Ancient Coin Auction Catalogs: Contents

An educational site for ancient-coin collectors.

What this site does. This site lists and summarizes the contents of auction-sale catalogs that emphasize high-quality ancient coins. I intend to discuss only excellent catalogs with numerous high-quality ancient coins that would interest a very experienced collector.
This site introduces firms with general comments about ancient-coin firms. These comments are linked to detailed comments about each of their catalogs.

Quick Links: AAG, CNG, Gorny, Lanz, Leu = LHS, M&M, New York Sale, NAC, NFA, Sotheby's, Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton, Vecchi

Partial Key: The number of ancient coins is given, "among" the total number of individual coin lots in the catalog. In general, large lots and literature lots are not counted. Then the number of coins in each category is given: Greek (G), Roman Republican (RR), Roman Imperial (RI), Roman Provincial = Greek Imperial (RP), Byzantine (Byz), etc.
    Collecting themes (e.g. "Greek AE" or "sestertii") mentioned in green receive special emphasis in the catalog.
    Bold green: Among the finest groups of that theme -- highly desirable
More "key" information below.

What's new?
June 22, 2008: A couple of Peus and NY Sale catalogs.
    A collection of Roman coins with two heads (Spink) (May 11, 2008)
An Elsen page begun (May 8, 2008)
Some early Gorny April 12, 2008. Harmer Rooke: Hadrian.
Peus 388, special for Parthian, April 5, 2008. Tkalec 2008 special for Roman Republican, Athena (3 catalogs 1988-1990). Additions to the Roman Republican theme page. Marked which catalogs have their coins on CoinArchives.com and which do not are (with a dividing horizontal line which is clearly described in words in orange.)
Minor updates with new catalogs. April 2, 2008
  Some Jewish-related catalogs, including Superior, added Feb. 23, 2008
   Dark Ages theme added Oct. 23, 2007

   By Warren Esty.   e-mail me at:

Also, references by collecting theme: (Only these few themes have been added, so far)
    Jewish and Holy Land, added Feb. 23, 2008
    Dark Ages (Ostrogothic, Visigothic, Beneventum, etc.) added Oct. 23, 2007
    Turkoman figural bronze references added 1/7/06
   Roman Republican references added 8/23/05, updated Oct. 22, 2007
Late Roman AE references added 8/23/ 05
    Greek AE references added 5/24/07
   Samarian references added 6/29/05
    Octavian/Augustus, added 6/22/05
   Roman imperial (anonymous) quadrantes
   Sasanian references (= Sassanian -- It is spelled here without a "ss")
    Byzantine coins, especially those catalogs with strong selections of AE (many catalogs -- too many to list -- have strong runs of Byzantine gold)
    Aksumite (Axumite)

Contents of this web page:
    Catalog quality discussed, and the abbreviations I use are introduced
    Collecting themes I will note -- special emphases
    US firms introduced
    European firms introduced
    Why catalogs are collectable.
    A typical quality catalog -- the norm

Abbreviations. How this site abbreviates its information.
Catalogs are listed by firm, issue number, date, quality of its coins, quality of the catalog itself, and numbers of coins from each series (Greek, Roman, Roman Provincial, Byzantine, etc.)
Coin-value and catalog-quality abbreviations
MV = Moderate Value (Almost all coins would sell above $100. See the "typical" criteria below.)
HV = High Value   (Most coins are high quality for type and would sell above $500)
VHV = Very High Value (Most coins are among the very finest of their types and highly desirable to wealthy advanced collectors)
    The quality of the presention of the coins in the catalog is
MQP = Moderate Quality Presentiation (Almost all coins well-photographed in B&W)
HQP = High Quality Presentation  (Well above MQP, with, probably, many enlargements and some color photos)
VHQP = Very High Quality Presentation. (The catalog itself is a work of art, with gorgeous photos and interesting commentary.)

ppl = page plates (counted if the photos are on separate pages)
E = enlargements

    Coin-series abbreviations
G = Greek
RR = Roman Republican
RI = Roman Imperial
RP = Roman Provincial = Greek Imperial
Byz = Byzantine
Sas = Sasanian
    The various themes and emphases I note are discussed below.

    Numbers of Coins
    Counts rarely overlap. For example, if there is count for count for "Greek" and a count for "Sicily" (which would usually be included in the Greek count), the Greek count will not include the Sicily coins. Similarly, if there is no count for Sasanian, there may be a few Sasanian among the "Greek", but if there is a separate Sasanian count, the Greek count will not include the Sasanian coins.
    The number of ancient coins is given, "among" the total number of individual coin lots in the catalog. In general, large lots and literature lots are not counted. If many of the lots are not illustrated, that will be noted.

   Themes
    Collecting themes (e.g. "Greek AE" or "sestertii") mentioned in green receive special emphasis in the catalog.
    Bold green: Among the finest groups of that theme -- highly desirable

Quick Links: AAG, CNG, Gorny, Lanz, Leu, M&M, New York Sale, NAC, NFA, Sotheby's, Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton, Vecchi

The List - Firms are listed alphabetically (The abbreviations used)

Ariadne Galleries (New York) glossy 8 1/4 by 11 3/4 inches. MV. MQP. Excellent B&W photographs on plates throughout.
1981, Dec. 9. 521 ancients illustrated throughout, plus 5 ppl. E.
1982, Sept. 15. 304 ancients.
1982, Dec. 7. 352 ancients, illustrated throughout plus 5 ppl E.
1983, Dec. 9. 406 ancients.
[There was also a second sale 1983, Dec. 9 of ancient art and artifacts, but not coins]

Aretusa (Lugano, Switzerland) 11 3/4" by 8 1/4" (large)
1 (18 Sept. 1993) MV. MQP. 373 ancients among 700 on 21 ppl among 44. 85 G, 28 Aksumite, 156 RR (including aes grave and AE), 92 RI, 10 Byz.
Aksumite (28)
2 (13-14 May 1994) MV. MQP. 521 ancients among 1477 on 28 ppl among 108 ppl. 191 G, 281 R, 35 Byz, 13 DA.

Asta Ceresio (Lugnao. See Leu and Spink) Joint auctions, the first and second are of Leu and Spink, the third of Leu, NAC, and Spink Taisei. There were only three.

AstArte (Lugano, Switzerland)
14 (24 April 2004) MV. VHQP. 533 ancients among 780, all in color, pls 17 color E among 20. 32 Roman cast AE, 208 G (much high-quality Italian AE), 128 RR (and AE), 158 RI, 5 Byz, 2 DA.
Greek AE, Roman Republican AE
XVI (26-27 Nov. 2004) MV. HQP. All coins illustrated throughout in color. No enlargements. 968 ancients, 27 large lots of ancients, 73 world, 260 medals, many large and some very large. 100 G, 555 RR, 231 RI, 85 Byz.
Roman Republican (555)
XVII (8 May 2005) MV. HQP. All coins illustrated throughout in color. No enlargements. 203 ancients among 292. 210 G (including 121 of Sicily and 55 pegasi of Corinthian types) 18 RR, 38 RI, 17 Byz.

Athena (Munich, Germany) Issued only three auction catalogs, although they issued at least 33 fixed-price lists. Excellent B&W photographs on page plates. Each MV with MQP.
1 (1987, Oct. 8) 392 ancients on 20 ppl plus 1 color ppl. ,160 G, 13 RR, 198 RI (including a few large RP), 19 Byz, 1 DA
2 (1988, Oct. 4) 637 ancients on 32 ppl. 246 G, 19 RR, 308 RI (including many large RP), 62 Byz (including many AE)
3 (1990, May 15) 625 ancients among 745 lots on 31 ppl among 37. 263 G, 6 RR, 309 RI (including many large RP), 39 Byz, 6 lead seals, 2 Visigothic, 15 Venice ducats, 23 Arabic, 46 antiquities.

Auctiones AG (= AAG = Auctiones S. A. Basel. (Basil, Switzerland.) Their coin experts were from M&M. All MV and MQP. All with some non-ancients. Fine B&W photos of most, but not all, lots. Few enlargements.
3 (1973, Dec. 4-5) 540 ancients among 843 on 19 ppl. among 36 pp.l. 232 G, 113 RR, 172 RI (including 11 from the Trajan Decius DIVI series), 24 Byz.
4 (11/74) 592 ancients on 19 ppl among 1284 coins on 42 ppl. 191 G, 386 R, 14 Byz.
5 (12/75) 795 ancients among 1230 on 26 ppl among 43 ppl. 246 G, 516 R, 16 Byz, 18 DA
    Aes grave (4 ppl)
6 (30 Sept and 1 Oct, 1976) 682 ancients among 1219 on 25 ppl among 48. 368 G, 285 R, 27 Byz.
7 (6/77) 875 ancients among 1418 on 30 ppl among 44. 356 G, 161 RP, 327 R, 19 Byz, 12 DA
    large diameter Roman Provincial (among 161)
8 (6/78) 1041 ancients among 1782 on 30 ppl among 60 ppl. 416 G, 61 RP, 379 R, 77 Byz.
[I don't know #9]
10 (6/79) 943 ancients among 1350 on 27 ppl among 39 ppl. 43 Celtic, 238 G, 430 R, 14 Byz
    Mauretania (8), late Roman AE (among 90)
11 (30 Sept and 1 Oct, 1980) 591 ancients among 1711 on 29 ppl among 56 ppl. 249 G, 52 aes grave, 242 R, 31 Byz.
    aes grave (7 ppl)
12 (9/81) 860 ancients among 1392 on 35 ppl among 52. 198 G, 37 RP, 393 R, 75 Byz, 7 DA, 13 Arab-Byz, 110 Armenian
    Armenian (110)
13 (6/83) 895 ancients among 1124 on 441 ppl among 52. 463 G, 326 R, 55 Byz, 10 DA.
14 (12/83) ancient art, not coins
15 (9/85) 870 ancients 1126 on 36 ppl among 52. 230 G, 166 RP, 427 R, 31 Byz
    Roman provincial (166)
16 (10/86) 507 ancients among 1065 on 21 ppl among 44 ppl. 319 G, 155 R, 31 Byz.
17 (6/88) 772 ancients among 1427 on 34 ppl among 62 ppl. 324 G, 6 lead, 81 RP, 305 R, 46 Byz.
18 (9/89) 642 ancients among 1044 on 26 ppl among 50 ppl. 374 G, 33 Celtic, 79 RP, 124 R, 27 Byz, 6 DA.
20 (11/90) 942 ancients among 1706 on 36 ppl + 1 E among 90 ppl. 754 G, 106 R, 32 RP, 17 Byz, 12 DA.
22 (6/92) 940 ancients among 1476 on 40 ppl + 1 E among 63 ppl. 437 G, 467 R, 34 Byz.
23 (6/93) 679 ancients among 982 on 35 ppl among 55 ppl. 443 G, 220 R, 27 Byz
    late Roman gold
24 (6/94) 580 ancients among 1256 on 25 ppl + 1 E among 67 ppl. 420 G, 158 R, 2 Byz.
Auctiones AG
25 (6/95) 1524 ancients among 2556 on 64 ppl + 2 E among 117 ppl. Thick catalog. 572 G, 61 RP, 134 R Republican, 313 R imperial, 16 Byz, 9 DA, 10 weights, 465 Gaul and Celtic
    Gaul (= Gallic) and Celtic (465)
26 (9/96) 1317 ancients among 3027 on 54 ppl among 117 ppl. Thick catalog. 347 G, 219 Roman Egypt RP, 24 Celtic, 673 R, 13 Byz, 35 DA
    Roman Egypt RP (219)
27 (12/96) 867 ancients among 1763 on 33 ppl + 1 E + 2 ppl of Arabic among 82 ppl. 463 G, 14 Spanish RP, 15 English DA, 341 R, 17 Byz, 6 Visigothic, 2 DA
29 (12-13 June 2003) MV. MQP. "Greek Coins under the Roman Empire, Sammlung Righetti, part 2" [in German. See M&M D for other parts] 1045 ancients among 1409 on 46 ppl among 64. 51 Spain AE, 78 G AE, 335 G, 41 RR, 140 RI, 322 RP (strong in Spain and European issues), 40 Byz.
    Roman Provincial (322)
    Note: Other Righetti, parts were sold by M&M Deutschland, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 18.

