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 summarize only
excellent catalogs
with numerous high-quality
ancient
coins that would interest a
very experienced collector. If you want to buy catalogs, I recommend you search vcoins.com (especially ANE, Charles Davis, and Sayles & Lavender Books), and another catalog sale site.
This page is organized by firm. Another page, under development, is organized by collecting theme.
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG,
Gorny,
Lanz, Leu
= LHS, M&M, M&M D,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Peus, 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?
July 4, 2010. Recent Gorny.
June 25, 2010. Some outstanding Byzantine catalogs (Stack's, Superior) added.
An older note: In July 2009
Coinarchives.com
removed access to its coins from all catalogs older than 6 months,
except for subscribers who pay $600 per year. That is a huge blow
to coin research. Previously, on this site I noted which catalogs were
on Coinarchives and which were not. That information is no longer
available, so I changed this page to use a discrete ****
to mark the transition: catalogs before that are not on Coinarchives
for anyone, and catalogs after that are on Coinarchives for subscribers
(but not for most of us, unless they are in the last 6 months).
Links: Catalogs organized by collecting theme. (Information from this site arranged by theme.)
A link to the table of contents of the SAN (Society for Ancient Numismatics) journal: http://www.grifterrec.com/SAN/san_index.html
A link to titles of articles published in the Numismatic Chronicle, the leading scholarly journal in English: http://www.numismatics.org.uk/articles/numismatic-chronicle
The ANS library catalog can be searched: http://donum.numismatics.org/
By Warren Esty. e-mail me
at: 
Copyright (c) 2002-2009. All rights
reserved. If you
want to use some of it, please ask.
Also, references by
collecting theme on this page.
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)
LQP = Low Quality Presentation (catalogs with interesting collections presented poorly)
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.
I marked which catalogs have their coins on CoinArchives.com
and which do
not (with a dividing horizontal line which is clearly
described in words in orange.)
However, this does most of us no good because only coins offered in the
most-recent 6 months are available without an expensive subscription.
Themes. A page (under development) is organized by theme.
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) Issues VII-XVII are oversize at 9 1/4" by
12" with a dark blue cover. Most MV with HQP. Often strong
in Roman Republican and early Republican AE. Most of their
"Greek" coins are of Italy and Magna Graecia and not from mainland Greece or
Asia.
I
(1998, May 11) MV. MQP. (8 1/4" by 11 3/4") 370 ancients among 555.
B&W throughout. 117 G, 55 early RR AE, 37 RR, 138 RI, 8
contorniates, 13 Byz, 2 Lombard
contorniates (8)
V
(1999, Oct. 28) MV. MQP. (8 1/4" by 11 3/4") 1328 ancients among 1411
plus literature, illustrated throughout plus 1 color E plus 1 color
ppl. 382 G, 340 RR, 565 RI, 41 Byz.
VI
(2001, Nov. 10-11) (exceptionally, only 8 1/4" by 11 3/4", and
exceptionally, a white cover) 624 ancients among 1495, all in
B&W plus 4 color ppl among 8. (Photos not good, with too much glare) 274 G, 141 RR, 179 RI, 20 Byz, 10 Ostrogothic.
VII
(2001, Oct. 10-11) (the usual oversize format) MV. HQP. 512 ancients
among 1108. B(really almost sepia, unusual, but it looks
good)&W with some enlargements plus 3 color E among 6 (photos much better than volume VI). 166 G
(mostly high-grade Italian Greek AE), 239 RR including 89 with Roman
numerals of L. Calpurnius Frugi, 93 RI, 12 Byz.
239 RR including 89 with Roman numerals of L. Calpurnius Frugi
******** All in color after here
IX (2002, May 15) MV. HQP. 463 ancients among 838. All coins illustrated
throughout in
color, with the small ones enlarged. 287 G including c. 100 AR fractions, 72 RR, 97 RI, 5 Byz.
c. 100 Greek AR fractions
XI (2002, Dec. 12-13) MV. HQP. 1129 ancients among 1413. All in color. No enlargements. 460 G, 341 RR, 152 RI, 164 Byz.
XII (2003,
Sept. 12) MV-HV. HQP. 698 ancients, all in color, a few enlarged. 230
G, 47 RR, 195 RI, plus a collection of 215 Roman imperial sestertii, 10
DA
a collection of 215 Roman imperial sestertii, plus sesertii among the 195 RI
XIV (24 April 2004) MV. VHQP. 533 ancients among
780, all in
color, plus 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
XV (2005, Nov. 27) 382 ancients among 560. 53 G, 123 RR, 194 RI, 12 Byz.
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. 52 Paduans
Roman
Republican (555), Paduans (52)
XVII (8 May 2005) MV. HQP. Thin. (8 1/4" by 11 3/4") 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.
XIX (2006, May
6-7) (smaller 8 1/4" by 10 1/2" format) 273 ancients among
1009. 56 G, 48 early RR AE, 95 RR, 62 RI, 11 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 (including 86 tetrarchal AE including 8 quinarii), 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)
6
(1995, Oct. 11) 299 ancients (most, but not all photographed) on
10 ppl among 998 on 41 ppl. 163 G, 68 Parthian (only 34
photographed), 20 large Persis photographed, 53 RR including AE, 70 RI
7
(1996, May 2) 307 ancients (most, but not all photographed)
among 1073 on 8 1/2 ppl among 32. 147 G photos with lots of
AE, 39 RR AE photos, 42 RI photos, 8 Byz photos, and
excellent Theodahat large AE, 19 ancient weights, 29 crusaders
and Kindom of Sicily
[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
1995,
March 3 "CICF" sale (not in his regular run of buy-or-bid catalogs, but
it would be #85 1/2. 268 ancients on 9 ppl plus 4 color ppl.
103 excellent Parthian coins, plus 3 of Persis. 22 also in color.
[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 RP 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), 178 G, 77 Parthian, 89 RP, 106 RR, 275 RI, 152 Byz
(many AE), 30 Turkoman, 17 English
Roman
Egypt (307),
Turkoman (30), Parthian (77, "Charles Wolfe Collection")
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. [The Parthian coin lot numbers are the same as the Shore book's coin
numbers. Quite a few of the commoner types with minor varieties are not
photographed, but all the significant variants are.]
Parthian
(528, but not all photographed), 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)
**** For the major importance of CNG 43 through 47 because they have the Goodman collection of Roman Republican coins, see Andrew McCabe's site and commentary on them.
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), more Goodman (178)
47 (9/98) 2231 ancients among 2557.
817 G, 214 RP, 320 RR,
722 RI (including 97 Septimius Severus from odd mints plus another 50 Severan and some rarities), 11 DA, 89 Byz,
10 Celtic England, 5 English DA, 34 English
Aegina counterstamped (35),
Roman Republican (some Goodman) (320), Septimius Severus (Roger
Bickford-Smith) (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.
****
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. 835 G, 58 Parthian, 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), Parthian (58)
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, 65 Parthian (mostly suberb tetradrachms), 10 Baktrain,
103 RP (including important myths including the labors of Herakles), 22
RR cast AE, 27 RR, 402 RI (including 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),
Parthian tetrdrachms (65), 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 and 40 Parthian related ("The Bellaria Collection, continued in CNG 66), 136 Sasanian, 20 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
"The Bellaria Collection" (160),
Sasanaian (136), Antinous (20)
66 (19 May 2004) MV. MQP. 1824
ancients among 2063.
Some enlargements plus 4 color ppl of enlargements. 60
Celtic,
697 G, 87 Parthian ("The Bellaria Collection, Part II"), 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 (including BCD Boiotia, Part II, of 139 lots), 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. Auction 72 had a second volume, 55 pages of literature only.
BCD Boiotia, Part II (139)
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 (including "Boeotia [sic], Further Selections from
the BCD Collection," 58 pieces), 45 Oriental Greek, 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), "Boeotia [sic], Further Selections from the BCD Collection," (58)
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, and "Further Selections from BCD Boiotia" 43 excellent
pieces ), 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), "Further Selections from BCD Boiotia" (43)
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), Boeotia (more from the) BCD collection (108)
76
(2007, Sept. 12) in two parts. Part 2 being "The Seeger
Collection". 1734 ancients among 1867 inPart I, plus 439 in Part
II.
77 is Triton XI (CNG alone) (2008, Jan. 8-9) 1215 ancients among 1706.
78 (2008, May 14) 1952 ancients among 2184, plus 97 antiquities.
79 (2008, Sept. 17) 1446 aancients among 1531, plus a small collection of keys and locks. 78 Bulgarian empire.
Bulgarian empire (78)
80 is Triton XII (2009, Jan. 6-7) 872 ancients among 1177, plus 43 imitative Venetian ducats
imitative Venetian ducats (43)
81
(2009, May 20) in two volumes. 81/1 has 1332 ancients among 1473. 81/2
is Part II of "The BCD Collection of Coins of the Peloponnesos" with
921 lots including 167 RP. 81/1 has 100 Tarentum from the "Colin
E. Pitchfork collection of Tarentine Coinage" 58 of Lysimachos, 75
Alexander the Great, 80 Thessaly, 133 RP, 81 RR, 180 RI, 61 Byz
including AE, 3 DA, 6 Crusaders, 22 Turkoman AE, 4 Arabic, 76 British
("The Dr. William F. Blank Collection of British Celtic Coinage")
BCD Peloponnesis (921), Tarentum (100), Lysimachos (58), Alexander the Great (75), Thessaly (80), British Celtic (76)
82 (2009, Sept. 16) 1219
ancients among 1402. 134 "Dr. William F. Blank Collection of Celtic
Coinage," 102 "Colin E. Pitchfork Collection of the Coinage of
Metapontum," 45 tetradrachms of Lysimachos, 48 Macedonian regal
coinage, 30 oriental Greek, 30 central Asian, 433 other Greek, 73 RP,
66 RR, 118 RI, 63 "Migration era coinage from the Giambia
collection," 10 Byz, 19 Merovingian, 30 coins of the first and second
Bulgarian empires. Some BCD coins of Sikyon, Argos, etc. with a few
major pieces sold a second time, 11 British
Celtic (134), Metapontum (102), Lysimachos (45), Dark ages (63), Bulgarian (30)
83 is Triton XIII
(2010, Jan. 5-6) in two volumes plus a thin third volume sent only upon
request, consisting of photos of the coins in just four multiple-coin
lots offered in volume 2.
Volume 1: 814
ancients, all in color and almost all with enlargements in color.
278 G, 7 RR, 134 RI, 21 Byz gold, 1 pair of dies, "The Todd
Ballen Collection of Parthian and Related Coinage" 329, 4 Elymais,
16 Persis, 1 Georgia, 2 Indo-Parthian.
Parthian (329)
Volume 2: 707 ancients and 151 lots from the "Leonard O.
Greenfield Collection of Medieval European Coinage" among 1125 lots,
all in color and many with enlargements in color. 364 G, 12 Oriental G, 5 Sas, 4 Huns, 29 RR, 122 RI, 158 Byz, 151 Medieval, and 267 later (mostly European).
Volume 3 (unnumbered, the "A. K. Collection" listed in volume 2 as lots
1384-1387) with just four large lots fully illustrated: Cappadocia 96 pieces, Syria
55, Antioch 132, and Palmyra 10, all in B&W.
Cappadocia 96 pieces, Syria 55, Antioch 132, and Palmyra 10
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
Compagnie General de Bourse
(Paris) Here I will violate my own rules and list a few fixed-price catalogs. Catalogs
by Prieur are amazing reference works
in French. The size is 6" x 8 1/4". Most of the coins are average or below,
so I don't understand how they are worth his time to write up so beautifully
and in such scholarly fashion. Almost all coins are illustated and fully
referenced to several works primary reference works, and organized by emission.
Each catalog is an amazing amount of work, especially considering the coin
quality, which is not high. So I am recommending these for their extensive
photographic coverage of types and their excellent writeup and organization
(in French). Do not confuse these with his similar auction catalogs under
the name "Comptoir General Financier" which are entitled "Monnaies" (with
a Roman numeral) and not "Rome" (with a Roman numeral).
Fixed price list Rome IV (1999)
250 lots of Severus Alexander and
family, followed by another 122 lots of later Roman.
Rome V (1999)
549 lots of all Probus.
Rome VI (2000)
197 lots of Philip and family, followed
by another 174 lots of later Roman.
Rome VII
(2000) 210 lotsof Gordian III,
followed by another 160 lots of Roman.
Rome X (2001)1346
lots of all Aurelian and Severina.
Rome XI (2001)
130 lots of Trebonianus Gallus
and family, followed by another 273 lots of Roman.
Rome XII
(2002) 63 lots of Maximinus Thrax
and family, followed by another 347 lots of Roman.
Rome XIII (2002)
365 lots of Claudius II, followed
by another 75 of 1st and 2nd century coins.
I don't know the contents of the other issues.
Credit Suisse
(see SKA)
A.G. van
der Dussen
(Maastrikt,
Netherlands) 11 5/8" by 8 1/4"
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)
Glossy, A4 (European sized) large format, 8 1/4" by 11 5/8", with page plates, with excellent B&W photos.
Elsen catalogs
are rather uniform. Few
issues have much in the way of a special theme emphasis. Most
have a large number of ancient coins
of all series accompanied by an even larger number of medieval and
modern coins. A typcial catalog has at least a page plate of Celtic,
many Greek including Peris, Parthian and Sasanian, a few Roman
Republican, many Roman imperial including many common
denarii, antoniniani, folles and reduced folles, with usually 3 or
more ppl of Byz including many AE, some Visigothic, Merovingian, and
Carolingian, with some to many Arabic coins, and then far more later
medieival and modern coins. Most
issues have some very high quality coins, such as Roman gold, and many
inexpensive coins. They have excellent groups of quality
common coins not
photographed in catalogs of firms that emphasize only expensive coins.
For example, they usually have late Roman copper or Sasanian
drachms
or Byzantine AE of common types. When they have Byzantine coins, they
often have many AE (unlike some of the major firms who emphasize only
gold).
Note: Numbers for Elsen may count page plates (ppl), as opposed to counting coins.
If
only page plates are counted below, assume the catalog has an even
representation of Greek and Roman coins, with many third and fourth
century coins, and up to 4 ppl of Byzantine coins, but that I
noted no special emphasis.
Overall, I would say collectors of
Celtic and Gallic, 3rd and 4th century Roman imperial, and Byzantine
coins would find numerous relevant coins in most issues, but relatively
few of of the coins will be extremely special.
48 (1997, Feb. 22) 4 1/2 ppl of Byzantine including AE
50 25 ppl of ancients among 60 ppl.
51 22 ppl of ancients among 41 ppl.
53
(1998, March 14) "Collection G. W. de Wit: Les deux Rome de Diocletian to
the fall of Constantinople." MLV. MQP. 1209 ancient coins 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)
54 25 ppl of ancients among 94 ppl.
55 33 ppl of ancients, including 6 ppl of Byz, among 75 ppl.
56 17 ppl of ancients, including 2 ppl of Celtic, among 80 ppl.
58 (1999, June 12)
55 ppl of ancients among 75, including 20 ppl of a Byzantine collection with much AE, including some of the Cherson
mint, 47 DA coins, 3 ppl of Gaul, 4 ppl of Republican AE and Roman gold throughout.
Byzantine (639)
59 25 among many. 3 Black Sea
60 (1999, Dec. 11-12)
31 ppl of ancients among many. Page plates: 2 Celtic. 10 G, 1 Black Sea, 1
G-Oriental, 1 RR, 8 RI, 1.5 RP, 3.5 Byz, 0.5 Turkoman
62 (2000, June 24)
24 ppl of ancients among many. Parge plates: 1.5 Spanish, 0.5
Celtic, 8 G, 3 Black Sea, 2 Sas, 0 RR, 8 RI
Black Sea (3 ppl)
63 (2000, Sept. 16)
43 ppl of ancients + 4 ppl of Arabic among 77. Page plates: 1.5 Celtic, 20 G, 2 RR, 13 RI, 3
Byz gold, 1 Parthian, 1 Sas, 1 G-Oriental
66 ((2001, June 16-17) 24
ppl of ancients among 75 ppl. Page plates: 5 Celtic, 7 G, 0 RR, 6 RI, 3
Roman gold, 2 Byz gold, 1.5 DA.
Celtic (5 ppl)
69 (2002, March 16)
30 ppl of ancients plus 9 ppl of Arabic among 82 ppl. Page plates: 2.5 Celtic, 10 G, 3 RR,
7 RI (including 2 late Roman gold), 3 Byz, 5 Sas, 1 DA, 9 Arabic
Sasanian (5 ppl)
74
(6 June
2003) Collection of Sasanian and Islamic, plus many Greek fractions. 1031
ancient coins on 36 ppl, including 2 page plates
of Parthian (45) and 6 page plates of Sasanian, including obols (173)
Greek fractions (c. 100), 2 page plates
of Parthian (45) and 6 page plates of Sasanian, including obols (173)
77 (2003, Dec. 13) 22 ppl of ancient among many ppl. Page plates: 1 Celtic, 4 G, 1 Ss, 1.5 RR, 11 RI, 1 RP, 2 Byz
79 (2004, April 3) does not have ancients
80 (2004, June 12) 28 ppl of ancients among many, + 10 Visigothic coins + 20 Carolingian coins.
81 (2004, Sept. 11) 23 ppl of ancients among many.
82 (2004, Dec. 11) 28 ppl of ancients among many, +20 Arab-Byz coins + 3 ppl Arabic.
83 (2005, March 12) 30 ppl of ancients among many, including 7 ppl of Byz.
84 (2005, June 18) 28 ppl of ancients among many.
****
85 (2005, Sept. 10) 19 ppl of ancients among many ppl. Page plates: 1 Celtic, 2 G, 1 RR, 10 RI, 1 RP, 3 Byz, 1 DA
86 (2005, Dec. 10) 27 ppl of ancients among many, including 8 ppl of Byz.
87 (2006, March 11) 26 ppl of ancients among many, inclduing 3 ppl of Celtic and 8 Aksumite coins.
88 (2006, June 10) 21 ppl of ancients among many.
89 (2006, Sept. 9) 528 ancients among 1863 on 21 ppl among 59.
90 (2006, Dec. 9) 504 ancients among 2206 on 18 ppl among 115. Including 73 Byzantine of which 51 are Paleologan
Paleologan (51)
91 (2007, March 24) 481 ancients among 2379 on 20 ppl among 138. Including 85 Byz mostly AE.
92 (2007, June 9) 550 ancients among 1468 on 17 ppl among 55.
93
(2007, Sept. 15) 994 ancients among 2717 on 47 ppl + 1
color ppl among 114 + 2 color ppl. Includes 67 Parthian.
94
(2007, Dec. 15) "Collection G. Hiller of fractional coinage" MV, M-HVP.
924 ancients among 2326 on 35 ppl among 107. 36 Celtic, 441 Greek
silver fractions, all illustrated life sized and also x2 on 18 ppl, 215
G (including 10 Persis, 7 Parthian, and 12 Sas), 0 RR, 91 RI, 115 RP
incliuding 79 of Roman Syria ("Collection E. S."), 25 Byz
Greek silver fractions (441), Roman provincial of Syria (79)
95 (2008, March 15) 548 ancients among 1778 on 21 ppl among 59.
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)
****
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)
17 (2009, Dec.
15) MV. MQP. 736 ancients. B&W photos throughout, some
enlargements, plus 4 color E. 15 G, 32 Parthian, 5 sub-Parthian, 16
central Asian, 104 RR, 440 RI, 120 Byzantine AE from the "Christov
family collection" (very nice, but not outstanding) [see Goldberg,
2009, May 26 for rare Byzantine from this collection]
Byzantine AE (120)
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.
****
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)
V (2009, Jan 6) HV.
HQP. 883 ancient lots, grouped by consigner. 210+96+258+85 = 649 G,
44+21 = 63 RR, 58+58 = 116 RI, 10 India, 10 tessera and
lead, 18 contorniates, 14 Byz.
controniates (18)
Giessner
Münzhandlung (see "Gorny")
Gitta Kastner (see Lanz)
Glendining & Co.
1975,
Oct. 8. "The collection of the late Dr. H. F. Harwood, Part 1,
Republican denarii." 353 Roman Republican silver with the best
202 on 9 B&W ppl, with photographs too dark which could have been
much better.
Roman Republican (202)
1984,
Nov. 21. "The G.R. "Bob" Arnold Collection of silver coins of the
Severan dynasty" 322 lots, many with multiple coins, on 13 ppl plus 3
of enlargements, of a major collection of Severan silver coins,
including the major rarities.
Severan (Septimius Severus through Severus Alexander) (322)
Goldberg, Ira and
Larry (Beverly Hills, CA)
2008, May 26 "The Millennia Collection, catalogue one" VHV.
VHQP.
173 ancients and 100 British 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
2009, May 26
"Pre Long Beach sale" HV. HQP. 875 ancients among 2257, all in color, a
few enlarged, plus 1 color E. 188 G, 84 Jewish and related, 96 RI, some
of the highest quality, including the largest silver Roman medallion,
66 mm in diameter of Valentinian, 484 rare Byzantine "The Christov
family collection"). [See F&S 17 for nice, but not outstanding, copper from this collection.]
Byzantine (484 rare, mostly gold but including some very rare AE and AR)
2009, Oct. 28-29.
HV. HQP. 638 ancients among 1709 lots which include 63
antiquities, all in color and some enlaged in color. 107 HV Greek, 17
RR, 95 RI, 377 rare Byz, mostly AE, 4 Trebizond (numerous large lots of
Roman and Byzantine).
