BCD Catalogs (Greek Coins) [of mainland
Greece; not coins of Sicily, Italy, or Asia Minor]
Here is a list of all the catalogs featuring
parts of the BCD collection of Greek coins, listed in chronological
order.
Lanz 105 (26 Nov.
2001) "BCD Corinth" 981 ancient
coins of Corinth. An important collection and catalog. MV. MQP.
Greek Corinth (981)
Lanz 111 (25 Nov. 2002) "BCD
Euboia" MV. MQP. 604 Greek coins of
Euboia. THE catalog for Euboia.
Greek Euboia (604)
Leu 90 (May 10, 2004)
HV, HQP "BCD Olympia Collection"
345 lots of one city, Olympia also known as Elis.
Olympia Elis (345)
CNG 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.
Leu 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)
CNG 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)
CNG 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)
CNG 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)
CNG 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)
M&M GMBH (Weil am Rhein) 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]
CNG 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)
For completeness, I mention this next catalog which has some new
common-type BCD coins and a few major pieces offered a second time.
CNG 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)
NAC 55 (2010, Oct. 8) "The
BCD Collection, Lokris - Phokis" Hardcover.
Superb reference work, written by BCD himself, with very extensive
commentary and extremely thorough coverage of this narrow area of
Greek coinage. The definitive work. 475 lots, many with multiple
coins. Many lots have the finest known of the silver type, or are
some copper rarity, or have something else special to recommend
them. BCD was as complete with respect to copper as he was with
respect to silver. Magnificent, not for end-to-end highly valuable
coins (although some are), but for its value as a scholarly
reference work.
Greek Lokris and Phokis (475)
Nomos 4 (2011, May
10) VHV. VHQP. Hardcover. "Coins of Thessaly, the BCD Collection" 437 of
the highest quality and rarest coins of Thessaly. This catalog is a
treat to read with cataloging by Walker often followed by comment by
BCD, who know these coins as well as anybody. A major reference.
Greek Thessaly (437)
(CNG) Triton XV (2012, Jan. 3) part (There are two other bound parts). This part is hardcover with 1000 lots of "Coins of Thessaly, the BCD Collection"
1000 BCD Thessaly, 307 Greek, 8 Celtic (8) A.K. Collection (5), 23
Oriental Greek, 12 Central Asian, 66 Roman Provincial, 46 Roman
Republican, 85 Roman Imperial, 84 Byzantine, 4 Early Medieval &
Islamic
1000 BCD Thessaly (1000)
Return to the main page on catalog
themes.