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Wayne Homren Archives: 1991 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Wadsworth Room Numismatic Literature Appraisal (pg. 14)

/1991 Numismatics Archives

2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 30 Ancient GREEK Lahiri Corpus of Indo Greek Coins 1965 30 Great Britain Norweb English Gold Coins 1968 400 Ancient Greek Seltman Athens It s History and Coinage Before the Persian Invasion 24 plates 1924 150 Great Britain Lindsay A View of the Coinage of Scotland 1845 50 Great Britain Hawkins The Silver Coins of England 1841 10 World Tokens Fiesel Catalog of Parking Tokens of the

Encycl Brit (pg. 14)

/1972 Numismatic Archives

r whom its price in relation to silver cheapened to 10 1 and Lysimachus gold was but rarely struck Silver was the general metal of coinage the Attic standard which Alexander had adopted for his tetradrachms became the monetary standard of the western world and there was a great increase in the bronze coinage Egypt however kept to its own standards and to gold As the greater part of the GREEK world was now ruled by the Diadochi their various coinages naturally formed the main cur rencies of commerce Third century Athenian coinages were scarce except in bronze In 229 however Macedon lost its su premacy over Athens and friendly relations were established between Athens and Rome Shortly after 200 the abundant issue of tetradrachms of the new style began which went on for just

Annual Reports of the Director of the Mint to Secretary of the Treasure. 1907-1953; Miscellaneous Registers, Ledgers, Letter Press Books and Other Bound Volumes (1873-1975) (pg. 1,173)

/1907 [Numismatics U.S. Mint]

otes in circulation 196 747 000 894 000 234 475 000 1 071 000 Coverture in gold of the notes in circulation NOTES FROM GREECE By Consular Agent Ripley Wilson Kalamata CIRCULATION OF FOREIGN COINS Copper and nickel coins of many foreign countries circulate freely The English penny and halfpenny and the French 5 and 10 centime pieces are frequently seen and pass without question for the GREEK coins of the same size Servian and Bulgarian nickel coins are also accepted though they have little resemblance to the Greek money and there are many Argentine coppers in local use An American cent nearly as large as a half dollar bearing the date 1822 and showing comparatively little wear was recently received for a 10 lepta piece the size being about the same GREEK CURRENCY SYSTEM EXTE

Wayne Homren Archives: 1991 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Wadsworth Room Numismatic Literature Appraisal (pg. 11)

/1991 Numismatics Archives

1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 50 25 10 25 10 100 25 20 20 250 150 35 75 125 1000 750 50 20 75 25 20 50 250 50 10 20 40 40 10 15 30 50 125 25 30 15 75 15 50 25 20 20 100 Ancient Maurice Constantinian Coins Numismatic Chronicle Ancient Raymond Pictorial Intro to GREEK and Roman Coins inscription first copy to Jim Cassidy Communion Tokens Buick A Small Collection of Presbyterian Communion Tokens bound mimeo copy US Mint Mint Report 1885 F Ancient Prime Money of the Bible 1906 World Englans The Copper Tin and Bronze Coinage of England 1893 US Tokens Atwood Catalog of U S and Canadian Transportation Tokens Ancient Counterfeit Hill

Encycl Brit (pg. 15)

/1972 Numismatic Archives

NUMISMATICS 767 132 135 of Bar Cochba when silver and bronze frequently overstruck on Roman imperial issues briefly proclaimed the re demption of Israel and the freedom of Jerusalem Jewish coinage ceased with Hadrian s refounding of Jerusalem as Colonia Aelia Capitolina 6 GREEK Bronze Imperial Coinage to A D 268 Under the Roman republic many Greek cities and districts continued to issue their own bronze coins and particularly in Asia these local Greek coinages went on under the empire down to Gallienus thus closing the 1 000 years of Greece s numismatic history These coins have a high historical and archaeological value The right of coinage in Greece was someti

Encycl Brit (pg. 39)

/1972 Numismatic Archives

aking coins and medals see G F Hill P Grierson and P Balog in Numismatic Chronicle 1922 1952 and 1955 N Durr in Jahresbericht 1953 des Historisches Museums Basel D Rouviere in Schweizerische numismatische Rundschau 1957 C H V Sutherland in Museum Notes 1948 also G F Hill Medals of the Renaissance 1920 On the place of coins and medals in art see P Gardner Types of GREEK Coins 1882 K Regling Die Antike Munze als Kunstwerk 1924 G F Hill Select Greek Coins 1927 C H V Sutherland Art in Coinage 1955 and on modern medals in Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 1955 Greek Coins General R S Poole et al British Museum Catalogue of Greek Coins 1873 P Gardner History of Ancient Coinage 1918 L Lacroix Reproductions de statues sur

Catalogs and inventories: Reference [ANS Garrett papers, box 10, folder 6] (pg. 37)