Byzantine AE (and AR) (377)
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. 474 G, 17 Persis, 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)
****
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)
138
(2005, March 7-8) "High Value ancient coins and lots"1992
ancients plus 150 partially illustrated large lots, in two parts. 191
"High value" and 1701 other ancients. Part I: 2 Celtic, 170 Greek, 10
RP, 15 RR, 88 RI, 5 Byz. Part II: 33 Celtic, 490 Greek, 12 Persis, 4
Elymais, 10 Parthian, 28 Sas, 20 Baktria, 15 Sas-related, 117 RP,
105 Kings of the Bosporus (mostly AV and EL staters), 99 RR, 664
RI, 129 Byz including AE, 3 Byz seals, 3 DA, 3 Arab, 11 Arab-Sas, 8
tessera.
Kings of the Bosporus (105)
141
(2005, Oct. 10) "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 ]
159 (2007, Oct. 8) HV. 533 ancients. 8 Celtic, 169 G, 33 RP, 43 RR, 146 RI, 33 Byz, 1 DA
160 (2007, Oct. 8-9) 1853 ancients plus 231 large lots. 33
Celtic, 7 imitations, 20 Panticipaion, 152 Macedonian kings, 25 Persis,
11 Aksumite gold, 229 other Greek, 281 RP (mainly European), 105 RR,
451 RI, 216 Byz (mostly gold), 23 Byz seals.
164 (2008, March 17) HV. 495 ancients. 289 G, 18 RP, 47 RR, 112 RI, 26 Byz, 3 DA.
165 (2008, March 17-18) 1459
ancients plus 222 large lots. 33 Celtic, 2 imitations, 406 G, 170 RP,
132 RR, 613 RI, 89 Byz (some AE), 7 Byz seals, 4 DA
169 (2008 Oct. 18) HV. 834
ancients including a collection of 332 from Caria (including Rhodes).
177 G, 15 RP, 44 RR aes grave, 19 RR, 173 RI, 18 Byz, 55 weights (large
ones), 332 Caria
Caria including Rhodes and 27 AE didrachms (332), aes grave (44), weights (55)
170 (2008, Oct. 13-14) 2124
ancients plus 158 large lots. 47 Celtic, 587 G, 203 RP, 67 RR, 1120 RI,
127 Byz, 15 Byz seals, 10 DA, 8 Paduan fakes
175 (2009, March 9) HV. 173 ancients. 173 G, 11 RP, 26 RR, 91 RI, 15 Byz, 1 DA, 4 spintriae, 29 weights.
176 (2009, March 9-10) 1853
ancients plus 326 large lots. 38 Celtic, 407 G, 20 Aksumite gold, 279
RP including 16 didrachms of Rhodes, 277 RR, 612 RI, 160 Byz (some AE),
24 Byz seals, 4 DA
180 (2009, Oct. 12) HV. 518 ancients. 7 Celtic, 257 G, 24 RP, 50 RR, 137 RI, 37 Byz, 4 Byz seals, 1 DA, 1 contorniate
181 (2009, Oct. 12-13) 1840
ancients plus 155 large lots. 37 Celtic, 9 imitations, 586 G, 278 RP,
122 RR, 557 RI, 226 Byz (including many AE), 19 Byz seals, 7 DA, 4
weights
185 (2010, March 8) HV. 329
ancients. 4 Celtic, 207 G (including 11 Alexander III staters), 13 RP,
6 RR, 84 RI, 15 Byz, 1 Contorniate
186 (2010 March 8-9) 1618
ancients plus 117 large lots. 23 Celtic, 4 imitations, 483 G, 235 RP,
98 RR, 568 RI, 188 Byz (few AE), 12 Byz seals, 3 DA.
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)
Helios (München = Munich, Germany) The
firm opened in 2008. Catalogs are in full color, without enlargements,
illustrated throughout. Descriptions are in German. Coins tend to
be moderate value with numerous usual high-value exceptions. There are
interesting collections offered, not just nice coins. Their Byzantine
coins include excellent AE.
2008, April 17-18.
671 ancients among 1037. 13 Celtic, 164 G, The Frank L. Kovacs
collection of Roman coins referencing games and sports (199, including
33 RR and 167 RI), 21 RR, 231 RI, 33 Byz.
Frank L. Kovacs collection of Roman coins referencing games and sports (199)
2008, Nov. 25-26.
584 ancients among 967. 13 Celtic, 4 Roman imitations, 193 G, 15
RR, 282 RI (with a few RP), 46 Byz, 2 Byz seals, 7 DA, 13 Trebizond, 4
crusader, 7 Georgia
2009, April 29-30.
782 ancients among 1113. 7 Celtic, 1 RR imit, 60 G, 10 RR, 204 RI, 17
Byz, 2 Gepids, and an amazing collection of 482 Roman and Roman
provincials with river gods.
An amazing collection of river gods on Roman and Roman provincial coins (482)
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 including 5 RI quinarii,
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.
[The early issues were before they began to emphasize ancients. The others #50 through #72
do not have a substantional fraction of ancients.
61 (date?) thin c. 1000 ancients.
****
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) 643 ancients among many more illustrated in B&W thoughout + 1 color E ppl among 4.
78 (2002, Oct. 10) only 78 ancient gold among 896 in a catalog devoted solely to gold coins.
83
(2003, June 17) 1527 ancients illustrated in B&W thoughout + 2 color ppl.
89
(2004, March 8) 1968 ancients + some Kushan + some literature. Illustrated in B&W throughout + 4 color ppl.
94
(2004, Sept. 27) 2168 ancients illustrated in B&W thoughout + 4 color ppl.
97
(2005, March 7) 2114 ancients illustrated in B&W throughout + 4 color ppl.
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)
Before this line, photographs are in back and white.
After this line, catalogs are in color with all photographs in color
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)
143 (2008, Oc. 6-7) 938 ancients among more.
153
(2009, March 14) 1194 ancients among 1226, all in color
with some color enlargements. 90 Celtic, 352 G, 122 RR, 465 RI
including 108 Roman gold, 6 large lots of Roman Trier (Dieter Alten
collection), 22 DA, 97 Byz mostly gold
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)
****
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 (including 28 rarer Parthian), 727 R, 36 Byz, 11 DA.
Parthian (28 rarer types)
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.
Before this line, photographs are in back and white.
After this line, catalogs are in color with all photographs in color
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.
138 (2007, Nov. 26) MV. 1007 ancients. 53 Celtic, 437 G, 44 RR, 413 RI (includng some RP), 54 Byz (Including AE), 6 DA.
141 (2008, May 26) 930 ancients.
[143
is literature, not coins]
144 (2008, Nov. 24) 82 ancients among 1267. Including 12 oustanding Byzantine lead seals
145 (2009, Jan. 5) HV and VHV. 162 high value ancients among 280. 40 G, 4 RR, 123 RI, mostly gold, 1 Byz.
Lanz
**************
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.
17 RI quinaii and 1 Constantius half-argenteus
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 (The Nicholas collection). 913 superb Roman Republican
silver, including large numbers of major rarities and imperatorial
coins, 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)
****
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, 2004) 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 catalog with extensive commentary from two great
scholars (BCD and ASW). It does not include coins of Corinth (the BCD
collection was sold in Lanz 105
which is an
essential reference for Corinth) and the selection from Olympia/Elis is
very
good, but not complete because most BCD pieces were sold in Leu 90
(listed above). A separate index is available, here.
Greek
Peloponnesos
(1775)
97
(2006, May 10)
"Roman and Byzantine" VHV. HQP. 100 Roman gold, 272 late Byzantine gold
"Roman gold coins from the collection of a European scholar recently
deceased," and "The Despot Collection of Late Byzantine Coins from the
Fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders in 1204 to the Ottoman Conquest
in 1453." Two magnificent collections.
Roman gold
(100),
late Byzantine gold (272)
100
(2007, April 23-24)
HV. HQP. 559 ancients among 1411, plus books, all
in color
with numerous enlargements. 7 Celtic, 345 G, 88 RR, 106 RI, 3 DA AV, 9
Byz.
102
(2008, April 29)
HV. HQP. 482 ancients among 760, all in color, some
with
color enlargements. 321 G, 11 RR, 139 RI, 9 Byz.
103 (2009, May 5)
HV. HQP. 232 ancients among 631, all in color throughout with
half enlarged in color. 151 G, 66 RR, 8 RI, 7 Byz gold.
[See also "Hess-Leu"]
******************
Leu and M&M
Sammlung Niggler,
part 1: (12/65) HV. HQP. 553 G on 29 ppl
+ 3 E.
Greek
(553)
Sammlung Niggler,
part 2: (10/66) HV. MQP. "Greek coins of Roman
imperial times and Roman coins of the Republic to Augustus"
523
ancients on 28 ppl. 229 RP, 294 RR.
Roman
Provincial (229 high
quality), Roman Republican (294)
Sammlung Niggler,
part 3: (11/67) VHV Roman "after
Augustus". 526 Roman on 32 ppl.
Trajan,
Hadrian, and
Antoninus Pius sestertii, several AE medallions, late Roman argentii,
late Roman silver and gold, 17 contorniates.
May 1974
"Kunstfreundes"
Griechische Munzen (Greek Coins).
253 lots of spectacular Greek coins. A great and very famous sale.
These coins are from
the famous Gillets collection and the specimens offered are classics in
Greek
Numismatics. Many pedigreed coins are offered and all of the lots are
photographed,
many with enlarged photos. Extremely important.
Greek
(253)
Leu and
Spink "Asta Ceresio" (Lugnao) joint auctions, the first
and
second are of Leu and Spink, the
third of Leu, NAC, and Spink Taisei. There were only three.)
1 (9/87) 356 ancients among 824. MV.
MQP. 173 G, 42
RR, 141 RI
2 (9/88) 296 ancients among 773. HV.
MQP. 146 G, 150 R.
late
Roman gold
3 (10/92) 452 ancients among 699. HV.
MQP. 142 G, 122
RR, 151 RI, 10 DA, 27 Byz
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
LHS
Numismatik (see "Leu"
above - they were named Leu until 2005)
Malter, Joel.
(Encino, California, just west of LA) [I have
barely begun listing these]
2 (1978, 23-34 Feb.) "The Coinage of
Ancient Egypt"
MV. MQP. 382 ancients, all from Egypt. 307 Ptolomiac
including 27
of Cleopatra.
Ptolomaic (307)
including Cleopatra (27)
XXIII (1982, Sept. 23-25) MV. MQP. 404 ancients, 59 G, 9 Jewish, 3 Nabataea, 7 Arabia Felix, 4 Characene, 85 Parthian, 9 Elymais, 26 Sasanian, 9 Arab-Sas, 3 Turkoman, plus 3 ppl of Indo-Scythian, Indo-Parthian, Kushans, and India.
Parthian (85)
1984, Dec. 8.
MV. MLQP. "TheVirginia Ruzicka Collection" 598
ancients and 18 seals on 25 ppl (the paper is not high quality which
affects the photos negatively). 189 women on coins (including 17
G, 166 R, and 4 Byz) plus 104 G, 85 RR, 211 RI & RP including some
Roman Egyptian drachms, 9 Byz AE.
coins featuring for women (189)
Fall/Winter
1989-1990, Collector's Journal of Ancient Art (a
fixed-price list). A collection of 86 Greek, Roman, and
provincial coins with ships or parts of ships, 61 medieval, 29 Roman
Egypt, 17 Byz, 14 other anceints, 26 Byz seal and some
antiquities.
Ships
(86)
49
(1992, Nov. 15) The Dr. J. S. Wilkinson Collection
of
Ancient Greek Coins" 837 Greek coins, all photographed in B&W.
A
broad and nice selection. Most are not extremely expensive. A good,
representative, selection of the commoner Greek silver.
Greek (837)
51
(1993, June 2) MV. MQP. 385 ancients on 14 ppl in B&W plus 6
ppl of antiquities. 124 G, 18 RR, 36 RI, 14 Byz, 193 Parthian
("The Dr. M. Abgarian Persian coin collection"), 10 large Elymais
Parthian (193)
55
(1993, Nov. 7)
MV. MQP. 585 ancients on 19 ppl facing the
descriptions. 255 G, 8 Parthian, 2 Elymais, 23 Persis, 104 Sasanian pictured and 185
not pictured among 289 (counts are of pictured lots). A real
collection of Sasanian. It also has a 4-page article with 3
additonal
plates of line drawings on "Representation techniques in Sasanian
coinage" by Bahram Badiyi.
Sasanian (104), Persis (24)
57 (1994, April 9) 528 ancients among 450 on 19 ppl among 20. 429 G, 47 Parthian, 24 Persis, 19 RI
Parthian (47), Persis (24)
Markov
(New York)
8
1/2" by 11" catalogs. Markov specializes in coins of the former
Soviet Union, with strong selections of some series seldom seen
elsewhere. He has remarkable runs of "Central Asian" pre-Islamic and
Islamic coins. He has outstanding "Black Sea area" runs, such as
Panticipaion, Kings of the Bosporus,
and Byzantine AE from
Cherson.
He also
offers, but not in large numbers, traditional Greek and Roman coins. In
the numbers below I will count
early Central Asian (Sogdiana, Bukhara,
Chach, Georgia,
etc.) and
early Arabic coins as "ancient." He also participates in the "New York Sale" auctions where some of
his most
outstanding coins appear.
Numbers 1-3 are "buy-or-bid" sales, thin, with images that
are
not good. Numbers 4 and 5 are not ancients. Numbers 6 to date
are of much better quality -- not the finest images but very good. In
these issues the coins are illustrated throughout.
1 (2/95) MV, LQP. 299
ancients among 689 on 11 ppl
among 24 ppl. 10 G gold, 7 R gold, 15 Byz gold, 88 G, 14 Oriental G, 9
Bukhara, 13 RR, 113 RI, 20 Byz AE (including 10 of Cherson)
2 (12/95) MV, LQP. 130
ancients among 471 on 5 ppl
among 17
ppl. 8 G gold, 3 Byz gold. 5 Kushan gold, 36 G, 1
RR, 25
RI, 5 Hephthalite, 34 Arabic, 13 Georgia.
3 (5/96) MV. LQP. 110
ancients among 259 coins,
photographed throughout. 3 G gold, 18 Arabic gold, 10 G, 8
Bosporus, 8 RR, 13 RI, 33 Byz AE (including 14 of Cherson), 17
Arabic.
4, 5: Issues 4 and 5 are do not have ancients. After this,
all
are MV
(including very
expensive coins) with MQP
and
good photos.
6 (10/98) MV.
MVP. 268 ancients among 1038 lots, illustrated
throughout. 52 G, 15 Bosporus, 9 Parthian, 2
Sasanaian, 18
RP, 3 RR, 43 RI, 5 DA, 6 Khwaresmia, 3 Samarqand, 5 Sogdian cash, 6
Chach, 14 Bukhara, 3 Arab-Sasanian, 78 Arabic of Asia, 6 Armenia.
7 (9/99) 351 ancients among 850. 103
G, 15 Bosporus AE, 4
Kushan, 12 RP,
34 RR, 44 RI, 6 Chaghaniyan, 28 Byz (including 18 of Cherson), 100
Arabic.
8 (4/00) 246 ancients among 462. 87 G,
8 RP (including 5
zodiac
drachms of Alexandria), 10 RR, 58 RI (including rare 5th C. gold), 3
Byz, 8 Khawarazmia, 8 Bukhara, 3 Chach, 49 Arabic.
Late
Roman
gold (29)
9 (12/00) 232 ancients among 452, plus
3 color E among 4.
16 electrum
staters of Kyzikos (all also enlarged), 49 G, 25 Parthian, 26 RP, 7 RR,
57 RI, 11 Byz, 39 Arabic
electrum
of Kyzikos
(16)
10 (10/1) 440 ancients among 869, plus 2 color E
among 4. 6
electrum
of Kyzikos, 164 G, 9 Panticipaeum, 5 Bosporus, 18 Parthia, 16 Baktria,
6 Kushan, 19 RP, 26 RR, 88 RI, 10 Byz (Including 4 of Cherson), 11
Georgia, 12 Sasanian, 47 Arabic.
11 (9/03) 454 ancients among 902, plus
1color E among 4.
111 G, 34
Jewish related, 12 Persis, 6 Parthian, 9 Kushan, 34 RP, 27 RR, 101 RI,
27 Byz (incl. 3 of Cherson), 10 Sasanian, 21 Hunnic related, 2
Khawarazmia, 3 Chaganian, 4 Samarqand, 16 Bukhara, 6 Chach, 3 Khazar, 9
Arabic, 4 Volo-Bulgrian.
Hunnic
related
(21), Khazar (3)
12 (9/03)
numismatic
literature, not coins.
13 (24-25 Nov. 2004) MV. MQP. 317
ancients, 83 Arabic, 22
Mongol among 759, illustrted throughout, a few B&W
enlargements,
plus 2 color ppl of enlargements. 85 G, 27 RP, 24 RR, 125 RI, 16 Byz, 3
Georgia, 13 Sasanian, 8 Huns, 83 Arabic, 22 Mongol
Monte-Carlo
[see Vinchon]
Munz Zentrum
(Münz Zentrum, Köln =
Cologne, Germany. Became Münz
Zentrum Rheinland with issue 105 of Jan. 10, 2001)
Catalogs in German. Most are very large
with ancient coins far outnumbered (4 to 1) by non-ancient
coins.
However, some are devoted solely to ancient coins. Many issues I do not
know, but some I do know with particular interest to ancient-coin
collects are mentioned here. All are MV and MQP (or less,
becaue many coins are not photographed)
27
(1976, Nov. 3)
"Bedutende Sammlung Orientalen" 894 ancients (most
photographed,
but many not) plus 351 Arabic. 119 G, 68 RR, 296 RI (including 55
excellent Postumus), 15 Byz, 1 Arabia, 4 Elymais, 134 Parthian, 25
Elymais, 203 Sas (75 not photographed), 13 Bactrian, 11 Arab-Byz, 10
Tarbistan, 13 Crusader, 49 Turkoman AE
Parthian
(134), Sasanian (128), Arabic (351)
32
(1978, Nov. 23) weights
only. Thin catalog. 136 ancient weights.
136
ancient weights
37
(1979, Nov. 8) weights only. Thin
catalog. 256 ancient weights.
256
ancient weights
38 (1980, 16
April) "Imperial
Roman Bronzes" MV. MQP. 520 roman bronzes, Augustus-Postumus.
Nothing else. Mostly sestertii in nice, but not extremely high,
grades.
520 roman bronzes,
Augustus-Postumus. Mostly sestertii
52 (1984, 12
Nov.)
"Egyptian Coins" MV. MQP. 1370 ancients
from Egypt,
78 Ptolomaic and 1292 of Alexandria, Roman Egypt. Illustrated
throughout.
Roman
Egypt, Alexandria (1292)
59
(1986, Oct.
29) 1287 lots of ancients, 579 Nepal ("Sammlung Hans Wittmann"
not
ancient), among 5769. Many not photographed. "Sammlug B."175 RR
(photographed, among 304), 430 RI, 3 DA, 26 Crusader, 5 Arab-Byz, 10
Turkoman AE, 27 Bactrian.
62
(1987, Nov. 4)
"Sammlung Konsul Meyer, Teheran: Die Muenzen der
Abbasidischen
Kalifen" 1514 ancients (many not photograhed) plus 310
Abbasid AR
(all photographed), among 4781 lots. 27 Cletic, 9 Roman
imitations, 514 G, 61 RR, 715 RI, 123 Byz, 3 DA, 35 Crusader.
Arabic,
Abbassid (310)
64
(1988, 15 April)
"The Dr. Meyer-Coloniensis Collection, Part III, Imperial
Roman
Coins. MV, MQP. 1138 ancients, almost all Roman
imperial,
with a few Roman Provincial. Coins illustrated throughout,
with a
few color enlargements. An attractive collection with many
common
coins and quite a few rarer types. 2/3 are third and fourth
centuries.
M&M
Basel (=
Münzen und Medaillen, A.G. Basel (when it is in German, all
issues
#77 and later) = Monnaies et Médailles, S.S. Bâle
(when it
is in French, most issues #75 and before), Switzerland.
Note: If M&M has late
Roman
or Byzantine, it is almost always gold. They have fixed-price lists
that might offer an outstanding piece in copper, but these auctions
do not, in contrast to, say, Sternberg, who often does. So, when the
list here says, say, "85 Byz" do not expect any to be copper. Some
issues
do not have any ancient coins. I do not know for certain, but I think
the
following numbers do not have any ancients: XX, XXIII, XXIV,
XXVII,
XXIX, 22, 26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 39 (has important Carolingian), 40,
42,
50, 56, 57 (literature), 60, 63, 84 (literature), 87. This list
is incomplete near the beginning because I have not seen all
those
sales. This
firm was one of the most prominent in the world until they folded in
2004 with issue 95 their last.
no ancients in 1, 3, 5; a small number in 2, 6 (2 to 4 plates
roughly);
4 (1945, 3 Nov.) HV. MQP. 44 ancient gold coins
among 501.
1
1/2 ppl plus 1/2 ppl of enlargements among 14 ppl.
All
gold. 11 G, 25 RI, 9 Byz.
14, 16 and 18 are only antiquites;
IV (11/45) 501
lots, 14 ppl. Some
gold ancients.
VII (12/48) HV. MQP. 362 ancients among
721 on 13 ppl
among 30, photos from casts. 148 G, 188 R, 27
Byz.
VIII (12/49) HV. MQP. 333 ancients plus 159
Merovingian
among 1025 on 11 ppl. + 2 E + 3 ppl of Merovingian among 40 ppl. 175 G,
16 RR, 113 RI, 23 Byz, 4 DA
Merovingian
(159)
IX (6/51) Not ancients. 14 Merovingian among 526 on
24
ppl.
