Ancient numismatics

Die Münze. Bild. Botschaft. Bedeutung. Festschrift für Maria R.-Alföldi, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1991, pp. XXXII, 428, 39 plates, cm 22, cart. and.

Work of scientific interest with contributions by F. Panvini Rosati, EA Arslan, S. Balbi de Caro, G. Gorini, Chr. Boehringer, HA Cahn, G. Dembski, A. Geiben, H.-M. von Kaenel, JPC Kent, A. Kindler, etc. The writings, addressing issues concerning the chronological classification, the dating of the series and the monetary circulation, attest to the importance of money as a historical source, capable of providing invaluable information in the context of the entire history of antiquity.

In excellent condition.

HA Seaby, Seaby's Standard Catalog of British coins. Part 1 and 2. Coins of England and the United Kingdom, BA Seaby, London 1972, 12th edition, pp. 288, richly illustrated, 19 cm, cart. and.

The catalog presents English coins from antiquity to the contemporary era.

Annotations to the watch cards, minimal traces of use, however usable text and in good condition.

GL Mangieri, Sidion coins and monetary circulation in the classical-Hellenistic period in Gravina in Puglia and Altamura (BA), Italian Numismatic Society, Milan 2001, pp. 49-87, 24 cm, br. and.

In excellent condition.

Numismatique antique. Problèmes et méthodes. Actes du colloque organisé a Nancy du 27 septembre au 2 octobre 1971 par l'Université de Nancy et l'Université Catholique de Louvain, édités par JM Dentzer, Ph. Gauthier et T. Hackens, Nancy-Louvain, Éditions Peeters 1975, pp. VIII, 246, 12 beautiful plates, 29 cm, br. and.

Annales de l'Est publiées par l'Université de Nancy II, Memoire n. 44.

Series: Études d'archèologie classique, 4.

Publication of significant scientific interest divided into six sections: 1, Technology; 2, Metrology; 3, Metal; 4, Types and legends; 5, Mints; 6, Monetary circulation.

Small signature belonging to the title page.

Editorial tear to a paper without textual losses, otherwise in excellent condition.

Kokalos. Studies published by the Institute of Ancient History of the University of Palermo, Banco di Sicilia. Foundation for the economic, cultural and touristic increase of Sicily Ignazio Mormino, Palermo, n. V, 1959, pp. 55, ill., Pl. 12, 25 cm, br. and.

Issue entirely dedicated to the study of E. Gabrici, In search of the Solunto di Tucidide, with very wide numismatic references. From the Index: Pre-Hellenistic Solunto in the literary tradition and numismatics, Phoenicians or Sicilians the builders of polygonal walls in Sicily ?, Monetary situation in western Sicily from the end of the 5th century to the arrival of Timoleon, The reaction of Hellenism and the new legend of Heracles in Sicily and in Magna Graecia, etc.

Small pen marks on the front cover, insignificant signs of aging, otherwise in excellent condition.

Very rare.

James Millingen, Ancient coins of Greek cities and kings from various collections principally in Great Britain, Amb. Firmin Didot, London 1831, pp. XI, 77, 7, 5 splendid tables in woodcut, cm 28, br. and.

Intonso and in excellent general condition.

Extremely rare.

James Millingen, Sylloge of ancient unedited coins of greek cities and kings from various collections principally in Great Britain, printed for the author, London 1837, pp. 87, 4, 4 marvelous plates. in woodcut, 32 cm, br. and.

Intonso and in excellent general condition.

Extremely rare.

MF De Saulcy, Recherches sur les monnaies des tétrarques héréditaires de la Chalcidène et de l'Abilène, L'Imprimerie de la Cour et de l'État, Vienne 1870, pp. 36, ill., Cm 23, br. and. coeval mute.

Intonso and in perfect condition.

Rare.

Henri De Longpérier, Médailles imperials grecques relatives aux Temides de l'Asie Mineure, Imprimerie De Cusset et C., Paris 1869, pp. 42, 1 pl. finely engraved, 25 cm, br. and. moult.

Small lack on the back cover, otherwise overall in perfect condition and intact.

Rare.

A. Kluegmann, The effigy of Rome in the most ancient monetary types, E. Loescher and C., Rome 1879, pp. 61, 1 pl., Cm 24, br. and.

At the top of the title page: Festive Strenna offered to the imp. Germanic Archaeological Institute.

