Roman Republican - Ancient Coin
Auction Catalogs
There are excellent selections of Roman Republican
coins in very many
catalogs. Most catalogs of major firms have Roman
coins, and most
selections of Roman coins include some Republican
coins. So this
list will be abbreviated to only truly outstanding or
comprehensive
selections.
(revised 12/26/11)
See Andrew
McCabe's
site on Roman Republican coins and books
for a more extensive
annotated list.
The first three are probably the best single-volume
sales of RR coins:
Leu 17
(5/77)
MQP. 913 superb Roman Republican silver on 39 ppl + 2 E, with
many gret rarities.
(Very hard to find.)
Lanz 88
(11/98) HV,
HQP, "Sammlung Leo Benz" (one of three Lanz sales of the Benz
collection --
only Lanz 88 has Roman Republican) 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)
NAC 61 (2011, Oct. 5-6) HV. HQP. 1220 Roman Republican, "The
RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins, Part I." 1220 RR,
many AE. Very high quality and many rarities, including 14 Italian
of the Social War. Spectacular!
Roman Republican (1220),
Italian of the Social War (14)
CNG "The Goodman
Collection" 43, 44 = Triton I, 45, 46, 47. Perhaps the
best
overall collection sold, but not in a single volume.
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)
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)
NFA XXVII
(12/91) VHV. VHQP.
Horizontal format. 662 ancients.
88 G, 574 R. Plus 8 ppl of enlargements plus some
enlargements
throughout plus 4 ppl of single-sided huge color enlargements.
Excellent! (Including one of only two
coins of usurper Saturninus, an amazing aureus.)
Roman
Republican AR (426)
Kunker
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)
Vecchi 3 (9/96) A
specialized
collection of struck bronzes, the best single-volume private
collection
I know of. 646 Roman Republican
struck AE, illustrated throughout.
Roman Republican struck
AE
(646)
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)
Tkalec.
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. 388 RR, 46 G, 98 RI, 6
Byz,
4 DA. (Includes a superb IDE MAR)
Roman Republican
(393)
AstArte
(Lugano, Switzerland)
XVI (26-27 Nov. 2004) MV. HQP. All coins illustrated
throughout
in
color. No enlargements. 968 ancients, 27 large lots of
ancients,
73 world, 260 medals, many large and some very large. 100 G, 555 RR,
231 RI, 85 Byz.
Roman
Republican (555)
NAC
(Numismatica Ars
Classica)
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 (174), Italian
aes grave (207) 5 (1994)
and 9
(1996) contain 400 Aes
Grave between them.
8 (4/95) HV. VHQP. 981
ancients on
68 ppl + 12 E + 8
colr 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)
Ratto
(New
York)
1930, "Joseph Martini
collection Monnaies de la Republique Romaine." A
classic collection, with 40 excellent plates.
Sternberg 32 (10/96) MV.
HQP. 862 ancients (+
17 Renaissance medals). 75 G, 787 R. On 42 ppl + 2 E + 3 color.
Republican (484) (on 25 page plates)
M&M GMBH (Weil am
Rhein) 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)
The New York
Sale
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)
Künker
(Fritz Rudolf Künker
Munzhandlung, Osnabrück, Germany) 11 3/4" by 8 1/4"
Excellent photographs. Catalogs in German.
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), 375 RR, 186 Augustus, 246 twelve Caesars, 458
RI,
13 tessera, 3 DA, 5 Byz
RR (Roman Republican, 375), Augustus
(186),
twelve Caesars (after Augustus, 246)
Glendining & Co.
1975,
Oct. 8. "Harwood collection, Part 1,
Republican denarii." (Part 2 is Roman imperial coins) 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)
Gemini XI (Berk) (2012, Jan 8) HV. HQP. 767 lots of ancients including 182 from
the Phil Davis collection of Dacian and other imitations of Roman
Republican denarii. 236 G, 14 RR, 21 RI before Vespasian, 207 Flavian
(Vespasian-Domitian, with emphasis on Jewish-related), 49 RI post
Flavian, 24 Byz, 31 English hammered.
Flavian (Vespasian-Domitian) 207, Roman Republican denarius imitations (182 lots)
NAC
E, F, H, K, and P have strong, if not highly valuable,
selections
of Republican coins with especially good selections of 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)
H (4/98) 1325
ancients on 69 ppl + 21 ppl of large
lots. 455 G, 802 R, 66 Byz
Aes
grave (5 ppl)
K (3/00) 1133
ancients on 72 ppl. 387 G,
742 R, 4
Byz.
Aes
grave (6 ppl)
P
(2005, May 12) 1261ancients, illustrated throughout in B&W. 610
G,
240 RR, 357 RI, 49 Byz.
Roman
Republican (240)
Peus 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)
Owl Ltd. andThomas P.
McKenna,
"The Aurelia Collection" (c. 11/1990)
MV. MQP. Small-format fixed-price catalog, 300 RR coins, almost all
photographed. A nice collection but not with the major rarities.
Sternberg 15
(4/85) MV. HQP. Hardcover.
864 ancients on 39 ppl + 4 E + 2 color ppl, among 54 ppl.
165 G,
24 aes grave 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)
UBS (2008, Sept. 9-10) "Important Collection of Roman Gold and Silver
Coins." Hardcover. HV. HQP. 1061 ancients, all in color
illustrated throughout and many with enlargements. 82 G, 2RR, 135 R
Imperatorial, 173 Augustus, 118 Julio-Claudians, 6 civil war, 531 RI, 13
Byz.
Roman Imperatorial (135), Augustus (173), Julio-Claudians (118), and civil war (6)
Books.
Here is a site (not mine) with extensive
commentary on books
about
Republican
coins.
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