Catalogue
Ancient Greek numismatic literature, an assortment, including 'Greek Coin Types and their Identification', by Richard Plant, London, 1979, 343 pp.; 'The Hellenistic Kingdoms: Portrait Coins and History', by Norman Davis and Colin Kraay, London, 1973, 296 pp.; 'Greek Coins and their Values: Volume 2 Asia and Africa', by David R.Sear, London, 1979, 445 pp. Fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Ancient Greek numismatic literature, an assortment, including 'A Dictionary of Ancient Greek Coins', by John Melville Jones, London, 1986, 248 pp.; 'The Jon Hosking Collection of Ptolemaic Coins', by Colin E.Pitchfork, Sydney, 2000, 72 pp.; 'Coinage in the Greek World', by Ian Carradice and Martin Price, London, 1988, 154 pp. Fine. (3)
Estimate $80
SOLD $150
Sear, D.R., a collection of books concerning ancient coins, including 'Greek Coins and their Values Volume I', London, 1978, 316 pp.; 'Greek Imperial Coins and their Values', London, 1982, 636 pp.; 'Roman Coins and their Values', 3rd and 4th editions, London, 1981 & 1988, 376 pp., and 388 pp.(2); 'Byzantine Coins and their Values', London, 1987, 526 pp. Fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Kent, J.P.C, Hirmer, M., and Hirmer, A., 'Roman Coins', London, 1978, 368 pp., green hardcover with dust jacket. Fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Roman numismatics, an assortment, including 'The Coinage of Roman Britain', by Gilbert Askew, London, 1980, 90 pp.; 'The Monuments of Ancient Rome as Coin Types', by Philip Hill, London, 1989, 145 pp.; 'Coins: Ancient, Medieval, Modern', by R.A.G.Carson, London, 1962, 642 pp. Fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Ancient numismatic literature, an assortment, including 'Studies in Numismatic Method: Presented to Philip Grierson', by C.Brooke, B.Stewart, J.Pollard, and T.R.Volk, London, 1983, 337 pp.; 'Roman Silver Coins', volumes II-V, published by Seaby, London, 1979-1987 (4); 'Coinage in the Celtic World', by Daphne Nash, London, 1987, 153 pp.; 'Roman Provincial Coins', by Kevin Butcher, London, 1988, 138 pp.; 'Byzantine Numismatic Bibliography 1950-1965', by Joel Malter, Chicago, 1968, 59 pp. Fine. (8)
Estimate $120
SOLD $60
Carson, R.A.G., 'Coins', London, 1963, 642 pp., green hardcover with gilt lettering. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Craig, John, 'The Mint: A History of the London Mint From AD 287 to 1948', published by Cambridge University Press, 1953, hardcover, stain on inner fly. Fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Numismatic literature, an assortment, including 'The Coin Makers', by Thomas Becker, New York, 1969, 178 pp.; 'Coin Clinic', by Alan Herbert, Iola, 1995, 223 pp.; 'Coins: Practical Handbook for Collectors', by Howard Linecar, London, 1967, 185 pp.; 'World Coin Encyclopedia', by Ewald Junge, London, 1984, 297 pp. Fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
British numismatic literature, an assortment including 'Coins of England and the United Kingdom', 17th, 20th, 24th, 26th, and 35th editions, London, 1980-2000, published by Seaby and Spink (5); 'The English Silver Coinage from 1649', by H.A.Seaby and P.A.Rayner, London, 1974, 240 pp.; 'The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain', by Michael J.Freeman, London, 1985, 232 pp. Fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $40
Celtic numismatic literature, includes 'Celtic Coinage of Britain', by R.D.Van Arsdell, London, 1989, 584 pp., 'An Introduction to Celtic Coins', by Derek Allen, London, 1978, 80 pp. Fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
British numismatic literature, includes 'The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain', by Michael Freeman, London, 1985, 232 pp.; 'The Gold Sovereign', by Michael A.Marsh, Cambridge, 1999, 118 pp.; 'The Gold Half Sovereign', by Michael A.Marsh, Cambridge, 1982, 53 pp. Fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
North, J.J., 'English Hammered Coinage', in two volumes, hardcover with dust jackets, London, 1975 and 1980, 218 pp., and 191 pp. Fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
British numismatic literature, an assortment, including 'Spink's Catalogue of British Colonial and Commonwealth Coins', by Andre de Clermont and John Wheeler, London, 1986, 704 pp.; 'Anglo-Saxon Monetary History', by M.A.S.Blackburn, Leicester, 1986, 366 pp.; 'Coins of England and the United Kingdom', 22nd edition, by Stephen Mitchell and Brian Reeds, London, 1986, 320 pp.; 'The Coinage of England', by Charles Oman, Oxford, 1931, 395 pp.; 'The Story of British Coinage', by Peter Seaby, London, 1985, 250 pp. Fine. (5)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Eimer, C., 'British Commemorative Medals and their Values', London, 2010, 326 pp., red hardcover with dust jacket and gilt lettering, limited edition numbered 212 out of 2000. Fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
Whitmore, J., 'Birmingham Market Tokens', Malvern, 1995, copy number 4 of a limited issue of 70, the standard reference work for these issues with illustrations throughout, 58 pp. Fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Macmillan, A., Brodie, N.G., Morrall, J.T.F., Breingan, R.M., 'Glasgow Market Tallies', Glasgow, 1997, published by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Numismatic Society, illustrated throughout, an important reference work, 28 pp. Fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
Harris, T.I., 'The Medals and Medallions of the British Empire Exhibition Wembley 1924-1925', London, illustrated with approximate values throughout, 19 pp. Fine.