1/1/1920

Maydwell Saxon English 15 Mar 1848 499 lots Handpriced with buyers names pages 15 16 defective Later half calf Scarce 15 S12802 Kirby et al 7 Mar 1888 872 lots With Nobleman 18 Jul 1888 708 lots With J MES et al 7 Aug 1888 945 lots With Noblem an and Lincoln 10 Apr 1889 804 lots Bound in a single volume dark blue cloth gilt 45 S12803 Ashburnham Earl of GREEK 6 7 May 1895 267 lots 5 plates With Mont agu Greek 23 28 Mar 1896 816 lots 10 plates With Archaeologist 20 Jan 1898 146 lots 6 plates IF 7 Distinguished Artist 11 Jul 1899 163 lots 3 plates Bound in 1 vol cloth Handpriced with buyers names except the final catalogue Important sales 65 S12804 Boyne William 1st Portion 21 30 Jan Gk Rom Byz Mostly priced wi

Thomas Elder Ephemera (pg. 75)

1/1/1900 Archival resources; Ephemera; Numismatics; Photographs; Coins; Coins American; Coins Ancient; Medals; Bank notes; Curios; Gems; Fossils

m with teeth and claws on the reverse quadripartite incuse square This coin is cut to show that it is of pure silver as even in that time there were fraud coins There is also a coin of Tyre struck during its autonomy it has on one side the head of Melkart the Tyrian Herakles on the reverse there is an eagle the date is the 4th year of the era of the citv Uncient l hjectsi Jfor alc GREEK glass tear bottle B C 200 400 height about 4 inches perfect i 5 Greek glass perfume bottle height 4 inches perfect 1 2 dreek glass paint and powder bottle with two compartments 1 50 Old Pluenician bottle very heavy glass 1 00 B C Rare 2 00 Greek glass bottle with beautiful iridescence very slighty im perfect at the top ery choice 1 00 arious Greek glass perfume tear

American Numismatic Society: Western Hemisphere Committee, 1976-1981 (pg. 9)

/1976 Numismatics Correspondence

Minutes of the first meeting of the Standing Committee on GREEK Coins April 10 1976 The first meeting of the newly organized Standing Committee on Greek Coins was held on Saturday April 10 at 10 A M In attendance were John D Leggett Jr Chairman Harry W Fowler H Bartlett Wells Hyla A Troxell and Nancy M Waggoner Secretary Also present during part of the discussion were Margaret Thompson Chief Curator and Baldwin Maull Arthur Houghton sent

Encycl Brit (pg. 12)

/1972 Numismatic Archives

chm were high denominations suitable for major commerce and not for everyday life For intercity trans actions these staters i e standard units were conveniently linked by the mina weight of a talent of 425 g made up by 150 Corinthian 100 Attic and 70 Aeginetan drachmas Fractional pieces developed only slowly Between 550 and 500 the practice of coinage had spread to many parts of the GREEK world usually out of commercial convenience though also partly to satisfy civic pride From the Persian empire with its vast gold and silver coinage successor to that of Croesus to Magna Graecia and Sicily and from the Dorian colony of Cyrene rich in the cultivation of silphium to the Greek or semi Greek cities of Thrace there was a network of varied and competitive currencies generally

Wayne Homren Archives: 1991 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Wadsworth Room Numismatic Literature Appraisal (pg. 13)

/1991 Numismatics Archives

t Britain Burns Old Scottish Communion Plate 1892 Canada Breton Coins and Tokens of Canada 1894 Canada Bowman Communion Tokens of the Prsbyterian Church of Candada 1965 U S Auction Chapman The John Story Jenks Collection 42 plates HB Great Britain Bramah A Guide to the Varieties and Rarity of English Regal Copper Coins 1929 World King Early Christian Numismatics 1873 Ancient GREEK Seaby Greek Coins and Their Values 1966 Ancient Roman Mattingly Roman Imperial Civilization 1957 Antient Roman Askew A catalog of Roman Coins 1948 Ancient Greek Hands Common Greek Coins vol 1 1907 Great Britain Tokens Rowe Salisbury s Local Coinage 1966 Great Britain Tokens Atkins Tradesmens Tokens of the 18th century 1892 Great Britain Grueber Handbook of the Coi

Catalogs and inventories: Reference [ANS Garrett papers, box 10, folder 6] (pg. 38)

