Lot 2410

Description

Bank Leu AG & Munzem und Medaillen AG, (Kunstfreundes), Griechische Munzen, aus der Sammlung eines Kunstfreundes, Auction Sale, Zurich, 28 Mai, 1974, 372pps, 253 lots, all lots illustrated at actual and enlarged size, with estimates, Quarto, Original printed card covers. Fine and scarce.

Ex C. Ehrhardt, Otago, New Zealand Collection and ACANS, Macquarie University duplicates. This is the famous and magnificent Gillet collection of Greek Coins. The sale was one of the great sales of Greek coins of the 20th century and every lot exceeded the estimate (some many times). It realised at the time the equivalent of A$7,000,000.