Valid iconographic investigation by Kluegmann, an attentive scholar of republican Roman coins, who had begun to prepare an organic research on these issues, but his premature death prevented him from completing it.

Minimal traces of use to the binding, otherwise in excellent condition.

Extremely rare.

Kurt Lange, Charakterköpfe der Weltgeschichte. Münzbildnisse aus zwei Jahrtausenden, R. Piper & Co. Verlag, München 1949, pp. 52, 88 pl. with splendid enlargements of ancient, medieval and renaissance coins all with portrait, 29 cm, editorial binding in full canvas with gold titles on the back and on the front plate.

In excellent condition.

Gino Frisione, Coins of Imperial Rome from Augustus (27 BC) to Romolo Augustolo (476 AD), La Moneta, Genoa sd (but 1966), pp. 183, richly illustrated, 23 cm, binding in all canvas ed. with gold titles on the spine and on the front plate.

Insignificant traces of use on the binding, minimal signs of aging on the first two guard papers, the rest of the volume in a more than good state of conservation.

Enrico Sanclemente, Musei Sanclementiani numismata selecta imperatorum romanorum graeca aegyptiaca et coloniarum illustrata cum figuris. Pars I, Liber secundus, typis Vincentii Poggioli an. vulg. aer., Romee 1808, pp. VIII, 352, splendid chalcographic engravings interspersed in the text, at the title page and at the end, 14 pl. engraved in copper numbered from XIII to XXVI, 30 cm, contemporary paperback.

General of the Camaldolese Order and Cardinal, Enrico Sanclemente lived in Rome under the pontificate of Pius VI and Pius VI. For the papal government he bought the medal collection of the Duke of Bracciano in which the collection of Christina of Sweden had converged. This is the second volume of the monumental work, consisting of four volumes, which illustrates his collection of coins, subsequently alienated, through the director Gaetano Cattaneo, to the Civic Archaeological and Numismatic Library of Milan, together with the original drawings and plates used for the print volumes.

Some flowering at the tables, otherwise it works in excellent condition with fresh paper and beards.

Extremely rare.

Jean Foy Vaillant, Numismata imperatorum Augustarum et Caesarum, à Populis Romanae ditionis Graece loquentibus ex omni modulo percussa: quibus urbium nomina, dignitates, praerogativae, societates, epochae, numina, illustres, magistratus, festa, ludi, certamina, & alia plurima spectantia consignatur, ex typis Andreae Cramoisy, Lutetiae Parisiorum 1698, pp. XVI, 500, typographic mark on the frontispiece with monogram, headbands, end caps and xylographic caps, 27 cm, coeval waiting paperback.

First edition of this work by the famous French numismatist Jean Foy Vaillant (1632-1706), assigned first to the Cabinet des médailles of Louis Augustus of Bourbon, then to the Cabinet des médailles of the king of France with the task of classifying it and elaborating a catalog. He was also a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres since its foundation.

Signature of belonging and date on the paperback. Traces of use in the corners of the first three cards, halo of old millstone that mainly affects the internal margin, for the rest the work is overall in a good state of conservation, in beards and with fresh paper.

Very rare work.

Henrique Florez, Medallas de las colonias municipios y pueblos antiguos de Espana, en la Oficina de Antonio Marin, Madrid 1757, pp. XVI, 1-408, richly ill., 1-23 tablets finely engraved, 1 geog. folded, cm. 25, precious and perfect binding in the middle Moroccan with gusset, gold title on the spine and artistically sprayed cuts.

Linked with: Henrique Florez, Medallas de las colonias municipios y pueblos antiguos de Espana, Parte Segunda, en la Oficina de Antonio Marin, Madrid 1758, pp. II, 409-681, richly ill., 24-58 pl. finely engraved.

Linked with: M. Mahudel, Dissertation historique sur les monnoyes antiques d'Espagne, chez Le Mercier Lottin Josse le Fils Et Briasson, Paris 1725, pp. II, 59, ill., 16 stupendous tablets

The volume includes the first two parts of Florez's work, made up of three parts altogether (the third was printed long after the first two, in 1773), and Mahudel's essay, constituting an interesting and very rare ensemble. Wonderful finely crafted head, end caps, drop caps and engravings. Elegant embossed stamp on the boards and on the post plate. A few ink stamps on the pages. Ex libris superimposed with old library deletion stamp.