1/1/1920

Nov 1013 Nov 1018 1075 lots 41 plates Parts 1 2 Ilandpriced with buyers names Part 3 unpriced Card covers worn The main reference S12832 Lawhknck el alia Pnglish Irish Scotch 18 Jul 1923 643 lots 3 plates 18 S12833 i ST British including tokens 5 Mav 1924 564 lots 2 plates C10 S12834 Shaw Knglish 21 Jul 1024 607 lots 1 plate 18 S12835 Anox Amateur GREEK 1 Dec 1924 210 lots 8 plates 10 S12836 Baix ICngl Irish Scottish Colonial Foreign 8 May 1928 757 lots 8 plates Important llalF morocco back yilt 32 S12837 Wheelkr Saxon and English 12 Mar 1930 599 lots 15 plates Red cloth Some annotations Important 45 S12838 As before Photostat of price list laid in 32 S12839 As before No prices 30 S12840 Walters Anglo Saxo

Encycl Brit (pg. 9)

/1972 Numismatic Archives

frican Provinces From Diocletian to the Vandal Conquest 1954 P Romanelli Storia delle province romane dell Africa 1959 B H Wa NUMIDIDAE the guinea fowl family comprising a group of native African birds closely related to and sometimes con sidered a subfamily of the pheasant family Phasianidae See Guinea Fowl NUMISMATICS an 18th century term derived from the Latin numisma and GREEK nomisma a coin is the study of coins including medals but excluding seals A coin may be defined as a piece of metal stamped with a type i e device or inscription showing that it is issued by an authority that guarantees its value Paper money which serves the same purpose is sometimes con sidered to be a part of numismatics also Aesthetic and commemo rative medals are produced by

Encycl Brit (pg. 13)

/1972 Numismatic Archives

mer turtle Corinthian coins continued to pour out In the north a variety of important mints opened and coins from mints in Asia Minor notably Cnidus and Ephesus testify to the great prosperity brought by autonomy Artistic Development In contrast to the deliberate archaism of Athenian types a wide flowering was seen elsewhere Sometimes this was the result of hybridizing influence as when GREEK artists rendered Scythian motifs at Panticapaeum or Punic ones for Carthage and such of her Sicilian colonies as Segesta and Eryx Sometimes an artistic tradition was regional harsh and arresting as in Crete or as in Massilia and Emporion in the far west a weak reflection of finer styles Generally however there was an internationally high standard in coin design Elis guardian of the temp

Bullion Fund Registers, 1887 - 1960 (pg. 182)

/1887 [Numismatics U.S. Mint]

so eminent an authority on metallography as Prof Henry M Howe that the new terms ben mutic and osmondite should be introduced deserves there fore the most careful attention In my opinion however the former of these is unsatisfactory from a philological point of view inasmuch as the Latin prefix bene can only become ben be fore a vowel and as the termination ic is GREEK benemutable would be more correct but undoubtedly ugly I question whether bene is ever used in this sense nor do I know of any Latin pre fix so employed Eu in Greek is so used again and again and eutectic has a classic Greek word corresponding with it It seems therefore that Greek cannot be avoided and evidently eu is the right prefix and ic which means capable of the rig

Annual Reports of the Director of the Mint to Secretary of the Treasure. 1907-1953; Miscellaneous Registers, Ledgers, Letter Press Books and Other Bound Volumes (1873-1975) (pg. 1,537)

/1907 [Numismatics U.S. Mint]

ge Transactions Consul Gonoral Alexander W Weddell Athens Aug 31 1920 in Supplement to Commerce Reports Nov 30 1920 During 1914 and 1918 the drachma remained at par or 5 1813 drachmas to the dollar in 1919 parity was maintained for the first 6 months of the year but the average for the 12 months was 5 51 drachmas to the dollar During the war three elements among others gave the GREEK drachma a strong position on the changes of the world the presence of large Allied armies with the consequent expenditures of large sums for local and immediate needs the earnings of the Greek merchant marine in great part under requisition to Allied Govern ments and the sums sent into Greece by Greeks residing in the United States Against these favorable elements in the exchange situation

William Metcalfe Correspondence, 1993-1994 (pg. 7)

/1993 Numismatics Correspondence Washington University in St. Louis Colonial currency Early American currency

Status Report on the W U Coin Collections I April 1994 by Kevin Herbert Curator This report is being submitted to the Committee because I intend to relinquish the curatorship as of 30 June 1994 In 1968 Dr George Pake then the Provost appointed nie Curator of the Wulfing Collection and since then I have completed three volumes on the Collection one on the GREEK and one the Roman Republican coins under the imprint of the American Numismatic Society New York and a third on the Early Roman Empire 31 BC AD 96 now in camera ready form for publication A fourth work on the great Imperial age of the second century AD 96 180 is in preparation Further in the recent past three exhibitions have been mounted in the Lower Gallery each displaying forty items

Ancient Coins: Some Fine Coins Are Cheap (pg. 2)

/1910 Numismatics; Archival resources; Coins Ancient; Typescript

of Hercules dressed m a lion s skin while the bearded Zeus is seated on the reverse side holding an eagle in one hand while Alexander name appears in GREEK Is iers The Zeus figure at times suggests the style cf the traditional Christ portraits T 7e sometimes read of finds of X CL Ao f theJJe Alexander coins in both silver and gold Over 10 000 were found K of the Greek tetradrachms a few years at Pemenhnr Egypt rated as the largest modern find As the late Doctor Kunz once remarked to the writer It is well they are common because