Aufhauser, Bankhaus (see Bankhaus Aufhauser)

Baldwin's (London) 8 1/4" by 11 5/8" glossy catalogs. Most have a majority of coins that are not ancients, so those I will not mention here. [This listing is barely begun]
2 (1991, Oct. 5) "Late Roman and Byzantine Coins" (The Dr. William J. Conte Collection) HV. MQP. 224 late Roman and Byzantine coins from an excellent collection, all in B&W thoughout with many enlargements of at least one side, however, the photos are not good with high glare. 24 late Roman, 200 Byz, including some outstanding AE.
    Byzantine (200)
3 (1994, Oct. 5) 179 ancients on 11 ppl among 484 lots on 34 ppl. 83 aes grave RR plus 7 more RR AE, 2 contorniates, 2RR AR, 85RI (no Greek), 2 Anglo-Saxon sceates.
    aes grave RR (83 on 8 large ppl.)
5 (11 Oct. 1995) "Byzantine Gold Coins from the P. J. Donald Collection" 285 Byz gold on 12 large ppl. Photos okay but not as good as most.
    Byzantine gold (285)
[many others]
The auctions 26, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, St. James Auction II (2005, May 11), 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 50, 52, etc. and Joint Auctions as the New York Sale from III are on CoinArchives.com

Bankhaus Aufhauser (Munich, Germany. Became Hauck and Aufhauser with issue 14 of Oct. 6, 1998) Large format (8 1/4" by 11 5/8"), thick catalogs, with very high-quality B&W photography.
10 (1993, Oct. 5-6) MV. MQP. 739 ancients among 2065 on 23 ppl plus 2 E among 129. 320 G, 15 RR, 378 RI and outstanding RP (with nice ants and lat Roman AE)
11   (3/95) MV. MQP. 487 ancients among 1584 on 16 ppl among 105 plus 2 ppl. of enlargements of ancients. 177 G, 10 RR, 289 RI (including many RP), 11 Byz.
12    (10/96) MV. MQP. 875 ancients on 28 ppl among 1917 on 103 ppl + 6 ppl of enlargements of ancients. 302 G (including many fractions), 121 RR, 437 RI, 14 Byz
13   (10/97) MV. MQP. 708 ancients among 2045 on 23 very large page plates among 91 + 2 B&W ppl of enlargements of ancients. 266 G, 17 RR, 405 RI (including many RP), 24 Byz
***** After here the firm's name is Hauck and Aufhauser
14 (1998, Oct. 6-7) MV. MQP. 566 ancients among 2058 on 18 ppl + 2 E among 102. 232 G (many fractions), 30 Parthian, 10 RR, 275 RI, 16 Byz wuth AE, 3 DA.
17 (2003, March 18-19) MV. MQP. 768 ancients among 1804 on 29 ppl + 6E among 90. 149 G, 11 RR, 554 RI including a few RP, 48 Byz including AE, 6 DA.

Berk (Chicago, Illinois) This catalogs are of glossy 8 1/2" by 11" "buy or bid" format and do not have prices realized sheets. They are remarkably consistent in quality and I will only mention a few here that have something special about them.
[Barely begun and woefully incomplete. Look here for much more about Berk catalogs.]
4 (Spring 1976) "All Byzantine Bronze" 345 Byz AE (poor photos)
345 Byzantine AE

[see also Gemini]

Berk-England (a special pairing of two dealers for this one sale only)
1989, Dec. 7. 368 Byz AE, well photographed. This may be the best sale catalog for Byz AE. Available in hardcover as well as paperback.
Byzantine AE (368)

Blancon, Gilles
fixed price list #31, 1999-2000 (8 1/4" by 11 1/2"): Coins of Alexandria, Roman Egypt at fixed prices. 1380 lots. Most, but not all photographed. Very brief descriptions. 744 tetradrachms photographed on 31 large page plates, 24 small denomination on 1 ppl, 57 diobols and 10 hemidrachms on 3 ppl, and 108 drachms photographed on 10 page plates, with 1 ppl of enlargements.
Roman Egypt, Alexandria (943 photographed)

Bonham's (London) [I list only one important sale of this firm.]
3 (Dec. 3, 1980) 404 Byz gold on 19 ppl. + 22 ppl. of B&W enlargements. Good photographs, some with slight glare problems.
Byzantine gold (404)

Bourgey (Paris) (27-29 Oct. 1992) "Collection N. K." MV. MQP. 773 ancients among 946 on 26 ppl among 30. 2 color E. 604 Byz (almost all gold), 13 Trebizond, 150 DA (some AE, many gold) 50 Latin orient, 88 Armenian.
Byzantine (604), Dark Ages (150 DA), Latin Orient (50), Armenian (88)

Asta Ceresio (Lugnao. See Leu and Spink) Joint auctions, the first and second are of Leu and Spink, the third of Leu, NAC, and Spink Taisei. There were only three.

Christie's (London and New York)
Oct. 9, 1984, London. "Highly Important Ancient Coins" Thin hardcover. VHV. VHQP. 194 Roman gold coins, 38 Byzantine gold, 29 gold staters of the Kingdom of the Bosporus, and 51 Greek coins, mostly gold. Almost every coin is pictured both natural size and double size in B&W, and many, but not all, also natural size in color on 6 ppl. Seaby's called this "one of the finest collections of ancient coins which has ever been on the market" (SCMB, Dec., 1984, page 306).
1985, 8 Oct. "Important Ancient Coins" Hardcover. VHV. HQP. 436 ancients, almost all gold. Many, but far from all, illustrated throughout, many with enlargements (the B&W photos are okay, but not great) plus 5 color ppl. 250 Roman gold, 35 Roman silver (not all illustrated), 27 Byz gold (half illustrated), 18 Kings of the Bosporus (all illustrated),19 Greek gold, 30 Ptolemaic gold and several dekadrachms.
Ptolemiac gold (30), Roman gold (250), Kings of the Bosporus gold and EL (18)
1991, Dec. 9, New York. HV. HQP. 171 ancients among 793. 134 R, 35 G, 2 Byz. Some enlargements throughout and 7 color ppl of enlargements.
1992, Dec. 11. "The Elisabeth Washburn King Collection of Ancient Greek Coins" HV. HQP. 141 Greek coins, illustrated throughout, some with enalrgements, and 8 color ppl of enlargements.
1993, June 12. "The McLendon Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins." VHV. HQP. 234 ancients, illustrated throughout, a few with anlrgements, and 11 color ppl of enlargements. 76 G, 7 RR, 145 RI, 6 Byz.

