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BUY OR BID SALE NUMBER 11 A Diverse Selection of Interesting and Elusive Works on Ancient, Medieval and Modern Numismatics Offered at Low Prices PURCHASES MAY BE MADE AT ANY TIME Please read the terms of sale Bidding Closes: Monday, January 13, 2020 Telephone bids will be accepted until 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time Fax, telephone message, and email bids will be accepted until midnight, but may not be responded to after 5:00 P.M. Ancient 3 Numismatics Medieval & Foreign 13 Numismatics United States 35 Numismatics (614) 414-0855 • [email protected] • (614) 414-0860 fax • 141 W. Johnstown Road • Gahanna Ohio 43230 TERMS OF SALE A “Buy or Bid” Sale is different from a Mail Bid Sale—please read the following: NO PACKING FEE • FREE SHIPPING OFFER DETAILS BELOW 1. This is a “Buy or Bid Sale.” A buy price is provided at the end of each description and any lot may be purchased at that amount at any time during the sale. Once an item is sold, previous or subsequent bids are null and void. 2. Bidding begins at 50% of the stated buy price, an amount already lower than usual. Unlike mail-bid sales, bids are not reduced. Please bid only the amount you are willing to pay. Lots sold via bidding will be awarded on the date indicated. Please bid in whole dollars. 3. Unless exempt by law, sales tax will be added to the cost of all lots delivered in the State of Ohio. 4. This is not an approval sale. Any claims for adjustment must be made within three days after receipt of lots purchased. No lots may be returned without our written permission. By submitting bids you agree to the “Buy or Bid” Terms of Sale herewith set forth. 5. Bidders unknown to us must supply acceptable credit references or a 25% deposit to assure entry of their bids. 6. A 15% buyer’s premium will be added to the cost of all lots, whether sold by “Bid” or “Buy.” There is no additional charge or commission for executing bids. We reserve the right to withdraw any lot prior to sale. 7. All postage, insurance and shipping costs will be added to your invoice, except as noted below. 8. Payment must be made in U.S. dollars, and may be made by check, money order, credit card, or by PayPal to df@numislit. com, All checks must be drawn on United States banks. Payments may also be made directly to our bank: details will be provided upon request. All bank charges must be paid by the sender. 9. Lots to be mailed to addresses not in the United States or its Territories will be sent only at the risk of the purchaser. When possible, insurance or registration will be obtained. 10. Title to all lots remains with the cataloguer until paid for in full. Payment must be made immediately upon notification or upon receipt of material. The discretionary right to withhold delivery of lots until full payment has been received is reserved. 11. All lots are as described. We acknowledge the possibility of errors or typographical mistakes, and any errors on our part will be cheerfully corrected. We cannot be responsible for your errors; please check your bid sheet carefully. NO PACKING FEE / FREE SHIPPING OFFER This “Buy or Bid Sale” is primarily intended to dispose of lower-value material and lots not sold in prior mail-bid sales. Buy prices are already on the low end of the value spectrum. To further encourage participation, we offer: • FREE PACKING AND PROCESSING ON ALL LOTS PURCHASED IN THIS SALE • • FREE SHIPPING TO U.S. ADDRESSEES WHO SPEND MORE THAN $300 • BOOK SIZES BOOK CONDITION F° (folio) over 13 inches As new: no signs of wear or defects 4to (quarto) 12 inches Fine: nice clean copy, little indication of use 8vo (octavo) 9 inches Near fine: clean copy with a few signs of use 12mo (duodecimo) 7–8 inches Very good: some wear, no serious defects unless noted 16mo (sextodecimo) 6–7 inches Good: used and worn, serious defects noted 24mo (vigesimoquarto) 5–6 inches Reading copy: poor but readable, serious defects noted 32mo (trigesimosecundo) 4–5 inches Ex-library: with library identification marks ©2020 Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC ANCIENT NUMISMATICS 1 Addison, Joseph. THREE SETS OF MEDALS ILLUS- 9 Arnold-Biucchi, Carmen. ALEXANDER’S COINS TRATED BY THE ANCIENT POETS, IN THE FOREGOING AND ALEXANDER’S IMAGE. Cambridge: Harvard, 2006. DIALOGUES. Extracted from Vol. III of Miscellaneous Works, Square 8vo, original pictorial card covers. 84 pages; illustrated in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, in color. Fine. $30 Esq; With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, 10 [Ars Classica I] Naville et Cie. CATALOGUE DE MON- by Mr. Tickell. London, 1736. Later non-numismatic content NAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES PROVENANT DE LA COL- not present. 