Thomas Elder Ephemera (pg. 76)

1/1/1900 Archival resources; Ephemera; Numismatics; Photographs; Coins; Coins American; Coins Ancient; Medals; Bank notes; Curios; Gems; Fossils

6 Ancient rts GREEK Ijrouze arrow heads of the 3d century B C Found near Sidon One has conipartment for insertion of poison l efore shooting A beautiful lot of six mounted on a cai dboard 2 00 Babylonian chalcedonj seal with a bird B C 3500 1 25 Babylonian chalcedony seal with a deer 1 50 Babylonian chalcedony seal with a rude head 1 00 Babylonian cylinder hematite or stone fair 1 50 good 2 50 fine 5 00

Encycl Brit (pg. 35)

/1972 Numismatic Archives

the principles of Islam This reformed coinage was of gold first issued in a d 698 699 silver first issued in 696 697 and copper The old coin called dinar from the Aramaic derivation of the Roman denarius aureus derived its standard 4 25 gr from the Byzantine solidus the standard of the silver coin dirham from the name of the Sasanian coin which in its turn was de rived from GREEK drachma was reduced to 2 92 gr but it re tained in its thin material and style some features of its Sasanian predecessor the name of the copper change fals comes from Latin follis a small piece of money The reformed gold and silver coinage has no pictorial type only inscriptions and with rare exceptions this remained the rule in Islamic coinage This may limit its artistic interest t

Encycl Brit (pg. 36)

/1972 Numismatic Archives

NUMISMATICS 782 invade India and their coinage is remarkable for its fine series of portraits and for the number of names it records of rulers otherwise unknown Prakrit legends begin to appear alongside corrupt Grefek the GREEK in time becomes more and more corrupt as the Greek rulers were replaced by foreign invaders who copied their types The coins of the Saka rulers are conventionally called Indo Scythian those of the Parthian princes who ruled in what is modern Afghanistan Indo Parthian The Greek dei ties gradually give place to Indian ones on the coins In the middle of the 1st century a d the Kushans f

Ring Binder: Sales Book #2, 1937-1942 [ANS Virgil Brand papers] (pg. 579)

/1940

0 1 00 1 pc TERRITORIAL GOLD 85 5 31 40 75 00 75 00 7 50 20 00 1 pc SAN FRANCISCO M 1 92 8 10 36 75 00 75 00 7 50 1 00 1 pc U S GOLD PATTERNS 81 12 18 39 95 00 87 50 12 50 1 00 2 pcs U S PATTERNS MINOR 82 10 23 36 30 00 30 00 3 00 50 5 pcs U S PATTERNS MINOR 82 10 27 36 112 50 112 50 11 25 15 77 10 pcs U S PATTERNS MINOR 82 10 28 36 150 00 150 00 15 00 1 95 2 pcs ANCIENT GREEK GOLD 2 8 30 37 175 00 175 00 17 50 16 52 8 pcs ANCIENT GREEK SILVER 3 5 11 37 159 25 159 25 15 92 4 75 3 pcs ANCIENT ROME GOLD 6 2 18 41 365 00 365 00 36 50 16 92 1 pc ANCIENT GREEK SILVER 3 1 20 40 25 00 25 00 2 50 76 2 pcs ANCIENT GREEK GOLD 2 4 24 37 85 00 85 00 8 50 6 42 2 pcs ANCIENT GREEK SILVER 3 5 11 37 75 00 75 00 7 50 96 1 pc FRANCE GOLD 35 1 20 40 1 75 1 75 175

Kagin's Correspondence, 1948-2007 (pg. 175)

12/16/1948 Research; Coins American; Bank notes; Books; Kagin Paul; Coins Malaysian; Coins Ancient; Numismatics; Correspondence

Footnotes These are summarized in two recent general volumes on GREEK coins C M Kraay Greek Coins London 1966 G K Jenkins Ancient Greek Coins New York 1972 Kraay s book which includes an excellent historical summary and under each mint bibliographical references for further reading is an indis pensable guide for the scholar and serious collector who seek accurate up to date information on the subject The basic views of Charles Seltman expounded in

Garrett Family Papers - Rome: Spink and Son, 1931-1932 [ANS Garrett papers, box 8, folder 18] (pg. 25)

