Estimated price: 7500€GREECE. SICILY. SYRACOUS. Agathocles, 317 - 289 B.C.
Tetradrachm ø 25mm (17.05g). 310 - 306/5 BC. With NGC-tag
(XF, strike: 4/5, surface: 4/5, Fine Style). Attractive dark toning,
excellent.
Auction 310: Coins of Antiquity and from the Middle Ages
to modern times
85
Estimated price:18000€GREECE. MACEDONIAN KINGS. Philip III Arrhidaios,
323 - 317 BC. Stater (8.55g). Gold! Sharply marked splendid
specimen of excellent style! Large, medallion-like mould,
somewhat smoothed at the cheek, excellent.
Auction 310: Coins of Antiquity and from the Middle Ages
to modern times
123
Estimated price: 7500€GREECE. KINGDOM OF BITHYNIA. Nicomedes I,
279/8 - 255 BC. Tetradrachm ø 29mm (16.75g). 264 - 255 BC
RR! Marvellous toning, excellent.
Auction 310: Coins of Antiquity and from the Middle Ages
to modern times
188
Estimated price: 15000€GREECE. IONIAN ISLANDS. Samos. Tetradrachm ø 25mm
(15.15g). 408/4 - 380/66 BC. One of the best known specimens!
Excellent.
Auction 310: Coins of Antiquity and from the Middle Ages
to modern times
211
Estimated price: 15000€GREECE. CARIAN DYNASTS. Rhoontopates, 336/5 - 334/3 BC.
Tetradrachm ø 26mm (15.15g). RR! Delicate toning,
small die break on obverse, nearly mint
Auction 310: Coins of Antiquity and from the Middle Ages
to modern times
215
Estimated price: 40000€ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD. Septimius Severus, 193 - 211
AD. Aureus ø 19mm (7.28g). 193 A.D. Mint undetermined in the
East (Emesa or Alexandria. Gold! RRR! Tiny pressure mark
at the eyebrow, brilliant uncirculated.
Auction 310: Coins of Antiquity and from the Middle Ages
to modern times
595
Estimated price: 10000€ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD. Decentius, 350 - 353 AD. AE
medallion ø 35mm (17,17g). Mint. Rome. RRR!
Specimen of the Franz Trau Collection! Dark brown patina,
very nice-excellent.
Auction 310: Coins of Antiquity and from the Middle Ages
to modern times
716
Estimated price: 7500€MEDIEVAL EUROPE. SICILY. Frederick II, 1197/1220 - 1250.
Augustalis. n.d. (after 1231), Messina. 5.25 g. Gold! Gold! RR!
Attractive specimen with sharp inscription. Fine toning,
tiny graffito, very fine - excellent.
Auction 310: Coins of Antiquity and from the Middle Ages
to modern times
1075
Estimated price: 8000€GERMAN COINS AND MEDALS UNTIL 1871. SAXONY,
Electors and Albertines. Johann Georg I, 1611 - 1656. 5 ducats
1630, Dresden.17,04 g. Gold! Rare! Attractive specimen!
Marvellous gold toning, tiny scratches, very nice - excellent.
Auction 310: Coins of Antiquity and from the Middle Ages
to modern times
1153
Estimated price: 750€AUSTRIA - HUNGARY. SPIRITUALITY. SALZBURG,
ARCHBISHOPRIC. 1612-1619. thaler cliff 1617, Salzburg.
Of greatest rarity! Splendid specimen! Marvellous toning,
tiny scratches, excellent / superb - Brilliant Uncirculate
Auction 310: Coins of Antiquity and from the Middle Ages
to modern times
1249
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Kolbe & Fanning – Important Numismatic Books Sale 172

Kolbe & Fanning
Sale 172
Literature
25 January 2025
Online

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers holds their next auction sale on Saturday, January 25, 2025. The sale includes rare and out-of-print works on ancient, world and U.S. numismatics, including the first half of the L.D. & I.P. Library. With over 500 lots, there is something for everybody.

Some highlights of this first sale include:

Lot 38.

Lot 38.

  • Lot 38: a 1590 edition of Camden’s Britannia, in a contemporary armorial binding featuring the arms of Jacques Auguste de Thou & Marie de Barbançon-Cany. Estimate: $1,800.
  • Lot 110: a set of Giuseppe Mazzini’s Monete imperiali romane, with 531 fine plates illustrating an incredible 8051 coins, tesserae and contorniates. Estimate: $1,800.
  • Lot 128: a nearly complete run of Rodolfo Ratto’s very rare early (1894–1911) fixed price lists, a much more difficult series to collect than his later emissions. Estimate: $1,500.
Lot 210.

Lot 210.

  • Lot 210: Giuseppe Sangiorgi’s excellent plated catalogue of the Prospero Sarti collection of Roman coins, entirely priced and mostly named. Estimate: $900.
  • Lot 289: José Toribio Medina’s scarce and important 1919 work on the obsidional coins of Spanish America, in a contemporary binding. Estimate: $750.
  • Lot 362: a fine presentation copy of Thomas Sharp’s 1834 catalogue of the Chetwynd collection of provincial copper coins, a legendary rarity. Estimate: $3,000.
  • Lot 372: an extensive set of The Numismatist, an unparalleled, comprehensive chronicle of coin collecting in America. Estimate: $1,500.
Lot 398.

Lot 398.

  • Lot 398: a very rare plated copy of the Chapman Brothers’ 1905 catalogue of the Charles Morris collection, from the Armand Champa Library. Estimate: $5,000.
  • Lot 400: Henry Chapman’s massive 1921 catalogue of the John Story Jenks collection, with 42 superb photographic plates. Estimate: $1,500.
Lot 484.

Lot 484.

  • Lot 484: Wayte Raymond’s rare 1925 W.W.C. Wilson catalogue featuring 45 exceptional photographic plates, definitive for early American and Canadian material. Estimate: $5,000.