Complete catalog

Lorenzo Bignotti, Descriptive manual of the Mint of Mantua from its origins (around 1150) to its closure (1848) and Casale Monferrato for the period of the Gonzaga Lordship (1536-1707), Numismatica Grigoli, Mantua 1984, pp. 142, richly illustrated, 31 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine, front cover and dust jacket.

Variant in the title: The Mint of Mantua and Casale (Gonzaga).

Work from the Art and Collectibles auction, Termoli 1995.

Slight traces of use on the dust jacket, otherwise in excellent condition.

Fiorenzo Catalli, Etruscan coins, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome 1998, pp. XI, 149, richly illustrated, 27 cm, full cloth binding, with black titles on the spine, front cover and dust jacket.

In excellent condition.

Gianfranco Casolari, Sports medals from Umberto I to Vittorio Emanuele III and Benito Mussolini, Asta del Titano, San Marino 2008, pp. 100, richly illustrated in colour, 31 cm, softcover ed.

In perfect condition.

The treasure of Montella (Avellino): Italian and foreign gold ducats and florins hidden in the mid-fourteenth century, edited by Lucia Travaini and Matteo Broggini, Edizioni Quasar, Rome 2016, pp. 157, richly illustrated, 30 cm, softcover ed.

Series: Coins. Treasures for History, 2.

In perfect condition.

Franco Emidi, The Papal Mint in Montalto. Origin, activity, hypothesis of location, edited by the Rotary Club, Grafiche Bonassi, Campiglione di Fermo 1992, pp. 156 with photographic appendix of documents, richly illustrated, cm 24, softcover ed.

Insignificant traces of use on the cover, otherwise in excellent condition.

Rare.

Antonio Vessella, Corpus Nummorum Italicorum, Tomus primus, Samnium, Frentania, Sabina et Regio Inter Meridiem et Orientem Latii, Edizioni ASMV, Piedimonte Matese 1998, pp. 80, ill., 11 plates, 24 cm, br. and. with dust jacket.

The first volume of this work was the only one published.

In perfect condition.

Andrea Cavicchi, Medieval Coinage in Italy from Charlemagne to the Renaissance, Gruppo Archeologico Romano, Rome 1991, pp. 141, richly illustrated, cm 21, softcover edition.

Slight traces of use on the cover, otherwise an excellent copy.

Hyla A. Troxell, The coinage of the Lycian League, The American Numismatic Society, New York 1982, pp. 19, 255, 44 plates, 24 cm, full cloth binding with gold titles on the spine and front cover.

Series: Numismatic notes and monographs, 162.

The volume offers an in-depth analysis of the most significant hoards for the study of the coinage of the Lycian League. The text includes the cataloguing of approximately 1825 specimens, accompanied by an exhaustive survey of the minting locations. Also included are a systematic index of the issues divided by mint and useful appendices dedicated to topics such as incorrect attributions, forgeries, etc.

In perfect condition.

Münzkabinett, sn, Bern 1966, various pagination (but pp. 150), richly illustrated, 24 cm, softcover ed.

At the head of the title page: Jahrbuch des Bernischen Historischen Museums XLIII und XLIV, Jahrgang 1963 und 1964.

Index: H. Jucker, Ein Aureus und der Kopf des Kaisers Galba; B. Kapossy, Die Folles im Münzkabinett des Bernischen Historischen Museums; HU Geiger, Unedierte Berner Münzen II; HU Geiger, Neuerwerbung von Berner Münzen; H. Stettler, Zur Sammlung mexikanischer Münzen und Medaillen Dr. Juan Kaiser; Rubrik: Münzkabinett, Zuwachverzeichnis.

In excellent condition. Rare.

Pasquale Attianese, Greek Calabria, 3 volumes, De Luca Editore, Santa Severina 1974-1980, 1388 pp. in total, richly illustrated, 25 cm, hardback with gold titles and decorations on the spine, front cover and acetate dust jacket.