X (1951, 22-23 June) HV. MQP. 330 ancients on 12 ppl + 1E +
190
antiquities on 7 ppl. 7 RR, 89 RI, 62 RP, 143 G.
XII (1953, June 11-13) VHV. MQP. 176 gold ancients among 961, on 5 ppl
among 24. 3 RR gold, 123 RI gold, 50 Byz gold.
Roman gold (176)
XIII (17-19 June 1954) VHV. MQP. 1051
ancients among 1225 on 36 ppl + 2 E among 48. A spectacular collection
of coins of the tetrarchy, inluding very many rare copper fractional
pieces and many silver argentii and many antoniniani. Also
some
late Roman gold, 99 outstanding PR, 260 G.
Tetrarchy (345), including late Roman fractions (78) and silver
argentii (138)
XV
(1955, July 1-2) VHV. MQP. 208 gold ancients among 907, all in
B&W plus half plate of enlargements. 4 RR gold, 204 RI gold.
Roman gold (208)
XVII (1957, 2-4
Dec.) HV.
MQP. 520 ancients among 1031 on 17 ppl among 46 + 1 E among 2. 195 RR,
312 RI (including 32 argentii and 55 late Roman gold), 10
contorniates,194 RP, 31 Carolingian, 130 early
German.
Contorniates
(10), argentii (32) and late Roman gold (55)
XIX
(6/59) HV. MQP. 604
ancients on 28 ppl (this and all
following have photos from coins, not from casts) 325 G,
279 R
Roman
AE medallions (6)
XXI (3/60) VHV. MQP. 100 Roman gold.
Roman
gold (100)
XXV (17 Nov. 1962) HV. MQP. 341 ancients on 17 ppl
+ 3 E. 117 G, 36 Holy Land RP, 38 Jewish and related, 105 R,
48 Byz
XXVIII (6/64)
VHV. MQP. 622 ancients
on 36 ppl + 2 E + 2 ppl of cut stones. 202 G, 317 R, 103
Byz.
Roman AE medallions (12), contorniates
(6),
sestertii (among 210)
32 (11/66) 529
lots. 32 ppl Greek,
Palestine included.
Jewish
and especially Holy Land city bronze coins
(15 ppl)
M&M
35 (6/67) HV. MQP. 246 ancients among 645 on
15 ppl + 2 E (+ 2 ppl bracteates + 25 other) 212 R, 33 Byz.
37 (12/68) VHV, MQP. 351 ancients on 22
ppl + 2
E. 295 G, 51 Roman gold
Roman
gold (51)
38 (12/68)
"Sammlung August Voirol"
915 lots, 48 ppl. mostly ancient.
41 (6/70) HV.
MQP. 619
ancients on 38 ppl + 2 E. 310 G, 309 RP.
Roman Provincial (309)
43 (11/70) VHV to HV. MQP. 623 on 37 ppl + 2
E. 37 Punic, 24 G, 194 R Republican, 284 R, 85 Byz
Roman
AE medallions (8),
Punic (37), Roman Republican (194)
44 (6/71) VHV. MQP. 210 among 1289 on 10 ppl
+ 1 E among 76 ppl. 20 G, 190 R
Roman
gold, late Roman gold,
rare late Roman emperors in gold
47 (12/72) HV. MQP. 551 on 43 ppl + 1 E + 1
color.
156 Aes grave, 241 Gaul, 152 G
Aes
grave (152 on 25 ppl +
1 color ppl), Gaul (241)
52 (6/75) VHV. HQP. 874 ancients on 52 ppl +
2 E + 2 ppl of color enlargements. 263 G, 555 R, 56 Byz.
Antinous
(33), d'Este
countermarks (now thought to be Gonzaga) (24),
Roman Republican (228)
53 (11/77) VHV. HQP. 306 ancients on 21
ppl + 3 E + 1
color. 173 G, 133 R.
54 (10/78) VHV. MQP. 425 Greek on 24 ppl + 3
E.
Greek
61 (10/82) VHV and MV. MQP. 1466 lots of ancients
on 72 ppl
+ 2 E. Divided into two parts. The first part of the catalog is a
typical selection of VHV Greek and Roman coins. A second part is the
Pierre Bastien Collection of late
Roman AE. 239 G, 156 Roman Republican, 132 R, 9
spintriae, and then 926 lots of late Roman AE on 32 ppl. (Only
tetrarchy
and Constantinian family, not Valentinian and later.) All the late
Roman AE are in outstanding condition and many lots consist of all
the co-emperors of the same issue, although only one per type is
usually
illustrated. Over 40 of the rare fractional bronze are illustrated. This is the finest catalog of
late Roman AE ever issued.
late
Roman AE (926 lots)
including 40 fractional AE (quinarii)
M&M
64 (1/84) VHV. MQP. 354 ancients on 26
ppl. + 5
E. 234 G, 84 RI, 37 Byz AV. 90 pieces above 10,000
Swiss
Francs.
66 (10/84) HV. MQP. 885 ancients on 55 ppl +
3 E, 315 G including an imporant collection of Crete, 570 R.
Crete
(122), Septimius
Severus family
w. two heads or more (9), Roman
Republican (196)
68 (4/86) VHV. MQP. 463 ancients on 28
ppl + 3 E. 325 G, 111 R, 27 Byz.
72 (10/87) VHV. HQP. 781 ancients on 47 ppl + 3
E.
460 Archaic Greek, 258 G, 46 R, 14 Byz.
archaic
Greek (460, the
Jonathen Rosen collection)
73 (10/88) VHV. MQP. 283 ancients + 153 Arabic
among 933 on
16 ppl + 2 E + 12 ppl of Arabic among 46 ppl.
171 G, 101 R, 152 Arabic
Arabic
(152)
75 (12/89) VHV. MQP. 320 ancients + 192 Arabic on
17 ppl +
2 E + 12 ppl of Arabic among 46 ppl.
290 G, 30 R, 192 Arabic.
Arabic
(192)
76 (9/91) HV. MQP. Thick for an M&M
catalog. 917
ancients + 183 Arabic on 55 ppl + 2 E + 11 ppl of Arabic among 95 ppl.
841 G, 75 R, 183 Arabic
Greek
AE (among 917),
Arabic (183)
77 (9/92) VHV. MQP. 172 ancients + 304
German bracteates among 841 on 12 ppl + 6 ppl of German bracteates
among 50 ppl. 139 G, 28 R, 5 Byz.
German
bracteates (304)
79 (3/94) HV. HQP. 656 ancients among
939 on
42 ppl + 2 E + 3 ppl in color among 69 ppl. 433 G, 189 R, 14
spintraie, 14 Byz
spintriae
(14)
81 (1995, Sept. 18-19) HV.
MQP.
998 ancients on 58 ppl among
114 ppl. 108 G, 274 R, 3 Byz, 447 RP, 98 DA (+ 93 Carolingian)
Roman
provincial (447 on
30 ppl), Dark Ages (98)
M&M
85 (4/97) HV. MQP. 340
ancients among 823
on 20 ppl +
1 E among 56 ppl. 164 G, 105 R, 71 Byz.
86 (6/98) HV. HQP. 246 ancients among
421 on
15 ppl + 2 ppl in color among 26 ppl. 55 G, 60 RP, 6 Celtic, 114 R,
10 Byz.
88 (5/99) HV. HQP. 460 ancients on 25
ppl + 3
E. 326
G, 13 RP, 119 R.
89 (14 June 2000) VHV. HQP. "Sammlung
Dr. Peter M.
Suter."
113 ancient Greek coins of Italy and Sicily (only) illustrated
throughout on 69 pages, with
numerous enlargements, some in color. Most have major pedigrees and the
literature cited is extensive.
Greek
Italy and Sicily (113)
90 (6/00) HV. MQP. 340
ancients among 495
on 7 ppl +
1 E among 30 ppl. 265 G, 50 R, 16 Byz.
92 (11/02) HV. HQP. "A Friend of the Romans."
385 Roman imperial, some enlarged
throughout
+ 8 color ppl. A high-quality portrait series with emphasis on
condition. Some major
rarities but
also many common emperors merely in very high grade.
93 (Dec. 16, 2003) VHV. HQP. "Arthur
Bally-Herzog
Collection" 311 ancients, illustrated throughout plus 4 color
ppl. 73 RR, 237 RI, 1 DA.
Roman
imperial
gold (half?)
94 (Dec. 16,
2003) 79+57
ancients on 5 ppl plus 5 E. 42 G, 10 RP,
14 Celtic of
Spain and the east, 14 RI, followed by 57 enlarged DA
Dark Ages
(Ostrogoths, Langobards, Merovingian) (57)
95 (2004, Oct. 4) 178 ancients among
463 plus one
color ppl
among 5. HV. MQP. 110 G, 64 RI, 4 Byz.
[This is the end of the M&M series. They went out of
business.]
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
M&M
Deutschland (Münzen
und Medaillen, GMBH, Weil am Rhein and Stuttgart, Germany. It appears
that when the parent M&M went out of business in 2004, they
dropped
the "Deutschland" from their name.) All moderate to moderately low
value. All moderate quality
presentation. Excellent
photographs throughout. 10 1/4" by 7 3/4".) They often have, among many
very nice
coins, nice but unspectacular late Roman AE and second and third
century Roman AR of interest to collectors of modest means. Roman
provincial are separated out. The photography and printing are
excellent. Coins are illustrated throughout in
B&W.
1
(9/97) 838
ancients among 1871 on 30 ppl +
1 E + 2 ppl Arabic among 58 ppl. 361 G, 228 RP, 228 R, 23 Byz, 8
DA, 2 ppl Arabic.
Roman
provincial (228 on 11
ppl including Roman Egypt)
2
(3/98) 703
ancients among 934 on 37 ppl among 46
ppl. 135 G, 125 RP, 7 Celtic, 402 R, 33 Byz.
Roman
Republican aes grave
and AE (15 ppl)
3
(10/98) 586
ancients among 928 on 24 ppl among 37. 137 G,
118 RP, 40 Celtic, 180 R, 111 Byz.
4
(3/99) 429
ancients among 772 on 19 ppl among 34.
211 G, 49 RP, 7 Celtic, 152 R, 10 Byz.
5
(10/99) 541
ancients + 12 Turkoman among 1237 on 21 ppl +
1 E + 1 ppl Turkoman among 50 ppl.
279 G, 46 RP, 10 Celtic, 194 R, 9 Byz,
12 Turkoman
6
(3/00) 450
ancients among 698 on 30 ppl among 52.
141 G, 91 RP, 27 Celtic, 157 R, 30 Byz, 4 DA.
7
(10/00) 700
ancients among 1069 on 30 ppl among 52. 262
G, 86 RP, 8 Celtic, 299 R, 30 Byz, 5 Visigothic
****
8
(5/01) MV, MQP.
482 ancients 21 ppl + 2 E among 717 coins
on 36 ppl. 225 G, 238 R, 20 Byz
Gallienus
9
(10/01) MV. MQP. 676
ancients on 25 ppl among 1487 on 64 ppl.
286 G, 380 R, 10 Byz
electrum
of Mytiline,
Alexander III drachms
10
(3/02) MV. MQP. 423 MV
ancients on 13 ppl among
705 coins on 23 ppl. 240 G, 20 PR, 159 R
Young
Marcus
Aurelius (89)
11
(11/02) 1015
ancients among 1486 on 44 ppl among 70,
plus
1 E. architectural types (mostly temples) 217 RP plus 145 R. 492 G, 115
RR, 39 RI, 3 Byz.
architectural
(217
Roman provincial plus 145 Roman)
12
(2003, April 11)
"Sammlung Righetti, Part
1, Egypt." 733 ancients among 1228 on 35 ppl
among 61, +
2E. 122 G (including 58 Corinth Pegasi), 158 RP, 23 RR, 85
RI,
344 Roman Egypt, including many drachms).
Roman
Egypt
(344, including many drachms), Corinth Pegasi (58)
[Note about Righetti:
There are eight sale catalogs of the Righetti collection of Roman
Provincial (=
Greek Imperial) coins. There is also a large book, SNG Schweiz (Switzerland) II,
of the "Righetti
Collection." The coins in the sale catalogs are not in the SNG, and after
checking numerous
entries I can say that most of the types
in the sale catalogs are not in the SNG. It seems that, on average, the
coins in the sale catalogs are nicer than the SNG coins. I do not
know why these
nicer coins did not make it into the SNG. The
sale-catalog coins are
organized by region in a scholarly fashion, not by emperor. Anyone
interested in Roman Provincial coins can regard the eight sale catalogs
together almost as if they were another large and important SNG volume.]
Righetti, part 2
was sold by A.A.G, #29, also an
M&M affiliate. Parts
3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 are below as M&M Deutschland auctions
13,
15,
16, 18 and 20.]
13
(2003, Oct. 9)
"Sammlung Righetti, part 3,
Roman
Provincial Coins." 889 ancients among 1237 on
42 ppl
among
60, plus 1E. 515 RP (including 51
of the Kingdom of the Bosporus, all but 4 are AE, and strong
in Pontus and Caria), 64 G,
11 RR, 205 RI, 5 contorniates, 5
Byz, 48 Turkoman figural bronze
Roman
Provincial (515, including 51 of the Kingdom of the
Bosporus),
Turkoman bronze (48)
M&M
Deutschland
14
(2004, April 16)
"Sammlung Bally-Herzog, part II"
[Part I was of the top coins, in M&M 93] 925 ancients among
1545,
split unusually into the first 322 from the Sammlung (= German for "collection"), mostly RI, illustrated
throughout, and the rest on 32 ppl among 58. The 322 are 56 RR and 266
RI. The rest are 112 G, 157 RP, 18 RR, 75 RI, 196 Roman
Egypt,
and 17 Celtic.
Roman
Egypt
(196), Roman
Provincial Syria (124)
15
(2004, 21-22
Oct.) "Sammlung
Righetti, Part 4, Roman
Provincial Coins." MLV. MQP. 1113 ancients
among 1348 on
49 ppl among 58. 919 Roman Provincial
(Strong in Moesia Inferior, Bithynia, Mysia, Ionia), 45 Greek, 45
Celtic of
Gaul, 1 RR, 102 RI.
Roman
Provincial (919)
16
(2005, May 19-20)
"Sammlung Righetti, Part 5,
Roman Provincial Coins." MLV.
MQP.1298 ancients
among 1636. 852 Roman Provincial AE (strong in Phrygia, Pamphylia,
Pisidia, and Moesia Inferior. A few are Greek) AE, 145 G silver,
39 "Paeonian hoard, 1968," G silver, 17
silver RP, 1 RR, 95 RI, 2 Celtic, 96 Byz AE, 88 Arabic Turkoman bronze.
Roman Provincial AE (852),
Arabic Turkoman bronze (88)
17
(2005, Oct. 4)
"Sammlung Hans Hermann Gutknecht" MLV.
MQP. 1233 Greek, almost all AE, + 4 color ppl. 1149
Greek
AE,
62 G silver. [Not the highest grades, but an outstanding selection, and all Greek AE]
Greek
AE
(1233)
18
(2005, Oct. 5) "Sammlung
Righetti part 6, Coins of the Holy Land." MLV. MQP. 358
ancients among
934. 288 city coins of the Holy Land, 37 Jewish, 22 G, 2 RP, 2 RR, 1
RI.
Roman
provincial
city coins of the Holy Land (mostly low grade) (288)
19 (2006, May 16) "Sammlung
Righetti part 7"
MV. MQP. 854 ancients among 1578. 332 Roman Provincial from the
Righetti collection (especially Kilicia = Cilicia, 229), 102 Greek,
another 38 RP, 342 RR including many struck AE (The Gibboni collection), 36 RI.
332 Roman Provincial from the Righetti collection including 229 from Kilikia = Cilicia, RR stuck AE (many among 342 RR)
20
(2006, Oct. 10-11)
"Sammlung
Righetti, part 8, Syria, Phoencia, and Mesopotamia"
1003 ancients among 1561. 118 G (most AE), 86 RP, 52 Kings of the
Bosporus, 4 Celtic, 17 RR, 196 RI, 21 Byz (most AE), 4 Aksum
AV, and the Righetti collection of Roman Provincial: 270
Syria,
161 Phoenicia, 73 Mesopotamia.
Righetti
Roman Provincial: 270 Syria,
161 Phoenicia, 73 Mesopotamia.
21
(2007, May 24-25)
"Sammlung James
H. Joy, the Isles of Greece Collection" 837
ancients and 53 large lots of Greek AE, illustrated throughout plus 4
color E. A major collection of Greek AE.
Greek AE
(837)
22
(2007, May 24-25) 141 ancients plus 25 large lots
among 589. 62 G, 47 RP, 3 RR, 34 RI, 5 Aksum gold.
23
(2007, Oct. 18)
"Sammlung BCD, Akarnanien and Aetolien" 591 lots, most AE, of an
extremely important collection which includes many low-grade and AE
rarities of scholarly importance in addition to the finest AR. This is
as near to complete as a modern collection could be. A major reference
for the regions.
Greek
Akarania (Acarania) and Aetolia (591)
[General collectors of Greek AR and Greek AE may not need such a
detailed reference, but it is essential for AR and AE of the region]
M&M Numismatics. Washingtion, D.C.
1
(1997, Dec. 7) HV. HQP. 412 ancients, illustrated in B&W
thoughout, plus 1 color E. Very thorough and helpful descriptions,
especially of the many outstanding Roman provincial coins. 154 G,
163 RP of the highest quality, many of large diameter, 5 RR, 53 RI, 30
Byz AV, 6 Byz lead seals.
Roman provincial coins of the highest quality, many of large diameter (163)
[This one excellent catalog is the only auction they issued by themselves. Later they participated in "The New York Sale" catalogs.
Munz Zentrum
(Koln, Germany) Catalogs in German.
Most coins with concise descriptions.
XXVII (1976,
Nov. 3) "Important
Oriental Collection" 894 ancients plus 351 Arabic among 2426. Most, but
not all, illustrated on page plates throughout. 119 G, 68 RR, 296 RI
(including 55 excellent Postumus), 15 Byz, 1 Arabia, 134
Parthian,
29 Elymais, 203 Sasasainian (128 photographed), 13 Bactrian, 11
Arab-Byz, 13 Crusader, 10 Arab-Tarbistan, 49 Turkoman AE
Parthian
(134), Elymais (29), Sasanian (128), Postumus
(55),
Turkoman AE (49)
XXXVIII (1980, April 16) "Imperial Roman Bronzes
(in German)" MV.
MQP. 520 RI bronzes, most sestertii. B&W photos throughout.
sestertii (c. 450)
52
(1984, Nov. 12) ("Agyptische Munzen" = "Egyptian
Coins") 1371 ancients, all
illustrated throughout, all from Egypt, the first 78 Ptolemaic, mostly
AE, 1262 Roman Alexandrian tetradrachms and drachms, 15 nomes, 8
lead. Well-photographed. A major source for illustrations of
coins of Roman Egypt.
Roman
Alexandria,
Egypt (1293)
59
(1986, Oct. 29)
"Sammlung B. Romische Republik" 1287 ancients plus 579 Nepal
(not
ancient) among 1870, about half photographed. 455 G (including RP and
Roman Egypt), 175 RR photographed among 304 RR, 430 RI, 3 DA, 26
Crusader photographed, 5 Arab-Byz, 10 Turkoman AE, 27
Bactrian.
Roman Republican (175)
131 (MZ Rheinland) (2006, Jan
11) "Crusaders and their time" 395 lots of Crusader-related coins, plus
very long historical commentaries on the coins in German.
Crusader (395)
NAC
(see under Numismatica Ars Classica)
The
New York Sale (Baldwin's,
M&M Numismatics, and
Vecchi in conjunction for 1 and 2, just Baldwin's and M&M
Numismatics for 3, Baldwin's, M&M Numismatics, and Markov for
4-7) All HV with HQP. [Unlisted issues--6, 8, 10,
12, 12,
15, and 16--concern Russian numismatics, not ancient coins]
1 (12/98) 409 HV ancients among
605. 162 G, 16 RP,
203 R, 27 Byz. Additional 4 color plates.
2
(12/99) 412 HV ancients among 485. 138 G, 29 RP,
204 R, 16 Byz, 4 DA.
****
3 (2000, Dec. 7) 830 HV ancients.
207 G, 18 RP, 386 RR (The Rudman collection), 183 RI, 26
Byz, 11 DA.
Roman
Republican silver (383),
Samaria (25)
4
(1/02) 446 HV ancients. 295 Greek, 11 RP, 111 R, 22
Byz, 1 DA
electrum of Cyzicus
5 (1/03) 412 HV ancients among 477,
with 3 color E among 4.
176 G, 11 RP, 25 RR, 49 R fractional AE (quadrans, semis), 154 RI, 6
Byz.
Roman
quadrans,
semis (49)
7 (1/04)
"Frederick M. Bayer
Collection of Ancient Greek
Coins (about 80 of Alexander the Great and his successors)," 289
ancients among 324, plus 2 color E. 218 G, 22 RP, 6 RR, 43 RI, 7 Byz
(incl. 2
of Cherson), 2
DA.
Alexander the Great and his successors (about 80)
[I think 6 and 8 were held jointly with 5 and 7 and did not have
ancients.]
9 (13 Jan. 2005) (Baldwin's, Markov,
and M&M
Numismatics) HV. MQP. 230 ancients among 386. 2 color ppl
among
4. 135 G, 9 RP, 10 RR, 62 RI, 14 Byz.
