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Ancient numismatics
Welcome to the section dedicated to ancient numismatics books of Biblionumis.it, the reference point for enthusiasts and collectors of coins and medals. On the site you will find a wide selection of specialized texts, edited by expert numismatists, that explore the fascinating history of coins from antiquity to the present day. Our books will guide you on a journey through the centuries, telling you the story of ancient civilizations through the evolution of their coins. Whether they are Greek, Roman, Byzantine, modern or contemporary coins, each book is a precious source of knowledge to delve into the historical, artistic and economic details that only numismatics can reveal. We offer works written by internationally renowned numismatists and historians, guaranteeing accurate and detailed content. From coin catalogs with illustrations and detailed descriptions to manuals, each text is designed to satisfy both the expert collector and the novice. You will also find practical guides that will help you evaluate, classify and best preserve your ancient coins. Numismatics is not only a study of the past, but also a current passion that grows every day. Investing in the right books means enriching your knowledge and improving the quality of your collection. Each volume here has been carefully selected to offer you the maximum amount of information and expertise. Our books are essential tools for anyone who wants to delve deeper into ancient numismatics. Thanks to detailed descriptions, high-quality images and contributions from experts, these texts will allow you to navigate the world of ancient coins with confidence. Discover our collection and find the perfect book for you. Whether you are an avid collector or a researcher, our texts will provide you with all the knowledge you need to take your passion for numismatics to the next level. Browse our categories now and enrich your library with fundamental works of ancient numismatics on Biblionumis.it!
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Vismara, Roman provincial...
€38.00Novella Vismara, Roman provincial coinage, vol. 2, Winsemann Falghera Collection, vol. 4, Maximinus-Aemilianus, Ennerre Editions, Milan 1992, pp. 819-1051, richly illustrated, 200-259 plates, 25 cm, cart. and.
Glaux. Series of numismatic studies and research, 8.
In excellent condition.
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Martini, Roman provincial...
€38.00Rodolfo Martini, Roman provincial coinage, vol. 2, Winsemann Falghera Collection, vol. 2, Vespasianus-Commodus, Ennerre Editions, Milan 1992, pp. 275-535, richly illustrated, 57-122 plates, 25 cm, cart. and.
Glaux. Series of numismatic studies and research, 8.
In excellent condition.
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Vismara, Archaic coinage of...
€26.00Novella Vismara, Archaic coinage of Lycia, volume I, The Wekhssere dynast I, onomastic appendix edited by Onofrio Carruba, Ennerre Edition, Milan 1989, pp. 156, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.
Glaux. Series of numismatic studies and research, 2.
Insignificant traces of use on the paperback, otherwise in excellent condition.
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Kick it, Pegasi
€670.00Romolo Calciati, Pegasi, 2 volumes, Edizioni IP, Mortara 1990, pp. 729, richly illustrated, 24 cm, full cloth binding ed. with titles and decorations on the spine and plates, illustrated dust jacket and elegant slipcase ed.
Extraordinary work, in English and Italian, in which Calciati examines the silver coins of Corinth, its colonies in Greece, Italy and Sicily, including those of the cities that issued Corinthian-type coins. The catalog is organized by city and by type of coin. Overall, 13650 specimens were presented with 2855 illustrations.
Volumes in superb state of preservation. Rare.
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Santini, Essay on the general...
€150.00Alberto Santini, Essay on the general catalog of anonymous consular coins with symbols, sn, Milan 1940, pp. 191, 88 beautiful plates, 29 cm, br. and.
Small numismatist's dry stamp on the last cards.
Minimal traces of use on the paperback, fresh and partially intact interior.
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Gnecchi, The coin types of...
€160.00F. Gnecchi, The coin types of Imperial Rome, translated by Emily A. Hands, Spink & Son, London 1911, pp. 75, 28 splendid plates. in collotype, 25 cm, solid full cloth binding with gold titles and fillets on the spine, paperback preserved ed.