CNG   These are very informative and desirable catalogs, getting larger and better over the years.
They specialize in ancients and coins of England, so the non-ancient coins are often of England. I will count as "ancient" those of England up to 1066, including Celtic, Saxon, and pennies. They always had many coins of moderate value until 2002, so the catalogs are "MV", but this does not mean they do not have high and some very high value coins among them. After 2002 the average value of the coins increased to well-above the minimum for "MV", usually "HV", because they began selling more of their coins worth under $500 on-line. Unlike, say, M&M, their Byzantine coins include many nice AE pieces, not just AV. Most catalogs have a good selection of Roman provincial coins. The coin writeups are often very thorough, informative, and interesting.
**** catalogs 1-10 have coins illustrated slightly enlarged rather than life size.
1 (5/87) MQP. 357 ancients among 466 on 33 ppl + 9 ppl with a few enlargements each. 129 G, 173 R, 19 Byz, 10 DA, 28 Celtic England.
2 (11/77) MQP. 461 ancients among 536 on 24 ppl + 5 ppl with a few enlargements each. 226 G, 51 RP, 156 R, 5 false sestertii, 19 Byz, 4 DA
3 (4/88) HQP. 476 ancients among 578, illiustrated within + 9 ppl with a few enlargements each. 144 G, 34 RP, 175 R, 13 Byz, 4 DA, 6 gold of Celtic England, 15 Greek gold, 18 Roman gold, 26 Byz gold.
4 (9/88) mbs. MQP. 796 ancients among 933 on 32 ppl among 38 ppl + 1 E + some illustrated throughout. 241 G, 108 RP (mostly Roman Egypt), 344 R, 94 Byz
5 (12/88) HQP. 563 ancients among 603. + 1 E + 2 color ppl + 7 ppl with a few enlargements each. 174 G, 37 Roman Egypt (ex Wetterstrom + 1 E), 321 R, 11 Byz, 6 Lombards
6 (3/89) mbs. MQP. 717 ancients among 923. 211 G, 40 RP, 22 PR of Gordian III, 76 Roman Egypt, 326 R, 15 Byz, 27 England
7 (5/89) HQP. 456 ancients. Many single-sided enlargements throughout + 2 color ppl. 159 G, 36 RP, 257 R, 4 Byz
8 (9/89) mbs. MQP. 669 ancients among 823. + 7 ppl with some enlargements. 245 G, 38 RP, 345 R, 26 Byz, 25 Norman Sicily, 14 English
CNG
9 (12/89) MQP. 607 ancients. Some single-sided enlargements throughout. 151 G, 19 RP, 7 Celtic, 39 Celtic Britian, 161 RR, 170 RI, 55 Byz
    Celtic Britian (39)
10 (3/90) mbs. MQP. 1059 ancients among 1426. A few single-sided enlargements. 334 G, 79 RP, 602 R, 43 Byz, 9 Turkoman, 8 Celtic England, 31 English, + many other hammered English
    ***** Before here, the coins are slightly enlarged. After here, they are life size.
11 (5/90) HQP. 401 ancients, most with single-sided enlargements througout. 184 G, 14 RP, 186 R, 15 Byz.
12 (1990, March 17) mbs. MQP. 1340 ancients mmong 1523. 307 Roman Egypt (Wetterstrom part I), 255 G, 89 RP, 106 RR, 275 RI, 152 Byz (many AE), 30 Turkoman, 17 English
    Roman Egypt (307), Turkoman (30)
13 (12/4/1990) HV. HQP. 601 ancients. Many enlargements throughout. 280 Roman Egypt, 105 G, 15 RR, 147 RI, 61 Byz.
    Roman Egypt [Wetterstrom Collection II (280), including Labors of Hercules (31), Zodiac series (22), nomes (63)]
14 (3/91) mbs. 1161 ancients among 1333. A very few enlargements throughout. 340 G, 117 RP, 119 Roman Egypt, 32 architectural, 145 RR, 287 RI, 86 Byz (mostly AE), 45 Celtic England, 2 English DA, 5 pennies
    Celtic England (45)
15 (6/91) mbs. 787 ancients among 1005. 382 G, 20 RP, 26 Roman Egypt, 52 RR, 51 Byz (Mostly AE), 2 DA, 10 Celtic England, 1 English DA
16 (8/91) 585 ancients. A few enlargements througout + 2E. 242 G, 73 G AE, 17 RP, 56 RR, 177 RI, 22 Byz
17 (10/91) 301 ancients among 498 + 595 lots of literature. 89 G, 21 RP, 19 RR, 126 RI, 18 Byz, 8 Celtic England, 4 Anglo-Saxon, 3 pennies.
18 (12/91) 967 ancients among 1008. 1 color ppl. 336 G, 28 RP, 114 Roman Egypt, 24 "confronted heads", 27 Jewish related, 75 RR, 314 RI, 35 Byz, 4 Arab-Sasanian, 5 DA.
19 (2/92) mbs. 588 Byzantine, mostly AE, and 27 closely related.
    Byzantine AE (all but a few among 588)
20 (3/92) mbs 1103 ancient among 1515. 406 G, 85 RP, 132 RR, 353 RI, 65 Byz, 5 Turkoman, 54 Celtic and Saxon
    Cyprus (49)
21 (6/92) 593 ancients among 664. 262 G, 36 RR, 154 RI, 39 RP, 68 R Egypt, 27 Byz, 6 DA, 5 Celtic England, 2Saxon
22 (9/92) mbs. 868 ancients among 993. 280 G, 34 RR, 211 RI, 231 RP (many ex Mabbott), 84 Byz, 17 Celtic England, 3 Saxon
    Roman Provincial (231)
23 (10/92) 526 ancients among 649. 250 G, 36 Parthian, 15 RR, 117 RI, 21 RP, 33 Byz, 10 Aksum, 33 Celtic England, 4 Saxon
CNG
24 (12/92) 548 ancients among 618 + a large mbs of literature. 139 Italian cast coins (Thurlow collection, including RR), 196 G, 35 Parthian, 14 RR, 98 RI, 3 contorniates, 8 RP, 35 Byz, 5 DA
    Italian cast coins, including Aes grave (139)
25 (3/93) mbs. 1007 ancients among 1285. 481 G (including many fractions), 48 RR, 300 RI, 3 contorniates, 106 RP, 47 Byz, 15 Celtic England, 3 Anglo-Saxon
    Greek fractions (among 481)
26 (6/93) HQP. 710 ancients among 815 + 2 color E + 1 color ppl, + 1 E + many of the gold enlarged throughout in B&W. 161 G gold and electrum, 227 G, 34 RR, 155 RI, 41 RP, 80 Byz, 10 DA.
    Greek gold and electrum (161)
27 (9/93) mbs. 1418 ancients among 1610. 234 Armenian, 112 Greek AE and RP from Lindgren European), 476 G, 73 RR, 295 RI, 176 RP, 41 Byz, 5 Celtic England
    Armenian (234), Roman Provincial (176 + c.100)
28 (12/93) 699 ancients among 759. 212 G including 32 Athens new style, 31 RR, 78 RI, 14 RP, 289 Byz, 75 Turkoman bronze (Spengler/Sayles I)
    Athens new style (32), Byzantine (289), Turkoman (Artuqid, 75)
29 (3/94) mbs. 1395 ancients among 1753 (+ numis literature). 404 G, 107 RR, 399 RI, 146 RP, 264 Byz, 4 DA, 69 Turkoman (Spengler/Sayles II, Artuqid) 17 Celtic England, 18 England
    Byzantine (264, including AE), Turkoman (Spengler/Sayles II, Artuqid, 69)
30 (6/94) 506 ancients among 700. 242 G, 28 RR, 187 RI, 22 PR, 7 Byz, 10 DA, 5 Celtic England, 3 Saxon, 1 Viking
31 (9/94) 1613 ancients among 1925. 586 G, 268 RR, 355 RI, 239 RP, 101 Byz, 5 Aksum, 49 Turkoman (Spengler/Sayles III, Artuqids), 6 DA, 8 Celtic England, 2 Saxon, 16 lead seals
    Roman Republican (268 including Aes grave), Augustus (25), Turkoman (Spengler/Sayles III, Artuqids, 49)
CNG
32 (12/94) 514 ancients among 642 individual lots + 472 partially illustrated large lots. 238 G, 50 Jewish related city coins, 59 RR, 122 RI, 29 RP, 9 Byz, 6 DA, 5 Celtic England, 1 Saxon
33 (3/95) mbs. 1515 ancients among 1959 + numismatic literature. 570 G, 119 RR, 492 RI, 17 DA, 21 Caesaria in Cappadocia, 152 RP, 75 Byz, 41 Celtic England, 14 Anglo-Saxon, 14 English
    Celtic England (41), Caesaria in Cappadocia (21)
34 (5/95) 430 ancients among 550 (+ 35 Arabic gold), a few enlargements throughout. 243 G, 35 RR, 133 RI, 6 Byz, 5 DA, 8 English.
There is a distinct increase in the number of ancients here. Auction 35 and thereafter are much thicker catalogs.
35 (9/95) 1371 ancients among 1719, plus 2 color E. 481 G, 208 RR, 372 RI, 188 RP (including 78 from Lindgren II), 90 Byz, 2 DA, 8 Hepthalites, 14 Celtic England, 7 English.
    Roman Provincial (188)
36 (12/95) 2069 ancients among 2542, plus 3 color E among 4, plus 286 Papal. 528 Parthian (Shore collection), 487 G, 42 Aes grave, 72 RR, 168 RI, 5 DA, 22 Byz, 369 Armenian, 5 Turkoman, 9 Hephtalites, 3 Celtic England, 14 Anglo-Saxon, 32 Viking, 4 English.
    Parthian (528), Aes grave (42), Armenian (369), Viking (32), Pegasus silver (80)
37 (3/96) mbs. 2153 ancients among 2801. 902 G, 93 Jewish and related, 230 RP, 163 RR, 635 RI, 12 DA, 118 Byz (mostly AE), 14 medieval Bulgarian, 38 Turkoman, 12 Celtic England, 5 English DA, 21 lead seals. (7 Septimius Severus legionary)
    Turkoman (38)
CNG
38 (6/96) 1468 ancients among 1843. 646 G, 60 RP, 146 RR, 351 RI, 6 DA, 61 Byz, 126 Turkoman (S/S II, Zengids), 16 AE of Salamis, 10 Hephtalites, 9 Celtic England, 19 English
    Turkoman (126)
39 (9/96) mbs. 1950 ancients among 2646. 816 G, 73 Parthian, 226 RP, 143 RR, 586 RI, 11 DA, 12 Visigothic AE, 100 Byz, 19 Turkoman, 7 Hephtalites, 21 Celtic England, 7 English DA, 18 Aethelred II, 7 English, 11 Byz lead seals
    Visigothic AE (12), Aethelred II (18), Tarentum (74), Metapontum (74), Parthian (73)
40 (12/96) HV, HQP, joint with NAC. 1419 ancient among 1964 + 7 color E among 8 + many Roman enlarged throughout.
    622 G, 114 RR, 502 RI, 7 spintriae, 6 DA, 117 Byz
    Roman imperial (509)
41 (3/97) thick mbs! 2540 ancients among 3270. 1088 G, 128 Roman Egypt, 155 RP, 213 RR, 659 RI, 15 DA, 81 Byz, 7 Hephtalites, 22 Celtic England, 30 Anglo-Saxon, 12 English
    Sceattas (30)
42 (5/97) HV. 1235 ancients among 1622 plus some enlargements througout. 652 G, 72 RR, 342 RI, 4 DA, 28 Byz
    Postumus (35), Athens New Style (64)
43 (9/97) mbs. 2788 ancients among 3127. 905 G, 296 RP, 566 RR ("Goodman I"), 868 RI, 15 DA, 101 Byz, 34 Celtic England, 3 English DA
    Roman Republican (566), RP (296)
44 is Triton I (joint offering of CNG, Freeman & Sear, and NAC) High to very high value coins with very high quality presentation.
(12/97) 1947 ancients among 2308, many enlargements throughout + 7 color E. 655 G, 95 RP, 85 aes grave, 435 RR (Goodman, part II, including very many struck AE), 480 RI, 3 DA, 32 Beneventum, 64 Byz, 26 Celtic England, 17 British
    Beneventum (32), Roman Republican AE (cast and struck, among 520), Roman gold (100+)
45 (3/98) 2556 ancients among 3080. 808 G, 289 RP (including Syrian tetradrachms), 509 RR AE, 200 RR AR), 604 RI, 15 DA, 61 Byz, 36 Celtic England, 12 English DA, 15 English
    Roman Republican AE ("Goodman 3") (509)
CNG
46 (6/98) mbs. 1694 ancients among 2101. 656 G, 141 Armenian, 138 RP, 178 RR ( again Goodman), 400 RI, 11 DA, 112 Byz, 34 Celtic England, 7 English DA , 17 English
    Armenian ("Araratian, part 2") (141), Holy Land city coins (57)
47 (9/98) 2231 ancients among 2557. 817 G, 214 RP, 320 RR, 722 RI (including 97 Septimius Severus from odd mints), 11 DA, 89 Byz, 10 Celtic England, 5 English DA, 34 English
    Aegina counterstamped (35), Roman Republican (some Goodman) (320), Septimius Severus (Roger Bickford) (97)
48 is Triton II (12/98) 1206 ancients among 1331, many enlarged throughout + 16 color E. 547 G, 25 Parthian, 39 Baktrian, 42 RP, 23 aes grave, 60 RR, 359 RI, 5 DA, 15 Celtic England, 22 Anglo Saxon, 27 pennies
    Baktrian (39)
49 (3/99) mbs. 2076 ancients among 2349. 888 G (including 12 AE Kings of the Bosporus), 250 RP, 59 Roman Egypt, 98 RR, 576 RI (including 59 AE fractions), 6 DA, 103 Byz, Viking 4, 28 Celtic England, 17 English DA, 25 English
    Roman imperial AE fractions (59), Augustus (41)
50 (6/99) mbs. 1904 ancients among 2064. 630 G, 113 RP, 8 Celtic denarii, 156 RR, 366 RI AE including 10 contorniates and 24 medallions (Vermuelle collection), 38 fake seseterii and Becker's, 414 RI, 15 DA, 51 Byz, 5 Celtic England, 4 Anglo-Saxon, 13 pennies
    Zodiac drachms of Roman Egypt (12), Athens AE (69), Athens New Style (81), Roman mediallions (24), contorniates (10)
51 (9/99) mbs. 1816 ancients among 1951. 804 G, 214 RP, 123 RR, 413 RI, 5 DA, 233 Byz, 7 Celtic England, 8 pennies
    Greek AE of Sicily (c. 83), Athens AE (28), Ionian electrum (16), Kroisos (14), Armenia (47)
52 was Triton III (Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 1999) 1374 ancients among 1654, many enlargements throughout, + 13 color E among 15 + 4 full page B&W enlargements. 728 G, 77 RP, 151 RR, 327 RI, 8 DA, 54 Byz, 5 Celtic England, 2 English DA, 20 pennies
    RR and imperatorial gold (46)
CNG
53 (3/00) mbs. 2175 ancients among 2416, a few with enlargements throughout. 796 G, 191 Baktrian and Indo-Greek, 27 Aksumite, 177 RP, 59 Roman Egypt, 114 RR, 40 RI quandrantes, 401 RI, 11 DA, 15 Lombards, 127 Byz, 156 Crusader, 6 Merovingian, 12 Celtic England, 6 English DA, 34 pennies
    RI Quadrans (40), Lombards (15), Crusader (156), Aksumite (27), Baktrian and Indo-Greek (191)
54 (6/00) mbs. 1984 ancients among 2217. 78 brockages, 24 Celtic, 800 G, 160 Baktrian and Indo-Greek, 136 RP, 170 RR, 494 RI, 8 contorniates, 12 DA, 79 Byz, 6 Beneventum, 9 Celtic England, 6 English DA, 8 pennies
    brokages (78), Baktrian and Indo-Greek (160), Caesaria in Cappadocia (39), Septimius Severus legionary (20)
55 (9/00) mbs. 1585 ancients among 1878. 25 Celtic, 723 G, 252 Oriental Greek, 100 RP, 102 RR, 408 RI, 6 DA, 82 Byz, 13 Celtic England, 7 English DA, 10 pennies
56 was Triton IV (12/00) in two volumes, with the second catalog entiredly devoted to Polish coins -- perhaps the finest Polish collection ever offered. The first volume has 892 ancients among 1015, many enlargements throughout + 13 color E among 15. 352 G. 33 RP, 52 RR, 318 RI, 3 DA, 122 Byz, 3 Celtic England, 3 English DA, 7 pennies.
    Before this line, the catalogs do not have their coins on CoinArchives. com