12mo, removed from binding. (167)–235, (1) pages LECTION DE FEU LE PROF. S. POZZI. The 1966 reprint of including 29 plates illustrating Roman coins [lacking one final the 1921 sale. 4to, original gray cloth, gilt. (6), 194 pages; tables; plate]. Good. $30 3334 lots; 101 plates depicting every coin offered; prices realized Part of a defense of numismatics written in the form of a discourse between Cynthio, Eugenius and Philander, followed by three series of woodcut plates of list. Cloth a trifle discolored; near fine. $50 A good reprint of the important Pozzi sale. Roman coins, and preceded by Alexander Pope’s “Verses Occasion’d by Mr. Ad- dison’s Treatise of Medals.” Addison was one of the most important English es- 11 Ars Classica. NO. XVIII. COLLECTION TRÈS IMPOR- sayists, and was, through The Spectator (which he published with Richard Steele), TANTE DE MONNAIES ROMAINES FORMÉE PAR UN DIP- one of the guardians of good taste at the time. His opinions on the merits of coin collecting mattered. Dekesel A49. Hirsch 2 (citing the 1726 edition). Lipsius 4 LOMATE ÉTRANGER DEPUIS LONGTEMPS DÉCÉDÉ. Lu- (citing the 1726 edition). cerne, 10 octobre 1938. 4to, original printed card covers. (4) pages; 2 Allan, Tony. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE AFTER- 544 lots; 21 fine plates depicting all single-coin lots, each with a LIFE: DECIPHERING THE PAST FROM TOMBS, GRAVES facing leaf of text; (2) pages. Marginal staining; very good. $50 Features coins from the collection of Vicomte Louis de Sartiges. Clain-Stefanelli AND MUMMIES. London, 2004. Tall 4to, original pictorial 3662. Grierson 281. Spring 487 [also listed under “Most important sales of Ro- boards; jacket. 160 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. $20 man Imperial coins”]. 3 Alteri, Giancarlo. TIPOLOGIA DELLE MONETE DEL- 12 Ashton, Richard, Silvia Hurter, Georges Le Rider and Rog- LA REPUBBLICA DI ROMA (CON PARTICOLARE RIFER- er Bland [editors]. STUDIES IN GREEK NUMISMATICS IN IMENTO AL DENARIO). Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apos- MEMORY OF MARTIN JESSOP PRICE. London, 1998. 4to, tolica Vaticana, 1990. 8vo, original gray printed boards; jacket. original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. xv, (1), 400 pages; 79 plates of xii, (2), 344, (6) pages; 126 monotone plates plus 8 color plates. coins. Fine. $40 Jacket edges sunned; near fine. $75 Of particular importance to those interested in archaic and classical Greek coins. A well-done work, quite difficult to find. Daehn 14. 4 Alteri, Giancarlo. REI PUBLICAE ROMANAE MONE- 13 Aureo & Calicó. IMAGINES IMPERATORUM. Barcelo- TA. Degremont, 1998. 4to, original light gray linen lettered in na, 8 Febrero 2012. 4to, original blue leatherette printed in sil- blue. 303, (1) pages; illustrated throughout in color. Fine. $60 ver; jacket. 158, (2) pages; 409 lots; illustrated in color through- A beautifully illustrated work on Roman Republican coins. The photography is out. Fine. $30 excellent. 14 Babelon, Ernest. ANCIENT NUMISMATICS AND ITS 5 Álvarez Burgos, Fernando. CATÁLOGO GENERAL DE HISTORY: INCLUDING A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE LAS MONEDAS ESPAÑOLAS. VOL. I: LA MONEDA HIS- LITERATURE. Translated by Elizabeth Saville. London and PANICA DESDE SUS ORÍGENES HASTA EL SIGLO V. Ma- Crestline: Spink and Kolbe, 2004. 8vo, original green cloth; jack- drid, 1992. 8vo, original maroon leatherette, gilt; jacket. 349, (3) et. Frontispiece portrait; 248 pages. New. $20 pages; illustrated. Near fine. $20 A translation of Babelon’s introduction to his Traité des monnaies grecques et ro- 6 Álvarez Burgos, Fernando. CATÁLOGO GENERAL DE maines, probably the single best overview of numismatic literature ever written. Studies in the History of Numismatic Literature, No. 2. Daehn 21. LAS MONEDAS ESPAÑOLAS. VOL. I: LA MONEDA HIS- PÁNICA DESDE SUS ORÍGENES HASTA EL SIGLO V. Ma- 15 Babington, Churchill. CATALOGUE OF A SELECTION drid, 2008. 8vo, original maroon leatherette, gilt; jacket. 397, (3) FROM COLONEL LEAKE’S GREEK COINS, EXHIBITED IN pages; illustrated. Fine. $40 THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM. Cambridge, 1867. 4to, origi- Useful reference covering Spanish coins from their origins to 1978. Daehn 2128. nal blue cloth; printed paper label on front cover. 51, (1) pages. 7 American Numismatic Society. TREASURES OF AN- Spine very worn, but holding; some spotting, previous owner’s CIENT COINAGE: FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS notes in ink on flyleaves. Very good or so. $20 OF AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY MEMBERS. Lan- 16 Bahrfeldt, M. v. UNEDIRTER DENAR DES ALLIUS. caster, 1996. Square 8vo, original pictorial card covers. (4), 124 Wein, 1881. 8vo, contemporary hand-lettered paper covers. 4 pages; illustrated. Near fine. $20 pages; text illustration. Near fine. $30 A rare offprint from the Numismatische Zeitschrift. 8 American Numismatic Society. COINAGE OF THE TWELVE CAESARS: A STUDY OF PORTRAITURE—SIL- 17 Bahrfeldt, M. PROVINZIALE KUPFERPRÄGUNG AUS VER, GOLD & BRONZE. THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC DEM ENDE DER RÖMISCHEN REPUBLIK.
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