1/1/1931

der of Civil xMerit of Bulgaria Silver gilt and enamelled badge of the I Class V F 9979 General Officer Group Order of the Bath C B t Gold badge of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphie Order K H Gold badge of a Commander of the Royal Sicilian Military Order of S Ferdinand and of Merit Badge of the Order of S Maurice and S Lazarus RR V F Captain in the 31 Foot Major in GREEK Light Infantry Corps Colonel of the 41 Fool General was detached on a separate command in 1806 to the Adriatic to attack the Islands of Tremitis and in the same year he assisted at the siege of Scylla In 1807 he serv ed in tgypt and was at the capture of Alexandria and in the action near Rosetta At the siege and capture of Santa Maura he was in charge of the Quarter Master Gene

Commission Internationale de Numismatique Correspondence, 1982-1989 (pg. 7)

1/1/1982

gresses In addition the Commission and Bureau co ordinate and support other international numis matic meetings and symposia organized in different countries Recent and forthcoming symposia include Les commencements de la grosse monnaie et de la monnaie d or en Europe Centrale Liblice Czechoslovakia 1970 Imita tions and Forgeries in Ancient and Medieval Times Warsaw Budapest 1976 GREEK Imperi al Coinage Israel 1982 and La Zecca di Milano Milan 1983 The Commission and Bureau supervise a number of numismatic projects and activities carried on by subcommittees of the Commission or other groups under the patronage of the Commis sion One subcommittee headed by Professor Paul Naster of the University of Leuven co ordinates the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum di series of ca

Aaron R. Feldman Correspondence, 1961-1972 (pg. 83)

/1961

itish Museum lb94paper Avellinius F M Italia e Veteris Numismata 190 P a g e l8 8 Sezione L N Le Jfonete Citta di Luceria 5 P la s l8 f 6 Gosse Pierre De Boze Medaille Antique Smyne 52 pages 1764 Coll Prof Prospero Sarti 13 plates 1906 paper Mill in A L Histoire Metallique Revolution Frencaise 26 pi 1 06 Mcmorie Numismatiche of Principe Spinelli 1554 paper ctheby Coll of GREEK Coins Bo cert Carfrae 1894 priced paper loll of monedas y medallas D Manuel Y Bamon 80 k 8 7 P M hn Cat 66 Russian Ancient Hiropean munzen Books 1930 PV Calm Cat 29 Greek Roman 400 pages 11823 lots 1930 Calm Cat 7 6 Norddeutsche Sammlung 2265 lots 12 pi 1932 Hess Ancient new Munzen und Medallien Cat 193 31 pi Go ll J G Stick el Orientalische Munzcabinet 1845 Heinric

Aaron R. Feldman Correspondence, 1961-1972 (pg. 90)

/1961

of the British Museum l894paper Avellinius F M Italiae Veteris Numismata 190 P a S e 180 Sezione L N Le Monete Citta di Luceria 5 plates 1 8 46 Gosse Pierre Be Boze Medaille Antique Smyne 52 pages 1764 Coll Prof Prospero Sarti 13 plates 1906 paper M 11 in A L Histoire Metallique Revolution Fi ncaise 26 pi 1806 Momorie Numismatiche of Principe Spinelli l8 5 paper Gctheby Coll of GREEK Coins Robert Carfrae 1894 P ced p p f loll of monedas y medallas B Manuel Y Ramon 80 jrbn Cat 66 Russian Ancient European munzen Books 1930 47 pi CrJm Cat 29 Greek Roman 400 pages 11823 lots 1930 Calm Cat 76 Norddeutsche Sammlung 2265 lots 12 pi 193 Hfces Ancient new JKmzen und Medallien Cat 193 31 pl Coll J G Stick el Orientalische Ifonzcabinet 1845 Heinrich Karl Ernst Koh

Sale 64 (2 of 2) [ANS New Netherlands Coin Company records, box 6, folder 4] (pg. 11)

11/14/1973

vans Forrer Gobi Grose Head Jenkins Lahiri Lockett May Meshorer M idler Noe Reifenberg Sambon Seaby FIRST SESSION Wednesday afternoon November 1 4th 1973 Lots 1 to 195 Promptly at 3 00 p m ANCIENT COINS Various Properties in silver and bronze S V Aulock Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Deutschland Berlin 1962 E Boehringer Die Munzen v Syrakus Berlin 1929 British Museum Catalogues of GREEK Coins Vols I XXX London 1873 1927 British Museum Catalogues of Roman Coins Vols I IV London 1923 1950 H Cohen Medailles Imperiales Vols I VIII Paris 1880 1892 H De La Tour Atlas des Monnaies Gauloises Paris 1892 J Evans The Horsemen of Tarentum ex Num Chron London 1889 R Forrer Keltische Numismatik Vol I II Austria 1968 69 R Gobi Ostkeltischer Typ

Sale 64 (1 of 2) [ANS New Netherlands Coin Company records, box 6, folder 3] (pg. 11)