    After this line the catalogs have their coins on CoinArchives.com.
57 (4/01) mbs. 1733 ancients among 1916. 715 G, 50 Ptolemaic AE, 161 RP, 77 RR, 449 RI, 73 Byz, 5 DA, 133 Celtic England, 6 English DA, 51 pennies
    Celtic England (131), Cistophoric tetradrachms (86), Augustus (58), Ptolemaic AE (50)
58 (9/01) mbs. 1766 ancients among 2159. 893 G, 89 RP, 93 RR, 347 RI, 6 DA, 82 Byz, 4 Celtic England, 2 English DA,
249 late Anglo-Saxon ("Conte collection")
    late Anglo-Saxon ("Conte collection")(249), Alexander the Great (130)
59 was Triton V (1/02) in two volumes, Part I is the "David Freedman collection of Greek bronze coins" 600 G AE. Many enlargements throughout + 5 color E.
    Greek AE (600) highest quality coins.
    Part II: 1341 ancients among 1498, many enlargements throughout + 16 color E among 20. 551 G, 77 parthian 4drs, 10 Baktrain, 103 RP (including important myths including the labors of Herakles), 22 RR cast AE, 27 RR, 402 RI (incouding 23 rare Gordian III from the George His collection), 2 DA, 76 Byz, 4 Celtic England, 2 English DA, 16 pennies
    Roman Provincial (103, including important myths including the labors of Herakles), Gordian III (23), 2 dies
CNG
60 (5/02) mbs. 2231 ancients among 2475. 1047 G, 42 Jewish Bar Kochba, 51 G Oriental, 35 Huns, 277 RP (including 133 Syrian tetradrachms, a collection), 47 RR, 489 RI, 5 DA, 90 Byz, 7 Byz seals, 135 Anglo-Saxon (Conte collection), 3 Celtic England, English DA 4, pennies 28
    Huns (35), Anglo Saxon (135), RP Syrian tetradrahms (133), Jewish Bar Kochba (42), Gordian III (29), Greek Cycladic (63)
61 (9/02) mbs. Distinctly less well-illustrated (Then they learned their lesson and went back to excellent illustrations. This is the only issue that is not fully illustrated.). Many lots were only illustrated on-line and not in the catalog. 2324 ancients among 2753. 1004 G (including 327 AE, many not illustrated), 83 RP, 501 RR, 573 RI, 141 Byz (including 15 DA), 4 Celtic England, 2 English DA, 16 pennies.
    Severan (Melcher collection, 149), Greek AE (among 327)
62 was Triton VI (1/03) 1403 ancients among 1488, many enlargements throughout + 23 color E. 499 G, 48 oriental G, 58 RP, 193 RR, 387 RI (including 45 Severan gold of the Marc Melcher collection), 4 DA, 43 Byz, 9 Celtic England, 162 Anglo Saxon of the William J. Conte Collection, part III
    Severan gold (45, from the Marc Melcher collection), Anglo-Saxon (162, from the William J. Conte Collection, part III), Late Roman gold (among 113), RR Muses (9)
63 (5/03) mbs. 1782 ancients among 2056, some enlargements throughout. 740 G, 48 Samarian, 78 Jewish and related, 50 oriental G, 46 Baktrian, 122 RP, 90 RR, 400 RI, 17 DA, 144 Byz, 10 Celtic England, 6 English DA, 20 pennies
    Samarian (40), Severan (86, Melcher, part III)

64 (24 Sept. 2013) MV. MQP. 1370 ancients among 1705, a few with B&W enlargements. 11 Celtic, 560 G, 184 RP, 125 RR, 365 RI, 6 DA, 120 Byz
65 was Triton VII (1/04) 1171 ancients among 1295, most with enlargements throughout plus 23 color E. Greek (386, including much gold), 120, Parthian, 40 Parthian related, 136 Sasanian, 10 Antinous, 80 Roman Provincial, 21 RR, 225 RI, 6 Dark Ages 60 Byz, 88 World, 16 British Celtic, 21 English, Large Lots (161)
Greek gold (among 386), Parthian (160), Sasanaian (136), Antinous (19)

66 (19 May 2004) MV. MQP. 1824 ancients among 2063. Some enlargements plus 4 color ppl of enlargements. 60 Celtic, 697 G, 87 Parthian, 78 Sasanian, 40 Baktria, 41 Indo-Greek, 296 RP, 34 RR, 341 RI, 18 DA, 4 Arab-Byz, 12 Arab, 124 Byz (incl. AE)
****** The high quality of CNG catalogs takes still another jump up here -- the following catalogs have all coins in color.
67 (22 Sept. 2004) 1914 ancients among 2080. HV. HQP. All in color, many with color enlargements of one or both sides. 39 Celtic, 1031 G, 9 Spanish lead tessera, 109 RP, 63 RR, 570 RI (including 12 late Roman argentii), 5 contorniates, 17 DA, 71 Byz, 7 English, 10 fake sestertii
    Mark Antony legionary denarii (31), Spanish lead tessera (9)
68 is Trition VIII (CNG alone) 11-12 Jan. 2005. VHV. VHQP. 1463 ancients among 1822, plus 387 unillustrated large lots. All ancients in color, most with color enlargements, and extensive descriptions. 11 Celtic. 649 G, 48 central Asia, 21 Antinous, 75 RP, 172 RR, 100 RI bronze (mostly sestertiii), 204 RI, 4 DA, 169 Byz.
    Antinous (21), sestertii (100+)
69 (2005, July 8) HV. HQP. 1945 ancients among 2288, all in color with a few enlargements. 9 Celtic. 15 Ancient Britain, 455 G, 16 early electrum, 96 Seleukid, 33 Samarian, 46 Jewish, 10 Arabia, 11 Persian gold darics, 23 Ptolemaic, 13 North Africa, 11 Parthia, 2 Characene, 11 Persis, 53 Baktria, 34 India, 25 Sasanian, 16 Huns, 359 RP, 34 Roman Egypt, 20 RR cast, 39 RR, 126 RI AE (the George His collection), 299 RI, 105 Byz, 7 DA, 9 Arab-Sasanian, 2 Arab-Byz, 20 Anglo-Saxon, 7 Paduan, 4 lots of Byz seals
CNG
70 (2005, Sept. 21) HV. HQP. 1146 ancients among 1324, all in color with a few enlargements. 375 G, 18 Mytilene electrum, 6 fractional electrum of Phanes, 12 early electrum, 9 Jewish, 10 Persian gold Darics, 17 oriental G, 37 Baktria, 15 India, 14 Sasanaian, 31 RR, 5370 RP, 19 Roman Egypt, 6 Domitius Domitianus, 35 RI countermarks (Ian Roper collection), 53 RR, 124 RI AE (Sullivan collection), 180 RI, 54 cistophoric tetradrachms of Hadrian, 59 Byz, 3 Visigoths, 5 early Islamic
   Domitius Domitianus (6), cistophoric tetradrachms of Hadrian (54), RI countermarks (35)
71 was Triton IX (CNG alone) (2006, Jan. 10) in two volumes. Volume 1 is the BCD collection of coins of Greek Boiotia (Boeotia), which includes Thebes. This is now the definitive catalog for this region of Greece, superceding the BMC catalog. With outstanding commentary, it is far more than just a sale catalog. MV. MQP. 630 lots in B&W (not color), with some enlargements.
    Boiotia, Boeotia (630)
   Volume 2 of Triton IX (2006, Jan, 10-11) is HV, HQP, with 1043 ancients among 1694, all in color, many with one-sided enlargements. 20 Celtic, 14 ancient Britain, 220 G, 50 Alexander II, 54 early G electrum and gold, 57 Seleukid, 8 Jewish, 4 Arabia, 15 Ptolemies, 21 Parthia, 27 Baktria, 72 India, 31 Sasanian, 12 Huns, 114 RR, 249 RI, 2 DA, 57 Byz.
72 (2006, June 14) MV. HQP. 2308 ancients, all in color with some enlargments, plus 190 lots of antiquities. 55 Celtic, 946 Greek, 126 Oriental G, 146 RP, 78 RR, 609 RI, 252 Byz, 17 Ostrogoths, 24 Visigoths, 24 DA, 4 Aksum, 6 Islamic, 3 Crusaders, 17 Armenian, 47 English sceattas, 8 English.
73 (2006, Sept. 13) 1130 ancients among 1311, all in color with some enlargements, plus 460 book lots. facing heads collection of David Herman, 541 G, 45 Oriental Grek, 98 ships on coins (G, R, RP, Alexandre Barros collection), 79 RP, 53 RR, 214 RI, 40 Byz, 5 Aksum, 2 Crusader, 41 high grade Turkoman bronze, 9 English
    facing heads (many), ships on coins (98), Turkoman bronze (41)
74 is Triton X (CNG alone) (2007, Jan. 9-10) HV. VHQP. 911 ancients among 1480. All in color, many with at least one side enlarged. 8 Celtic, 454 G (including many Greek facing busts from the David Hermann collection), 33 India, 10 Sasanian, 49 RR, 272 RI, 43 Byz, 25 DA, 4 Aksum AV, 4Arab-Sasanian, 7 Anglo-Saxon
    Greek facing heads from the David Hermann collection (many)
75 (2007, May 23) HV. HQP. 1342 ancients among 1533, plus books. All in color, many with at least one side enlarged in color. 5 Celtic, 672 Greek (including 108 Boeotia, BCD collection pieces), 43 India, 24 Sasanian, 26 Huns, * Central Asia, 109 RP, 76 RR, 193 RI (including 14 cistophori of Hadrian), 25 Byz, 6 DA, 4 Aksum AV, 7 Islamic, 3 Mongols, 140 Anglo-Saxon (The "Beowulf Collection:, all with at least one side enlarged)
    Anglo-Saxon, the "Beowulf Collection" 140, Huns (26)

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23 (6-7 April 1965) "Part 1" MV. MQP. 2250 ancient lots on only 25 ppl. Many unphotgraphed lots. 7 ppl G, 2 ppl Oriental, 14 pieces of Turkoman AE, 8 ppl R, 4 ppl Byz.
24 (1-2 June, 1995) "Part 2" MV. MQP. 1387 Roman provincial on only 21 ppl.
    Roman Provincial (21 ppl)

Elsen, Jean (Brussels, Belguim) [Here is a page summarizing some other Elsen issues.]
53 14 March 1998 "Collection G. W. de Wit: Les deux Rome de Diocletian to the fall of Constantinople." MLV. MQP.1209 ancients among 2046. 562 Diocletian through Byzantine, mostly AE, on 16 ppl, plus another 21 ppl with 84 G, 125 RR, 184 RI before Diocletian, plus another 254 Diocletian-Byzantine.
    Late Roman AE and Byzantine AE (among 800)
74   (6 June 2003) Collection of Sasanian and Islamic, plus many Greek fractions. 1031 ancients on 36 ppl, including 2 page plates of Parthian (45) and 6 page plates of Sasanian, including obols (173)
    Greek fractions (100?) , 2 page plates of Parthian (45) and 6 page plates of Sasanian, including obols (173)
    Catalogs 84 and before do not have their coins on CoinArchives.com