Volume I: Brettion, Kaulonia, Cosentia, Kroton, Medma, Noyceria, Pandosia, Petelia, Skyllation, Temsa, Terina, 1974, pp. 400.

Volume II: Aminea, Hipponion, Valentia, Laos, Lokron, Kasarium, Mystia and Hypporon, Ser... or Mer..., Peripolium, Sybaris, Siris, Thurium, 1977, pp. 440.

Volume III: Thurium (Part II), Copy, Rhegium, Update with further unpublished coins, coin pondometry and archaeo-numismatic studies of the Calabrian mints, graphs of the location of mints and areas of finds, 1980, pp. 548 with maps and folded plate.

Numbered edition, this is copy no. 122.

Work enhanced by the signatures of the author and the publisher on the verso of the title page of each volume, and by three ownership signatures of a scholar on the initial leaves of volume I only. This latter volume also contains a typewritten letter, with its accompanying envelope, dated June 21, 1979, sent by the publisher to the scholar referenced in the signatures, providing valuable information on the typographical genesis of the work. To complete the set, a promotional leaflet, added by the publisher as supplementary informational material, is included, referring to the splendid edition.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

Gemino Mutti, The forgery in paper money, Numismatic Edition, Brescia 1982, pp. 335, richly ill., Cm 26, imitation leather with gold titles on the back and on the front plate.

Numbered edition of 1000 copies, this is n. 444.

New one.

Franco Bartolotti, The papal medals of the highest module from Pius IX to Pius XI, Stabilimento Tipo-Lito Garattoni, Rimini 1971, pp. 128, richly illustrated, 32 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine and front cover, impressed decorations on the covers.

In excellent condition. Uncommon publication.

Tarcisio Turco, Medals of maximum module minted in Rome during the pontificate of Pius IX, Tipografia Santa Lucia, Rome 1977, pp. 45, richly illustrated, cm 22, softcover ed.

Prestige edition of 500 out-of-print copies reserved for Mint employees.

Beautiful large bookplate on the first page.

Small white label on the back.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Eug. Chaix, Description de onze cents monnaies imperiales grecques et coloniales latines, Ch. van Peteghem, Libraire-Numismate, Paris 1889, pp. IX, 173 with a beautiful lithographic illustration on the frontispiece, 24 cm, splendid contemporary binding in half brown leather, black percale covers, titles on the spine, gold fillets and four raised bands, elegant marbled paper endpapers, sprayed edges.

The volume contains 1106 copies.

Some blooms, otherwise in excellent condition. Rare.

Robert Göbl, A catalog of coins from Butkara I (Swāt, Pakistan), IsMEO, Rome 1976, pp. XIV, 76, 14 beautiful plates, 1 large folded topographic map, 35 cm, br. and.

Series: Reports and memoirs. Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East, Center for Archaeological Studies and Excavations in Asia, 4.

At the top of the title page: Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East, Center for Archaeological Studies and Excavations in Asia, National Research Council.

Publication of considerable scientific interest by Robert Göbl, mainly devoted to Kushan coins.

Annotations or signs of ownership of an extinct library corrected with correction tape on the title page and on the margins of the plates, without compromising the full usability of the work.

Very slight traces of use on the cover, interior in excellent condition.

Sibrium, Centre for Prehistoric and Archaeological Studies. Civic Museums of Villa Mirabello, Varese 1973-75, pp. VIII, 537, richly illustrated, cm 24, softcover ed.

Series of studies and documentation founded by Mario Bertolone, vol. XII.

The volume includes the important studies by Andrea Pautasso: The pre-Roman monetary circulation and the Salluvii emissions in the territories of Ticino and The Po Valley coinage and the problems of the Lepontian emissions.