11/14/1973

rt De La Tour Evans Forrer Gobi Grose Head Jenkins Lahiri Lockett May Mesliorer Muller Noe Reifenbcrg Samhon Seaby Wednesday afternoon November 14th 1973 Lots 1 to 195 Promptly at 3 00 p m ANCIENT COINS Various Properties in silver and bronze S V Aulock Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Deutschland Berlin 1962 E Boehringer Die Munzen v Syrakus Berlin 1929 British Museum Catalogues of GREEK Coins Vols I XXX London 1873 1927 British Museum Catalogues of Roman Coins Vols I IV London 1923 1950 H Cohen Medailles Imperials Vols I VIII Paris 1880 1892 H De La Tour Atlas des Monnaies Gauloises Paris 1892 J Evans The Horsemen of Tarentum ex Num Chron London 1889 R Forrer Keltische Numismatik Vol I II Austria 1968 69 R Gobi Ostkeltischer Typ

Lincoln and Son [ANS Garrett papers, box 4, folder 9] (pg. 6)

1/1/1900

W S LINCOLN SON HAVE ON VIEW AND SALE A GREAT COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS COMPRISING GREEK Gold and Electrum Coins Greek Silver Including Tetradrachras for sale at the prices named of Metapontum 15s and 2is Crotona 14s and 1 7s Gelas 15s and 25s Leontium 12s and 21s Syracuse 12s 21s and 42s Agathocles 21s and 42s Lysimachus 10s 15s and 25s Macedonia 10s 21s and 85s Philip II 8s 6d 15s and 25s Alexander Magnus 7s 6d 10s a

ANS Summer Seminar Correspondence, 1981 (pg. 12)

/1981 Numismatics Correspondence Books Fugio cent

LD PROPOSED TOPIC NAME PRESENT OCCUPATION FIELD PROPOSED TOPIC NAME PRESENT OCCUPATION FIELD PROPOSED TOPIC NAME PRESENT OCCUPATION FIELD PROPOSED TOPIC NAME PRESENT OCCUPATION FIELD PROPOSED TOPIC NAME PRESENT OCCUPATION FIELD PROPOSED TOPIC Nerkis Akqora Graduate Student Columbia University Islamic Buyid or Artuqid Coins Levon Avdoyan Graduate Student Columbia University GREEK Roman Christopher Ehrhardt Graduate Assistant State Univ of New York Buffalo Greek Hellenistic issues of Greece and Macedonia Timothy Gregory Assistant Professor Pennsylvania State Univ Roman Byzantine Period of power of Eudocia in Constantinople Numismatic propaganda of the empress Zoe John C Lawrenz Graduate Student Brandeis University Greek Jewish coins paleography and imagery Rich

Wayne Homren Archives: 1994 Bruce McNall vanity Fair Article (pg. 4)

/1994 Numismatics Archives

ker by 24 he capped his amaz ing rise in the coin world by walking into a hushed conference room in Zurich in 1974 and outbidding dealers representing Aristotle Onassis and fu ture French president Valery Giscard d Estaing to buy the world s rarest coin the fifth century B c Athena deca drachm for a then record price of 5420 000 Six years later he sold the first SI million coin a silver GREEK decadrachm he now admits he bought freshly smuggled out of Sicily MeNall has guarded N F A s position in the coin world by maintaining con tacts with men reputed to be among the largest antiquities smugglers in Europe For years MeNall confirmed the key figure in his procurement network was one of the most notorious dealers of the postwar era Robert E Hecht Jr an ex patriate American de

Encycl Brit (pg. 11)

/1972 Numismatic Archives

r lead seals Leonardo da Vinci made progress toward a coining press and the screw press was duly evolved substitution of gradual pressure instead of a violent blow upon the dies and the blank resulted in a much longer life for dies and in coins of neater fabric especially after the develop ment of the collar For further discussion of modern coinage see Mint In design the high relief of GREEK and earlier Roman coins though subject to wear in circulation encouraged a sculptural treatment in which lettering took a minor part Late Roman Byzantine and medieval coins show a flat treatment typical of modern coins in which lettering became more important its finest use is seen in the purely inscriptional types of Arab and Persian coins The problem of composing within a circular fiel

Correspondence, clips, and personal memoranda related to Viriginia coinage, items dated 1980-1995 (pg. 61)

/1980 [Numismatics Numismatics Archives]

5000 Katz V A THOUSAND YEARS OF BOHEMIAN COINAGE 929 1929 10 00 Kenyon L THE GOLD COINS OF ENGLAND 30 00 Kraus D R SWISS SHOOTING TALERS St MEDALS 10 00 Pradeau A NUMISMATIC HISTORY OF MEXICO 25 00 Sadow J it Sarro T COINS St MEDALS OF THE VATICAN 13 00 Scholten C COINS OF THE DUTCH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES 35 00 Wang Y EARLY CHINESE COINAGE 35 00 ANCIENT Baldwin A SYMBOLISM ON GREEK COINS 16 50 Baldwin A FACING HEADS ON ANCIENT GREEK COINS 7 50 Bellinger A ESSAYS ON THE COINAGE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT 30 00 Bellinger A TROY THE COINS 39 50 Bellinger A SYRIAN TETRADRACHMS 26 00 Gardner P SAMOS AND SAMIAN COINS 3000 Grant M ANCIENT HISTORY ATLAS 10 00 Head B COINAGE OF LYDIA AND PERSIA 30 00 Icard S DICTIONARY OF GREEK COIN INSCRIPTIONS 42 50 Klawanc Z