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Freeman and Sear (Los Angeles, California. All MV. MQP) [See also Gemini] PRs back to 11 are on-line at their site in pdf format.
1 (3/95) 900 ancients. 274 G, 508 R, 21 Byz. On 40 ppl plus 2 ppl of enlargements.
2 (1/96) 723 ancients. 447 G, 258 R, 4 Byz. 28 ppl + 3 ppl of enlargements.
3 (10/96) 854 ancients. 304 G, 403 R, 106 ERP, 23 Byz. 36 ppl + 3 ppl of enlargements.
4 (1/98) 532 ancients. 225 G, 251 R, 36 Byz AE. 23 ppl + 2 ppl of enlargements + 5 ppl of antiquities.
5 (5/99) 571 ancients among 630. 320 G, 220 R, 31 Byz. 23 ppl + 3 ppl of enlargements.
6 (10/00) 663 ancients among 701. 181 Byz AE, 182 G, 72 architectural RP, 210 R, 18 Byz AV.
    Byzantine AE (181), architectural Roman Provincial (72)
7 (2/02) 651 ancients among 760. 242 G, 47 RP, 330 R, 29 Byz, 4 Arab Turkoman. ppl interleaved.
8 (2/03) 554 ancients among 657 lots on 41 ppl. inteleaved among 45 + 8 ppl of enlargements. 317 G, 34 RP, 62 RR, 96 RI, 41 Byz, 5 Arab figural.
9 (7/03) "Featuring the Rey Gomez Collection of Roman Bronze coins" 732 ancients plus some multiple-coin lots on 28 ppl. plus 4 ppl of enlargements. 198 G, 30 RP, 99 RI middle bronze, 164 RR, 197 RI, 35 Byz.
    RI middle bronze (99)
10 (2/04) 527 ancients among 547 on 18 ppl among 20, + 3 E. 277 G, 22 RP, 95 RR, 102 RI, 30 Byz
11 (23 Nov. 2004) MV. HQP. 479 ancients among 490, illustrated throughout, some with enlargements, plus 8 ppl of color enlargements. 2 Celtic, 218 G, 19 RP, 44 RR, 179 RI (including 35 argentii), 16 Byz
    late Roman silver argentii (35)
12 (2005, Oct. 28) MV. HQP. 656 ancients among 684. B&W photos thoughout with some enlargements, plus 7 ppl of color enlargements. 12 Celtic, 240 G, 13 RP, 257 RR, 118 RI (including 38 argentii of the tetrarchy), 11 Byz
    Roman Republican (257), argentii of the tetrarchy (38)
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13 (2006, Aug. 25) MV. HQP. 814 ancients among 826. B&W photos throughout, some enlargements, plus 8 ppl of color enlargements. Crete 41, 21 Celtic, 296 G, 24 RP, 62 RR, 250 RI, 118 Byz
    Crete (41)
14 (2007, June 21) MV, HQP. 539 ancients among 560. B&W photos throughout, a few with enlargements, plus 8 ppl of color enlargements. 92 Celtic, 204 G, 29 RP, 61 RR (including 11 AE), 144 RI.
    Celtic (92)

Galerie de Monnaies of Geneva (New York)
1976, June 25-26. MV. MQP. 175 ancients among 836. B&W throughout. 5 Celtic, 64 G, 39 RR, 67 RI.
1978, June 9. "C.O.I.N. sale, Los Angeles" MV. MQP. 809 ancients. 313 G, 414 R, 73 Byz.

Gemini (joint offering of Freeman & Sear and Harlan J. Berk during the New York International show). Many coins are discussed at length, making these a pleasure to read.
    All are on CoinArchives.com
I (2005, Jan. 11-12) HV. HQP. 530 ancients among 618. B&W throughout, some with enlargements of one side, plus 6 ppl of color enlargements. 10 Celtic, 260 G, 47 RR, 1 Marc Antony forger's die, 1 military diploma, 199 RI (including 21 late Roman argentii), 28 Byz, 1 DA.
    late Roman argentii (21)
II (2006, Jan 10) HV. HQP. 569 ancients among 608, all in color, many with enlargements of at least one side, plus 2 ppl of color enlargements. 4 Celtic, 169 G, 27 India gold, 101 RR, 227 RI (including 14 of Hadrian's travels and 13 cistophori of Hadrian), 15 Byz, 15 DA, 6 Anglo-Saxon, 6 Arabic.
III (2007, Jan. 9) HV. HQP. 564 ancients among 600, plus some large lots. All in color with some color enlargements. 24 Celtic, 251 G, 46 RR, 170 RI (including 29 late Roman silver and 13 cistophori of Hadrian), 72 Byz (including 33 silver)
    late Roman silver (29), Byzantine silver (33)
IV (2008, Jan. 8) HV. HQP. 550 ancients among 591. 11 Celtic, 265 G, 6 RR AE, 29 RR, 35 Brockages (plus 37 unpictured large lots of brockages), 144 RI (including 31 lots of Gordian III ex George His), 2 Visigothic, 23 Byz.
Gordian III (23)

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Goldberg, Ira and Larry (Beverly Hills, CA)
2008, May 26 "The Millennia Collection, catalogue one" VHV. VHQP. 173 ancients and 100 Bristich hammered of the very highest quality, presented in color in the most beautiful manner with superb photography and wonderful enlargements. This is certainly one of the most beautiful catalogs of all time. The collection was assembled by the Goldbergs from highest-quality Greek, Roman, and British coins. Includes a Brutus portrait aureus, a Severus Alexander coliseum aureus, many other major rarities in the highest condition, with PRs up to $800,000! (The Millennia collection was in three parts, with the second volume "European Coinage" and the third "The New World".)
highest quality and value ancient coins

Gorny (now "Gorny and Mosch", formerly "Giessner Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH, München") In German.
MV and MQP unless listed otherwise. The photographs are excellent and within the text. Usually there are some enlargements, often raising them close to HQP. These are on the upper end on MQP. Although there are many moderate value coins, there are also many high-value coins.
    Roman provincial is regularly separated out beginning with issue 76. Recent Gorny catalogs have more nice Roman provincial than catalogs of most firms. In his "High Value" catalogs his groups of Roman Provincial are outstanding. In his "Ancient Coins and Lots" catalogs, many will be top end examples from groups fresh to the market. I have not bothered to separately note those with outstanding selections of Roman Provincial coins -- assume they are if they have many pieces.
    Some issues have no ancients. Issues without ancients include: 1, 3-9, 11, 14, 18, 27, 34, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75 (literature), 77, 80, 83, 85, 86, 88, 91, 93 (antiquities), 94, 98 (antiquities), 99, 103, 105 (antiquities), 106, 109, 110, 111 (antiquities), 112, 116, 119 (antiquities), 120, 123 because (I think) they do not have ancients. [See catalog 36 for a list of what is in the earlier catalogs. See gmcoinart.com for contents and PRs of recent catalogs.] [Note: The early issues illustrate most lots, but many lots are not illustrated. In the early catalogs a smaller fraction are illustrated than the "typical" catalog and they are not nearly as thick as you might expect from the large number of lots they have.]
10 (3/77) 115 ancients among 1596. 25 G, 90 R. [It seems the early Gorny have a high proportional on non-ancient coins. They take up a lot of shelf space per ancient. I don't know the others before #26.]
15 (1979, Dec. 17-18) 418 ancients plus 30 Arabic among 2530 lots. (Almost all the ancients are photographed, many of the "world" coins are not). 102 G, 40 RR, 246 RI, 24 Byz, 2 Crusader AV.
17 (1980, Nov. 4-5) 509 ancients plus 3 Arabic among 1982 lots (Many of the "world" coins are not photographed). 3 Celtic, 118 G (almost all photographed), 35 RR (plus large lots), 277 RI (half not photograhed), 19 Byz, 6 Sas, 1 Crusader AV.
20 (1981, Dec. 1-2) 239 ancients among 1975 lots. 10 Celtic, 79 G, 10 Parthian, ^ Saas, 3^ RR, 58 RI, 8 Byz, 32 large lots.
26 (9/83) 443 ancients among 1932. 125 G, 253 R, 50 Byz.
28 (2/84) 562 ancients among 3729. 211 G, 333 R, 6 Visigothic, 2 Byz.
29 (6/84) 759 ancients among 3200. 271 G, 443 R, 26 Byz, 18 Arabic.
30 (11/84) 991 ancients among 3282. 322 G, 282 R, 53 Byz, 3 DA, 8 Turkoman, 318 Becker forgeries.
    Becker forgeries (fakes) (318)
31 (4/85) 501 ancients among 2630. 239 G, 173 R, 6 DA, 27 Byz, 19 Arabic, 8 Roman sestertii fakes
32 (11/85) 374 ancients among 2350. 146 G, 185 R, 9 Byz, 14 Arabic.
******* Above here many coins are illustrated, but certainly far from all. After here, the "typical" high percentage are illustrated.
Gorny
33 (6/86) 732 ancients + 10 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 278 G, 315 R, 97 Byz, 21 Arab.
36 (4/87) 688 ancients + 4 color ppl + 13 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 344 G, 318 R, 21 Byz, 5 Turkoman
38 (11/87) 563 ancients + 3 E. 318 G, 191 R, 16 Byz, 25 Turkoman.
40 (4/88) 638 ancients + 1 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 352 G, 219 R, 52 Byz, 8 Visigothic, 6 Turkoman
42 (10/88) 953 ancients among 982 + a few enlargements throught. 491 G, 383 R, 80 Byz.
44 (5/89) 1081 ancients + 3 color ppl of enlargements. 520 G, 472 R, 85 Byz.
46 (10/89) 855 ancients + 1 color E. 447 G, 312 R, 78 Byz, 18 Arabic.
48 (4/90) 1106 ancients + 4 color E. 655 G, 369 R, 52 Byz, 30 Arabic.
50 (9/90) 844 ancients + 2 E + 2 color E. 473 G, 285 R, 75 Byz.
52 (11/90) 739 ancients + 2 E. 412 G, 275 R, 52 Byz.
55 (5/91) 922 ancients + 4 E. 402 G, 458 R, 62 Byz.
56 (10/91) 699 ancients + 4 E. 366 G, 291 R, 42 Byz.
58 (4/92) 1069 ancients + 3 E. 525 G, 486 R, 59 Byz.
60 (10/92) 701 ancients + 2 E. 315 G, 309 R, 77 Byz.
62 (4/93) 734 ancients + 2 E. 265 G, 570 R, 97 Byz.
64 (10/93) 932 + 2 E. 265 G, 570 R, 97 Byz.
67 (5/94) HQP. 965 ancients. Some enlargements throughout + 1 E + 6 color E. 384 G, 525 R, 46 Byz.
69 (11/94) 761 ancients + 3 E. Occasional enlargements throughout. 495 G, 220 R, 46 Byz.
71 (5/95) 979 ancients + 3 E + occasional enlargements throughout + 5 ppl of partially illustrated large lots.
    495 G, 408 R, 58 Byz, 8 DA, 4 Arab-Sasanian
73 (10/95) 582 ancients + 3 E + some enlargements througout + 6 ppl of partially illustrated large lots.
    272 G, 244 R, 30 Byz, 36 Arabic.
[Note: Prior to this, Roman provincial was intergrated in. After this, Roman Provincial has its own section.
Gorny
76 (4/96) 660 ancients + 5 E + occasional enlargements throughout. 291 G, 42 RP, 283 R, 44 Byz.
78 (6/96) 708 ancients + 9 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 325 G, 76 RP, 260 R, 47 Byz.
79 (10/96) 810 ancients + 1 E + 15 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 347 G, 127 RP, 268 G, 65 Byz.
    Roman provincial (127)
81 (3/97) 1004 + 1 E + 10 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 458 G, 131 RP, 320 R, 78 Byz, 8 DA, 5 Turkoman
82 (4/97) 426 ancients. Occasional enlargements throuhout + 3 E. 173 G, 51 RP, 152 R, 47 Byz, 3 DA.
84 (10/97) 1230 ancients + 3 E + 21 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 474 G, 110 RP, 552 R, 73 Byz, 6 Byz weights
87 (3/98) 863 ancients + 2 E + 18 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 326 G, 97 RP, 364 R, 63 Byz, 6 DA.
89 (5/98) HV. MQP. 577 ancients. Some enlargements throughout + 3 E. 306 G, 43 RP, 186 R, 36 Byz, 4 DA, 8 Paduans
90 (10/98) 1424 ancients + 3 E. 548 G, 164 RP, 619 R, 73 Byz, 10 Byz lead seals, 4 DA.
    Roman provincial (164)
92 (11/98) 704 ancients among 2700 (+ 9 ppl of partially illustrated large lots). 311 G, 37 Parthian, 22 Sasanian, 59 RP, 231 R, 22 Byz, 4 fake sestertii.
95 (3/99) 1076 ancients + 16 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 475 G, 154 RP, 391 R, 31 Byz, 10 Byz lead seals.
96 (6/99) 720 ancients. Some enlargements throughout. 308 G, 82 RP, 271 R.
97 (10/99) 1300 ancients + 33 lead seals and weights + 207 partially illustrated large lots.
    660 G, 165 RP, 421 R, 55 Byz, 33 lead seals and weights
    lead seals and weights (33)
100 (11/99) "Katalog I, Sammlung Amadeus" MV. HQP. 659 ancients. + some enlargements throughout + 4 color ppl of enlargements. 259 G, 378 R, 14 Byz, 5 tessera
100 (11/99) "Katalog II" VHV. HQP. 100 ancients among 200. Most also enlarged. 63 G, 3 RP, 27 R, 5 Byz.
Gorny
101 (3/00) 1184 ancients + 4 E + 16 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 522 G, 562 R, 80 Byz, 6 DA.
102 (5/00) HV. HQP. 664 ancients + 7 color ppl + many enlargements throughout. 371 G, 20 RP, 220 R, 41 Byz, 8 DA.
104 (10/00) 1510 ancients + 20 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 547 G, 237 RP, 574 R, 136 Byz, 6 Byz lead seals
    Roman provincial (237)
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107 (4/01) HV. HQP. 693 ancients + 5 color E + many enlargements throughout. 296 G, 33 RP, 323 R, 41 Byz.
108 (4/02) 1183 ancients + 22 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 410 G, 146 RP, 577 R, 31 Byz, 11 BYZ lead seals, 5 DA.
112 (17 Oct 2001) HV. HQP. 455 ancients + 6 color E + many enlargements throughout. 182 G, 48 RP, 188 R, 37 Byz.
113 (18 Oct 2001) 1203 ancients + 13 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 353 G,175 RP (mostly European), 549 R, 89 Byz, 6 lead seals, 6 DA, 18 Turkoman
114 (4 March 2002) HV. HQP. 462 ancients + 6 color E + many enlargements throughout. 151 G, 34 RP, 258 R, 11 Byz.
115 (5 March 2002) 922 ancients + 15 ppl of partially illustrated large lots. 247 G, 172 RP, 441 R, 55 Byz.
117 (14 Oct. 2002) "High Value Ancient Coins" HV. HQP. 778 ancients, illustrated throughout with many B&W enlargements plus 6 color ppl of enlargements. 27 Celtic, 325 G, 61 RP, 27 RR, 289 RI, 44 Byz, 2 DA
118 (14-15 Oct. 2002) "Ancient Coins and Lots" MV. MQP. 1620 ancients plus 61 partially illustrated large lots. 40 Celtic, 9 R imit., 535 G, 270 RP, 104 RR, 503 RI, 134 Byz, 4 DA, 6 Arabic.
121 (10 March 2003) "High Value Ancient Coins" HV. MQP. 546 ancients, illustrated throughout, many with B&W enlargements, plus 3 color ppl of enlargements. 13 Celtic, 280 G, 50 RP, 34 RR, 158 RI, 8 Byz, 2 DA
122 (10-11 Mar. 2003) "Ancient Coins and Lots" 1430 ancients plus 137 partially illustrated large lots. 44 Celtic, 1 R imit., 589 G, 260 RP, 60 RR, 361 RI, 85 Byz (incl. 5 seals), 5 DA, 3 Arabic, 8 tessera
125 (13 Oct. 2003) "High Value Ancient Coins" HV. HQP. 633 ancients, illustrated throughout, many with B&W enlargements, plus 8 color ppl of enlargements. 18 Celtic, 267 G, 44 RP, 42 RR, 241 RI, 20 Byz, 1 DA
126 (13-14 Oct. 2003) "Ancient Coins and Lots" MV. MQP. 2027 ancients plus 244 partially illustrated large lots. 87 Celtic, 514 G, 515 RP, 66 RR, 718 RI, 107 Byz, 3 DA, 3 Arabic, 5 tessera.
    Roman provincial (515)
Gorny
129 (8 March 2004) "High Value Ancient Coins" HV. HQP. 375 ancients, half with B&W enlargements, plus 3 color ppl of enlargements. 13 Celtic, 210 G, 35 RP, 111 RI, 7 Byz
130 (8-9 March 2004) "Ancient Coins and Lots" MV. MQP. 1491 ancients plus 186 patially illustrated large lots. 18 Celtic. 2 R Imitations, 293 G, 32 Elymais, 166 Parthian, 158 Sasanian, 48 Baktria, 51 central Asia, 165 RP, 34 RR, 433 RI, 61 Byz, 5 DA, 10 Arabic, 7 sestertius fakes
    Parthian (166), Sasanian (158)
133 (11 Oct. 2004) "High Value Ancient Coins" HV. HQP. 592 ancients, many with B&W enlargements, plus 8 color ppl of enlargements. 11 Celtic, 293 G, 33 RP, 58 RR, 171 RI, 23 Byz, 2 DA, 1 spintria
134 (11-12 Oct. 2004) "Ancient Coins and Lots" MV. MQP. 2366 ancients, plus 228 partially illustrated large lots. 53 Celtic, 707 G, 570 RP, 212 RR, 648 RI, 147 Byz, 7 DA, 2 Arabic, 11 sestertius fakes
     Roman Provincial (570)
141 (2005, 10 Oct.) "High Value" HV. HQP. 405 ancients, all in color with many one-sided enlargements. 25 Celtic, 172 G, 21 RP, 154 RI, 33 Byz gold, 1 DA.
142 (2005, 10-11 Oct.) MV. MQP. 2378 ancients plus 210 partially illustrated large lots, among 2588 lots, all in B&W. 78 Celtic, 3 R imitations, 709 G, 301 RP, 5 Roman Egypt, 73 RR, 939 RI (including many sestertii), 224 Byz, 25 Byz seals, 3 DA, 11 Byz glass weights.
146 (2006, 6 March) HV. HQP. "High Value" 563 ancients, all in color, some one-sided enlargements. 22 Celtic, 283 G, 14 RP, 48 Kings of the Bosporus AV and electrum, 148 RI, 20 Byz, 2 DA
   Kings of the Bosporus AV and electrum (48)
147 (2006, 6-7 March) 1516 ancients plus 172 partially illustrated large lots. B&W. 66 Celtic, 418 G, 88 Pantikapaion, 140 RP, 175 Kings of the Bosporus AV and electrum, 56 RR, 457 RI, 77 Byz, 19 Byz seals, 7 Byz glass weights, 3 DA.
Kings of the Bosporus AV and electrum (175), Pantikapaion (88)
151 (2006, Oct. 9) "High Value" HV. HQP. 546 ancients, all in color, many enlarged on on side throughout. 46 Celtic, 214 Greek, 62 RP including 36 AV and EL Kings of the Bosporus, 49 RR, 131 RI, 45 Byz.
    Kings of the Bosporus in AV and Electrum (36)
152 (2006, Oct. 9-10) MV. MQP. 1736 ancients in B&W and 204 large lots. 72 Celtic, 4 imitations, 419 G, 54 Oriental Greek, 32 Baktria, 22 Indo-Greek, 10 Aksumite gold, 243 RP, 95 RR, 568 RI, 3 coins of the mines, 147 Byz.
155 (2007, March 5) "High Value" HV. HQP. 416 ancients, all in color, many with at least one side enlarged. 6 Celtic, 184 G, 55 RP (including 18 Kingdom of the Bosporus in EL and AV), 28 RR, 105 RI, 35 Byz, 2 DA, 1 die of Augustus.
156 (2007, March 6) MV. MQP. 1568 ancients plus 155 large lots, all in B&W. 43 Celtic, 606 G (including 73 Alexander the Great and 13 Mytilene EL), 15 Aksum AV, 187 RP, 31 Kingdom of the Bosporus, 85 RR, 451 RI, 125 Byz (including AE), 41 seals, 4 DA, 6 weights