11
(2006, Jan. 11)
(Baldwin's, Markov, and M&M
Numismatics)MHV. HQP. 451 ancients among 716, all in color. 185 G, 35
RP, 21 RR, 140 RI, 18 Byz, 40 DA, 11 Bactria, 4 contorniates.
Dark Ages (40)
14
(2007, Jan. 10) (Baldwin's, Markov, and M&M
Numismatics) HV. HQP. 494 ancients among 856, all in color. 48 rare late Roman tetrarchal AE.
late Roman tetrarchal folles and fractions (48)
17
(2008, Jan. 9)
(Baldwin's, Kunker, Markov, and M&M
Numismatics) HV. HQP. 279 ancients among 966, all
in color
133 G, 11 RP, 6 Celtic, 17 RR, 64 RI, 40 Byz (including AE), 2 Aksum, 6
Arab-Sas, 9 Arabic.
20
(2009, Jan. 7) (Baldwin's, Kunker, Markov, and M&M
Numismatics) 476 ancients among 965. 254 G, 71 Jewish and Holy Land, 4
Persian Darics, 11 Kushan gold, 13 RP, 20 RR, 73 RI, 12 Byz, 2 Aksum
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
Numismatic and Ancient Art Gallery AG (Zurich)
7 (1991, April 11) 240 ancients on 8
ppl, 4 British
and 236 Greek, including many AR fractions, on 8 ppl. This
catalog is primarily of high-value antiquities: 136 cylinder and stamp
seals, 70 jewelry, 40 beads, 30 glass, 30 amulets, 9 wood, bone and
ivory, 22 stone sculpture, 30 bronzes, 14 terra cotta, 13 vases, 5
mosaics.
Greek AR fractions (c. 100)
"The Numismatic Auction"
NewYork --
(a short run of three
high-quality auctions 1982-1985) see TradArt.
NFA
= Numismatic Fine Arts
(continued below)
First, the beautiful catalogs in unusual horizontal format
(9"
high by 10" wide), unless noted otherwise. Generally with substantial
paragraphs on each coin. Often VHQP, sometimes HQP. For their
vertical format MQP catalogs, see below.
1 (3/75) "Santa Barbara Museum of Art"
VHV. HQP. 467
ancients. 272 G, 203 R, 42 Byz.
2 (3/76) HV. VHQP. 605 ancients. 338
G, 157 R, 110 Byz. An
additional 7 ppl of enlargements
early
electrum,
8 Axumite
3 (3/76) "Judean and Biblical
Coins" A
specialized collection of Judean and Biblical Coins. MQP. 162 coins.
Thin catalog, with short descriptions. Most, but not all, coins on 8
B&W ppl.
Jewish, Holy Land
4 (3/77) MV. VHVP. 841 ancients, most
extensively
described. Thick catalog. 461 G, 285 R, 95 Byz. 6 additional
ppl
of enlargements.
5 (2/78) HV. VHQP. 600 ancients. 348
G, 234 R, 18 Byz. Few
comments beyond the full description. Additional 5 ppl
of enlargements.
6 (2/79) HV. VHQP. 1031 ancients.
Thick. Most coins have a
paragraph of comment. 436 G, 554 G, 41 Byz. Additional 3
color
ppl.
Syrian
tetradrachms
8 (6/80) "Greek Coins from the Museum
of Fine Arts,
Boston." VHV. VHQP. 406 Greek coins extensively described
with a
paragraph of commentary on many. Some enlargements
throughout.
Greek
10 (9/81) VHV. VHQP. 508 ancients. 261
G, 176 R, 71
Byz. 8 additional ppl of enlargements.
12 (3/83) HV. VHQP. 522 ancients.
Thick catalog. Most coins
have sentences or short paragraphs about them.
114 G, 408 R. (Almost all the
Roman coins are
imperial.)
Additional 20 ppl of enlargements, plus
a couple of
huge enlargements, plus one color ppl.
NFA
(5/84) [#13, unnumbered,
joint with Leu] was the
Garrett Collection, part I. (5/84) HV. HQP. Vertical-format thick
catalog with 335 ancients among 1419 on 32 ppl plus 11 ppl of
enlargements (among many plates). Includes 40 pages of a biography of
Garrett. About 1/3 the catalog pages are
devoted to ancients. 56 RR aes grave, 49 RR (including an EF EID MAR),
230 RI.
aes
grave RR (56), Zodiac drachms (12)
1984, Oct. 16-18. "Garrett Collection Part II"
joint with Leu (this does not seem to fit in the NFA numbering
sequence, but I have put it here because it looks more like an NFA than
Leu catalog. VHV. VHQP. Huge catalog in vertical format over an inch
thick with many non-ancient
coins. 477 ancients. 334 G, 57 R, 37 Byz. 206 DA, plus 39 Carolingian
and 32 Anglo Saxon. 28 ppl of ancients plus 3 enlargements. 9 ppl of
Dark Ages.
late
Roman rarities and
medallions, Dark Ages (206)
14 (11/84) HV. VHQP. 593 ancients. 273
G, 317 R, 2 Byz.
(plus some large lots). Plus 9 ppl of enlagements and 1 color
ppl.
[#15, unnumbered] Garrett
III (3/85) MV.
MQP. 529 ancients (Very thick - only 1/4 ancients) 168
G, 300 R, 50 Byz. On 20 ppl.
16 (12/85) HV. HQP. 567 ancients. 296
G, 271
R. Plus 11 ppl of enlargements and one huge enlargement of
one
side.
18 (March 31 and April 1, 1987, in two parts)
VHV.
VHQP. Two thick volumes.
Part I: "Ancient Greek coins
and coins of the
Seleucid Kings" 402 G. Very extensive commenary on many.
Spectacular catalog. Plus many enlarged in the text plus 2
ppl in
color plus two ppl of a single coin hugely enlarged.
Seleucid
(Seleukid) Greek
Part II: "Roman and
Byzantine" 591
ancients. 208 R, 383 Byz. Very extensive commenary on many. Spectacular
catalog. Plus many enlarged in the text plus 1 color ppl.
Byzantine
gold
20 (3/88) VHV.
VHQP. 829
ancients. Thick catalog.
Most with extensive commentary. 221 G, 608 R, including a gold
quinarius of Trajan, 14 silver quinarii and 4 of the tetrarchy.
Spectacular
catalog.
rare
late Roman
emperors
22 (6/89) VHV. VHQP. 386
ancients. Thick catalog. 215
G, 171 R. The finest and rarest Roman gold.
Many coins enlarged or greatly enlarged.
Very long
commentaries. Spectacular. Unfortunately, some of the Roman gold,
including the cover coin, was later declared to be some of the finest
forgeries of all time.
Roman
gold. Major Greek
NFA
25 (11/90) VHV. VHQP. 511
ancients. 294 G,
216 R, 1 Byz.
An unnumbered issue after #25 and before #26: "Julius Caesar and his
legacy"
VHV. VHQP. 155 R. Vertical format. Life size photos and most coins also
enlarged triple in
B&W, plus 2 color E, plus 3 gold coins enlarged on one side to
a
full page. Many coins receive a full page of commentary, with
interesting Sear-like paragraphs
about the emperors. This sale was held in Las Vegas and marketed to
very wealthy novices. Wonderful coins in highest condition including
many important rarities. A spectacular (and rare) catalog.
26 (8/91) "ANA Centennial Sale" VHV.
HQP. Vertical format.
387 ancients. 189 G,
198 R. Plus 9 ppl of enlargements and 2 ppl of color, plus
one coin hugely enlarged.
Roman
gold and late Roman gold
27
(12/91) VHV. VHQP. 662 ancients.
88 G, 574 R. Plus 8 ppl of enlargements plus some
enlargements
throughout plus 4 ppl of single-sided huge color enlargements.
Spectacular!
Roman
Republican AR (426)
30 (12/92) VHV. VHQP. 320 ancients.
Some with paragraphs of
commentary. 186 G, 134 R.
Plus 14 ppl of enlargements, plus 5
color ppl of
enlargements, plus 3 ppl of single-coin huge enlargements.
NFA = Numismatic Fine Arts
(continued
from above) (Vertical format and
mail-bid sale, typically
MQP)
Here are listed the quality NFA catalogs in the common vertical format.
Most have complete coin descriptions, but little additional commentary.
7 (12/79) MV. MQP. 655 ancients. 353
G, 256 R, 46 Byz. 38
ppl. Thorough descriptions. Few extra comments.
9 (12/80) MV, MQP. 673
ancients. 360 G, 303 R, 10
Byz. Additional 2 ppl of enlargements.
Unnumbered after #10 (1/82) "Winter mail-bid sale"
MV. MQP. 465 ancients. 299 G, 168 R including 6 RI quinarii, 8 Byz. 22 ppl + 4 ppl of
antiquities.
11 (12/82) MV. MQP. 605
ancients. 289 G, 263 R,
53 Byz.
15 [not numbered] (10/84) "Garrett", with Leu.
unnumbered #17
(6/86) "Summer mail-bid sale"
MV. MQP. 1152 ancients. 558 G, 555 R, 40 Byz. 52 ppl.
unnumbered #19
(12/87) "Winter mail-bid sale" MV. MQP. 1030
ancients. 522 G., 422 R including 9 RI quinarii, 79 Byz.
electrum
(62)
21 (10/88) "Fall mail-bid sale" MV.
MQP. 1167 ancients. 584
G, 514 R, 19 Byz. 44 ppl.
23 (12/89) "Winter mail-bid
sale" MV. MQP. 1385
ancients, not all photographed. 840 G, 407 R, 118 Byz, 12 DA
including 8 Visigothic. 54 ppl.
24 (10/90) "Fall mail-bid sale 1990"
MV. MQP. 2656
ancients. 1051 G, 1441 R, 7 DA, 82 Byz. 100 ppl(!) plus 5 ppl of
enlargements. Huge 1" thick. An excellent resource.
Roman
Egypt (232), Republican
(372), brockages (47)
28 (4/92) MW. MQP. "Spring mail-bid
sale" 1544 ancients.
550 Jewish and related, 96 Celtic, 308 G, 486 R, 77 Byz.
Jewish and related (550),
Celtic (96)
29 (1992 ANA, 8/92) HV. MQP. 491
ancients. 242 G, 215 R, 26
Byz, 4 DA. ppl interleaved.
30 (12/92) VHV. VHQP. 330 ancients.
186 G, 134 R.
Roman
gold, late Roman gold
medallions (6)
NFA
31 (3/93) "Spring mail-bid sale" MV. MP. 1404
ancients. 413 G,
349+466 = 815 R, 119 Byz. 50 ppl plus 3 ppl of enlargements.
32 (6/93) HV. MQP. 371 ancients. 137 G, 129
Jewish
and related, 105 R.
Jewish
and related
"Summer buy-or-bid" (9/93) Not
numbered,
but after #32 and before #33. No PR issued. MV. Low QP
for NFA.
859
lots of ancients, many
multiples of common coins. 371 G, 421 R, 33 Byz.
Larissa,
Gaza mint imitations of Athens tetradrachms
33 (5/94) "Spring 1994 mail bid sale" MV. MQP.
1895 ancients.
339+228 = 567 G, 400+263 = 663 R, 156+172 = 328 Byz. Oddly
each
series is in two places, separated by a number of large lots. 83 ppl
plus 4 ppl of enlargements. No PR issued.
[This completes the NFA series]
Numismatica Genevensis (Geneva, Switzerland)
5
(2008, Dec. 2-3). VHV. VHQP. Hardcover. 355 high and
very high value ancients among 1496 lots. 11 Celtic, 150 G, 47 RR, 135
RI, 4 Byz, 1 DA, 7 Arabic. (Includes numerous gold medallions
and the most expensive ancient coin of all time, the famous
Hadrian sestertius which sold for $2,000,000. 26 pieces with PRs in 6
digits)
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
NAC
(Numismatica Ars Classica) named or
numbered sales
(Lettered sales are below)
Very
high quality to high
quality presentation. Catalogs 1 and 2 are in German, the
others in English.
All PRs are on-line in pdf format.
Named sales:
"Arcadius to Constantine XI" (5/93) HV. VHQP. A
specialized
collection of Byzantine and related coinages, in English
29 late Roman, 492 Byz (mostly gold),
31 Vandal, 12 other DA, 31 Papal-Byzantine silver
37 ppl, Papal-Byzantine life-sized and
2x in
B&W, plus 5 ppl of very large enlargements. 4 additional ppl of
color enlargements
Byzantine
gold, late
Roman gold, Vandal, Papal-Byzantine silver
This is the primary offering of
Papal-Byzantine
silver, with the hoard throughly written up and extensively expounded.
"The Gilbert Steinberg Collection" (11/94) A major collection of Roman
coins, in English. VHQP.
883 HV Roman coins. 783 R, 100 RP. 7
additional
color ppl and 3 ppl of enlargements.
"Roman Imperial Sestertii: The Friedrich Collection" (4/95) MV. MQP.
960 R sestertii on 72 ppl. A huge collection of sestertii, many in
affordable grades. A remarkably complete listing.
sestertii
(960)
"Autumn Sale 95" (26-27
Oct.
1995) HV. MQP. 939 ancients among 1609 on 48 ppl + 1 color E among
96 ppl + 8 color E.
261
G, 536 R, 51 DA, 187 Byz.
Dark
ages (51)
Numbered sales:
1 (3/89) HV. HQP. 1039 ancients on 59
ppl + 2 color ppl (+
26 ppl and 2 color of medals). 253 G, 291 Spanish RP, 484 R, 8 DA, 2
Byz. [The first two are in German]
Spanish
Roman provincial
(291)
2 (2/90) HV. VHQP. 916 ancients on 58
ppl + 6 E + 12 color
ppl. 241 G, 674 R. [The first two are in German]
3
(1990, Sept. 17) HV. MQP. 235 ancients and DA among
1152 on
12 ppl among 66 ppl and on 1/2 color E among 3 color E. 136
Byzantine, 24 West Goths and Ostrogothic, 2 Lombards, 10 Beneventum, 9
Visigoths, 18 Normans in Sicily
Dark
Ages (100)
[With number 4 the catalogs are in English]
NAC
4 (2/91) HV. VHQP. 474 ancients on 29 ppl + 3 E
+ 7 ppl in color.
174 G, 300 R.
5 (2/92) 634 ancients on 70 ppl + 6 E
+ 13 ppl in color.
170 G, 79 aes grave, 371 R, 13 Byz
Aes
grave (79 on 20 ppl)
6 (3/93) HV. HQP. 549 ancients on 46
ppl + 8
in color. 201 G. 346 R.
7 (3/94) HV. VHQP. 891
ancients on 78 ppl + 3 E + 8
ppl in color. 143 Etruscan, 107 G, 207 Italian aes grave, 84
RR
struck AE, 374 R.
Etruscan
(143), Italian
aes grave (207)
**** See also Spink for some Joint sales in 1994 ***
8
(4/95) HV. VHQP. 981 ancients on 68 ppl + 12 E + 8
color E. 451 G, 279 Republican AR and AE, 246 Roman imperial
Roman
Republican AE (100),
Greek AE of Italy (148)
9
(4/96) VHV. VHQP. 965 on 85 ppl + 8 E + 12
color E. 352 G, 180 aes grave, 230 R Republican, 190 R
imperial
Republican,
aes grave (180 on 28 ppl)
10
(4/97) VHV. VHQP. 819 ancients on 70 ppl + 12 E + 16
color E. 265 G, 117 aes grave, 21 medallions, 15 contorniates, 328 R,
30 Byz, 48 Beneventum
aes
grave (117 on 19 ppl),
Roman medallions (21), contorniates (15), Beneventum (48)
11
(4/98) HV. VHQP. 639 ancients on 53 ppl +
5 E + 16 color E. 120 G, 221 Roman Republican, 230 Roman imperial,
27 Byz, 20 DA.
Roman
Republican (221)
[12 is a collection of coins from medival and later Italian mints --
not ancients]
NAC
13
(10/98) "Greek Coins of Magna Graecia" VHV. VHQP. "It may be
confidently stated that this collection represents the
most impressive and complete array of coinage from Magna Graecia and
Sicily ever brought to public auction." 575 ancient Greek illustrated
throughout + 32 color E. Spectacular!
Greek
[14 is a huge and spectacular collection of coins of the
Popes and Italian and Spanish mints -- not ancients]
15
(5/99) HV. VHQP. 589 ancients on 53 ppl + 4
E + 23 color. 237RR, 322 RI including 13 quinarii of Probus and later, 30 Byz.
Roman
imperial
[16 is not ancients,
rather Italian,
Spanish, huge 128 B&W plates plus XXX color plates! ]
[17 was never issued]
18
(3/00) VHV. VHQP. 789 ancients + 28 ppl of color E +
occasional enlargements within. 266 G, 521 R, 1 Byz.
There are several very early Greek coins
with incuse
reverses (from Metapontum, Sybaris, Poseidonia and Croton). There are
13 Syracuse Tetradrachms and a beautiful Syracuse Dekadrachm signed by
the master celator Euainetos; dozens of gold and electrum coins from
Lydia/Ionia. There is an excellent series of 260 Roman Republic
including an extremely rare gold aureus (1 of only 5 known) of the
moving mint of Cassius and Brutus, a unique EF medallion of Hadrian,
and a superb unique gold 2 solidi medallion of Valentinian (Ex
Sotheby’s Hunt Collection Sale). There are many imperial
coins in the
$5,000 to $40,000 range.
Roman
imperial rarities
(among 521)
[19 (2000, Nov. 2) is Spanish coins, not ancients.]
[20 is Italian and Venice, not ancients]
21
(5/01) VHV. VHQP. 628 ancients + 28
ppl of color E + occasional enlargements within. 140 G, 468 R, 19
Byz, 1 DA.
Another gorgeous NAC catalog.
28 color plates of enlargements of 184
of most
exceptional coins, with many images over 3 inches in
diameter.
Every one of the coins is fully described in English, and many have
extended scholarly discussions of the numismatic, social and historical
background of the individual coins. Many coins are unique,
finest
known, or one of only two known. There is an EF Denarius of
Julius Caesar "possibly the finest known specimen" estimated at
$22,000; an EF Sestertius of Drusus "among the finest known" at
$30,000; an EF Quinarius of Aelius "only two specimens known" at
$48,000; an EF Aureus of Caracalla at $56,000; a unique 2 Aureus
Medallion of Maximinus at $150,000; and a 2 ½ Solidi
Medallion
of Valens "Finest Specimen Known" at $280,000. Its sections are
stitched
together,
not just glued! It has a heavy card stock cover, and the pages are
printed
on quality paper.
NAC
23
(3/02) VHV. VHQP. 753 ancients illustrated in the
text with most also enlarged there, and an additional 31 ppl of color
enlargements. Wow! 314 G, 417 R, 18 Byz, 1 DA.
Spectacular!
****
24 (12/02)
VHV. VHQP. Hardcover. 452
of the finest Roman
gold coins and gold medallions from BC 46 to 1067 AD. Spectacular! All
pages in color. All coins with at least one side enlarged in color.
Mostly two or three coins per page with extensive pedigrees and
writeups. This may be the highest quality catalog of all time
for Roman
coins, and certainly has the finest group of Roman gold formed in the
last century. It says, in gold lettering on the cover and dustjacket, a
"Higly [sic] Important" collection -- a spelling pun. The seller, not
named in the introduction, was Lord Higly!
Roman
gold and
gold medallions (452)
25
(6/03) VHV. VHQP. 799
ancients, all
pages in color and most coins also englarged in color, including "An
important collection of Visigothic coins." Totally
spectacular!
207 G, 28 aes grave, 103 RR, 289 RI, 16 Byz, 157 DA (Visigothic)
Visigothic
Dark Ages
(157)
[26 (June 27, 2003) is Italian, Napolean, world, not ancients]
27 (May 12, 2004)
VHV. VHQP. 555 ancients, all in color and almost all with
enlargements in color. 204 G, 86 RR (including an EID MAR in
gold), 250 RI (including 7 AE medallions and 3 multiple solidi),
14 Byz, and 1 Arab_bya of Scythopolis.
[28 (Jan. 31, 2005) Hapsberg [not
ancients]
29
(May 11, 2005) HV, VHQP. 748 ancients, all in color
and
almost all with color enlargements throughout. 243 G, 186 RR,
245
RI, 73 Byz.
This is top quality for everything! Maybe I can single out
the Republican
collection (including a nice EID Mar denarius) as outstanding, but so
is the rest.
[30 no ancients]
31 (2005, Oct. 26) "An
Important Collection of Roman Gold Coins. Property of an
American
Collector" 176 spectacular Roman gold coins, all in color and all
enlarged in color. 10 R, 25 from the 12 Caesars, 32 second C through
Pertinax, 50 from Severans to before the tetrarchy, 40 tetrarchy
through family of Constantine (including medallions), 19 later Roman.
Roman gold coins (176) many of the highest
desirability
[32 (2006, Jan 23) Italian, no ancients]
33
(2006, April 5) VHV. VHQP. 696 ancients, all in color and
enlarged in color. 184 G, 208 RR, 247 RI, 49 Byz AV, 6 DA.
Totally gorgeous expensive coins! 25 with 6-digit
PRs!
(and many other very-high-value coins.
Roman Republican (208)
34
(2006, Nov. 21) "An Important Collection of Roman Gold Coins"
VHV. VHQP. 255 Roman gold coins, including a Brutus
portrait piece, Pescennius Niger, and many other spectacular
coins. It goes chronologically throught the emperors twice, as part I
and part II: 6+2 Republican, 10+26 twelve Caesars, 21+24 second C
through Pescennius Niger, 36+23 Severans to the tetrarchy, 21+15
tetrarchy through family of Constantine, 28+12 later Roman.