The following contributions are also present in the text: Tibiletti G., The Civilization of Ticino: between geography and history; Tibiletti Bruno MG, Epigraphic-linguistic problems of pre-Roman Ticino and Lombardy; Merati A., Historical toponymy of the territories overlooking the shores of Lake Maggiore and the Ticino River (Ligurian and Gallic contributions); Mira Bonomi A., Current situation of the protohistoric settlement of the Golasecca culture in the western area; Soffredi A., The Mattana, Bellini, Visconti collections of Somma Lombardo (Varese); Primas M., The first Iron Age in the Canton of Ticino and in Mesolcina; Leoni M., Tradition and reality of Gallic swords; Mesali M., Anthropological interest in the study of cremated remains (observations on the sidelines of a study on Castelletto Ticino; Crivelli A., The relations between Pavia and the Canton of Ticino; Donati P., Topographical persistence of settlements and necropolises; Mirabella Roberti M., A late Roman building along the Ticino in Pavia; Peroni A., Clarifications on the ancient walls of Lomello; Perkins BW, Excavations in the Civic Tower – Pavia; Aguzzi F., The basins of the Civic Tower; Martinola G., Greeting to the Conference in Lugano; Storti Giani L., A memory of Abbot Giani; Doro A., A hoard of bronzes in Pinerolo; De Minerbi L., Clay ritual tablet from Lavagnone; Mira Bonomi A., Early Bronze and Early Iron Age deposit in Arolo; Nava ML, Aspects and problems of the “Daunie” stele; Astini P., Value of the engraved boulders in the pre-Alpine valleys; Rittatore Vonwiller F.-Negroni Catacchio N.-Arslan EA, “Golasecca III” or “La Tène Padano”?; Dejana A.-Sironi PG, Castelseprio - Prehistory and Archaeology - Today; Leoni M., Archaeology of the horses of San Marco; Corrain C., Ancient human skeletal remains from Castione della Presolana (Bergamo); Baj N.-Astini P., III Palethnological Expedition to Tenerè (Niger); Mirabella Roberti M., Investigations and method in the excavation of Castelseprio; Mazza S., The Baptistery of Baveno and some considerations on that of Riva San Vitale; Milani F.-Toscani X., The collection of documents relating to the Civic Tower existing in the Municipal Archives of Pavia.

Elegant ex libris on the back cover.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

Franco Rapposelli, Vincenzo Rapposelli, The coins with the legend Tiati-Tiiatium, Tipolitografia Quatrini, Viterbo 2018, pp. 234, richly illustrated, 30 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine and front cover.

In excellent condition.

European Gothic Churches, Medals from the 17th to the 20th Century, Centro Grafico Linate, Milan 1986, pp. 211, richly illustrated, cm 23, softcover ed.

Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan from 16 October 1986 to 27 January 1987.

At the top of the frontispiece: VI centenary of the Milan Cathedral, 1386-1986.

Variant title: Medal Exhibition, European Gothic Churches.

Small price tag on back cover.

Slight traces of use on the cover, otherwise in excellent condition. Rare.

Cesare Gamberini di Scarfèa, Second collection of the main laws, ordinances, decrees, manifestos, resolutions, lists etc... relating to paper money in Italy. One hundred and twenty acts with three important documents in black and three in selected colours, collated and reproduced from the originals, A. Forni, Bologna 1966, pp. 431, richly illustrated, 22 cm, full cloth binding, green edition with gold titles on the spine.

Special photostat edition of 200 copies.

Insignificant signs of aging on the spine, otherwise in excellent condition.

Cesare Gamberini di Scarfèa, Collection of the main laws, ordinances, decrees and manifestos relating to paper money in Italy (from 1746) over 65 documents plus a geographical map and four selected colour manifestos, collated and reproduced from the originals, A. Forni, Bologna 1965, pp. 491, richly illustrated, 22 cm, full cloth binding, green edition with gold titles on the spine.

Special photostat edition of 200 copies.

Insignificant signs of aging on the spine, otherwise in excellent condition.

Rodolfo Martini, The coinage of Philip II of Habsburg of the Milan mint in the Civic Numismatic Collections of Milan (1555-1599), Municipality of Milan, Culture Sector of Museums and Exhibitions, Civic Numismatic Collections, Milan 2000, pp. 59, richly illustrated, 26 tablets, 24 cm, br. and.