[Recent Gorny PR's can be obtained at their website: gmcoinart.com ]

Hauck und Aufhauser (see Bankhaus Aufhauser)

Harmer Rooke Numismatists (New York)
1986, Dec. 12-13. "The Hoffer Brandenburg Sale" over 2000 lots, very many not photographed, but including a collection of coins of Hadrian. Of Hadrian, the photographed coins are 75 RI including many sestertii, 2 coins of the mines, a medallion and a contorniate, 4 Antinous, 10 cistophori, 22 Roman Egypt, 7 Sabina, and 5 Aelius, 4 RP. Many other lots are not photographed. The catalog has a few other ancients, coins of Germany, and Shooting talers and medals, and some gold jewelry. 9 1/2" by 6 7/8", 155 pages.
Hadrian (131)

Hess (Lucern) (Adolph Hess AG Luzern) 11 5/8" x 8 1/4". Early catalogs have photos darker than good modern photos. Usually many high value Greek coins and possibly moderate value ancients -- Greek or Roman.
246 (11/77) HV. MQP. 108 ancients among 1200 on 3 ppl among 32. 99 Celtic and 9 DA.
    Celtic (99)
247 (6/78) MV. MQP. 431 ancients on 19 ppl plus 1 E.. 216 G, 57 RR. 175 RI, 24 Byz.
249 (11/79) MV, MQP. 466 ancients on 16 ppl. 252 G, 61 RR, 139 RI, 9 Byz.
251 (5/81) MV. MQP. 289 ancients among 1512 on 12 ppl among 60. 144 G, 0 RR, 106 Roman, mostly RP of Egypt, 32 Byz, 2 DA, 4 Arabic figural
252 (5/82) HV. MQP. 368 ancients among 1402 on 16 ppl among 64. 114 G, 78 RR, 154 RI, 21 Byz.
253 (3/83) HV. MQP. 350 ancients among 986 on 18 ppl among 49. 296 G, , 19 RR, 3 RI, 31 RP, mostly Lower Moesia
254 (10/83) HV. MQP. 259 ancients+ 242 Arabic among 1552 on 14 ppl. + 8 ppl among 49. 241 G, 10 late RI gold, 8 Byz gold.
    Arabic (242)
257 (11/86) HV. MQP. 469 ancients on 20 ppl. 177 G, 230 Roman gold, 62 Byz gold.
    Roman gold (230)

Hess-Leu 11 3/4" x 8 1/4" Most have excellent photographs. All have MQP. Auction numbers in parentheses have not been personally verified by me, however, auction 49 has a list of all previous catalogs and this list is complete for ancients (unless catalogs listed as having "Goldmunzen" include ancients, but I think they do not).
(1)   1954, 14 April   Antike munzen xx
(3)   1956, 27 March 449 VHV ancients on 16 ppl. 337 G, 112 R (mostly gold)

(7) 1957, 16 April Dr. Jacob Hirsch zum Andenken. xx

(9) 1958, 2 April. Antike munzen. HV. MQP. 445 ancients on 16 ppl. 269 G, 13 RR, 133 RI, 30 Byz gold.