Roman gold (255) many of the
highest desirability
38 (2007,
March 21) "Collection of Roman Coins by a Connoisseur of
Portraiture" VHV. VHQP. 304 Roman imperial portrait coins of
most
of the emperors through Romulus Augustus, about half in gold and half
in silver or bronze. Many are spectacular, with 16 reaching 6-figure
PRs, and many more 5 figures. Surprisingly, some coins were not amazing
and 29 went below 300 Swiss Francs.
Roman gold
(many of highest desirability)
40
(2007, May 16) VHV, VHQP. 947 ancient coins, all in color and almost
all also enlarged in color. 271 G, 35 Jewish (Most not highest
quality), 31 Roman imperial with Jewish reference (some of the highest
quality), 23 Italian Aes, 265 RR, 291 RI, 26 Byz, 5 DA
Jewish related Roman imperial (31), Italian Aes (23), Roman Republican (265), Roman imperial rarities (265)
44
(2007, Nov. 26) MV. VHQP. 125 ancients among 1005. All in
color and all also enlarged in color. 115 RR and 10 of Augustus.
Unlike most NAC auctions, these ancients are not particularly special.
46
(2008, April 2) HV. VHQP. 1059 ancients. All in color and most enlarged
in color. The coins are grouped in two parts. The first part has all
enlarged and, on average, high to very high quality coins. The second
part none enlarged with HV coins. 163+126 G, 12 Italian aes,
138+62 RR, 289+231 RI, 4+25 Byz, 4 DA. This auction has many
spectacular coins of the highest desirability.
48
(2008, Oct. 21) "A remarkable selection of Greek silver" VHV.
VHQP. 111 ancient Greek coins, all in color and all with at least one
side enlarged.
Greek (111) many of highest desirability
49
(2008, Oct. 21) "An interesting selection of Roman gold coins from
the B. d. B. collection" VHV. VHQP. 422 Roman gold coins including 4
RR. All illustrated in color and most also x2, throughout.
Roman gold (422)
51
(2009, March 5) 1127 ancient coins. VHV. VHQP.
"Featuring the William James Conte collection of Roman sestertii
nd bronze and silver medallions, part I." 132 RR, 329 RI including 45
of the very highest quality Roman sestertii, 14 Byz, 2 DA gold, 203 G,
119 RR, 308 RI, 20 Byz, 2 DA gold (there are two separate sections with
Roman coins) This includes the 460,000+16.5% Swiss frank
Caligula sestertius which I think is the best extant sestertius
(better than the $2,000,000 Hadrian).
sestertii (45+ others)
(2009,
no specific date) "The William James Conte Collection" of
highest-quality sestertii. This looks like the other NAC catalogs, but
is not a sale. It is a slim volume publishing just the 46 sestertii and
medallions from this collection in one place, with one coin or
medallion per page. These are ancient coins of the very highest
quality, wonderfully photographed and described. The NAC sale in which
they were sold is given (NAC 51 and Fall 2009).
**********
NAC
(continued)
lettered sales. All MV, usually
with some very expensive coins, too. MQP. Excellent photographs (after
sale A). Very brief
identifications, all in English. Most have a large number
of interesting Roman coins.
A (2/91) 1152 ancients on 53 ppl. Photograph
quality below typical later high standard (contrast too high).
45 Celtic, 541 G, 490 R, 7 contorniate,
23 Byz.
B (2/92) 1382 ancients among 1516 on 75 ppl (+ 3
ppl
Armenian) among 82 ppl. [Picture quality up to a fine standard here and
after.] 580 G, 719 R, 24 DA, 60 Byz
Armenian
(59)
C (3/93) 1110 ancients on 64 ppl. 457 G,
18 Kings of
the Bosporus in electrum, 634 R.
Kings
of the Bosporus in
electrum (18)
D (3/94) 1329 ancients on 65 ppl. 623 G,
542 R, 166
Byz
Byzantine
(166,
including AE)
E (4/95) 1313 ancients among 1389 on 62 ppl among
67
ppl. 614 G, 698 R, 30 crusader.
Roman
Republican struck AE
(77), Greek AE of Italy (190)
F (4/96) 728 ancients on 39 ppl. 303 G, 402 R, 23
Byz.
Roman
Republican struck AE
(56)
G (4/97) 997 ancients on 53 ppl (+ 10 ppl
of large
lots). 270 G, 710 R, 57 Byz.
NAC
H (4/98) 1325 ancients on 69 ppl + 21 ppl of large
lots. 455 G, 802 R, 66 Byz
Aes
grave (5 ppl)
I (5/99) 1433 ancients on 84 ppl + 1 ppl of large
lots. 346 G, 1076 R, 4 DA, 7 Byz.
[no J]
by cb b
L (5/01) 1172 ancients on 69 ppl. 424 G, 706
R, 44 Byz.
M (3/02) 906 MV ancients on 54 ppl. 401
G, 452 R, 53
Byz, 1 DA.
****
N (6/03) 1251 ancients and 20 large lots 83 + 3 ppl.
397 G,
43 RR aes grave, 226 RR, 538 RI, 42 Byz, 3 DA.
O (May 13, 2004) 1172 ancients, illustrated
throughout. The
first 443 are "A selection of coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily fromt
he A. D. M. Collection" (mostly modest pieces), 242 G, 121
RR,
323 RI (many of them sestertii), 4 DA, 38 Byz.
Magna
Graecia
and Sicily (443)
**********
NAC and
Spink Taisei (Zurich) 11 1/4" by 8
1/2")
51 (1 June 1994) MV. MQP. 224 ancients among
1215 on 10 ppl among
45 ppl. 92 G, 112 R, 15 Byz.
52, part 2 (26-27 Oct 1994) MV. MQP.
717 ancients among
1598 on 36 ppl + 7 ppl of early Italian (including DA such as
Beneventum) among 82 ppl.
early
Italian DA
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
Numismatique --
see "Vinchon"
Peus
Peus has put a bare description of each of their many back catalogs on
line at: http://www.peus-muenzen.de/auktionen/frueherekataloge.htm
Most catalogs are thick (even two volumes, which will be noted), often
with 3000 lots and
150 page plates (one has 291 page plates!) covering coinage from
"Antike bis Neuzeit" (antiquity to modern times). I have not seen them
all, but I have seen quite a few that have several times as many
non-ancient coins as ancient coins. Among other things, their
descriptions
often mention that the catalog has Persian and Islamic (Arabic) coins.
From the
ones I have seen, they are an
outstanding source for coins of the
region of Persia and for Islamic (Arabic) coins.
In many catalogs I have lumped Parthian and Sasanian in with
Greek, but here I have decided to separate them out because the
offerings are often so special. If Peus offers Parthian or
Sasanian coins, rest assured they are very good ones.
This list is by no means
complete for catalogs of ancients. I have not seen many of
the volumes with ancients.
271
(1969, Nov. 25) 553 ancients (only) on 28 ppl. 0 G,
73 RR, 400 RI, 82 Byz AV, 3 DA.
284 (1974, Dec. 9-10) 1388 ancients
(only)
on 62 ppl. 602 G, 144 RR, 479 RI, 153 Byz w. some AE, 11 DA.
301
(1981, May 25-27)
Two volumes. 1241 ancients among 2642 on 50 ppl among 143
ppl. 38
Spanish, 35 Parthian, 3 Characene, 14 Sas, 535 G, 129 RR, 342 RI, 99
Byz 5 DA, 2 crusader.
304 (1982,
March 16-18)
Two volumes. 611 ancients among 2024 on 24 ppl of
ancients
among 112 ppl. 195 G, 91 RR, 229 RI, 73 Byz, 11 DA, 8
Carolingian.
330
(1991, April 24-26)
Two volumes. 1100 ancients among 2929 on 45 ppl among 124
ppl.
230 G, 263 RI, 43 Byz, and a collection of 565 RR.
Roman
Republican (565)
322
(1988, Nov. 1). MV.
MQP. "Sammlung eines Fachgelehrten Munzen der Romischen Republik"
A thin catalog of 646 Roman Republican coins (only) on 26
ppl.
Some AE, mostly denarii. Very nice, but not spectacular, coins.
Roman
Republican (646)
323 (1988,
Nov. 1-4)
Two volumes. 772 ancients among 3509 on 33 ppl among 153 ppl.
282
G, 63 Parthian, 35 Sas, 0 RR, 363 RI, 28 Byz, 2 DA.
332 (1991, Oct. 23-28) Two volumes. 685
ancients among 3434 on 32 ppl among 145 ppl. 333 G, 60 RR, 265 RI, 26
Byz.
334
(1992, Nov. 4)
"Collection F.S. and Colelction G.F." 1240 ancients (only) on
55
ppl. 614 G, 7 Persis, 75 Parthian, 27 Sas, 60 RR, 380 RI, 137 Byz.
337 (1993,
Nov. 3-9)
Two volumes. 660 ancients among 3761 on 30 ppl among 186 ppl.
195
G, 7 Persis, 52 Parthian, 18 Sas, 27 RR, 318 RI, 29 Byz, 9 DA, 7
Paduans.
338 (1994, April 27-29)
MV. MQP. 820 ancients among 2661 on 35 ppl among 149 ppl.
46
Persis, 198 Parthian, 56 Sasanian, 223 G, 40 RR, 191 RI, 11
contorniates, 22 Byz, 14 DA, 20 Arab-Sasanian, 109 Arabic.
Persis (46), Parthian (198),
Sasanian (56), contorniates (11), Arab-Sasanian (20)
340 (1994, Nov. 2) "Nicholas V. Jamgochian Collection of
Ancient
Coins" 1258 ancients (only) on 56 ppl. 569 G, 51 Parthian, 2 Persis, 4
Elymais, 94 RR, 441 RI, 67 Byz.
341 (1994, Nov. 3-4 does not
emphasize ancients. One volume. 1 ppl Arab-Sas, 10 ppl Arabic, among
102 ppl.
343 (1995, April 26-28) Two volumes. 718 ancients among
2924 on
31 ppl plus 8 ppl Arabic among 157 ppl. 215 G, 18 Persis, 8 Elymais, 52
Parthian, 32 Sas, 17 RR, 367 RI including 196 late Roman Trier, 9
Arab-Sas, 12 Arab-Byz, plus 313 Arabic.
late
Roman AE of Trier (196)
345 (1995,
Nov. 1-2) Two
volumes. 843 ancients among 3322 plus lots, on 35 ppl plus 7 Arabic ppl
among 176 ppl. 155 G, 29 Samarian, all also enlarged, 41 Holy
Land, 45 Parthian, 36 Sas, 60 Bactria, 127 Indo-Greek, 55
Indo-Skythian, 15 RR, 336 RI, 3 Arab-Sas, 3 Arab-Byz, 4 Arab pre Islam,
7 ppl Arabic.
Samarian (29), all also
enlarged
348 (1996,
May 2-4)
Two volumes. 889 ancients among 3153 on 44 ppl among 149,
plus 4
color ppl of ancients plus 14 ppl of Arabic. 235 G, 33 Persis, 97
Parthian, 15 Sas, 28 RR, 176 RI, plus 256 RI AE, 35 Byz, 13 DA, 11
Arab-Sas, 14 ppl Arabic, incl 4 Turkoman AE.
349
(1996, Nov. 2)
710 ancients among 3372 on 32 ppl plus 7 ppl of Arabic among
147
pp. 191 G, 52 Parthian, 41 Sas, 0 RR, 392 RI, 28 Byz, 4 DA, 7 ppl
Arabic including 5 Turkoman AE.
351
(1997, April 23-25)
Two volumes. 1050 ancients among 2796, on 48 ppl plus 3 ppl
Arabic among 163 ppl. 378 G, 50 Parthian, 33 Sas, 15 Bactria, 92 RR,
396 RI, 62 Byz AV, 8 DA.
357
(1998, Oct. 28-30)
Two volumes. "W. Wild Collection of Celtic Coins and a
collection
of Roman Trier" 1232 ancients plus 9 ppl Arabic among 4380 on
50
ppl among 203 ppl. 194 Celtic and Gallic, 147 G, 7 Persis, 19 Parthian,
9 Sas, 21 RR, 829 RI including 468 of Roman Trier, of which 14 are fractions, 40 stamp seals, 28
cylinder seals
late Roman AE of Trier (468),
Celtic and Gallic (194)
360 (1999,
April 27-30.
Two volumes. 821 ancients on 34 ppl and 10 ppl Arabic among
about
6000 on 326 pages of text and 291 ppl. 145 Greek coins of
Lycia
"Sammlung T. Reuter", 80 G, 28 Persis, 5 Elymais, 33 Parthian, 25 Sas,
39 RR, 209 RI, 184 RP, 69 Byz
Greek
coins of Lycia "Sammlung T. Reuter" (145)
361
(1999, Nov. 3-6) Two volumes. 764 ancients among
5622 on 34 ppl among 191 ppl. 270 G, 15 Persis, 46 Parthian, 38 Sas,
150 RR, 198 RI, 20 Byz, 9 DA, plus 9 ppl of Arabic.
363 (4/00) "2500 years of Persian
Coinage, Sammlungen
Konsul Meyer and Prof. Gobl" 21 early Persian, 50 Persis, 18
Elymais, 126 Parthian, 144 Sasanian, 12 Iranian Huns, 247
Arab-Sasanaian (Wow!), 649 early Arabic (Wow! "One of the most
important and extensive collections of the Islamic coinage of Persia in
Europe"), on 54 ppl among 58.
Persis
(50),
Elymais (18), Parthian (126), Sasanian (144),
Iranian Huns
(12), Arab-Sasanaian (247, wow!), 649 early Arabic (649, wow!)
****
366 (25 Oct. 2000) "The Marcel Burstein collection of
Roman Provincial
Coins" MV. MQP. 1619 ancients on 83 ppl plus 4 color ppl. 5
Celtic, 295 G, 861 RP (on 49 ppl), 98 RR, 327 RI, 28 Byz
Roman Provincial (861 on
49 ppl)
368 (2001,
April 25-28)
Two volumes. 428 ancients among 4445 on 18 ppl among 183. 291 G, 7
Panticipaion, 29 Kings of the Bosporus, 20 Persis, 10 Elymais, 24
Parthian, 30 Sas, 8 Arab-Byz, 4 ppl Arabic including 6 Turkoman
AE.
369 (2001, Oct. 31) 1754 ancients and
Arabic on 83
ppl. 274 G, 656 R,
88
Byz, 6 DA, 406 Roman Provincial of "Dr. Konrad Beck collection" + 15
ppl of Arabic and Turkoman (42).
Roman
provincial, including about half Roman Egypt (406)
371
(2002, April 24-26) Two volumes. 28 ppl
of ancients among 235 ppl.
372
(2002, Oct. 30)
1425 ancients and Arabic (only). Ancients on 54 ppl among 70
ppl.
469 G including many AR fractions, a collection of 121
electrum
of Asia Minor, 41 Seleucid, 7 Persis, 118 Parthian (including
many
tetradrachms), 30 Sas, 23 Bactrian.
electrum
of Asia Minor (121), Parthian (many tetradrachms) (118), Greek AR
fractions (many)
374 (2003, April 23) 1269 ancients on 61 ppl
plus 2 color
ppl. MV. MQP. 139 G, 7 Elymais, 50 Parthian, 111 Sas, 247 RR (including
24 aes grave) 587 RI, 42 Byz AV, 1 Lombard, 101 Arabic and 70 lots.
Mentions an emphasis on "Women of the Caesars," but the emphasis is not very great.
****** Between 374
and 376 they changed formats. Instead of publishing
a huge two-volume catalog (10 14/" by 7 3/4") with all kinds of coins
in it, they began to publish a separate volume slightly larger, 11' by
8 1/4") for ancient and Arabic coins only. This is a great improvement
for
ancient-coin-catalog collectors, because now their shelf space is used
much
more efficiently. Earlier catalogs had 3/4 or more of the coins
non-ancients, taking up a large amount of space.
****** Catalogs below are in the
new, much-improved, format.
Photographs are throughout. Generally MV, MQP.
376 (2003, 29-30 Oct.) 1248 ancient
plus 171 Byz seals and
208 Arabic among 1627 lots. 90 Celtic. 470 G (including about 120 Greek
fractions), 238 Parthian "Sammlung Derfler", 6 Sasanian, 21 North Africa, 0 RR, 274 RI,
148 Byz, 171 Byz seals, with very extensive comments
Parthian
(238),
Byzantine seals (171), Greek
fractions (120)
378 (2004, 28 April) 1195 ancients
plus 259 Arabic among
1454 lots, illustrated throughout plus 2 color ppl. 303 G, 15 Parthian,
10 Sasanian, 4
Ptolemies, 75 RR, 567 RI, 207 RP (mostly nice and large), 25 Byz AV, 3
DA, 18 Arab-Sasanian, 241 Arabic.
380
(2004, Nov. 3) 975 ancients plus 218 Arabic among 1210,
illustrated throughout plus 2 color ppl, many enlargements. 42 Celtic,
583 Greek ("A collection of a Pfalzer Physician") 14 Persis, 15 Sas, 58
RR, 274 RI, 16 Arab-Sas, 218 Arabic.
382 (2005,
April 26)
874 ancients, illustrated throughout, plus 2 color ppl. 241
G, 27
Parthian, 9 Sas, 90 RR, 285 RI, 66 RP, 38 Byz AV, 15 Crusader AR, 11
Arab-Sas, 2 Arab-Byz, 140 Arabic, and the library of Prof. Dr. Peter
Robert Franke.
****** Catalogs below are now with
High Quality Presentation, HQP, because illustrations are
all in color, throughout.
384 (2005,
Nov. 2) MV. HQP.
950 ancients plus 152 Arabic, all in color, illustrated
throughout, some color enlargements. 8 Cletic, 350 G, 16
Persis,
3 Elymais, 53 Parthian, 53 Sas, 70 RR, 244 RI, 123 RP, 30 Byz AV, 9
Arab-Sas, 152 Arabic plus some later Islamic.
386
(2006, April 26)
MV, HQP. 928 ancients plus 239 Arabic. All in color
plus
some enlargements. 315 G, 9 pre-Islamic Arabia, 59 Persis, 14 Elymais,
63 Parthia, 19 Sas, 185 RR, 221 RI, 43 Byz.
Persis
(59)
388 (2006, Nov. 1)
1244 ancients and 241 Arabic, all in color. 222 G, 54 Persis,
458
Parthian, 16 Sas, 12 Central Asia, 276 RR, 118 RI, 29 Byz, 7 DA, 27
Arab-Sas.
Persis (54), Parthian
(458), Roman Republican (276)
390
392 (2007, May 4) 612 ancients plus
232 Arabic plus
136 later Islamic among 980. MHV. HQP. A few enlargements.
414 G,
61 RR, 129 RI, 8 Byz, 14 Arab-Sas, 158 Arabic
Schweizerische
Bankverein (= Swiss Bank Corporation) Zurich,
Switzerland. Moderate
and high value coins in hardcover catalogs with very nice catalog
quality
2 (1977,
Oct. 27)
M-HV. M-HQP. HC. 647 ancients on 31 ppl + 7 ppl E.
395 G,
36 RR, 92 RI, 128 Byz gold and silver (including Carausius aureus and
Claudius II 8 aurei piece [not the same one as in auction 6])
5
(1979, Oct. 16) M-HV. M-HQP. 584 ancients on 36 ppl
plus 7 ppl E. 3334 G, 65 RR, 144 RI, 39 Byz AV.
6
(1980, April 19)
M-HV. M-HQP. HC. 239 ancients on 15 ppl + 3 color ppl. 90 G,
5
Roman Egypt, 111 RI, 33 Byz AV (including 3 AE medallions and a
Claudius II 8 aurei gold medallion)
Schweizerische
Kreditanstalt (SKA) (= Credit Suisse) Bern,
Switzerland. Catalogs with concise descriptions in German. 9
1/2" by 8". This
series
was only 8 issues. All are MV with MQP, with good
photographs. One unusual feature is most have some rare or very rare late Roman AE.
1
(1983, April 22-23) 646 ancients among 983.
23 Celtic, 148 G, 86 RR, 264 RI, 125 Byz (including AE).
2
(1984, April 27-28) 752
ancients among 1261. 28 Celtic, 330 G, 79 RR (including AE), 212 RI
(including some very rare late Roman AE), 21 DA, 82 Byz gold.
3
(1985, April 19-20)
843 ancients among 1480. 28 Gallic, 4 Celtic, 284
G, 159
RR, 298 RI (including some rare late Roman AE), 28 DA, 2 Anglo-Saxon,
39 Byz gold, 1 Aksum gold.
4 (1985,
Dec. 3) 859 ancients.
247 G, 62 aes grave, 350 R, 200 Armenian.
Armenian
(200), Aes
grave (62)
5 (1986,
April 18-19)
720 ancients among 1633. 11 British, 2 Gallic, 3 Celtic, 26
Spanish, 183 G, 109 RR, 272 RI (including some rare late Roman AE), 101
Byz gold, 8 Visigoth.