1804 Dollar Correspondence (post-1963) (pg. 91)

/1964 [Numismatics Numismatics 1807 Dollar]

00 Kat V A THOUSAND YEARS OF BOHEMIAN COINAGE 929 1929 1000 Kenyon L THE GOLD COINS OF ENGLAND 30 00 Kraus D R SWISS SHOOTING TALERS MEDALS 10 00 Pradeau A NUMISMATIC HISTORY OF MEXICO 25 00 Sadow J 4 Sarro T COINS 4 MEDALS OF THE VATICAN 13 00 Scholten C COINS OF THE DUTCH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES 35 00 Wang Y EARLY CHINESE COINAGE 35 00 ANCIENT Baldwin A SYMBOLISM ON GREEK COINS 16 50 Baldwin A FACING HEADS ON ANCIENT GREEK COINS 7 50 Bellinger A ESSAYS ON THE COINAGE OF AL EXANDER THE GREAT 30 00 Bellinger A TROY THE COINS 39 50 Bellinger A SYRIAN TETRADRACHMS 26 00 Gardner P SAMOS AND SAMIAN COINS 30 00 Grant M ANCIENT HISTORY ATLAS 10 00 Head B COINAGE OF LYDIA AND PERSIA 30 00 Icard S DICTIONARY OF GREEK COIN INSCRIPTIONS 42 50 Klawan

Kagin's Correspondence, 1948-2007 (pg. 176)

12/16/1948 Research; Coins American; Bank notes; Books; Kagin Paul; Coins Malaysian; Coins Ancient; Numismatics; Correspondence

4 or 6 Footnotes Cont cont small farmers See also W P Wallace and sraay s reply Num Chron 1962 pp 22 42 and pp 417 424 respectively All known reek coin hoards down to 40 3 0 have been published recently in An Inventory of GREEK Coin Hoards M lhompson O Mgrkholm C M Kraay eds New York 197 Cf Kraay JHS 1964 p 76 Cf C M Kraay Greek Coins History London 1929 ppe 19 42 Cf C G Starr Athenian Coinage 480 449 B C Oxford 1970 ppe 38 42 Cie Ce Seltman Greek Coins pe 21 C Vermeule Archaeology xX 1957 ppe 100 107 Tenicine Ancient Greek Coins p 1

Assorted Correspondence and Ephemera File: LHO to LON (pg. 54)

/1953 Research; Tokens; Bank notes; Coins American; Coins English

ull to collectors But no collection is complete v ith out some bronze the Romans v ere thonsolvos very proud of their bronze and regarded it as truly Roman Hao silver and bronze token issues mentioned earlier seem to have been struck for use in transactions v ith foreign states as distinct from the a es rr ayo v hich v as used for internal transactions lliis is indicated by the use of a GREEK rather than a Roman standard for the coins and that the bronze coins are indeed tokens and they appear in separate hoards Ihc silver coinage falls into tv o groups first are the ROIiAI JO Romanorvim didrach is Ihey have a close similarity to the issues of the Greek cities of South Italy Ilagna Graecia in particular those of I lotapontum There ore four main types i iarsAlorse s

8NS-104-94-077, Miscellaneous Correspondence & Memos, 1897-1994. (pg. 200)

/1897 [U.S. Mint Denver Mint Numismatics Correspondence]

Annual Reports of the Director of the Mint to Secretary of the Treasure. 1907-1953; Miscellaneous Registers, Ledgers, Letter Press Books and Other Bound Volumes (1873-1975) (pg. 1,498)

/1907 [Numismatics U.S. Mint]

ng the use of the Belgian design in the coinages of fractional coins Paris April t 1909 L Economiste Europlen announced on March 3 the promulgation of the law bearing the approval of the monetary convention signed at Paris November 4 1908 between France Belgium Greece Italy and Switzerland We understand that that convention especially ordered the retirement from circu lation of all GREEK fractional coins 2 and 1 franc 50 and 20 centimes pieces within four months from the date of its entering into force The delay was to commence on Apnl 1 next But the Italian Government having found it to be an impossibility to have a vote on it and consequently of ratifying the convention in due time by reason of the dissolution of the Italian Parliament they came to an agreement for prol

Chapman, S.H. and H., 1921-1923 [ANS Garrett papers, box 2, folder 7] (pg. 187)