(11) 1959, 24 March. 444 HV ancients on 16 ppl, with 4 coins enlarged. 316 G, 92 R, 28 Byz, 8 DA gold. [good photos, not excellent]

(15) 1960, 7 April. Antike munzen xx

(17) 1961, 23 March. Sammlung ERS, Roman (loose plates as issued) xx

(19) 1962, 12-13 April. 612 HV on 23 ppl and 1 ppl of enlargements. 384 G, 162 R, 66 Byz
Roman gold
(21) 1963, April 3. "Jewish Coins" small format. HV, MQP. 119 Jewish (28 Roman Jewish-related, rest Jewish) photos from casts.
Jewish (119)

(22) 1963, 4 April. Ancient gold xx

(24) 1964, 16 April. Antike munzen xx

(28) 1965, 5-6 May. Antike munzen xx

31   1966, 6-7 Dec. 578 HV ancients on 24 ppl. All Greek.
(36) 1968, 17-18 April. Antike munzen xx
41 1969, 24-25 April. 765 MV ancients on 35 ppl + 3 E. 732 R, 33 Byz.
    Severan quinarii (9), Severan family types (at least two heads) (10), late Roman gold and silver (among 84), miliarensis (10)
45 1970, 12-13 May. 754 HV ancients on 24 ppl + 2 E. 424 G, 254 R, 48 Byz, 28 DA
    Dark ages (28)
49 1971, 27-28 April. 570 HV ancients on 28 ppl plus 3 E. 304 G, 20 RR, 181 RI, 63 Byz, 2 contorniates

Quick Links: AAG, CNG, Gorny, Lanz, Leu, M&M, New York Sale, NAC, NFA, Sotheby's, Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton, Vecchi

Jacquier, Paul-Francis (Kehl am Rhein, Germany) fixed price lists on a separate page

Kovacs (San Mateo, California) [barely begun and woefully incomplete]
mail bid sale XIV (10/98) 496 ancients. 99 G, 42 RP, 9 RR, 96 RI, 244 Byz AE.
An amazing group of Byz AE rarities: 7 Constantine IV, 4 Justininian II (1st reign), 18 Leontius, 6 Tiberius III, 5 Juntinian II (second reign), 14 Philippicus, 11 Anastasius II, 4 Theodosius III, etc.
244 Byzantine AE

Künker (Fritz Rudolf Künker Munzhandlung, Osnabrück, Germany) 11 3/4" by 8 1/4" Excellent photographs. Catalogs in German.
[I do not know this series except for a few. The others #50 through #72 do not have a substantional fraction of ancients.
61 (date?) thin c. 1000 ancients.
Before this line, the catalogs do not have their coins on CoinArchives.com

    After this line these catalogs have their coins on CoinArchives.com
62 2001, March 13. MV.MQP. 1000 ancients, illustrated throughout plus 4 color E.80 G, 95 RR, 618 RI, 1 DA, 66 Byz incl. AE.
67 (10/01) MV. MQP. 1393 ancients among 1722 (+ 3 color plates). 526 G, 749 R, 95 Byz
71 (3/02) MV. MQP. 1663 ancients. 494 G, 1031 R, 57 Byz. A large 184 page catalog.
77 (2002, Sept. 30) I don't know it
83 (2003, June 17) I don't know it.
89 (2004, March 8) I don't know it.
94 (2004, Sept. 27) I don't know it.
97 (2005, March 7) I don't know it.
100 (2005, June 21)
101 (2005, June 22)
104 (2005, Sept. 27) MV. HQP. 756 ancients, all in color and a few with enlargements. 356 G, 58 RR, 241 RI, 1 contorniate, 16 DA, 58 Byz, 1 crusader.
    Joint auction 44 (2005, Nov. 10) with Heidelberger Munzhandlung
111 (2006, March 18)
112 (2006, June 20) HV. HQP. 112 ancient gold coins with another 632 world gold coins (all coins are gold) and many books lots. Many with color enlargements of at least one side (but only 16 pages of 200 devoted to ancients). 3 G, 25 RI, 84 Byz.
115 (2006, Sept. 25-27) MV. HQP. 925 ancients and many non-ancients (ancients are 103 pages out of 435), all in color and some with color enlargements. 270 G, 93 RR, 504 RI, 10 Byz, 2 Arabic.
117 (2006, Sept. 28)
124 (2007, March 16-17. "Dr. Adolf Wild Collection" MV. HQP. 1966 ancients, all in color (no enlargements). 272 gold (including 10 Celtic, 36 G, 7 RR, 34 RI, 2 DA, 77 Byz, 5 world), 23 Celtic, 298 G, 83 Roman Egypt (Alexandria), 374 RR, 186 Augustus, 246 other twelve Caesars, 458 RI, 13 tessera, 3 DA, 5 Byz
    RR (Roman Republican, 374), Augustus (186), twelve Caesars after Augustus (246)
125 (2007, June 19)
133 (2007, Oct. 11-12) including the "Friedrich Popken collection of Greek bronze coins" HV. VHQP. 2553 ancients, all in color, many with enlagements in color. 809 very high grade Greek AE, 27 RP, 23 Celtic, 438 G, 178 RR, 670 RI, 8 DA, 149 Byz with some AE. [This might be the most beautiful catalog of Greek AE ever printed.]
    Greek AE (809)
136 (2008, 10 March) MV. HQP. 1650 ancients, all in color, some color enlargements. 395 from the Dr. Burkhard collection of Crete, 27 Celtic, 353 G, 102 RR, 465 RI,6 DA, 225 Byz including some nice AE, 3 Crusaders, 1 Turkoman
    Crete (395)

Lanz (Munich) 10 1/4" by 7 3/4". All MV and MQP unless noted otherwise. Consistently about 3/8" thick. Virtually all coins illustrated on excellent page plates. Lanz includes Roman provincial chronologically within Roman. Catalogs with ancients have only ancients. The first 10 numbers were under the name "Gitta Kastner." Until number 94, virtually all the even numbered catalogs were ancients and all the odd numbers had none. 84, 93, 99 are literature.
    When Lanz has a moderate number of Byzantine coins, they are usually common gold pieces and there will also be late Roman solidii of the emperors before Anastasius. Lanz almost always has substantial numbers of late Roman AE in excellent condition, and substantial numbers of antoniani. Although very desirable for type, many would sell for less than $100 on eBay. These may be, and often are, right next to high quality aureii and rare late Roman silver and even late Roman gold medallions.
    The photographs in the early issues are good, but not up to the very high modern standards that have become typical. They gradually got better and better sometime around number 34.
    Gitta Kastner München (the other numbers do not have ancients)
4 (11/73) HQP. 357 ancients on 25 ppl + 1 E + 4 color E. 197 G, 118 R, 42 Byz
6 (11/74) HQP. 476 ancients on 35 ppl + 9 E. 222 G, 194 R, 60 Byz
8 (11/75)   334 ancients on 20 ppl. 103 G, 37 RR, 144 RI, 50 Byz.
10 (5/76) 325 ancients on 18 ppl. 108 G, 208 R, 61 Byz
12 (11/76) 505 ancients on 27 ppl. 162 G, 306 R, 37 Byz
    Named changed to Lanz München. From this point all even-numbered catalogs are of ancients and all odd-numbered catalogs are of non-ancient coins, until number 84, which was literature.
Lanz
14 (4/78) 503 ancients on 17 ppl. 140 G, 335 R, 28 Byz
Note: Before number 97 the odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients.
16 (4/79) 724 ancients on 29 ppl. 212 G, 476 R, 36 Byz
18 (5/80) 789 ancients on 33 ppl. 155 G, 148 RR, 446 RI including some RP, 28 Byz, 10 Armenian, 2 DA.
    Gallienus legionary denarii (18)
20 (4/81) 949 ancients on 33 ppl. 327 G, 598 R, 24 Byz
22 (5/82) 1003 ancients on 35 ppl. 475 G, 483 R, 45 Byz
24 (4/83) 879 ancients on 32 ppl. 425 G, 383 R, 71 Byz
26 (12/83) 998 ancients on 45 ppl. 335 G, 624 R, 39 Byz
28 (5/84) 945 ancients on 42 ppl. 349 G, 519 R, 77 Byz
30 (11/84) 961 ancients on 42 ppl. 393 G, 503 R, 52 Byz, 10 DA
32 (4/85) 895 ancients on 48 ppl. 353 G, 492 R, 34 Byz, 13 DA
Note: Up to here the photos are good, but they could be better. They didn't quite have the glare and darkness mastered. After here, the photo quality is high.
34 (11/85) 976 ancients on 44 ppl. 302 G, 631 R, 36 Byz, 7 DA
36 (4/86) 962 ancients on 40 ppl. 518 G, 406 R, 33 Byz, 5 DA
38 (11/86) 1046 ancients on 48 ppl. 450 G, 418 R, 77 Byz, 3 DA
Note: Before number 97 the odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients.
40 (5/87) 966 ancients on 44 ppl. 454 G, 454 R, 54 Byz, 4 DA
42 (11/87) 835 ancients on 38 ppl. 356 G, 436 R, 43 Byz
44 (5/88) 925 ancients on 43 ppl. 319 G, 539 R, 65 Byz
46 (11/88) 835 ancients on 38 ppl. 353 G, 410 R, 61 Byz, 10 DA.
48 (5/89) 886 ancients on 38 ppl. 420 Greek, 28 Juba II, 402 R, 36Byz.
Lanz
Note: Photograph quality before here is very good, but after here it is excellent.
50 (11/89) HQP. 960 ancients on 36 ppl + 12 color E. 258 G, 172 Pegasi of Corinth and colonies, 32 electrum of Mylilene and Miletos, 410 R, 61 Byz, 7 DA.
    Pegasi of Corinth and colonies (172), electrum of Mylilene and Miletos (32)
52 (5/90) HQP. 850 ancients on 36 ppl + 4 color E. 318 G, 476 R, 56 Byz
54 (11/90) HQP. 1088 ancients on 44 ppl + 6 color E. 358 G, 682 R, 50 Byz (some Cherson AE)
    shekels of Tyre (49)
56 (5/91) 883 ancients on 37 ppl + 2 color E. 300 G, 520 R, 53 Byz, 9 DA
58 (11/91) 1012 ancients on 40 ppl + 2 color E. 409 G, 533 R, 55 Byz, 6 DA, 9 tessera
60 (6/92) 1025 ancients on 41 ppl + 2 color E. 270 G, 494 R, 48 Byz, 11 Byz lead seals
62 (11/92) 987 ancients on 40 ppl + 2 color E. 453 G, 457 R, 51 Byz, 22 Byz lead seals
64 (6/93) 1019 ancients on 37 ppl + 2 color E. 346 G, 576 R, 83 Byz, 12 Byz lead seals
66 (11/93) 1006 ancients on 35 ppl + 1 color E. 353 G, 614 R, 39 Byz
Note: Before number 97 the odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients.
68 (6/94) 1012 ancients on 36 ppl + 2 color E. 272 G, 649 R, 84 Byz, 6 DA.
70 (11/74) VHV. VHQP. "Sammlung Margaretha Ley" 289 ancients on 10 ppl + all on 18 color E. 152 G, 60 R gold, 48 Celtic, 22 imitations
72 (5/95) 936 ancients on 35 ppl. 333 G including Celtic imitations, 122 RR, 442 RI including 3 contorniates and a few RP, 26 Byz, 13 DA.
74 (5/95) 936 ancients on 35 ppl. 73 Celtic, 11 Imitiations, 248 G, 561 R, 3 contorniates, 26 Byz, 13 DA   [Oddly, this issue was cut a bit narrower than all the others. It looks much the same and has the same height, but is 6 mm narrower]
76 (5/96) 1015 ancients on 39 ppl. 302 G, 610 R, 94 Byz, 8 DA
78 (11/96) 783 ancients on 35 ppl. 384 G, 580 R, 19 Byz
80 (5/97) 800 ancients on 26 ppl. 215 G, 539 R, 36 Byz.
Lanz
82 (11/97) 879 ancients on 35 ppl. 227 G, 611 R (including RP), 36 Byz, 6 coins of the mines.
[84 is literature]
86 (5/98) MV. MQP. 808 ancients on 32 ppl. 235 G, 533 R, 34 Byz, 6 DA.
88 (11/98) HV, HQP, "Sammlung Leo Benz" 978 ancients on 43 ppl. + 5 color E. 43 ppl. 886 RR (very high quality Roman Republican, mostly AR), 102 Augustus
    Roman Republican (886), Augustus (102)
90 (11/98) was orders and decorations, not ancients
92 (6/99) 1305 ancients on 59 ppl. 319 G, 905 R including RP, 4 contorniates, 57 Byz, 9 DA
    AE of Greek Bruttium (3 ppl.), very large diameter Roman Provincial (over 90 pieces c.36 mm or larger)
    Before this line, the catalogs do not have their coins on CoinArchives. com