6
[was literature, not coins]
7
(1987, April 27-29)
1342 ancients among 2260. B&W thoughout plus 4 ppl of
color
enlargements. 35 British, 328 Greek, 40 cast AE of central
Italy,
245 Greek AE, 122 RR (including AE), 300 RI (including some very rare
late Roman AE), 61 DA, 211 Byzantine (including many AE)
Greek bronze AE (245),
Dark Ages DA (61), Byzantine AE (many among 211)
8
(1987, Oct 27-28)
958 ancients among 1563. 21 British, 303 G, 38 RR AE, 111 RR,
360
RI, 10 DA, 87 Byz (including AE), 6 Aksum, 1 Arab-Byz, 2 Arab-Sasanian,
15 Islamic.
[This completes the series of auctions]
Schulman, Jacques (Amsterdam)
243
1966, June 8-10. HV-VHV. MQP. "The Richard J. Graham Collection"
1151 ancient coin lots, most not photographed. 40 looseleaf page plates
tucked into the back cover in a pocket made for them (so, about 700
photographed). 10 ppl G, 2 ppl
RR, 20 ppl RI (including many oustanding sestertii and important
rarities), 1 ppl Byz, 7 ppl medallions. (62 Roman imperial
medallions isolated at the end, plus others in the main body that would
be called medallions by most sellers).
Roman medallions (62) and rarities
Sotheby's
(London,
Zurich and New
York) [This listing is far from complete and not entirely in
choronological order.]
Newer catalogs (below) are often high
quality, but older ones may have pictures with quality well below
modern standards.
1972, Nov.
10. "Metropolitan Museum of Art, Part I, Roman
Gold Coins"
VHV, HQP. Green cloth hardover. 347 Roman gold. (+ 6
ppl of enlargemsnts) low-quality photographs.
Roman
gold
1973, April 4.
"Metropolitan Museum of Part, Part II, Greek Coins from
the John Ward Collection" MV. MQP. Green cloth Hardcover. 771 Greek on
31 ppl. low-quality photographs.
Greek
1979, June 20. "The
collection of highly important Greek and Roman coins
formed by Patrick A. Doheny" HV. HQP. Hardcover. 245
ancients. (+ 6 ppl of color enlargements of gold) 61 G, 184 R
Roman
gold (70)
******************************
Sotheby's, continued. The next are thin green
cardcovers, not
glossy, 8 5/8" by 7 1/8". London, unless otherwise mentioned.
Because not all coins are photographed, the counts given are of page
plates rather than numbers of coins.
1969, Feb. 19. "Extremely Important Collection of
Roman Coins, Mostly in
Gold" HV. MQP. Good, but not great, photographs of 96
ancients,
on 8 ppl.
1970, April 22. "An Important Collection of Ancient Coins"
HV. MQP.
Good, but not fine, photographs. 500 ancients on 18 ppl.
16 ppl G, 1 Byz gold, 1 R.
1979, July 14. "Ancient Coins" (9 3/4" by 6" format) 238 ancients on
only
4 ppl. Fine photographs. 1 ppl G, 3 ppl R.
1982, July 1. "Brand collection part 1" (Brown cardcover) VHV. HQP. 135
ancients photographed throughout plus 5 ppl of enlargements
plus 1
color E, plus 242 world coins. 84 Roman gold, 23 DA gold, 5
late
Roman medallions, 23 contorniates.
84
Roman gold, 23 DA gold,
5 late Roman medallions, 23 contorniates
1982, Nov. 4. "Roman coins ... Duke of Northumberland" MV.
MQP (photographs not good). 559 R on only 12 ppl (many not
photographed), mostly Republican (5 ppl) and sestertii (4 ppl).
1983, Mar. 24. MV. MQP. 442 ancients on only 7 ppl.
Fine photographs. Some Jewish, Sasanian.
1983, May 12. "Ancient Greek Coins" (Brown cardcover) HV. MQP.
299 Greek
coins on only 6 ppl.
1983, June 9. "Brand Collection 3" (Brown cardcover) HV. HQP. 468
ancients photographed throughout + 7 E + 2 color ppl. 191 G, 278 R.
gold quinarii of Augustus and Hadrian, and 13 silver quinarii
1983, Nov. 17. MV. 360 ancients on only 6
ppl. Fine
photographs. 2 ppl G, 2 ppl Sasanian, 2 Roman
1984, Feb. 1. "Brand Collection 5" HV. MQP. 716 ancients,
half
illustrated on 24 ppl. 212 G, 504 R.
1 quinarius of Brutus and 12 silver RI quinarii
1984, Oct. 26. "Brand Collection 7" (Brown cardcover) HV. MQP.
715 ancients, 1/3 illustrated on 18 ppl. 432 G, 239 R, 18 DA
illustrated.
1985, Oct. 24. "Brand collection, part 10" (Brown cardcover) HV. MQP.
193 ancients among 630, half on 3 ppl among 19.
*******************************
Sotheby's, continued. The next are glossy
cardcovers, 8 3/4" by
7 1/4". The quality of the phtographs is fine, but
not excellent nor up to modern standards.
7 May 1975 at 9:30 (Zurich) "Greek Coins ... Woodbridge". HV. MQP. 164
Greek coins on 9 ppl.
7 May 1975 at 14:00 (Zurich) "Roman Coins... Woodbridge and a
European Private Collector" HV. MQP. 345 Roman on 13 ppl.
sestertii
24 Feb. 1977 (New York) "Sanborn" yellow cardcover, 9 1/4" by 8 3/4")
MV. MQP. 437 ancients. 402 R, 32 Byz. Almost all photgraphed in text.
Many sestertii with problems.
********************************
Sotheby's, continued. The next are modern glossy 10
5/8" by 8
1/4" cardcover catalogs of London, unless otherwise noted.
1990, June 19 (New York) Hunt
part I. "The Nelson Bunker
Hunt
Collection of Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins." VHV.
VHQP.
Hardcover. 164 ancients, most with 2 pages of description,
including B&W life-size photos and very large color
enlargements.
Many of the most famous and expensive types (EID MAR denarious,
Agrigentum decadrachm, Athens decadrachm, Demareteion, Alexander
"Porus" decadrachm, etc.) . 116 G, 48 Roman, including late Roman gold
medallions.
Extremely valuable coins
1990, June 21-22 (New York) Hunt
part II. "The Nelson Bunker Hunt
Collection of Important Greek and Roman Coins." HV, HQP.
Hardcover. 789 ancients
illustrated throughout + 5 color plates. 481 G, 308 R.
1990, 4 Dec. (New York) Hunt
part III: "The Nelson Bunker
Hunt Collection of Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins." VHV, VHQP.
Hardcover.117
ancients, most with two pages each and large color enlargements. All
spectacular and very expensive coins. 64 G, 53 Roman. One of the finest catalogs.
Extremely valuable coins
1990, 5-6 Dec. (New York) VHV. QP. Hardcover. "The William
Herbert Hunt Collection of Highly Important Byzantine Coins" 961
Byzantine on 67 ppl. (The photos are okay, but not as good as most
catalogs)
Byzantine
(961)
1991, June 19-20 (New York) Hunt
part IV: "Nelson Bunker Hunt
Collection;
Important Greek and Roman Coins" VHV. HQP. Hardcover. 916
ancients among 1066 lots, the rest unphotographed multiple-coin lots.
22 color plates with one to several sides of coins on each. 524 G, 32
RR, 355 RI, 5 Byz.
1991, June 21 (New York) "The William Herbert Hunt Collection:
Important
Byzantine Coins" HV. QP. 646 lots, 114 of individual Byz
gold. The rest is multiple-coin lots of Byzantine gold, not all
illustrated, but many photos of coins in groups.
Byzantine
(114 + large lots)
1992, 9-10 Dec. HV. MQP. 151 ancients among 837. 90
G, 55
R, most, but not all, photographed.
9-10 April 1992. HV. MQP. 296 ancients among 905, not all
photographed. 7 ppl of ancients (+ 2 of Arabic gold + 1 color of Arabic
gold).
Arabic
gold
1993, Oct. 26 (Zurich) "Important Greek and Roman Coins, sold on
instructions of the Agent: Numismatic Fines Arts" VHV. VHQP. Hardcover.
156 ancients. 84 G, 72 R. All spectacular quality. Most coins with
color enlargements throughout and very long descriptions, many with a
full page to themselves. One of the finest catalogs.
Greek,
Roman
gold
Sotheby's
1993, Oct. 28. (Zurich) "Greek and Roman Coins ... NFA" HV. HQP. Thick
catalog. 1890 ancients (+11 ppl of color enlagements). 1074
G, 758 R, 58 Byz. The "Samaria hoard" disbursed
Samarian
(31
lots, some multiple coins)
1993, Dec. 9-10. (New York) "... Including property sold on instructions
of the Agent: Numismatic Fine Arts" 567 ancient lots among
1060, but many are "large lots" of common types, and many are not
photographed. (+3 color ppl of enlargements) This is not the typical
sale with individual coins of interest. Multiple-coin Greek lots and
multiple-coin Roman
lots. 6 RI AV, 8 Suevic, 19 Visigoths, 1Arab-Byz AV.
8 Suevic,
19 Visigothic
1995, July 5. "Two Hundred Highly Important Greek and Roman
Coins"
VHV. VHQP. 88 G, 112 R. Many color enlargements within. Long
discussions. An outstanding catalog.
Roman
and late Roman gold
1996, March 7. (London) "Ancient Coins" HV.
HQP. 248 ancients in B&W on 12 ppl plus 7 ppl of B&W
enlargements. 135 G, 4 RP, 4 RR, 94 RI (most gold), 11 DA gold.
Roman and late Roman gold
1996, July 8. (London) "Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins," VHV.
VHQP.
193 ancients. 73 G, 120 R (mostly gold). Numerous color enlagrements
throughout. Long descriptions.
Roman
gold. Major
Greek rarities
1997, March 6-7. (London) "The John J. Slocum Collection of Coins of the Crusades" 985 lots on 31 page plates.
Crusader (985)
1998, Nov. 2 (New York) "An Important Private Collection
of Byzantine
Coins" HV. VHQP. 599 Byzantine gold + 1 E + 11 color E + some
enlargements thoughout. Very long coin descriptions.
Byzantine
(599)
Spink (London)
Listing very incomplete
-- barely begun. 8 1/4" by 10 1/2", glossy. They are a major London
firm, but have not learned how to take and print good photographs. It
is odd to see such fine coins phtographed so you can make them out, but
with so little clarity, and never appearing really wonderful as I'm
sure many must be in real life. Their joint auctions had much better photographs.
1977, Feb. 15-16,
joint with Galerie de Monnaies, using their horizontal format and
better photography. HV. MQP. 755 Ancients. Illustrated throughout with
one color ppl. 188 G. "An extensive collection of multiple-portrait
Roman coins" (228 pieces two-headed or jugate, etc., RR, RI, and RP) 44
RR (including an EID MAR and Brutus gold) 266 RI, 24 Byz gold.
Two-headed Roman coins (228)
1977, 10 Oct. joint with Galerie des Monnaies SA,
Geneva. MV.
HQP. 589 ancients well photographed + 6 E + occcasional enlargements throughout. 323 G,
193 R, 5 DA, 78 Byz
1983, Nov. 10-11 (Spink and Son USA, New York) auction 4. 4 1/2 ppl ancients among 20 ppl. Almost all G, some Byz gold.
32
(1983, Nov. 30, London) 235 ancients among 790 on 9 ppl among 27.
MV. MLQP. Photos too dark. 86 G, 19 RR, 111 RI, 18 Byz gold.
36
(1984, May 30) 7 ppl of ancients among 31 ppl, photographed too dark. 1
1/2 ppl G, 1/2 ppl RR, 5 ppl RI. (Coins are not counted because
many are not photogrphed.)
1986, Oct. 6,
with Nomos AG (Zurich) "Greek Coins" Hardcover, 55 pages. HV. MQP.
416 Greek coins illustrated thourought with good photos.
123
(11/97) "Michael Kelly Collection of
Roman Silver Coins" 488 Roman imperial silver coins, the
majority
(19 ppl) denarii of the Severans, poorly photographed on 26 ppl, the
last six of which cover Gordian III, Philip, and some later ants and
the first ppl Hadrian and earlier.
Severan (367)
51 (1994, June 1) (NAC and
Spink Taisei, Zurich) 228 ancients among 1215 on 10
well-photographed ppl among 45, plus some medieval Italy 92 G, 47
RR, 63 RI, 21 Byz gold, plus19 of Milan, plus 60 of 11th-13th C.
Sicily.
52 part 2, (1994 Oct. 26-27)
(NAC and Spink Taisei, Zurich) "Coins of Italian mints and Greek and
Roman Coins" MV. MQP. 717 ancients plus many early Italian (e.g. 55
Beneventum, some early Naples, etc.) among 1598 on 36 ppl among
82 plus 1 color ppl among 3. 237 G, 27 RR, 432 RI including many
sestertii and middle bronzes, 12 Byz, 4 Paduans.
Beneventum (55), early medieval Italy
1995, May 3 (Spink America, New
York) 606 ancients, most but not all, illustrated throughout, plus 440
other lots. Photos are the usual too-dark meium-low Spink
quality. 391 G, 43 Macedonian gold, 45 Athenian new style
tetradrachms, 5 RR, 100 RI.
Macedonian gold (Alexander the Great) 43, Athens new style tetradrachms
123 (1997, Nov. 18) "The Michael Kelly Collection of Roman Silver Coins" 488 Roman imperial silver coins, the
majority
(19 ppl) denarii of the Severans, not well-photographed on 26 ppl, the
last six of which cover Gordian III, Philip, and some later ants and
the first ppl Hadrian and earlier. The photography is unfortunate because this is a major reference for the Severans.
Severan denarii (367)
2000, April.
"The Dr. Anton C. R. Dreesmann Collection of Ancient
Coins, Part I, Roman gold coins" VHV. MQP. (London) 385 Roman
imperial gold coins, photographed poorly throughout and enlarged
beautifully on 6 color ppl
2000, July 13.
"The Dr.
Anton C. R. Dreesmann Collection of Ancient
Coins, Part II: Byzantine and Early European Gold Coins." HV. HQP. 574
ancients (only), almost all gold, illustrated throughout (in
B&W with okay, but not great, photos) plus 7 excellent color
ppl.
364 Byz AV, 5 barbarous AV copies, 8 Ostrogothic AV, 5 more barbarous
AV imitations, 11 Lombard, 23 Beneventum, 5 Burgundian, 11 Merovingian,
3 Carolingian, 24 Visigoth, 7 Arab-Byz AV, 30 early Arabic gold, 10
Normans in Sicily, 14 Holy Roman emperors, 5 Crusaders, 12 florins, 37
Aksumite, 10 miscellenaeous.
Early
European gold (512)
including Byzantine (364), Dark
Ages gold (210), including Aksumite (37), Beneventum (23)
Spink America [barely begun and woefully incomplete]
Sept. 12, 1995 has only 17 ancients pictured.
Spink
and Son, London, with Galerie des Monnaies, Geneva.
1974, April 26 and 1974, Oct. 16-17 do not have
ancients
1977, Feb. 15-16. HV. MQP. 755 ancients in
B&W
throughout, plus 1 color ppl. Includes a remarkable
collection of
230 Roman and Roman Provincial coins with two or more heads, mostly one
on each side, some jugate. 188 G, 47 RR, 260 RI, 1 DA, 29 Byz gold.
a
remarkable collection of 230 Roman
(mostly) and Roman Provincial coins (a few) with two or more heads,
mostly one on each side
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
Stack's
2009, Jan 12, "Moneta Imperii Romani Byzantini" 640 ancients,
illustated throughout in color with almost all also x2 in color. 44
late Roman (moslty gold rarities), 344 Byzantine rarities, mostly gold
but lots of silver and copper too, 281 Byzantine-related and early
European coins (almost all outstanding), including 12 Ostrogoths, 3
Visigoths, 7 Merovingians, 10 Axumite, 3 Lombards, 3 Duchy of Naples, 4
Lombards, 14 Normans in South Italy, 14 Arab-Byzantine, 7 Georgia, 27
Armenian, 9 Latin East Crusaders, 3 Kingdom of Cyprus, 27 Turkoman, 16
Bulgarian empire, 13 Kingdom of Serbia, 1 of Bosnia, 1 of Venice, 4 of
Patriarchate of Aquileia, 1 of Trieste, 3 Anglo-Saxon, 7 Norman and
Platagenet England, 58 other early Europe.
Late Roman (44), Byzantine (344), Byzantine-related (over 100), early medieval (over 100)
Sternberg
(10"
by 8" catalogs)
(11/73) [#1, unnumbered] MV. HQP. 500
ancients, all Roman.
21 ppl + 3 ppl of enlargements + 1 in color
late
Roman silver
Note: # 2 and #4 do not have ancients.
(11/74) [#3, unnumbered] HV and MV.
HQP. 728
ancients. 673 R, 63 Byz. 28 ppl + 4 of enlargements + 3 in
color.
late
Roman AE, Trier mint
(218 on 4 ppl)
(11/75) [#5, unnumbered] HV,
HQP. 760 ancients. 548
R, 208 Byz including AE. 38 ppl + 4 of enlargements + 1 in
color.
(11/76) [#6, unnumbered] MV. HQP. 1080
ancients. 180
G, 556 Jewish (including many AE) and related and Holy Land RP, 260 R,
43 Byz, 14
DA AE, 24 Arab-Byz. On 47 ppl + 3 of enlargements
Jewish
and related (261),
Holy Land Roman Provincial (295), Dark Ages AE (14), Arab Byz (21)
7 (11/77) 1315 ancients. 200 G, 1004
R, 112 Byz including
AE. On 64 ppl + 2 of enlargements
late
Roman AE (among 252 late
Roman), 308 Republican (on 14 ppl)
8 (11/78) MV, HQP. 1015
ancients. 339 G, 41 Aksum,
374 R, 238 Byz including AE, 18 Arab-Byz, on 50 ppl + 2E
Aksumite
(41),
Byzantine AE (among 238)
(11/79) [unnumbered #9] MV. HQP. Hardcover. 160 ancients
among
1229 (mostly not ancients). 52 G, 87 R, 21 Byz on 7 ppl + 1E
10 (11/80) MV. HQP. 728
ancients. 200 G, 434 R,
70 Byz, 12 DA, 12 Arab-Byz on 39 Pppl + 5E + 2 of cut stones
Arab-Byzantine
(12)
11
(11/81) MV. HQP. 1052 ancients on
52 ppl + 5E + 6 ppl of cut stones. 222 G, 201 RP, 567 R, 17
DA, 9
Arab-Byz, 14 lead seals.
late Roman AE (on 5 ppl), Roman provincial (201)
12
(11/82) MV. HQP. 948
ancients on 39 ppl + 6E + 5 of cut stones and antiquities.
344 G,
553 R, 51 Byz.
Sternberg
13
(11/83) MV. MQP. 1175
ancients on 46 ppl + 8 of cut stones and antiquities. 320 G,
652
R, 96 Byz, 53 Arab, 6 Arab-Byz, 48 Turkoman AE
Turkoman
AE (48)
14
(5/84) 630 ancients
among 963, on 29 ppl + 4E. 180 G, 406 R, 44 Byz.
late
Roman AE (on 6 ppl)
15
(4/85) MV. HQP. Hardcover.
864 ancients on 39 ppl + 4 E + 2 color ppl, among 54 ppl. 165 G,
24 aes garave on 4 ppl, 5 Italian social war, 110 RR including 15 early
quinarii and many imperatorial, 524 RI (with 8 ppl of late Roman
AE including 3 contorniates), 31 Byz
late
Roman AE (on 8 ppl)
16
(11/85) MV. HQP.
Hardcover. 385 ancients among 539. On 18 ppl + 3 E among 33
ppl. 195 G, 166 R, 22 Byz.
17
(5/86) MV. HQP. 747
ancients on 27 ppl + 5 E + 2 in color + 8 sepia places of AES
grave + 2 color plates of cameos.
244
G, 44 Aksumite, 50 AES
grave, 250 R, 6 tessera, 22 Byz, 7 Beneventum
Aksumite
(44), AES grave (50 on 8 sepia ppl)
18
(11/86) MV, HQP. Hardcover. 716
ancients on 36 ppl + 5E + 3 color + 4 of cut stones + 1 color among 62
ppl.
210
G, 64 Aksumite, 432 R
(including 13 AES grave on 3 ppl), 52 Byz, 6 Turkoman AE
Aksumite (64)
19
(11/87) HV, HQP, Hardcover. 715
ancients among 885 on 46 ppl + 3 color + 10 of cut stones and
antiquities + 4 color of cut stones and antiquities, among 70
ppl.
256 G, 512 R, 53 Byz, 148 DA
Dark Ages (148)
20
(4/88) HV. HQP.
"Greek coins from Italy and Sicily, and Greek gold and electrum" 559
Greek on 22 ppl plus 2 E. plus 4 color E.
Greek
(559)
21
(11/88) MV. HQP. 631 ancients on
33 ppl + 6 E + 3 color (+ 9 ppl of cut stones and jewelry + 1 E + 4
color). 205 G, 337 R, 89 Byz. Although MV, it includes a
dozen
coins over 10000 SF
22
(11/89) MV. HQP. Hardcover.
420 ancients on 19 ppl + 3 E + 1 color (+ 5 ppl of German bracteates +
14 of cut stones and ancient jewelry + 2 E + 3 color), 163 G, 236 R, 15
Byz, 6 DA.
Sternberg
23
[I don't know #23.]
24
(19-20 Nov. 1990) MV. HQP.
Hardcover.
391 ancients among 1100, on 21 ppl + 3 E + 2 color (+ 16 ppl of
antiquities, especially ancient objects with inscriptions, and cut
stones + 2 E + 2 color). 173 G, 28 Samarian, 7 Philisto-Arabian, 143 R,
22 Byz.
Samarian
(28) and Philisto-Arabian (7), each natural size and also x3
25
(11/91) MV, HQP. Hardcover. 535
ancients on 28 ppl + 4 E + 3 color (+26 ppl of cut stones and
jewelry + 22 more pages largely of such pictures). 230 G, 230
R, 5 DA, 45 Byz including 23 lad seals, 6 Paduans. Thick, 208 pp of
text.
