recognize the modalities of the abandonment of ancient Siponto - already a Roman colony in the 2nd century BC, then an early bishop's seat that with alternating vicissitudes through a long history of settlement - and give a face to the city, of which today episodic material traces, albeit marked relevance, essentially reproduce the same landscape known to ancient travelers, is the intent of this study. Making use of the most up-to-date methods on the ground and in the laboratory, the archaeological investigation begins to define the layout of a suburban urban area, close to the northern limit of this important port center on the Adriatic that relives in the memory of today's town of Manfredonia. developed immediately further north, without apparent continuity with the site of the ancient ruins due to the recent formation of the interposed tourist village of Siponto. Walls, houses, religious and funerary spaces, streets with external circulation areas together with the multiple aspects of the lively urban socio-economic reality and the daily life of its inhabitants are returned by a work in progress, part of an integrated program between the Superintendence for Heritage Archaeologists of Puglia and the University of Bari. The results of the first five excavation campaigns, carried out in the form of the school-field starting from 2000, presented in this volume, the realization of which was possible thanks to the funding of several Bodies , are also available in the permanent exhibition set up in the National Museum of the Castle of Manfredonia, where in an unprecedented form past and present coexist in the material remains and in the scientific-technological experimentation that decodes even the most faint traces. A volume that introduces the reader to the intriguing world of circumstantial disciplines, of which archeology is a part, and which offers a valid tool for those who intend to approach it.

Very slight traces of use on the paperback, otherwise in excellent condition.

La Specchia Artanisi (Ugento). Excavation campaign 2009, edited by Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, Giuseppe Scardozzi, Tipografia Marra, Ugento 2010, pp. 94, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.

The volume includes a contribution by Aldo Siciliano and Giuseppe Sarcinelli entitled Group of Byzantine folles of the 11th century: “purse” or “emergency” closet?

In excellent condition.

Castrum Minervae, edited by Francesco D'Andria, Congedo Editore, Galatina 2009, pp. 299, richly illustrated, 25 cm, br. and with dust jacket.

Series: Archeology and history, 9.

Work with numismatic references, including the contribution of Giuseppe Sarcinelli, Coin Findings from Castro, in which ancient, medieval and modern coins are presented. The exhibition, of which the volume is the catalog, is the culmination of a long path of collaboration between the Municipality of Castro, the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Puglia and the University of Salento. From that agreement an operational practice was born in which the young archaeologists of the University, with their commitment and enthusiasm, have produced extraordinary scientific results. Between resumptions and new interruptions, the great fortified wall of the Hellenistic town began to emerge more and more clearly, then the votive deposits appeared which allowed to identify an extensive cult complex that dominated the landing place and the stretch of coast up to Capo di Leuca, the ancient iapigio promontory. The votive offerings, the architectural fragments, the wall structures thus formed a mosaic in which the literary testimonies on the Athenanion of the head of Hapygus, merged into book III of Virgil's Aeneid, took shape. The turning point had finally come in May 2008, when Amedeo Galati and Emanuele Ciullo, during the cleaning of an excavation section, had found a bronze statuette of Athena Iliaca with a Phrygian helmet. Now we are working to create the itinerary at the foot of the walls, through the terraced gardens that still surround the town; you can thus admire the large block walls built by the Messapi, the mighty Spanish structures superimposed on them and turn your gaze to the extraordinary panorama of the rocks overlooking a very blue sea, up to the mountainous coasts of Albania, which sometimes reveal themselves, especially in the coldest days of winter. Together with the Castle, the Romanelli Caves and Zinzulusa, the Romanesque Cathedral is becoming increasingly accessible to a unique cultural heritage, even in Salento so rich in evidence of its history and natural beauty.

In excellent condition.

Bruno Callegher, Monetary findings from the archaeological excavations of the "Castello Zuccola" in Cividale del Friuli, Deputation of Homeland History for Friuli, Cividale del Friuli 1989, pp. 253-268, 6 tablets on coated paper, cm 24, br. and.

In excellent condition. Rare.

Coin hoards, vol. VI, The Royal Numismatic Society, London 1981, pp. 188, richly illustrated, 23 cm, binding in all canvas ed. with gold titles on the spine.

In excellent condition.

Alberto D'Andrea, Gaetano Faranda, Elena Vichi, Sicilian coins from the Byzantines to the Arabs, Edizioni D'Andrea, Castellalto 2012, pp. 846, XL, richly illustrated, 21 cm, br. and.

Attached: Brochure with Market Evaluations, pp. 24.

Insignificant traces of use, otherwise in excellent condition.