Estimate $20
SOLD $20
Allen, L.L., 'The World's Show: Coincraft's Catalogue of Crystal Palace Medals and Tokens 1851-1936', published by Coincraft, 2000, hardcover and illustrated throughout, an importance reference work, 276 pp. Fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $20
Woodhead, P., 'Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles: The Herbert Schneider Collection Volume Two English Gold Coins 1603-20th Century', London, 2002, 305 pp., blue hardcover with gilt lettering and dust jacket. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Wilson, Alex, and Rasmussen, Mark, 'English Pattern Trial and Proof Coins in Gold', Cambridge, 2000, hardcover and illustrated throughout, an extensive reference work, 537 pp. Fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
Numismatic literature, an assortment, including 'Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins', by Richard Lobel, London, 1995, 621 pp.; Complete Encyclopedia of US and Colonial Coins', by Walter Breen, New York, 1988, 754 pp.; 'Encyclopaedia of Gold and Silver Coins of the World', by A.M.Smith, Philadelphia, 1886, 511 pp.; 'An Advanced Guide to Coin Collecting', by Howard Linecar, London, 1970, 287 pp.; 'Coins and Investment', by J.Pearson Andrew, London, 1986, 164 pp., and more including Krause coin and paper money catalogues from the 1980s (5). Fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Abbott, P.E., Tamplin, J.M.A, 'British Gallantry Awards', London, 1971, 359 pp., hardcover with dust jacket. Nearly fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $10
Military collectables literature, an assortment, including 'Arms and Armour', by Vesey Norman, Sydney, 1972, 96 pp.; 'Medal Yearbook', by James Mackay, Honiton, 1997, 312 pp.; 'Collecting Medals and Decorations', by Alec Purves, London, 1971, 194 pp.; 'Military Badge Collecting', by John Gaylor, London, 1983, 163 pp.; 'By Skill and Valour: Honours and Awards to the Royal Australian Navy for the First and Second World Wars', by James Atkinson, Sydney, 1986, 243 pp.; 'The Iron Cross: A History 1813-1957', by Gordon Williamson, Poole, 1985, 176 pp. Fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $30
Sotheby's, auction catalogue of the King Farouk sale of 1954, hardbound with gilt lettering, 306 pp., with XXXVII plates. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $600
Carson, R.A.G., and Pagan, H., 'A History of the Royal Numismatic Society', published by Sotheby's and the Royal Numismatic Society, London, 1986, 143 pp. Fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $10
Archibald, M.M, Cowell, M.R., 'Metallurgy in Numismatics Volume 3', published by the Royal Numismatic Society, London, 1993, an important work of research into the metallurgic composition of various ancient coinages, 246 pp. Fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $20
American numismatic literature, an assortment, including 'Official ANA Grading Standards for United States Coins', by the American Numismatic Association, Racine, 1981, 352 pp., binding almost undone; 'America's Foreign Coins', by Oscar Schilke and Raphael Solomon, New York, 1964, 211 pp.; 'A Guide Book of United States Coins 2012', by R.S.Yeoman and Kenneth Bressett, Atlanta, 2011, 430 pp. Nearly fine. (3)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Crosby, S.S., 'The Early Coins of America and the Laws Governing their Issue', hardbound and wrapped, bookplate of a Mr M.R.Weynton on the fly, containing 10 plates of images throughout, Boston, 1875, reprinted 1945, 381 pp. Fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $10
Bolender, M.H., 'The United States Early Silver Dollars From 1794 to 1803', 4th revised edition, Iola, 1982, hardbound with 9 plates, an important reference for early American coin collectors, 74 pp. Good.
Estimate $60
SOLD $40