Ancient numismatics

A dictionary of Roman coins, Republican and Imperial, commenced by the late Seth William Stevenson, revised in part by C. Roach Smith and completed by Frederic W. Madden, illustrated by upwards of seven hundred engravings on wood, chiefly executed by the late F.W. Fairholt, Seaby, London 1964, pp. VIII, 929, richly illustrated, 25 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on spine and dust jacket.

Anastatic reprint of the 1889 edition.

Small ownership stamp on the first flyleaf.

Very slight signs of wear on the dust jacket, otherwise in excellent condition.

HA Seaby, Roman Silver Coins, Vol. III, Pertinax to Balbinus and Pupienus, Arranged according to Cohen, BA Seaby LTD., London 1969, pp. 161, richly illustrated, 1 large plate. folded, 23 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on spine and dust jacket.

Small ownership stamp on the first flyleaf.

In excellent condition.

HA Seaby, Roman Silver Coins, Vol. II, Tiberius to Commodus, Arranged according to Cohen, BA Seaby LTD., London 1955, pp. 186, richly illustrated, 2 large plates. folded, 23 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on spine and dust jacket.

Small ownership stamp on the first flyleaf.

Minimal traces of use and tears on the dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition.

HA Seaby, Roman Silver Coins, Vol. I, The Republic to Augustus, second edition, BA Seaby LTD., London 1967, pp. 168, richly illustrated, 23 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on spine and dust jacket.

In excellent condition.

David R. Sear, Roman coins and their values, Third revised edition, Seaby, London 1983, pp. 376, richly illustrated, 12 plates, 23 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on spine and dust jacket.

In excellent condition.

David R. Sear, Roman coins and their values, BA Seaby Ltd, London 1964, pp. 288, richly illustrated, 8 plates, 22 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine and dust jacket.

Small ownership stamp on the first flyleaf.

Minimal traces of use on the dust jacket, however in excellent condition.

N. Borrelli, Ancient currency. Studies and materials of classical numismatics, Tip. Di Stefano, S. Maria Capua Vetere 1927, pp. 332, richly illustrated, 23 cm, full cloth binding with titles and fillets on leather gusset on the spine.

The volume collects 28 numismatic writings by Nicola Borrelli (1878-1952), a student of Cagiati, to whom the work is dedicated. The text ends with a rich numismatic bibliography. From the Index: Nomenclature and terminology; Etymology and definition, character and purpose of numismatics; Origin of metallic fiat money; Classification and distribution of pieces in the medal collection - Historical notes of numismatics and its bibliography; Greek coinage; Roman numismatics; Roman coinage of the Empire; Barbarian and oriental coinage; Numismatic culture; Value and value of ancient coins; Calena numismatics notes; The currency of the Aurunci; Totemistic monetary types; Because Vescia and Sinope had no money; Considerations on the type of the androsoprous bull; An agrarian symbol in Metapontum coin; The Cales coin; The talking types of Panticapeo; The Coin of Aquinum; The type of equite in the coin of Capua; The coins of Suessa Aurunca; A monetary symbol of Suessa Aurunca; The coins of Teanum Sidicinum; The federal currency of the cities of Campania; The zoological type of Centuripe; The eschatological meaning of a type of Locri; Dioscuro or desultor?; A Taranto storage room; Types and agrarian symbols on the currency of ancient cities of Campania and Magna Graecia; Greek typological elements in republican Roman coins; Wagons, quadrigas and chariots; Historical and typological research on the republican denarius; Declaration of a nucleus of Vittoriati; A treasure trove of imperial gold; The solar type on Roman Empire coins; Monetary types of consecration; Christian coinage; The heroic cycle of Rome exalted in the coin; Bibliography.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

Eupremio Montenegro, Roman imperial coins with evaluation and degree of rarity, Montenegro numismatic editions, Turin 1988, pp. LXVIII, 644, richly illustrated, 25 cm, cart. and.

Minimal traces of use on the plates, otherwise in excellent condition. Uncommon publication.

Argentum Romanum. Ein Schatzfund von spätrömischem Prunkgeschirr, edited by von Bernhard Overbeck, Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank, Munchen 1973, pp. 64, richly illustrated with splendid enlargements, 20 cm, br. and.

In excellent condition.

Rome and the Germans as seen in coinage, Emory University, Atlanta 1987, pp. 88, richly illustrated with splendid enlargements and geographical maps, 20 cm, br. and.

Exhibition catalog edited by Thomas S. Burns and Bernhard H. Overbeck.

In excellent condition. Rare.

Studies in Punic numismatics, National Research Council, Rome 1983, pp. 81, 42 plates, 28 cm, softcover edition with dust jacket.

Supplement to the Journal of Phoenician Studies, no. XI (1983).

From the Index: E. Acquaro, Foreword; J. Elayi, Les monnaies de Byblos au sphinx et au faucon; GK Jenkins, The Mqabba (Malta) hoard of Punic bronze coins; A. Tusa Cutroni, Recent solutions and new problems on the Punic coinage of Sicily; F. Guido, Punic coins in a private collection in Sassari; L. Villaronga, Ten years of novelties in Spanish-Carthaginian numismatism 1973-1983; P. Serafin Petrillo, Gold and silver in some issues of the Barcids.

Signs of wear on the dust jacket, otherwise in excellent condition.

Extremely rare.

Pierre Bastien, André Cothenet, Trésors monétaires du Cher. Lignières (249-310). Osmery (294-313), Éditions Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren 1974, pp. 124, richly illustrated, 17 plates, 29 cm, br. and.

Small ownership signature on the margin of the title page.

In perfect condition.