Josep Pellicer Bru, Intent d'aproximació a la metrología de les taifes, sn, Barcelona 1992, pp. 65-86, 24 cm.

Contribution presented to the VI Encuentro de Estudios Numismáticos entitled La producción y circulación de moneda en Sharq al-Andalus during las primeras taifas (404-478 / 1013-1085).

Issue embellished with autograph dedication by the author on the back cover.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

The storeroom of Galeata (Forlì) 1897-1898, Mibac Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany, Florence 2013, pp. 71, richly illustrated, 30 cm.

Series: Monetary closets in Italy. Documentation of the complexes.

In perfect condition.

Storeroom of Noceto-Gragnana (Carrara), 1913, XIII-XV century, Mibac Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany, Florence 2010, pp. 39, richly illustrated, 30 cm.

Series: Monetary closets in Italy. Documentation of the complexes.

In perfect condition.

The coins of Talamone (Orbetello, GR), 1801-1892, Mibac Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany, Florence 2010, pp. 60, richly illustrated, 30 cm.

Series: Numismatic collections in Italy. Documentation of the complexes.

In perfect condition.

Federica Missere Fontana, Lucia Travaini, Medieval coins and materials in the tomb of San Geminiano in Modena, Nonantola Historical Studies Center, Nonantola 2005, pp. 94, richly illustrated, 30 cm, br. and.

Edition of 500 numbered copies, this is n. 468.

For some decades, medieval history scholars have made use of "material" sources with renewed interest. These have offered and still offer a notable contribution to the knowledge of the past, as demonstrated in an exemplary way by the present work conducted jointly by Federica Missere Fontana and Lucia Travaini. Of course, thinking of the tomb of a saint as a "material" source can produce some perplexity and disorientation in the common opinion. A saint is a saint and a tomb is a tomb: with all the sacral implications that a saint and a tomb generate. Yet, the two scholars show that there are different ways of approaching one (the saint) and the other (the tomb), suggested in particular by certain objects contained in the chapel of San Geminiano in Modena. Above all, the set of coins found during the reconnaissance in 1955 arouses curiosity and interest. The seventy-two pieces were deposited, according to the precise and convincing reconstruction offered by the scholars, in two very important dates for the cult of San Geminiano: 1106, when the translation of the saint's body took place; 1184, when the first reconnaissance was carried out. On the other hand, numismatics has long acquired methodological awareness that has opened it to new horizons: so much so as to propose urgent and not secondary questions to other research sectors. Why the coins in the tombs of the saints? The presence of coins in the tombs of the saints - even in that of St. Francis in Assisi - is attested since the very ancient times of Christian history, certainly from the fourth century. Nonetheless, historians and hagiographers have never dealt with it in an extensive and systematic way even though it is an unavoidable topic.

Publication in excellent condition and uncommon.

Gaetano Foresio, The coins of the mints of Salerno. First part. The Lombards, princes of Salerno; the dukes of Amalfi; the Norman dukes of Salerno and the uncertain, Tipografia del Commercio A. Volpe & C., Salerno 1891, pp. 43, 4 beautiful plates reproducing coins, 32 cm, br. and.

Linked with: Gaetano Foresio, The coins of the mints of Salerno. Second part. Followed by the Lombards, princes of Salerno, the dukes of Amalfi, the Norman dukes of Salerno and the uncertain ones, and the Normans, Ruggiero I Gran Conte, and Ruggiero II, Guglielmo II, Tancredi, Guglielmo III King of Sicily, Awarded Typographic Establishment A. Volpe & C., Salerno 1893, pp. XIV, 60, 6 beautiful plates reproducing coins, 32 cm, br. and.

A fundamental classic in excellent condition.

Very rare original edition.

Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi, Giuseppe Toderi, Fiorenza Vannel Toderi, The coins of the Sienese Republic, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Siena 1992, pp. 499, richly illustrated in color, 33 cm, beautiful binding in all green canvas ed. with titles and decorations on the spine and on the front plate, dust jacket and slipcase ed.

Very light traces of use, otherwise in excellent condition.

Giuseppe Libero Mangieri, Abbey of Cava dei Tirreni. The Foresio numismatic collection. Medieval period: Salerno, Urania Editrice, Rome 1995, pp. 142, richly illustrated, 31 cm, binding in all canvas ed. with titles on the spine, on the front plate and dust jacket.

In perfect condition.

Quintilio Perini, The coins of Verona, Arnaldo Forni Editore, Bologna 1981, pp. 110, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.

Anastatic reprint of the Rovereto edition, 1902.

In perfect condition.