Collotype is a rare printing technique that allows you to print excellent quality images, however from each matrix it is possible to create a small number of copies.
Linked with: F. Gnecchi, The fauna and flora on the coin-types of ancient Rome, Spink & Son, London 1919, pp. 120, numerous illustrations interspersed in the text, paperback preserved.
Volume embellished with two wonderful heraldic ex libris contemporary by Henri Jacques Scharp, large, 140x100 mm, applied to the second cover of each publication.
Contemporary annotations in scholar's pencil.
Volume in excellent condition.
Extremely rare set.
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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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Robert, Monnaies Gauloises
€45.00Monnaies Gauloises. Description raisonnée de la collection de MP Charles Robert, sn, Paris 1879, pp. 259-348, beautiful coin engravings interspersed in the text, 1 splendid plate, 20 cm, br. silent coeval with manuscript title.
Excerpt with irregular trimming without textual losses, otherwise in very good condition.
Of notable rarity.
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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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Biaggi, The precious patinas of...
€330.00Elio Biaggi, The precious patinas of the sesterces of imperial Rome, photographs by Giuseppe Bruno, Priuli & Verlucca Editori, Ivrea 1992, pp. 299, superb color illustrations of the obverse and reverse of 735 specimens represented at 150% of their actual size together with 56 full-page enlargements, 35 cm, black leatherette binding with gold titles on the spine and slipcase ed.
Bilingual text with parallel title: The superb patinas of the sestertii of imperial Rome.
A classic for the study of Roman sesterces and the patinas of coins.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Pautasso, The pre-Roman coins of...
€180.00Sibrium, Center for prehistoric and archaeological studies. Civic Museums of Villa Mirabello, Varese 1962-63, pp. VI, 166, 112 plates. reproducing coins, 26 cm, br. and.
Series of studies and documentation founded by Mario Bertolone, vol. VII.
Numbered edition, this copy is n. 65.
The volume includes the first edition of Andrea Pautasso's work, The pre-Roman coins of northern Italy, a reference work for the study and classification of the coins examined. The work was subsequently reprinted in 1966 and 1991 by the Andrea Pautasso Foundation.
Ordinary signs of aging, otherwise in excellent condition. Very rare.
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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Vol....
€55.00Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Volume VI. The Lewis Collection in Corpus Christi College Cambridge, Part II, The Greek Imperial Coins, Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press and Spink and Son, Oxford 1992, pp. VI, 24 tables with facing text, 39 cm, full cloth binding with gilt titles on spine and front cover.
Small blind stamp of an extinct library in the lower margin of the title page.
In perfect condition.
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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum,...
€60.00Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Volume VI, The Lewis Collection in Corpus Christi College Cambridge, Part I, The Greek and Hellenistic coins (with Britain and Parthia), published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press and Spink and Son, London 1972, pp . 8, 10 of indices, 24 tables with facing text, 39 cm, half cloth binding ed.
Minimal traces of use, otherwise in very good condition.
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Sammlung v. Aulock, Collection...
€170.00Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Deutschland, Sammlung v. Aulock. Collection of Greek Coins from Asia Minor, Volume I, Pontus-Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Mysia, Troas, Aeolis-Lesbos, Ionia, Sunrise publications, West Milford 1987, pp. VI, 72 tables with facing text, 39 cm, full cloth binding with gilt titles on spine and front cover.
Reprint of the 1957 Berlin edition.
In perfect condition.
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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, The...
€90.00Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, Part 6, Palestine-South Arabia, The American Numismatic Society, New York 1981, pp. X, 54 tables with facing text, 39 cm, full cloth binding with gilt titles on the front cover.
In perfect condition.
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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum,...
€62.00Edoardo Levante, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Switzerland 1. Levant-Cilicia. Supplement 1, Numismatica Ars Classica, Editrice Compositori, Zurich 1993, pp. XVIII, 35, 35 plates, 30 cm, beautiful and solid full cloth binding ed. with gilt titles on spine, front cover and dust jacket.
