1 Ancient [Adolph Hess] Griechische Münzen, Hispania, Gallia, Italia, Sicilia. Doubletten des Kgl. Münzcabinets zu Berlin aus dem Ankauf der Sammlung des Herrn Dr. Imho[o] f-Blumer. Römische Goldmünzen aus den Funden von Luksor und Alexandrien. 26thOctober, 1902. Octavo, pp. 802 lots; 5 plates each with tissue guard. Original printed wrappers, a trifle creased and worn, spine taped. Contents browned as is usual. Nearly fine. £20-30 2 Ancient Akerman, J,.Y. A Numismatic Manual. London, 1840, 3rd enlarged edition, 420 pp. 17 plates Some wear £20-30 3 Ancient Alfoldi, A. Die Kontorniaten. Ein Verkanntes Propagandamittel der Stadt Romischen Heidnischen Aristokratie in Ihrem Kampfe Gegen das Christliche Kaisertum. Two Volumes. Budapest/Leipzig, 1942-43. Large quarto, pp. 195, 75 photographic plates. Original wrappers. An attractive set, infrequently offered. (2) £30-40 4 Ancient Bellinger, Alfred R., and Philip Grierson [editors]. catalogue of the byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks collection and in the Whittemore collection. volume one: an- anastasius i to maurice, 491-602. by Alfred r. Bellinger. volume two: phocas to theodosius III, 602-717. by Philip Grierson. volume three: Leo III to Nicephorus, 717-1081. by Philip Grierson. volume four: Alexius I to Michael VIII, 1081-1261. by Michael Hendy. Binding a bit rubbed; near fine (8) £100-120 5 Ancient Bernhard, O. Pflanzenbilder auf Griechischen und Römischen Münzen. Eine Naturwissenschaftlich Numismatische Studie. Zürich, 1925. Quarto, pp. 47, (1); 5 superb plates. Original printed paper covers. A little worn and discoloured, contents fine £15-20 6 Ancient Bendall, S. Byzantine Weights; An Introduction. 1996. 68pp; illustrated throughout. Printed card covers. Almost as new. A very useful introduction to this area of numismatics. Out of print £5-10 7 Ancient Bodenstedt, F. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Tübingen, 1981. Folio, pp. x, 390, 63 plates. Cloth, jacket. Minimal wear. An important reference £30-40 8 Ancient Boehringer, E. Die Munzen Von Syrakus. Two volumes. Berlin/Leipzig, 1929. Quarto, pp. vi, (2), 297, (7); 32 plates with further illustrations in the text. Cloth £150-200 9 Ancient [Boissevain, U.] Beschreibung der Griechischen Autonomen Münzen im Besitze der Kön. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Johannes Müller, 1912. Quarto, pp. (2), 260, (2), 8 plates. Half tan calf and cloth boards, rubbed. Label to spine, lettered in gilt. Inner hinge strengthened with tape, contents clean and bright. Rarely seen <br> Previously lot 7154 in the Adolph Hess sale of 1991. Clain-Stefanelli 16618. £50-60 10 Ancient British Museum. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum. a catalogue of the greek coins in the british museum. London, 1873-1927. First editions. Twenty-nine volumes complete, as follows:<br>1.Italy. Reginald Stuart Poole, 1873. (4), viii, 432 pages; text illustrations. Spine cloth torn; ex library, with vari- ous marks. Good or better. <br> 2.Sicily. Reginald Stuart Poole, 1876. xii, 292 pages; text illustrations. Fine. <br> 3.The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c. Barclay V. Head & Percy Gardner, 1877. xii, 274 pages; text illustrations of coins. Ex library, with minimal markings; near fine. <br> 4.The Seleucid Kings of Syria. Percy Gardner, 1878. xxxix, (1), 126 pages; 27 fine plates. Contents separated from binding; complete, and restorable to near fine. <br> 5.Macedonia, Etc. Barclay V. Head, 1879. lxiii, (1), 200 pages; folding color map; text il- lustrations. Joints a little weak; near fine<br> 6.Thessaly to Aetolia. Percy Gardner, 1883. lviii, (2), 234, (2) pages; 32 fine plates. Fine <br> 7.The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt. Reginald Stuart Poole, 1883. ciii, (3), 136 pages; 32 fine plates. Contents separated from binding and loose; restorable to near fine. <br> 8.Central Greece. (Locris, Phocis, Boeotia and Euboea). Barclay V. Head, 1884. lxix, (3), 158 pages; 24 fine plates. Fine. <br> 9. Crete and the Aegean Islands. Warwick Wroth, 1886. l, (2), 152 pages; 29 fine plates. Fine. <br>10. Peloponnesus (Excluding Corinth). Percy Gardner, 1887. lxiv, 230 pages; 37 fine plates. A bit shaken; ex British Museum; near fine. <br> 11. Attica-Megaris-Aegina. Barclay V. Head, 1888. lxix, (3), 174 pages; 26 fine plates. Fine<br>12. Corinth, Colonies of Corinth, Etc. Barclay V. Head, 1889. lxviii, 174, (2) pages; 39 fine plates. Fine. <br> 13. Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, and the Kingdom of Bosporus. Warwick Wroth, 1889. xliv, 252 pages; 39 fine plates. Plates a bit loose; near fine. <br> 14. Mysia. Warwick Wroth, 1892. xxxvi, 217, (1) pages; folding linen-backed color map; 35 fine plates. Fine. <br> 15. Alexandria and the Nomes. Reginald Stuart Poole, 1892. c, (4), 395, (1) pages; 32 fine plates. Fine. <br>16. Ionia. Barclay V. Head, 1892. lvii, (3), 453, (3) pages; folding linen-backed color map; 39 fine plates. Fine. <br> 17. Troas, Aeolis, and Lesbos. Warwick Wroth, 1894. lxxxiii, (1), 260 pages; folding linen-backed color map; 43 fine plates. Fine. <br>18. Caria, Cos, Rhodes, &c. Barclay V. Head, 1897. cxviii, (2), 325, (3) pages; folding linen- backed color map; 45 fine plates. Fine. <br>19. Lycia, Pamphylia, and Pisidia. George Francis Hill, 1897. cxxii, (2), 353, (3) pages; folding linen-backed color map; 44 fine plates. Fine. <br> 20. Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria. Warwick Wroth, 1899. xci, (1), 341, (3) pages; folding linen-backed color map; 38 fine plates. Fine. <br>21. Lycaonia, Isauria, and Cilicia. George Francis Hill, 1900. cxxxi, (1), 296 pages; folding linen-backed color map; 40 fine plates. Fine<br> 22. Lydia. Barclay V. Head, 1901. cl, (2), 440 pages; folding linen-backed color map; 45 fine plates. Head chipped; else fine<br> 23. Parthia. Warwick Wroth, 1903. lxxxviii, 289, (1) pages; folding linen-backed color map; 37 fine plates. Fine<br> 24. Cyprus. George Francis Hill, 1904. cxliv, 119, (1) pages; color map; 26 fine plates. Fine<br> 25. Phrygia. Barclay V. Head, 1906. cvi, 491, (1) pages; folding linen-backed color map; 53 fine plates. Fine<br> 26. Phoenicia. George Francis Hill, 1910. clii, 361, (1) pages; folding alphabet plate; color map; 45 fine plates. Bind- ing a bit worn; very good. <br> 27. Palestine (Galilee, Samaria, and Judaea). George Francis Hill, 1914. cxiv, 363, (1) pages; folding alphabet plate; color map; 42 fine plates. Institutional stamps; else fine. <br> 28. Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia (Nabataea, Arabia Provincia, S. Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Alexandrine Empire of the East, Persis, Elymais, Characene). George Francis Hill, 1922. ccxix, (1), 359, (1), 7, (1) pages; folding map; 55 fine plates. Fine. <br>29. Cyrenaica. E.S.G. Robinson, 1927. cclxxv, (1), 154, (2), 7, (1) pages; 47 fine plates. Fine. <br> 8vo, all in the original blue cloth, gilt, decorated in blind. Over 10,000 pages of text in all; numerous tables and maps; text illustrations; 952 very fine Autotype plates depicting exceptional ancient Greek coins. An unusually fine, well-preserved set. <br>A complete set of original editions of the BMC Greek, in unusually nice condition. The most comprehensive and important standard reference work on ancient Greek coins ever published. The generally superb photographically printed coin plates found in these original editions are far superior to the halftone reprint plates. Some volumes with British Museum Department of Natural History stamps; presented thence to various libraries, with some bookplates. <br> Clain-Stefanelli 1888*. Daehn 1776. Grierson 54-55. Kroh 10: "the most utilized reference work for Greek coins… they still remain essential references and publish a great many coins not found elsewhere." £1000-2000 11 Ancient Buttrey, T. (Et al.) Morgantina Studies Volume II. The Coins. Princeton University Press, 1989. Quarto, pp. xx, (2), 245, (3); 49 photographic plates. Original red cloth. Fine £20-30 12 Ancient Carradice, I. Coinage and Administration in the Athenian and Persian empires BAR 343, paper covers £50-100 13 Ancient Casey, P. J. Carausius and Allectus. The British Usurpers. London, 1994. Quarto, pp. 213; 10 plates, further illustrations in the text. Original cloth, jacket. As new £10-20 14 Ancient Cohen, Henry. Description Historique des Monnaies Frappées Sous L’Empire Romain Communément Appelées Médailles Impériales. Second Edition. Paris/London, 1880. Complete in 8 volumes. Quarto, pp. xxvii, (1), 544; xvi, 446, (2); 426, (2); 532, (2); 545, (3); 570, portrait of Cohen with tissue guard bound in at end, (2), 496; 510, (4); line drawn illustrations throughout. All volumes uniformly bound in sumptuous half red morocco with red marbled boards, raised bands, gilt in compartment. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers, and with the original paper wrappers preserved in each volume. Some neat annotations in the later volumes, with some worming, not affecting the text, contents otherwise clean with only minimal signs of wear <br> Babelon 147; Clain-Stefanelli 4015*; Grierson 74 £300-400 15 Ancient [Florange/Ciani] Catalogue des Monnaies Grècques et Romaines, Medailles ArtistiquesFrançaises et Etrangères Composant la Collection de M. Georges Gallet. 28th May, 1924. Quarto, pp. 70, 238 lots; 30 plates. Bound in full blue cloth, gilt. With the stamp of Spink & Son on upper title page and compliments slip loosely inserted. Minor wear to extremities otherwise a fine copy £30-40 16 Ancient [Florange/Ciani] Collection de Monnaies Grècques H. de Nanteuil. Paris, 1925. Two parts in one volume. Thick quarto, pp. xiv, 343, (2); 59 plates. Contemporary quarter red morocco with marbled paper sides. Spine lettered in gilt. An important collection, listing over 1,000 coins from Spain to the Aegean Islands and catalogued with the help of Jean Babelon. The collection was added to up until the 1970s at which point it was gradually dispersed, predominantly through the Leu sales of the time. Clain-Stefanelli 1931; Daehn 2041, ‘Catalogues over 1000 coins covering Spain to the Aegean Islands.