26
(16 Nov. 92) HV. HQP. 510 ancients
on
26 ppl + 2 E + 3 color (+ 22 ppl + 2 E + 2 C of cut stones and small
bronzes)
177
G, 292 R, 41 Byz.
Yehud (17, each natural size
and also
x3)
27
(11/94) MV, HQP. 653 ancients on
33 ppl + 3 E + 3 color (+ 17 ppl + 1E + 2 color of cut stones
and jewelry)
248
G, 391 R, 13 Byz.
Samarian
and Yehud
(12)
28
(Oct 30, 1995) Joint with Freeman
and Sear. HV. MQP. 305 Roman imperial AE on 26 ppl + 2
color.
Roman
imperial AE (305)
29
(Oct 30-31, 1995) HV and MV HQP. 547
ancients among 868. On 27 ppl + 3 E + 2 color (+10 + 1 E
+ 3 color of ppl of cut stones and jewelry, + 4 ppl of German
bracteates, among 69 ppl total) 154 G, 97 Jewish and related,
6
Arab Palestine, 100 Bactrian, 152 R
Jewish
and related (97), Bactrian (100)
[30 did not have ancient coins]
31
(10/96) MV, MQP. 936 Greek
of Italy and Sicily on 35 ppl. + 1 E. About half AE and
many AR
fractions.
Greek of
Italy and
Sicily (936),
about half Greek AE and many Greek AR fractions
Sternberg
32
(10/96) MV. HQP. 862 ancients (+
17 Renaissance medals). 75 G, 787 R. On 42 ppl + 2 E, + 3 color.
Republican (484)
33 (9/97) 430 ancients on 19 ppl + 2 E
+ 3 color among 1445
lots (+ 8 ppl of cut stones and jewelry + 3 E + 1 color).
238 G, 173 R, 19 Byz.
Julian
II (58), VOTA
PVBLICA (25)
34 (10/98) MV. HQP. 846
ancients among
1325. On 44 ppl + 5 E + 1 color (among a total of 91 ppl + 6 E + 7
color).
149 G, 40 Samarian and Jehud, 321 Holy
Land Roman
Provincial, 82 other Jewish and related, 24 Arab-Palestine, 11
Crusader, 104 R, 7 Visigothic, 4 Byz.
Samarian
and
Yehud (40), Holy Land Roman Provincial (321), other Jewish and related (82),
Arab-Palestine (24)
35 (10/00) HV. HQP. 1057 ancients on
54 ppl + 15 E + 4
color (+ 15 ppl of cut stones and jewelry + 3 E + 3 color)
56 Roman Provincial of Spain, 8 Celtic,
260 G, 628
R, 55 Byz, 33 Aksum, 11 DA, 6 Visigothic
Aksum
(33), Roman
Provincial of Spain (56)
Mail Bid Sale #1 (12/99) MV. MQP. 912 ancients on
45 ppl +
6 E (among 76 ppl)
328 G, 517 R, 51 Byz
Superior Stamp and Coin (Los
Angeles) [the vast majority are not listed here]
1991, Dec. 5.
"The
Abraham Bromberg Collection of Jewish Coins, Part I", HV.
HQP. 315
ancients, illustrated throughout, with two coins per page and a few
enlargements. 274 Jewish, 41 Jewish-related Roman
Jewish
(315)
1992, Dec. 10.
"The Abraham Bromberg Collection of Jewish Coins, Part II",
HV. HQP.
311 ancients, illustrated throughout, with two coins per page
and a
few enlargements. 277 Jewish, 34 Jewish-related Roman
Jewish
(311)
1993, Dec. 8.
"The Abramowitz Family Collection of Judean and Biblical
Related
Coinage" HV. MQP. 437 lots of ancients plus some large lots.
Illustrated throughout with pictues that are somewhat dark.
168 Jewish
(some VHV) and Jewish-related Roman, 82 Holy Land city coins,
155 G.
Jewish and
Jewish-related (249)
1995, Dec. 8-9.
"The New York International Numismatic
Convention Auction of the Dr. Jonathan A. Herbst Collection of Ancient
Judaean Coinage" VHV. MQP. 773 ancients among 1566, illustrated
throughout in B&W (photos somewhat dark). 53 G, 26 RR,
124
RI (including numerous highest quality sesterii), 46 Byz AV several
very rare, followed by th Herbst Collection of 264 highest-quality
Jewish, 58 Jewish-related Roman, 176 Holy Land RP.
Jewish and Holy Land (498)
Tkalec
(Usually one catalog per year, numbered by the year. VHQP. Superb
photography in catalogs since 1991.)
Although catalogs have many very high value coins, they are not all
rare coins. They seem to regularly offer some common coins in superb
condition. All their catalogs since 1994 are truly beautiful, and the
color ones are lavishly produced with the finest quality color
photography. I won't say this every time, but since 1994 the
catalogs are amazing and among the most beautiful ever produced.
However, until the 2007 issue, none seem to offer amazing collections,
rather they offer a broad selection of very high quality coins.
1986 (4/86) "Tkalec & Rauch" MV. MQP. (This one is
before the
catalogs became superb) 554 ancients, photographed within
text.
198 G, 7 Parthian and 35 Sasanian, 220 R, 27 Byz, 13 DA.
1987
(1987, Nov. 16-17) "Tkalec & Rauch" MV. MQP. (This one is
before the
catalogs became superb) 569 ancients among 1151, illustrated
throughout plus 10 ppl of single-sided enlargements. Photos are okay,
but lower quality than most. 226 G, 24 RR, 292 RI, 24 Byz AV, 5
Visgothic.
After this line the quality of photographs is excellent and the quality of the catalogs is very high.
Tkalec Prices Realized can be found here. (This site is hard to find and not obvious from their main page.)
1991
(3/91) HV. VHQP. 564 ancients (+ 18 ppl
of enlargements). 205 G, 325 R, 29 Byz, 5 DA
1992
(10/92) HV. VHQP. 558 ancients. (+ 16 ppl of
enlargements) 192 G, 331 R, 35 Byz.
1994 (10/94) Hardcover. HV. VHQP. 425
ancients (+ all
enlarged) 142 G, 251 R, 32 Byz. Beautiful catalog.
1996 (10/96) Hardcover. VHV. VHQP. 335
ancients (+ all
enlarged) 142 G, 251 R, 32 Byz. Beautiful catalog.
1998 (10/98) Hardcover. HV. VHQP. 384 ancients
(+ almost
all enlarged in the text + 26 ppl of even greater
enlargements
in B&W) 76 G, 27 RR, 266 RI, 16 Byz. Beautiful
catalog.
2000 (2/00) Hardcover. VHV. VHQP. 484
ancients, all in
color and almost all enlarged in color + 29 ppl of even greater
enlargements in color. 210 G, 250 R, 24 Byz.
Spectacular! One of the most beautiful catalogs ever
produced to date.
****
2001 (2/01) Hardcover. VHV.
VHQP. 463 ancients, all in
color and almost all enlarged in color + 34 ppl of even greater
enlargements in color. 176 G, 258 R, 25 Byz, 4 DA.
Spectacular! One of the most beautiful catalogs ever
produced.
2002 (2/02) Hardcover. VHV.
VHQP. 307 ancients, all in
color and almost all enlarged in color in the text, with 20
extra ppl of even greater enlargements in color.114 G, 175 R, 17 Byz,
1 DA. Spectacular! One of the most beautiful catalogs ever produced.
2003 (24 Oct. 2003) Hardcover. HV,
VHQP. 484
ancients, all in color plus most x2 in color, plus 31 color ppl
of even larger enlargements. 8 Celtic, 155 G, 47 RR, 253 RI,
20
Byz, 1 DA. Spectacular! One of the most beautiful catalogs
ever
produced. (I'm repeating myself!)
[no 2004 catalog]
2005 (2005, 9 May) 429 ancients, all
in color and almost
all x2 in color. 6 Celtic, 106 G, 135 RR, 159 RI, 23 Byz
RR
Roman Republican
(135)
2006 May 7) HV. VHQP. 283
ancients, all in color,
almost all x2 in color as well, plus 3 more ppl of enlargements. As
usual, the quality of the catalog is spectacular.
14 Celtic, 76 G, 37 RR, 148 RI, 8 Byz AV
2007 (Feb. 28) "Roman Gold Coins, the Ferruccio
Bolla Collection"
VHV. VHQP. 114 spectacular Roman gold coins, all in splendid
color and enlarged in color. Most with famous pedigrees. Very
brief descriptions.
Roman gold
(114)
2007, April 22.
HV. VHQP.
403 ancients, all in color and all x2 in color, plus 6 ppl of even
greater enlargements in color. 8 Celtic, 114 G, 78 RR, 194
RI, 18
Byz AV. All highest quality for type, but quite a few common
types. Spectacularly beautiful catalog, as are the rest of Tkalec also.
Tkalec has old PRs on his site, but the site is not well-designed or
maintained and the link is hard to find, so here it is:
http://www.coinstkalec.ch/home/PricesRealized.aspx
2008, Feb. 29.
HV, VHQP.
"Collection of Roman Republican" 538 ancients among 725, all
in
color and all x2 in color, plus 3 ppl of even
greater enlargements in color. 299 extremely high grade RR AR, 9
Augustus, 19 RR brockages, 64 RR AE, 3 RR AV, 7 Celtic, 38 G, 94
RI, 98 RI,
6 Byz,
4 British. (Finest quality Republican coins, most(!) in FDC.
Includes a superb IDE MAR). A spectacular catalog.
Roman
Republican (388)
2008, Sept 8. HV. VHQP. 393
ancients among 978, all in color plus 27 ppl of color enlargements of
ancients. 48 G, "A collection of Roman Republican denarii, part II" 142
RR silver, "A collection of Roman Republican bronzes, part II" RR AE
75, RR AV 3, 69 RI gold, 51 RI.
Roman Republican (220)
2009, May 7. HV. VHQP.
228 ancients among 328, all in color and almost all also x2 in
color, plus 4 ppl of additional color enlagements. Highest
quality examples, although many are common coins. 55 G, 68 RR, 91 RI, 15
Byz. Here is a link to a printable copy of the PR in Word.
Tradart
("The Numismatic Auction" NewYork) A short run of three auctions
of highest-quality
ancient coins, all
well-photographed in B&W on page plates, plus page plates of
some
enlargements in B&W. All VHV. HQP.
1 (1982, Dec. 13) 512 ancients
on 33 ppl. plus some much enlarged on 17
ppl.
179 G, 90 RR, 201 RI, 42 Byz gold
2 (1983,
Dec. 12) 452 ancients on 28 ppl. plus some much
enlarged on 19 ppl. 208 G,
46 RR, 158 RI, 40 Byz gold
3 (1985, Dec. 1) 372
ancients on 23
ppl. plus some much enlarged on 18
ppl. 190
G, 13 RR, 145 RI, 24 Byz gold.
[This
completes the run.]
Quick Links: AAG,
CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
Triton
(See CNG.
Joint offerings of CNG, Freeman
& Sear, and
NAC) All high to very high value coins with very high quality
presentation.
I = CNG 44 (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+)
II = CNG 48 (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)
III = CNG 52 (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)
IV = CNG 56 (12/00) 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.
Triton IV was actually in two volumes,
with a
second catalog entiredly devoted to Polish coins -- perhaps the finest
collection ever offered.
V = CNG 59 (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
VI = CNG 62 (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)
VII = CNG 65 (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)
Triton
VIII = CNG 68 (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+)
IX =
CNG 71 (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.
UBS
(Zurich, Switzerland) I don't
know this series, except for one catalog.
45
(9/98) 1235 ancients among 3225. MV. MQP.
Very thick catalog. 318 G, 382 Roman Republican, 346 R, 153 Byz.
Aes
grave (among 62),
Byzantine gold (153)
Vecchi Moderate
value catalogs with moderate quality presentation, usually with a few
page plates of enlargements. Generally very interesting coins with
interesting and unusual mini-themes. I, personally, find these some of
the most interesting catalogs.
1 (1996, Feb. 1-2) MV. HQP. 931
ancients among 1839 on
52 ppl + 7 color ppl of enlargements among 98 ppl. 452 G, 367
R, 87 RP, 23 DA, also Carolingian and "Mediaeval Christendom."
2 (9/96) MV. MQP. 1137 ancients among
2140 on 50 ppl + 3 E
among 100 ppl. 62 Celtic, 605 G, 267 RR AR, 252 British
Roman
Republican AR (267), British
(252)
3 (9/96) a specialized collection of
646 Roman Republican
struck AE, illustrated throughout.
Roman
Republican struck AE
(646)
4 (12/96) 738 ancients on 43 ppl plus
4 E. 417 R, 321 Byz,
including AE,
sestertii,
Byz AE
5 (3/97) 1198 ancients on 69 ppl + 4 E
among
92 ppl. 358 G, 618 R, 75 DA, 62 Byz, 9 Papal-Byzantine, also Arabic,
Crusader, 22 Roman imitations
sestertii,
Papal-Byzantine
AR, late Roman AE, Dark Ages (75), imitations, Turkoman AE (38)
6 (6/97) 1575 ancients among 2253 on
81 ppl + 3 E among 135
ppl. 92 Celtic, 512 G, 887 R, 63 Byz, 5 DA,
Carthage,
Roman
Republican AE (282), Roman Republican AR (143), Constantine of London
(14),
Samarian (16, not
enlarged)
7 (10/97) 1702 ancients among 2107 on
83 ppl
+ 3 E among 111 ppl. 541 G, 565 R, 546 RP
Roman
Provincial (546)
8 (12/97) MV. HQP. 675 ancients
illustrated within + 10 E +
6 ppl of enlargements in color. 157 G, 206 R, 31 DA, 282 Byz.
Byzantine
and Byzantine AE
(282),
Dark Ages (31)
Vecchi
9 (12/97) MV. MQP. A specialized
collection of Augustus.
366 coins of Augustus illustrated within + 5 ppl of enlargements.
Augustus
(= Octavian)
10 (3/98) MV. MQP. 1343 ancients among
2043 on 67 ppl + 4 E
+ 1 ppl of enlargements in color among 106 ppl. 483 G,
730 R, 130 Byz including AE.
Republican
Aes grave
11 (6/98) MV. HQP. A
specialized collection of
Thrymsas Sceattas. 121 of the finest coins of this type. All
illustrated on 3 ppl + all greatly enlarged on 10 ppl.
British
Thrymsas Sceattas
12 (6/98) MV. MQP. 1280 ancients
among1666 on 50 ppl + 5 E
among 73 ppl. 465 G, 478 R, 148 RP, 27 imitations, 38 DA, 52 Byz, 43
British
Dark
Ages, Roman Provincial,
imitations
13 (1998, Sept. 4) 1344 ancient among
1803 on 60 ppl (+ 5 ppl of
enlargements of Meroningian and 4 ppl of enlargements of others) among
86 ppl. 49 Merovingian and related, 504 G, 435 R plus 84 5th
C. AE4's, 84 Byz including AE and AR, 16 DA.
Merovingian and
related (49), 5th
C. AE4's (84),
weights (33), Roman lead tessera
(10), imitations (21), Byz lead seals (39), Gallienus legionary (21)
14
(1999, Feb. 5) "The William Subjack Collection of Coins of
the
Germanic Migrations Part III, Ancient, Medieval and Modern
Coins
and Seals." MV. MQP. 1522 ancients among 1795 on 66 ppl + 6 E
among 85 ppl. 65 DA, 7 imitations, 630 G, 130 RP, 520 R, 29
DA,
112 Byz including AE
5th
C. AE4's, Dark Ages
gold (53), Dark Ages AE4's, Greek fractions
15 (6/99) MV. MQP. 1789 ancients among
2003 on 80 ppl + 5 E
among 100 ppl. 528 G, 93 RP, 639 R, 166 Byz including
AE, 143 Celtic, 20 DA AE, 58 Anglo Saxon, 25 imitations, 16 lead
tessera.
Nabaetean,
5th C. AE4's,
imitations, Celtic and early medieval
Vecchi
16 (10/99) HV. HQP. "The London
Auction" 628
ancients illustrated throughout + 8 color ppl. 325 G, 243 R, 61
Ostrogoths and related.
Dark
Ages (61) including Ostrogoths (34)
17 (12/99) MV. MQP. 1382 ancient among 1814 on
61 ppl among 79
ppl. 503 G including 5 of Hatra, 96 RP, 623 R, 12 imitations, 17 DA, 78 Byz w AE, 25
crusader, 20 Anglo-Saxon.
Hatra (5)
[This completes the Vecchi series.]
Vinchon (Paris, Monte Carlo) The
finest France has to
offer. Vinchon is the coin expert, but the cover does not mention his
name. It will often say "Monte-Carlo" or "Paris - Drouot Richelieu" or
"Numismatique" on
the cover. Large catalogs 11
3/4" by 8 1/4" with glossy covers or hardcovers. Usually high-value to very-high-value
ancients,
well-photographed, among many European coins. The
organization is
by metal, almost always with a strong emphasis on gold, both Greek and
Roman, and then Greek silver. Vinchon rarely has much in the way of
Roman silver or bronze unless it is very special. Byzantine coins are
gold, not, for example, unusual AE. Coins are photographed throughout,
and additional large color page plates are usually crammed with lots of
natural-sized photos.
1966, Nov. 7. "Collection P. M." HV. MQP. 62 ancients among
177,
photographed throughout from casts. 49 G, 6 Roman gold, 7 Roman AE
medallions.
Roman
AE medallions (7)
1974, 29 April. "Collections Roger Peyrefitte" VHV,
HQP.
Red hardcover. 166 ancients and 57 antiquities, usually 2 or 3 coins
per page, plus 6 color ppl. of coin enlargements. 134 G, 32 R, 7
spintraie, 57 seals and cameos.
1976, 19 April. "Monte-Carlo, Monnaies." VHV. HQP. Green
hardcover. 319 ancients among 523. 4 RR, 181 RI sestertii, 20 G, 95 RI
gold, 7 Byz, 4 DA, 4 Gaul
sestertii
(181)
1977, 22-23 April, "Monte-Carlo" Black hardcover. 98 ancients
among 631, plus 1/2 color ppl among 4. 5 Gaul, 37 G, 8 RR, 48 RI.
1977, 7-8 Nov., "Monte-Carlo" Dark green hardcover. 174 ancients among
496, plus 1 color ppl among 2. A few enlargements throughout. 4 Gaul, 8
RR, 14 G gold, 88 G silver, 45 Roman gold, 3 Visigothic
1978, 30 June, "Monte-Carlo." HV. MQP. White hardcover. 199 ancients
among 499,
plus 1 color ppl among 2. 97 G, 8 Jewish, 66 Roman gold, 10
Byz
gold, 15 Visigothic, 3 Merovingian
1980, Feb. 25-26, "Glyptique et Numismatique" 156 ancients and 109
Mesopotamian seals among 701, illustrated throughout. 64 G AR, 9 G AV,
9 late R gold, 13 RI AR, 45 Byz gold, 4 DA, 12 Gallic gold and AR.
(tucked in the Feb. 25-26, 1980 catalog) "Hebrew coins, Meyer coll." 2
necklaces and 8 coins on a glossy inserted pamphlet. VHV. HQP.
1980, Oct. 13-15. "Monte-Carlo." MV. MQP. Light blue
hardcover.
926
ancients among 2016, plus 5 color ppl among 8. 514 G, 33 RR,
282
RI, 68 Byz, 8 Celtic.
1982,
Nov. 12-13. "Numismatique" HV. HQP. 76 ancients among 485. Illustrated
throughout in B&W plus 1 color E among 8. 27 G, 5 RR aes
grave, 11 RI gold, 18 RI, 6 two-coin large lots of late Roman AE, 7 Byz
gold, 2 Gallic (including one Parisii gold).
1984, 14 April. "Numismatique, Collection Comtesse de
Behague,
Monnaies Grecques" VHV, HQP. 220 Greek plus 8 color
ppl of
enlargements.
1985, 13 April. "Monnaies Grecques Antiques" VHV. HQP. Brown hardcover.
437 ancient Greek coins, plus 8 color E.
Greek
(437
including gold)
1986, Nov. "Monaco" "Collection Armand Trampitsch."
HV,
HQP. Blue Hardcover 901
lots of ancients, plus 9 ppl of color enlargements. 301G, 98 Gaul, 77
RR, 21 RI gold, 25 Byz gold, 5 DA, 374 RI. The
Gallic coins are outstanding with 37 in gold!
Gaul (98), sestertii
and middle
bronze (many)
1988, April 11-13. "Numismatique." HV. MQP. 712 ancients + 1
color ppl. +
300 mostly French. 94 Greek gold and electrum, 463 G silver, 14 Gaul,
16 RR, 66 RI gold, 30 RI, 13 Byz , 1 Ostrogothic,
1989, 14-15 March, "Numismatique, Paris, DM" VHV. MQP. 177 ancients
among 497. 16 Greek gold, 137 G silver, 13 RI gold, 1 medallion, 4 Byz,
4 Gaul, 2 Carolingian.
Vinchon
1989, 4-5 Oct. "Collections Etiene Page, Paris, DM" VHV. MQP. 151
ancients among 477. 20 Greek gold and electrum, 28 R gold, 36 Byz, 33
DA gold, 34 Carolingian
Dark
Ages, DA
gold (33)
1989, 15 Nov., unusual small format (9 1/2" by 6 1/2") thin, "Quelques
Fleurons de la Numismatique." [This issue begins at lot 116. There was
another auction the same date with lots 1-115.] VHV. HQP. 41 ancients
among 60, all in
color. 24 G, 16 R gold, 1 Gaul gold.