In excellent condition.
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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum,...
€90.00Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Numismatica Ars Classica, Editrice Compositori, Zurich 2001, pp. XL, 136, 136 plates, 30 cm, beautiful and solid full cloth binding ed. with gilt titles on spine, front cover and dust jacket.
Edition of 700 numbered copies, this is the n. 160.
In perfect condition.
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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum,...
€90.00Edoardo Levante, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 3, Cabinet des médailles. Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lycaonie, Galatie, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Numismatica Ars Classica, Editrice Compositori, Zurich 1994, pp. XXXIV, 146, 146 plates, 30 cm, beautiful and solid full cloth binding ed. with gilt titles on spine, front cover and dust jacket.
In perfect condition.
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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum,...
€95.00Edoardo Levante, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 2, Cabinet des médailles. Cilicie, Bibliothèque Nationale, Numismatica Ars Classica, Editrice Compositori, Paris 1993, pp. XLVIII, 137, 137 plates, 30 cm, beautiful and solid full cloth binding ed. with gilt titles on spine, front cover and dust jacket.
Insignificant traces of use to the dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition.
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Noris, Duplex dissertatio de...
€760.00Enrico Noris, Duplex dissertatio de duobus nummis Diocletiani et Licinii ex Cimelijs Sereniss. ac Reverendiss. Principis Leopoldi Cardinalis Medici. Cum Auctario chronologico de Votis Decennalibus Imperatorum ac Caesarum, Typis Petri Mariae Frambotti Bibliopolae, Patavii 1676, second and last edition, pp. 111 with wonderful title page in black and red, major printers' brands on the title page and on the last page, finely crafted woodcut headpieces, endpieces and drop caps, beautiful woodcut engravings interspersed in the text reproducing coins, 34 cm, splendid and solid coeval all-parchment binding with gilt titles on leather insert on spine, edges sprayed with azure.
Second and last edition of this important work by the Veronese cardinal, historian and numismatist, Enrico Noris (1631-1704), court theologian of Grand Duke Cosimo III of Tuscany, professor of Sacred History at the University of Pisa. This Paduan edition appears to be of a larger format and much more accurate, as well as being much rarer than the first Florentine edition.
Elegant ownership stamp on the first endpaper of an illustrious Italian numismatist from the first half of the 20th century.
Ordinary uniform browning to some leaves, otherwise in excellent condition. Very rare.
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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum,...
€80.00Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, vol. IV, Fitzwilliam Museum: Leake and general collections, part VII, Asia minor: Lycia-Cappadocia, published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press and Spink and Son, London 1967, pp. 6, 101-116 tables with facing text, 39 cm, br. and. with titles on spine and front cover.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Raoul-Rochette, Letter to M. le...
€90.00M. Raoul-Rochette, Lettre a M. le duc de Luynes sur le graveurs des monnaies greques, Impr. Royale, Paris 1831, pp. 49, 4 tables beautifully engraved woodcut, 32 cm, elegant br. and.
Small halo of old mill stain that does not disfigure the upper outer corner, slight browning on the endpapers, otherwise untouched, in excellent condition and with very fresh paper.
Very rare.
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Meneghelli, Above an ancient...
€100.00Pierantonio Meneghelli, Reasoning on an ancient coin of Padua, in the Stamperia del Seminario, Padua 1803, pp. CXXXVI, 1 splendid plate reproducing the coin in question, 23 cm, br. and. with handwritten title on the front cover.
Elegant ex libris on the back cover.
Full-bodied publication in beards and in excellent condition. Rare.
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Naster, Iconographie monétaire...
€18.00Paul Naster, Iconographie monétaire nabatéenne et les influences subies, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome 1987, pp. 249-255, 29 cm, br. and.
In excellent condition. Very rare.