Izmir Museum, vol. I, Hoards of Greek coins, edited by Adriana Travaglini, texts by Pinar Aydemir, Müge Özsaygi, Adriana Travaglini, Edizioni Ennerre, Milan 1997, pp. 194, 68 plates, 31 cm, cart. and.

Ordinary signs of wear on the plates, otherwise in excellent condition.

Izmir Museum, vol. II, Storerooms of imperial Roman coins, 1. Haydere - 1982, edited by Adriana Travaglini, texts by Pinar Aydemir, Müge Özsaygi, Adriana Travaglini, Edizioni Ennerre, Milan 2001, pp. 134, 83 plates, 31 cm, cart. and.

The volume presents the closet of denarii and antoniniani found in Haydere in 1982, consisting of 2330 specimens, all illustrated.

In perfect condition.

Robert Göbl, Thesaurus Nummorum Romanorum et Byzantinorum, Vol. 4, Die Münzsammlungen der Benediktinerstifte Kremsmünster und St. Paul im Lavanttal, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1983, pp. 208, 25 plates, 30 cm, br. and. with dust jacket.

Series: Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für numismatik, 10. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 162.

In excellent condition.

Richard Ashton, Silvia Hurter, Studies in Greek numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, in association with Georges Le Rider and Roger Bland, Spink, London 1998, pp. XV, 400 with portrait on frontispiece, richly illustrated, 79 plates, 28 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine, front cover and dust jacket.

The substantial volume presents 42 writings in honor of Martin Jessop Price, one of the most authoritative scholars of Greek coins, member of the Royal Numismatics Society and of the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum project of the British Academy. The essays cover a wide range of topics, from the coins of Phrygia, Pergamon, Samos, Athens, Syracuse, Lydia, Cyprus, the Black Sea and Poseidonia-Paestum, to historical, economic, iconographic, political and social insights. Notable authors include: John Barron, Andrew Burnett, Nicholas Hardwick, Ann Johnston, Georges Le Rider, John Morcom, NK Rutter, Jeffrey Spier and Ute Wartenberg. The text also includes an accurate bibliography by Martin Jessop Price.

In excellent condition.

Liselotte Weidauer, Probleme der frühen Elektronprägung, Office du Livre, Friborg 1975, pp. 114, richly illustrated, 29 plates, 25 cm, full cloth binding ed. red with gold titles on the spine and dust jacket.

Series: Typos, 1.

Small ownership signature on the margin of the title page.

In excellent condition.

Heinz-Joachim Schulzki, Die Antoninianprägung der gallischen Kaiser von Postumus bis Tetricus (AGK). Typenkatalog der regulären und nachgeprägten Münzen, R. Habelt, Bonn 1996, pp. XVII, 228, richly illustrated, 31 plates, 27 cm, binding in full cloth ed. green with gold titles on the spine and front plate.

Series: Antiquitas. Reihe, 3. Abhandlungen zur Vor-und Frühgeschichte, zur klassischen und provincial-römischen Archäologie und zur Geschichte des Altertums, 35.

In perfect condition. Uncommon publication.

Jean-Pierre Callu, Inventaire des tresors de bronze constantiniens (313-348). Pierre Bastien, Le tresor monétaire de Fresnoy-Lès-Roye II (261-309). Pierre Bastien, Numismatique romaine et coopération internationale en hommage à Hans-Georg Pflaum, Editions numismatique romaine, Wetteren 1981, pp. 140, richly illustrated, 16 plates, 28 cm, br. and.

Series: Numismatique romaine, 12.

In excellent condition.

Maria Emanuela Alberti, Enrico Ascalone, Luca Peyronel, Weights in context. Bronze age weighing systems of eastern Mediterranean. Chronology, typology, material and archaeological contexts, Italian Institute of Numismatics, Rome 2006, pp. XI, 384, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.

Proceedings of the International Colloquium, Rome, 22-24 November 2004.

Series: Studies and materials, 13.

In excellent condition.

Peter Kos, Keltski novci slovenije, Narodni Muzej, Ljubljana 1977, pp. 156, richly illustrated, 42 plates, 24 cm, br. and. and dust jacket.

Necklace: Situla. Razprave Narodnega muzeja v Ljubljani, 18.

Parallel title: Keltische Münzen sloweniens.

Small ownership signature on the title page.

In perfect condition. Rare.

J. G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues. Sculpture. Marbles, terracottas and bronzes, carvings in ivory and wood, plaquettes, medals, coins, and wax-reliefs. Text with historical notes and illustrations, Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1931, pp. XXIV with frontispiece portrait of Sir Wallace, pp. 238, richly illustrated, 99 plates. including plaques, medals and coins, 26 cm, solid half-cloth binding, br. and. applied to the front plate.

Catalog of Sir's sumptuous collection. Richard Wallace (1818-1890).

In excellent condition.

Vojtech Ondrouch, Nálezy keltských, antických a byzantských mincí na Slovensku, Slovenská Akadémie Vied, Bratislava 1964, pp. 196, 7 large folded geographical maps. attached to the volume, 25 cm, full cloth binding ed. with titles on the spine and decorations on the front plate.

Work by the Slovakian numismatist Vojtech Ondrouch (1891-1963) fundamental for the study of ancient monetary circulation and the discoveries of Celtic and Byzantine coins in Slovakia.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Joachim Höltz, Kritik der Geldentstehungstheorien. Carl Menger, Wilhelm Gerloff und eine Untersuchung über die Entstehung des Geldes im alten Ägypten und Mesopotamien, Reimer, Berlin 1984, pp. 401, 21 cm, br. and.

Series: Mainzer ethnologische Arbeiten, 5.

In excellent condition.