    After this line the catalogs have their coins on CoinArchives.com.
94 (11/99) "Sammlung Leo Benz" VHV. VHQP. 694 Roman imperial, Augustus-Commodus, on 40 ppl + 15 ppl of color enlargements.
    Roman imperial Augustus-Commodus (694), Roman AE medallions (14)
Note: Before number 97 the odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients.
97 (5/00) MV. MQP. 1094 ancients on 46 ppl + 1 in color. 355 G, 652 R, 48 Byz, 8 DA.
100 (11/00) "Sammlung Leo Benz" HV. HQP. 682 Roman imperial from Pertinax to 476 on 35 ppl + 7 color plates of enlargements
    late Roman
102 (5/01) MV. HQP. 1125 ancients on 48 ppl + 7 ppl of color enlargements. 349 G, 727 R, 36 Byz, 11 DA.
105 (26 Nov. 2001) "BCD Corinth" 981 ancient coins of Corinth. An important collection and catalog. MV. MQP.
    Greek Corinth (981)
106 (26-27 Nov. 2001) MV. HQP. 816 ancients on 39 ppl + 4 color ppl of enlargements. 180 G, 613 R, 23 Byz.
[108 is literature only]
109 (5/02) MV. HQP. 943 ancients on 48 ppl plus 4 color ppl of enlargements. 66 Celtic, 13 imitations, 139 G, 57 RR, 634 RI (including RP), 34 Byz.
111 (25 Nov. 2002) "BCD Euboia" MV. MQP. 604 Greek coins of Euboia. THE catalog for Euboia.
    Greek Euboia (604)
112 (25/26 Nov. 2002) MV. MQP. 1000 ancients on 48 ppl + 4 color E. 244 G, 702 Roman, 51 Byz, 4 DA
114 (5/03) MV. MQP. 933 ancients on 47 ppl. 32 imitations, 160 G, 48 RR, 627 RI (including 3 medallions and some RP), 52 Byz, 14 DA.
117 (11/03) MV. MQP. 1383 ancients on 72 ppl. 451 G, 35 RR, 842 RI (including RP), 53 Byz.
120 (18 May 2004) MV. MQP. 667 ancients on 39 ppl. 32 Celtic, 6 imitations, 141 G, 21 RR, 412 RI (including RP), 45 Byz, 4 DA gold.
121 (22 Nov. 2004) MV. MQP. 687 ancients. 87 Celtic, 6 R imit., 138 G, 69 RR, 354 RI, 32 Byz, 1 DA.
123 (30 May 2005) MV. HQP. 1185 ancients, all in color (no enlargements). 21 Celtic, 17 R imit., 232 G, 134 RR, 578 RI, 109 Byz (incl. AE), 94 DA
    Dark Ages (94, including 55 Vandal and Ostrogothic)
125 (2005, Nov. 28) MV. HQP. 1266 ancients, all in color. 30 Celtic, 8 Roman imitations, 494 G, 102 RR, 558 RI, 68 Byz, 5 DA, 1 spintria.
128 (2006, May 22) MV. HQP. 1000 ancients, all in color. 37 Celtic, 5 R imitations, 111 G, 111 RR, 748 RI, 41 Byz, 4 DA.
131 (2006, 27 Nov.) "Sammlung Karl. Coins of Caria" MV. HQP. 822 Greek ancients, all in color. An important specialized collection of coins of Caria including Rhodes. Including 49 satraps and dynasts, 46 large RP of Stratonikeia.
Caria = Karia (387), Rhodes (464, including 142 AE) [A major reference work]
132 (2006, Nov. 27) MV. HQP. 622 ancients, all in color. 27 eastern Celtic, 3 Roman imitations, 228 G, 50 RR, 253 RI, 52 Byz
135 (2007, May 21) MV. HQP. 1065 ancients, all in color. 36 Celtic, 360 G, 76 RR, 28 Augustus, 471 RI (including some RP), 80 Byz (including some AE), 6 DA, 8 India.

[143 is literature, not coins]
Lanz

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Lanz Graz issued 15 catalogs from 9/72 to 11/80. Only numbers 4, 5, and 10 had ancients. These have MV and MQP, with photos with some glare and not up to typical modern standard.
4 (11/74) "Römische Mittlebronzen" 750 lots of asses and dupondii on 30 ppl.
Roman middle bronze (750)
5 (12/75) "Antike Silbermunzen" 831 lots on 20 ppl. 294 G, 520 R
10 "1000 Antike Munzen" (12/77) 100 lots on 31 ppl. 230 G, 730 R, 28 Byz, 10 DA

Leu (Bank Leu, later Leu Numismatik AG -- Zurich. Renamed LHS Numismatik in 2005) 11 3/4" by 8 1/4". Generally very high value coins and high value coins. Many catalogs offer major collections assembled by very wealthy collectors. The coin descriptions are often long with substantial pedigrees and detailed comments on where similar rare coins have appeared. They always have outstanding coin identifications. The photography is excellent. In this sense, there catalogs are always of high-quality presentation. If I use "MQP" below, it is because of having few enlargements. They do not use color photographs as much as some of the firms (NAC, Tkalec) that use color lavishly. It would be fair to say that almost every catalog could be cited for outstanding Greek and outstanding Roman coins. However, I will not bother to repeat that every time. If you want to see absolute top-quality coins, any Leu catalog will do.

The following numbers do not have ancients: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 39, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 49, 51, 55, 56, 58, 60, 64, 73, 80 is medieval. 94. I am not certain about others after #60, but I think the following list has all the catalogs with ancients.

2 (4/72) VHV. MQP. 502 ancients on 26 ppl + 4 E. 317 G, 179 R, 6 DA
6 (5/73) HV. MQP. "Sammlung Tom Virzi, New York" 300 superb Greek AE on 15 ppl from casts + 1 color E.
    Greek AE (300)
7 (5/73) VHV. HQP. 478 ancients on 27 ppl + 3 E. 310 G, 156 R, 12 Byz.
10 (5/74) VHV. HQP. 487 ancients on 27 ppl + 3 E. 461 R, 26 Byz.
13 (4/75) VHV. HQP. 785 ancients on 39 ppl + 4 E. 345 G, 220 R, 220 Byz.
    Byzantine
15 (5/76) VHV. MQP. 545 ancients on 26 ppl + 2E. 372 G, 44 R, 109 Byz.
Leu
17 (5/77) MQP. Probably the finest sale of Roman Republican silver ever. 913 superb Roman Republican silver on 39 ppl + 2 E. (Very hard to find.)
    Roman Republican silver (913)
18 (5/77) VHV. HQP. 403 ancients on 23 ppl + 3 E + 1 color E. 283 G, 120 R.
20 (4/78) VHV. VHQP. 403 ancients on 27 ppl + 14 E. 181 G, 222 R.
22 (5/79) VHV. VHQP. 460 ancients on 27 ppl + 8 E. 182 G, 244 R, 34 Byz
    Roman gold
25 (4/80) VHV. HQP. 470 ancients on 31 ppl + 6 E. 200 G, 266 R, 4 contorniates
28 (5/81) VHV. HQP. 637 ancients on 35 ppl + 4 E. 300 G, 316 R, 21 Byz.
30 (4/82) VHV. HQP. 482 ancients on 28 ppl + 5 E. 230 G, 252 R.
33 (5/83) VHV. MQP. 456 ancients on 26 ppl + 2 E. 294 Greek, 162 R.
(5/84) Garrett I, joint with NFA,
      (10/84) Garrett II, joint with NFA
36 (5/85) HV. MQP. 410 ancients + 110 Arabic + 509 Papal coins (a major collection of Papal) among 1110 coins on 23 ppl + 2 E + 5 ppl Arabic among 66 ppl. 222 G, 148 R, 42 Byz.
38 (5/86) VHV. HQP. 436 ancients on 25 ppl + 3 E + 1 color E. 172 G, 209 R, 55 Byz.
41 (10/86) HV. MQP. 52 Visigothic gold pieces on 2 ppl among other middle ages and modern coins on 35 ppl. No other ancients. I think this is the largest single offering of Visigothic gold.
    Visigothic (52)
42 (5/87) VHV. HQP. 387 ancients on 25 ppl + 4 E. 387 Greek.
    Greek
45 (5/88) VHV. VHQP. 435 ancients on 26 ppl + 16 E. 295 G, 107 R, 33 Byz.
48 (5/89) VHV. VHQP. 444 ancients on 37 ppl + 13 E. 270 G, 174 R.
50 (4/90) HV. HQP. 424 ancients on 25 ppl + 11 E. 254 G, 147 R, 20 Byz.
Leu
52 (5/91) VHV. VHQP. 292 ancients, most enlarged throughout. 142 G, 150 R. "A distinguished American Collection." Very long coin identifications (in English) so usually two coins per page, sometimes only one.
53 (10/91) HV. HQP. 347 ancients + 238 Arabic among 979 on 18 ppl + 10 ppl of Arabic among 53 ppl.
    171 G, 176 R + 238 Arabic
    Arabic (238)
54 (4/92) VHV. VHQP. 341 ancients + many enlarged throughout. 207 G, 134 R.
57 (5/93) HV. HQP. 325 ancients + 2 E + many enlarged throughout. 143 G, 31 Parthian, 151 R.
    Parthian (31)
59 (5/94) HV. HQP. 353 ancients + 4 E + many enlarged throughout. 162 G, 180 R, 11 Byz.
61 (5/95) VHV. HQP. 335 ancients among 645 + some enlarged throughout. 214 G, 103 R, 18 Byz.
65 (5/96) VHV. VHQP. 616 ancients + 46 Arabic on 47 ppl + many enlarged througout.
    40 Celtic, 233 G, 272 R, 28 DA, 43 Byz. 46 Arabic
71 (10/97) HV. HQP. 585 ancients + 1 E + some enlarged throughout. 254 G, 331 R.
72 (5/98) HV. HQP. 594 ancients + some enlarged throughout. 393 G, 201 R.
    Philistro-Arabian (22)
74 (10/98) HV. MQP. 300 ancients among 2620. Thick catalog. 300 G.
75 (10/99) HV. HQP. 348 ancients among 1647. Thick catalog. 22 Philisto-Arabia, 85 Jewish, 218 R, 22 Byz.
    Philisto-Arabian (22)
76 (10/99) VHV. VHQP. 228 Greek coins + many enlargements throughout. Long identifications with only two coins per page.
    Greek (228)
Leu
77 (5/00) VHV. HQP. 923 ancients + numerous enlargements throughout. 404 G, 370 R, 152 Byz.
79 (10/00) VHV. VHQP. 795 ancients + 4 E + many enlargements throughout. 188 Celtic, 607 Greek.
    Celtic (188), Greek (607)
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81 (5/01)   VHV. VHQP. 355 ancients + most enlarged throughout. 355 Greek.
    Greek (355)
83 (5/02) HV, HQP. 934 ancients + some enlargements throughout. 467 G, 126 Celtic of Central Europe, 274 R, 68 Byz.
86 (5-6 May 2003) HV, HQP 1156 ancients, illustrated throughout, many with enlargements, plus 4 color E. 120 Celtic of Britain, 75 Celtic of Gaul, 223 G, 178 Jewish, 91 RR, 331 RI, 21 Byz, 50 DA
    Celtic of Britain (120), Celtic of Gaul (75), Jewish (178), Dark Ages (50)
87 (6 May 2003) "Roman Gold Coins from the Collection of a Perfectionist" VHV, VHQP. 124 Roman gold, most discussed at length on individual pages, all enlarged, and all also illustrated on 8 color plates.
    Roman gold (124)
90 (May 10, 04) HV, HQP "BCD Olympia Collection" 345 lots of one city, Olympia also known as Elis.
    Olympia Elis (345)
91 (May 10-11, 04) HV. HQP, 1000 ancients, many enlargements throughout. 221 G, 207 Jewish, 64 RR, 278 RI, 158 Byz, 68 multiple coin lots
    Jewish (207)
93 (May 10, 2005) VHV, vHQP. 145 nearly perfect Roman gold coins "From the collection of a perfectionist" One or two coins per page. Long descriptions. All enlarged in B&W. All in color natural size on 8 ppl.
Roman gold (145)
LHS    [After here the firm goes by the name "LHS Numismatik"]
95 (25 Oct. 2005) HV. HQP. 460 ancients among 867. 16 Celtic, 338 G, 10 RR, 88 RI, 3 Byz, 5 DA. Numertous B&W enlargements throughout.
96 (2006, May 8-9) MV. HQP. "Coins of Peloponnesos, The BCD Collection." Hardcover. 423 pages. 1775 lots of ancients from the Greek Peloponnesos. B&W photos. Only a few enlargements. This is the definitive catalog which supercedes BMC by far. It is far more than a sale catalog -- it is the most thorough and up-to-date ca