1990, 23-24 April. "Collection J. M. de Costa Rica" MV. MQP.
113
ancients among 732.
1991, 13 April. "Numismatique, Paris, DM." HV. MQP. 67
ancients
among 481, plus 1 color ppl among 2. 5 G gold, 18 G silver, 17 R gold,
11 Byz, 11 Gaul, 4 Merovingian, 4 Carolingian
1991, 16 Nov. "Numismatique, Paris, EC" VHV. MQP. 98 ancients
among 475, plus 14 one-sided color photos among 2 ppl.. 19 G,
12
RR, 21 RI gold, 37 Byz.
1992, 20 Nov., "Numismatique, Paris, DR" 278 ancients among 491, plus 1
1/2 color ppl among 2. HV. MQP. 90 G, 75 Roman gold, 5 RR, 13 RI, 8
Byz, 55 Gaul, 9 Danube Celtic, 2 Merovingian, 20 Carolingian
1994, 18 May. "Collection Manuel Canovas" small-format. VHV. HQP. 120
ancients manong 160, all in color. 27 G, 9 Gaul, 12 RR, 48 RI, 14 Byz,
6 DA.
1994, 24-25 Nov., "Paris, DR" "Collection Velkov, Feret." VHV. HQP.
Dark blue
cardcover. 478 ancients among 525 plus 2 1/2 color ppl among 3. Some
enlargements throughout. 173 G gold and electrum, 117 G
silver,
36 G AE, 11 RR, 30 R gold, 37 Byz gold, 27 RI silver, 50 RI AE, 7 Gaul.
Greek gold
and
electrum (173)
1995, 22-23 May, "Numismatique, Paris, DR" MV. MQP.
454
ancients among 954, plus
2 color ppl among 4. 178 G, 51 RR, 176 RI, 28 Byz, 10 Celtic wheels, 11
Gaul.
1999, 26 April, "Paris, DR" "Numismatique." HV. HQP. 362
ancients
among 620, plus 3 color ppl (on cover). 255 G, 6 RR, 25 RI, 18 Byz, 19
DA, 39 Celtic of Gaul.
2001, 23 Jan. "Numismatique" VHV. HQP. 71 ancients
among
185, all in B&W plus most in color enlargements. 9 G, 56 R
mostly
gold, 5 sestertii
2003, 7 Oct. "Monnaies Antiques" VHV. VHQP. 79
ancients,
all in color, all also beautifully enlarged, none under $1000 and
typically more like $10,000. Two coins per page; sometimes only one.
Thin but gorgeous. Wow! 65 G, 13 RI, 1 DA.
[Other French
catalogs, including Gadoury, Poinsignon, etc. Many French catalogs do
not mention the name of the firm prominently like other catalogs do.
They are catagorized by coin "expert". There may be the names of
several individuals on a catalog.]
1972, 28-29 Feb and 1 Mar.
"Monnaies de Collection, Paris" HV.
MLowQP. 5 G gold, 63 R gold (4 photos), 42 Byz (22 photos),
12
Gaul gold, 4 DA (only 2/3 the coins are photographed)
1982, 17-19 Oct.
"Monnaies de Collection" , "Lyon," Yellow hardcover.
MLowV. MQP. 743 ancients among
1834. Celtic 26, 253 G, 57 RR, 313 RI, 59 Byz, 6 DA.
Waddell.
Waddell, Edward J.
Washington D.C.
Auction 1 (1982, Dec. 9). MV.
MQP. 584 ancients, almost all Roman provincial in nice grade on 34 ppl
+ 1 E. Some very large module pieces. [$19]
Roman
Provincial (584-)
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
The end of the list.
Comments on the firms and how the list was assembled
follow.
Additional Comments
Another consideration is the interest
of the
coins in the catalog. Some firms tend to
disburse
collections or
smaller themed groups that have been very thoughtfully assembled
by serious collectors. Other firms seem to sell any expensive coins
that come along. Coins do not have to be expensive to be unusual and
interesting. Catalogs with themes or numerous mini-themes are much more
interesting and desirable than catalogs with random selections of
coins. For example, a catalog with a run of 10 legionary issues of
Gallienus has something special, clearly assembled with serious intent,
whereas a catalog with
10 random coins of Gallienus, no matter how high their grades, would
not
be nearly as interesting.
If a collector who had been seriously
collecting those series for ten years would nevertheless find in a
catalog numerous rare and historical types to interest him, I will
try to note this even if the coins and presentation are not noted as
high.
Catalogs with many coins in the $100 or less
price range are hardly considered on this site. If they, nevertheless,
have many coins of interest to advanced collectors because of some
special collecting theme, they will be
denoted MLV for "moderately low value." For example, some
M&M
Deutschland
catalogs fit this category because they have extensive runs of
interesting, but inexpensive, Roman provincial coins.
A link to a few caveats.
Comment:
There is a
series of books on Roman coins that gives auction listings and prices
realized for Roman coins from very many auctions. A list of the
auctions is here.
However, it does not have photos of the coins-- just the auction house
descriptions and prices realized. Combined with a catalog collection,
it would be a powerful tool to research coins,
condition, value,
and relative rarity. Now, for many important recent sales
this
can be done at coinarchives.com
.
Emphases
I will note (and their abbreviations): I am
more interested in Roman
and Roman Provincial than Greek. Therefore I will notice more about the
Roman and Roman Provincial coins than the Greek coins. I will try
to distinguish any major emphases I notice, such as the following
sub-classifications of the major classifications:
Greek = G
(= primarily silver tetradrachms and drachms)
Greek AE (= copper
denominations, not
including Roman provincial)
fractions (= silver fractions)
collections emphasizing particular
cities
Greek Imperial (see "Roman Provincial" RP)
Roman = R
R
= Roman, including
both Republican and imperial (When I began the site I did not
distinguish Republican from Imperial, now I do, but not all have been
updated.)
RR
= Roman Republican
(before Octavian), Roman Republican AE
RI
= Roman imperial
(including Octavian through Zeno)
Roman gold (= aurei), late Roman gold
(= solidii before Anastasius)
late Roman AE (= unusual
AE of
the tetrarchy and later)
Roman Provincial = RP
(= Greek Imperial), includes European, Asia Minor, the Levant, and
Roman Egypt in the main count. If dominated by Roman Egypt, the count
of Roman Egypt may be separated out.
Roman Egypt = Roman Alexandria (in my
counts, often
not separated out from Roman Provnicial unless very numerous)
Byzantine
=
Byz (beginning
with Anastasius,
and
sometimes including a small amount of related material such as coins
of Trebizond or lead seals. In high quality catalogs "Byz" usually
means solidi and very occasional silver. Good selections of
high-quality AE will be mentioned.)
Byzantine AE (= unusual
Byzantine AE)
Dark Ages = DA
(= Ostrogothic, Vandal, etc., often gold)
Dark Ages AE (if all AE and not gold)
Armenian
Oriental Greek (= Parthian, Sasanian, Arabian, etc. When I began this
site, I did not separate out this category from "Greek." Now I do if
and only if the catalog has substantial numbers of unusual examples.)
Celtic (if a significant section of them is separated out)
Celtic England
Arabic (means early Arabic)
Arab-Byzantine
Aksumite
Axumite (see "Aksumite")
Quadrans,
Quadrantes
Parthian
Samarian
references
Sasanian Sas
Sassanian (see "Sasanian")
**** For a given firm, catalogs before this symbol are not on Coinarchives
for anyone, and catalogs after that are on Coinarchives for subscribers
(but not for most of us, unless they are in the last 6 months).
Quick Links: AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
Why auction catalogs are
useful to
collectors and therefore collectable.
The auction-sale
catalogs
I am writing about are all well-illustrated with excellent ancient
coins.
If you are interested in high-quality ancient coins (with quality far
above
almost all eBay coins) the best way to learn about them and their
prices
is to peruse catalogs like these with their "prices realized."
Collectors in the US should be aware that most high-quality ancient
coins are sold in Europe, not in the US. If you want a top-quality
piece or a major rarity, you have a much better chance of finding it in
a European catalog.
You can extend your horizons by seeing
new types and
series you have not seen before. You can learn about what is out there
to collect. You can enjoy learning about beautiful
ancient coins! You can look up a series of coins and
see what has been offered. You can determine the frequency with which
a type is offered and its prices. You can knowledgeably prepare bids.
You can take notes and prepare a want list. You can learn what good
coins should look like in order to learn to spot fakes. You can learn
about typical flan sizes, tyical centering, and other factors that
impact value.
I suggest you take a few catalogs with
you when you
watch sports on TV. During the breaks in the action and commercials you
can peruse the coins and learn a lot (or, don't watch TV and just look
at coin catalogs!).
A typical catalog -- the norm
from which unusual catalogs deviate.
Expect catalogs to be large format
(about 8 x 11
inches or a bit smaller), with card covers (paperback), photographs on
glossy paper with almost all coins photographed with excellent
photographs lifesize in black and white. A page plate or two of black
and white enlargements is common. Deviations from this norm will be
noted, for example, hardcovers, or significantly smaller size, or
numerous additional enlarged or color photographs.
Catalogs usually identify all coins
according to the
major reference works. Types are usually described and legends written
out.
Higher quality catalogs often have identifications that are
significantly more extensive and historical commentary. If coins are
barely identified, without
writing out the types and inscriptions, the identifications will be
called "brief."
Typical quality catalogs have about half
Greek and
half Roman, with a few Byzantine gold and very few Roman Provincial.
Most modern catalogs have the photos
throughout the
text. Most older catalogs have "page plates" of photos at the
end. If the catalog has page plates, they will be counted and noted.
US firms introduced first
(European firms introduced below):
(Details of particular
catalogs
are given in the
list.)
Berk
(Chicago, Illinois) [Here is a link
to
a page on Berk catalogs, which I did not review so
thoroughly as catalogs on this page.]
Quality coins. Usually 600 or more coins
very well
illustrated, with a few enlarged and recent issues always have a few
plates in color. Berk offers some extremely expensive coins
and many high grade common hoard coins. He offers relatively few
collections, although some issues have outstanding groups. Most
descriptions are
brief, occasionally with a paragraph or more devoted to rarer types.
Unfortunately,
they are in "buy or bid" format with a relatively high "buy" price.
Because no prices-realized is published, it is impossible to tell
what the coins would be really worth on the auction market. (Berk
catalogs are very inexpensive on the secondary market.)
CNG (Classical
Numismatic Group)
(Quarryville,
Pennsylvania).
These
catalogs are the
finest currently being produced in the US. They are commonly available
and recent issues are the best value for money of all catalogs. If you
are thinking of beginning a good reference collection of sale
catalogs, begin with these. They have a website at
cngcoins.com
CNG sells some of the very best coins,
but every
catalog has numerous more affordable coins. Catalogs 35-70 are very
large with thousands of nice coins. I list them as "MV" for "moderate
value" because they have many coins of interest to collectors who buy
coins for under $500. This does not mean that they do not carry high
value coins. After 2002 the average value of the coins increased to
well-above the
minimum for "MV" because they began selling more of their coins worth
under $500 on-line at their web site. Beginning with issue #67 the
photographs are all in color and the presentation is excellent. My abbreviations for value,
such as
"MV", do not refer to the highest value coins in the catalog, rather to
the lowest. As of 2004, it is almost fair to say their
catalogs
have "high value" coins because the minimum quality has gone up
significantly and very few $100 coins are offered. Many of their
$100-$500 coins are offered in the their on-line auctions that close
every second Wednesday.
Freeman and
Sear (Los Angeles, California)
High and moderate value coins, with some
very high
value coins. Moderate quality
presentation with hiqh-quality photography. Usually about 600 coins,
almost all ancients.
Markov
(New York)
Moderate value coins, with some high to
very high
value pieces. Moderate quality
presentation. Markov specializes in coins of the former
Soviet Union, with strong selections of some series seldom seen
elsewhere. He has remarkable runs of "Central Asian" pre-Islamic and
Islamic coins. He has outstanding "Black Sea area" runs, such as
Panticipaion, Kings of the Bosporus,
and Byzantine AE from
Cherson.
He also offers, but
not in large numbers, traditional Greek and Roman coins.
The New York Sale
High value coins. High quality
presentation.
December sales in New York at the New York International Coin
Show conducted jointly by two or three firms including Baldwin's and
M&M Numismatics, with originally Vecchi and now Markov.
NFA =
Numismatic Fine
Arts (Los Angeles,
California)
Very high to moderate value coins. Very high
quality
presentation to moderate quality presentation. This firm folded
in 1993. They produced some of the finest ancient coin catalogs of
the time, with coins of the highest quality very well described. Not
all,
but about half their catalogs are truly splendidly produced with
wonderful coins, long and interesting descriptions, and excellent
photographs. Their "mail bid" sales offer moderate value coins with
moderate quality presentation.
Triton
Very high value coins. Very high quality
presentation. Superb annual sales at the New York International Coin
Show
originally conducted jointly by three firms -- CNG, Freeman and Sear,
and NAC, and most recently CNG alone.
These are wonderful catalogs. Their format and extensive writeups are
much like catalogs of CNG, and the numbering of other CNG catalogs
includes these in the sequence. The main difference is that the coins
in the Triton sales are all of very high quality.
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
European firms introduced:
(Details of particular
catalogs
are given in the
list.)
AAG (=
Auctiones A.G.)
(Basel, Switzerland)
An affiliate of Leu. Moderate value
coins and
moderate quality presentation.
Christie's
(London)
Very high value coins. High quality
presentation.
Like Sotheby's, Christie's ancient coin catalogs tend to disperse
outstanding collections. All the ones I have seen have high production
values. (I do not know the entire series.) [I have
few of their catalogs to reveiw.]
Elsen
(Brussels,
Belgium)
Moderate to low value coins. Moderate
quality presentation. Most catalogs are quite heavy and thick with
hundreds of ancients, but the other coins are even more numerous.
Typically
only 1/3 the coins will be ancient. Most of the ancients are common and
many are worth only $100 or less. [I have reviewed only a few
of the most interesting issues.]
Gorny =
(now) Gorny Mosch = (formerly) Giessner Gorny
(Munich,
Germany)
Moderate to high value coins, with
moderate to high
quality presentation. Their location in Munich, gateway to
the west for many travelers from the east, seems to give them access
to the best of new hoards. They have excellent coins with many of high
and even very high value, but unlike Leu or M&M or NAC or
Vecchi,
their catalogs do not have the flavor of a laboreously assembled
collection. Rarely is there a strong theme or even
mini-theme. So
many coins are very high quality that I suppose much of their material
must be from collections (I don't know), but much of their material is
apparently the top end of recently-appearing hoards. If you want to see
the very best of what is coming
out of the Balkans and points east, look in the Gorny catalogs. The
photography
is excellent.
Hess-Leu
High and very high value coins. Moderate
quality presentation. Catalogs from the 1950's and 1960's. I do not
know this
series well.
Künker, Fritz Rudolf
This firm did not specialize in ancient coins
until the last few years. Formerly, some of their catalogs had some
ancients, but most coins were world coins. Approximately 2002 things
changed. Some of their catalogs were devoted to ancients and many very
desirable coins were offered. They still print many catalogs
without ancients, but when they have huge auctions, as they often do,
they put the ancient coins in a separate catalog.
Lanz (Munich
= München, Germany).
Moderate to high value coins. Moderate
quality
presentation. They are now past issue number 135. Of the first
96 issues, all the even numbers are solely ancient coins, and all the
odd numbers have no ancient coins. That is very convenient. Excellent
photographs. Recent issues are in color. Usually about 600 coins in a
1/4 inch thick catalog.
Issues
1-10 went under the name of "Gitta Kastner" before continuing under the
name "Lanz München." "Lanz Graz" has quality coins but
inferior
illustrations. It seems to have discontinued auction catalogs in 1980,
while Lanz München continued. (Hermann
Lanz collected Celtic
coins and published a book on them, and the catalogs of Dr. Hubert Lanz
usually have a
better selection of Celtic coins than the catalogs of most other
dealers.)
Leu
Numismatik = Leu Numismatics, formerly known as Bank Leu
and
now LHS Numismatik
(as of
2005)
(Zurich, Switzerland).
Very high value coins. High
quality to highest
quality presentation. The multimillionaires sell and buy with Leu.
Their catalogs are superb, with highest quality coins often enlarged
and extensively discussed, usually in German but sometimes
in English (the recent issues have been in English). They sell the
best and just the best, not diluted with "affordable" or hoard coins.
If a coin is in a Leu catalog, it is probably from a serious collection
assembled by a very wealthy collector.
Some Leu issues do not have ancients.
Some have ancients among a larger number of other coins. But some
issues are devoted to ancient coins alone and they are always beautiful
and highly desirable coins.
LHS Numismatik
[see Leu
above]
M&M =
Monnaies et Médailles S. A. Bâle (French) =
Münzen
und Medallen A. G. Basel (German)
(Basel,
Switzerland).
Most early issues are in French. A few
are in German. All later issues (#77ff) are in German.
Very high value to high value coins.
Moderate
quality presentation. Many issues have ancient coins of outstanding
value
and interest. Some issues do not have ancient coins, and some issues
with ancients have many non-ancient coins. They discontinued business
in 2004 and the run of their catalogs is now complete.
M&M
Deutschland, now M&M GMBH
(omitting "Deutschland")
It was founded as a Germany-based
affiliate of
M&M (Issue 1 was September 1997). Now that the original M&M is
out of business, it has had its name shortened to M&M.
Moderate and low value coins
with
excellent photographs and moderate presentation. They often have very
interesting runs of coins on particular themes -- clearly assembled by
thoughtful collectors. The coins are just not necessarily of high
value. Many catalogs have been very strong in Roman provincial coins
and some in Greek AE coins.
NAC =
Numismatica Ars Classica (Zurich,
Switzerland)
They have numbered sales and named sales
with high
and very high value coins and very high or high quality presentation,
and they have
lettered (A, B, ...) sales of moderate value coins with moderate
quality presentation and brief descriptions.
Not all numbered sales have ancients,
but the majority do and they have splendid coins. Many numbered issues
have many plates of enlargements and color photographs. Their
production
values are outstanding. Catalogs since number 4 have been in English.
The lettered sales consist of ancients on many page plates. If you want
to see spectacular catalogs,
the numbered sales of NAC are among the
best.
Peus = Busso
Peus
(Frankfurt
am Main, Germany)
Moderate value coins. Moderate quality
presentation until 2005, when they switched to color.
Until recently, Peus put out huge catalogs, often in two volumes with
very many
plates, but typically only about 1/5 or 1/4 the coins were ancient.
Only
some of their catalogs concentrated on ancients. In late 2003
they changed formats to a slightly larger page size and catalogs with
exclusively ancients (including "oriental" such as Arabic coins). If
you are
only interest in ancient coins, you no longer have to get the "world"
coin issues which have no ancients at
all. This is a distinct improvement for the
ancient-coin catalog collector.
They often have extensive selections of
"oriental"
coins including Parthian, Sasanian, and Arabic coins. If you collect
those series, Peus catalogs are essential.
Sotheby's
Very high value coins. Like Christie's,
Sotheby's
ancient coin catalogs tend to dispurse outstanding collections. Recent
catalogs have high quality presentations. However, earlier catalogs are
in a
small format and not well illustrated. In fact, many
are much less attractive than most modern catalogs.
Spink
(London)
Moderate value coins. Spink is a major
coin firm in
London, but much of their business is in coins other than ancient.
Their ancient coins are very nice, but only occasionally does one of
their auctions emphasize ancients. I am not familiar with many Spink
catalogs.
Sternberg
(Zurich, Switzerland).
High and moderate value coins. Catalogs
with high
quality presentiation (in German), often in hardcover. Sometimes with
outstanding theme collections of less expensive coins such as Axumite,
rare Late Roman AE, unusal Byzantine AE, etc. Most catalogs have many
high value coins, but they almost always have many excellent less
expensive coins. They also often include antiquities, with outstanding
selections of cut stones (including stamp seals, cylinder seals, and
rings) and
ancient jewelry. They went out of business in
2000.
Tkalec =
Münzauction Tkalec A.G.
(Zurich, Switzerland)
Very high quality and high quality
coins. The
catalogs since 1994 have had the highest quality presentation
(in German). The photography is superb. Some of the recent catalogs are
hardcover, with many, or most, or all, coins in color and also enlarged
in color. All the coins are at the extreme high end of condition for
their types, but, unlike Leu coins for example, some are relatively
common coins
merely in spectacular grade. If you want a coffee table coin book,
a recent Tkalec catalog would serve well.
Vecchi
(London, England)
Vecchi went out of business in 2000
after 17 very
interesting
issues. Moderate quality coins. Moderate quality presentation. However,
the coins are of exceptional interest. Somehow he found long runs
of unusual series to sell. For example, no other catalogs have better
runs of 5th century AE4's. He published several specialized catalogs.
If you like something different in the way of ancients, he may have a
good run of it along with many mainline quality ancient coins. I love
Vechhi catalogs for the unusal interest of the coins he
offered.
Quick Links:
AAG, CNG, Gorny,
Lanz, Leu, M&M,
New York Sale, NAC,
NFA, Sotheby's,
Sternberg, Tkalec, Triton,
Vecchi
Here is a link to the table of contents of the SAN (Society for Ancient Numismatics) journal: http://www.grifterrec.com/SAN/san.html
Site begun July 25,
2002.
By Warren Esty.
e-mail me
at:
Copyright (c) 2002-2010. All rights
reserved. If you
want
to use some of it, please ask.