Small annotation on the title page.

In perfect condition. Very rare.

Memories of a passion, vol. III, Ancient Sicily, Andrea and Cecilia Pucci Collection, sn, slsd, pp. 296 on beautiful glossy paper, richly illustrated in colour, 31 cm, card. and. with titles on the spine, front cover and dust jacket.

Large volume offering weight and metrological information, numerous bibliographical references and enlargements of each coin presented.

In perfect condition. Publication made in a small number of copies, very rare.

Luigi Rusticucci, The Counterfeiting of Money, with a preface by HE Luigi Luzzatti, Giuseppe Cesari Publishing House, Ascoli Piceno 1924, pp. IX, 233, 10 plates, including a splendid fold-out colored lithographic plate, 25x20 cm, reproducing an example of engraving and printing of security paper carried out at the A. Staderini Factory (Rome), 20 cm, softcover edition.

Index: Counterfeiters; How they are organized and how they operate; The various systems in use for counterfeiting; The prices of counterfeit paper; Counterfeiting of banknotes and securities; Zincographic and lithographic reproductions - Series - Signatures - Control stamps - Paper - Inks - Satin finishing - Colors - Varnishing of banknotes; Paper and watermarks; How watermarks are obtained; The watermarks of the banknotes of our Issuing Institutes; False watermarks; Expedients against counterfeiting; For a better banknote; The counterfeit banknotes in circulation in Italy; Recognizing counterfeits; Counterfeiting of Public Credit coupons; Treasury bonds and Consolidated coupons; The manufacture of paper money and government securities; War coins; Exceptional war coins; The war coin; Infection in paper money - Millions of microbes in 1 and 2 lire Treasury Bonds; Our Cash Bonds; The replacement of Cash Bonds with nickel coins; Fascist gold coins; The new 10 lire State note; The latest types of 1000-500-100-50 and 25 banknotes of the Bank of Italy - Banco di Napoli and Banco di Sicilia; Metal coins; The manufacturing of coins in the State Mint; The last Papal Mint; The Italian Mint; In the Mint; Processing in the Mint; The minting of coins; Balance wheels; Working of land; The invention of dies and presses; Dies and pantographs; False dies - Contrefire - Electroengraving; The Fert, the Stars and the knots; Metal alloys; Metal alloys used in the State Mint; Metal alloys used by forgers; Alloys for nickel: copper and bronze; Casting; Forgeries using the casting method; The manufacturing of moulds; Molds obtained with made-stents - sulfur - stearin - gutta-percha and metal; Metal molds; The galvano-plastic process; Operation and formulas; Gold plating, silver plating and copper plating; Ancient counterfeit coins; Appraisals and analyses of counterfeit coins; Origin of money; A look at the origin of metal and paper coins and the first banks in Italy; The first banks; The banks of issue; The penalties; Ancient penalties and modern penalties imposed on counterfeiters; Stamp forgers; Stamp forgers; A stamp forger.

Light browning, otherwise in excellent condition. Very rare.

Ermanno A. Arslan, The Coins of the Ostrogoths, Lombards and Vandals. Catalogue of the Civic Numismatic Collections of Milan, Municipality of Milan, Department of Culture and Entertainment, Milan 1978, pp. 91, 22 plates, 24 cm, hardcover ed.

Variant in the title: The Lombards and Lombardy.

From the Index: Abbreviations used in the Introduction and the Catalogue; Introduction; Catalogue; Organisational principles of the Catalogue; List of monograms and monogrammatic groups; Coins of the Ostrogoths; Coins of the Lombards; Lombard coins of Tuscia; Coins of the Duchy of Benevento; Coins of the Vandals; Chronological list; General index; Confirmed provenances; List of donors, sellers and dated purchases; Comparative table with the numbering of the collections of provenance; Table of concordances with the bibliography used for the classification; Tables.

Signs of wear on the spine, otherwise in excellent condition. Rare.