Excellent general conservation with fresh and marginal paper.

CP Serrure, Notice sur le cabinet coinire de SA le Prince de Ligne d'Amblise et d'Epinot, Imprimerie de C. Annoot-Braeckman, Ghent 1847, First edition, pp. X, 444, 5 splendid plates. engraved by Onghena, one of which with a second finely crafted frontispiece placed between the eyelet and the frontispiece, one with noble coats of arms, two with medals and coins, one with the circumferences used for measuring the diameters of the coins, 21 cm, br . and.

In addition: CP Serrure, Notice sur le cabinet coinire de SA le Prince de Ligne d'Amblise et d'Epinot, Imprimerie de C. Annoot-Braeckman, Ghent 1880, Second edition, pp. LXXX, 267, 6 splendid plates. engraved by Onghena, one of which with a second finely crafted frontispiece placed between the eyelet and the frontispiece, one with a beautiful lithographic portrait of Serrure, three with medals and coins, one with noble coats of arms, 21 cm, br. and.

The two volumes were published as first and second editions of the same work, however they deal with different topics and complement each other, providing a historically complete picture of the numismatic collection of the Prince de Ligne from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The first features coins from the medieval era. The second, which probably should have been the first volume of a larger work of which no other volumes are known, describes ancient and medieval coins.

Overall in excellent condition. Very rare set.

Camillo Leone Museum, Illustrations and catalogs, vol. I, Award-winning Tipo-Litografia Gallardi and Ugo, Vercelli 1910, pp. 192, photographic portrait of Camillo Leone in the front door, 24 cm, br. and.

The volume includes the full-bodied study of Serafino Ricci, The mint of Vercelli, the numismatic collections of the Leone Museum, pp. 99-190, various illustrations interspersed in the text.

In the same volume there are the following interesting contributions: Federico Arborio Mella, Camillo Leone. Biographical notes, pp. 5-26; Giulio Cesare Faccio, The Vercelli and Trinity printers of the 15th and 16th centuries, pp. 27-98.

This collection of studies was published on the occasion of the opening of the Leone Museum and dedicated to Camillo Leone (1828-1907), who had left his possessions and his collections of antiquities to the Institute of Fine Arts in Vercelli.

In excellent condition. Rare original edition.

Numismatic Cabinet, edited by Gian Guido Belloni, 2 vols., Electa Editrice, Milan 1977, pp. 401, richly illustrated, 25 cm, binding in all editorial canvas with titles on the backs and front plates, dust jackets. Work with an editorial box.

Milan Museums and Galleries series.

The first volume is dedicated to classic coins, the second to medieval, modern and contemporary coins, for a total of 1158 specimens examined.

Very good condition.

The William Currie Collection. Roman and modern Greek coins, Modern Typography, Navacchio (PI) 2012, pp. 32, richly illustrated in col., 29 cm, br. and.

At the top of the title page: Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities. Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany, Mediceo Numismatic Circle, NIA Italian Numismatics Associates; at the bottom: Coin cabinet of the National Archaeological Museum of Florence.

Perfect condition.

Alberto Trivero Rivera, Giusta Grata Onoria is my name, Editrice Diana, Italian numismatic cultural association, Cassino 2012, pp. 142, ill., Cm 24, br. and.

Nummus et historia series, 22.

New one.

Stones and Coins, Diana Publishing, Cassino 2009, pp. 142, ill., 24 cm.

Series Contributions to the knowledge of the history, archeology, numismatics and daily life of the peoples of ancient Italy, 1, Samnites.

New one.

Juvenilia. Collection of the writings presented in the competition for young numismatists Nino Rapetti 2011, Cultural Association Italy Numismatics, Formia 2011, pp. 192, ill., Cm 24, br. and.

Nummus et historia series, 20.

Small label belonging to the title page. New one.

Numismatic writings in memory of Domenico Rossi, edited by Biagio Ingrao, Italian numismatic cultural association, Formia 2008, pp. 102, ill., Cm 24, br. and.

Supplement to the Quaderno di studi, 3 (2008).

New one.

Alberto Trivero Rivera, Alain Gennari, Ex Nummis Historia: agony and death of an empire. The last years of existence of the Western Roman Empire told through its coins, Editrice Diana, Italian numismatic cultural association, Cassino 2013, pp. 224, ill., 24 cm, br. and.

Nummus et historia series, 25.

N egg.