1/1/1921

u IMPORTER OK AND DEALER IN ANCIENT GREEK and ROMAN COINS ENGLISH CONTINENTAL AND ORIENTAL COINS and MEDALS IvHtahliilli l 1S7H S H CHAPMAN Numismatist 112S SPRUCE 8TREZEIT PHILADELPHIA REGISTERED CABLE ADDRESS CHAPMAN PHILADELPHIA DEALER IN AMERICAN COINSamj MEDALS ESPECIALLY IN FINK AND RARE SPECIMENS PAPER MONEY NUMISMATIC BOOKS COLLECTIONS PURCHASED OR CATALOGUED KOR SALE BV AUCTION February 23 1923 John W

Chapman, S.H. and H., 1921-1923 [ANS Garrett papers, box 2, folder 7] (pg. 215)

1/1/1921

IMPORTER OF LfUtiluhed 1 M7H AND DEALER IN S H CHAPMAN ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN Numismatist COINS ENGLISH 1128 SPRUCE STREET CONTINENTAL AND ORIENTAL PHILADELPHIA COINS AND MEDALS REGISTERED CABLE ADDRESS CHAPMAN PHILADELPHIA TELEPHONE WALNUT 3427 DEALER IN AMERICAN COINK AND MEDALS ESPECIALLY IN PINE AND RARE SPECIMENS PAPER MONEY NUMISMATIC BOOKS COLLECTIONS PURCHASED OR CATALOGUED POR SALE BY AUCTION November 20 1923 Mr John W Garrett Baltimore Md s D

Lists of coins, 18-45 [ANS Garrett papers, box 4, folder 10a] (pg. 159)

1/1/1915

tth Gilbert Elder Reprint with addtfons of Hays Prossard 1734 Cents 27pp 4 plates oloth 0e nt3 of 1796 f 2 pla tes 40 varieties described Paper Green Ben G numismatists Reference and Cheek Book second edition limp leather Same Interleaved Gnecchi Francesco Fauna and Pltfra on the Coin Types of indent Home 6vo paper 130np illustrated London 19l9 1 50 Hands A W Common GREEK Coins I70pr illustrated Papor covers London 1907 1 50 Coins of Magna Graecia 366pp illustrated Papor covers London 1909 Italo Greek Coins of Uouthhrn Italy 206pp illustrated Paper cover London 1912 nazlitt W C The Coin Collectors 300pp 12 plates 8vo cloth Coinage of the European Continent 554po many plates Large 8vo Half leather Head Barclay Y Guid

Lists of coins, 18-45 [ANS Garrett papers, box 4, folder 10a] (pg. 163)

1/1/1915

quarto half morocoo Phil a 1859 scarce 5 00 Evans George G History of U St Hint and American Coinage Large 8vo cloth Illustrated 1390 Pine copy 1 50 Erossurd Ed Eronoo American Jetons 14pp 2 Plates 8vo paper IT Y 1399 Kara 3 50 nawkins Edw Silver Coins of England Pirst Edition 1841 8vo cloth newly hound 3 50 Hoad Barclay V Iliotoria Humorumf A manual of GREEK ilumie rnatios Pirst o i iti on Large 8vo half morocco Higgins Prank C Copper Coins of Europe 95pp 16mo cloth London 1892 Hill G P Historical Roman Coin M90pp H7 Plai a 8vo cloth new London 1909 Out of print noworth B P Colne Tokens of Effglish Colonies 93pp 16no doth illustrated London 1390 Humphreys H So el Coin Collector Hanual Greek Roman English Coins

Sale 37 (1 of 2) [ANS New Netherlands Coin Company records, box 2, folder 12] (pg. 44)

5/17/1952

36 110 771 772 773 774 775 776 780 781 782 783 784 As last PONTUS PAPHLAGONIA BITHYNIA AND THE KINGDOM OF BOSPORUS W Wroth London 1889 252pp 39 PI The blue cloth bind ing is Fine and somewhat faded text is perfect 20 00 As last TROAS AEOLIS AND LESBOS W Wroth London 1894 260pp Map and 43 PI Blue cloth Ex Fine 20 00 THE TYPES OF GREEK COINS P Gardner Cambridge 1883 lO jx 13 217pp 16 PI Original green cloth A splendid reference from the Archaeo logical viewpoint Of particular Interest as it discusses the Artistic and Mythological qualities of various Greek coin types Fine 10 00 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS The C S Bement Coll T L Comparette Pub by the A N S N Y C 1921 8x11 104p

Sale 37 (1 of 2) [ANS New Netherlands Coin Company records, box 2, folder 12] (pg. 104)

5/17/1952

36 768 0 0 770 c2 771 772 773 774 7 0 l n 767 As last PONTUS PAPHLAGONIA BITHYNIA AND THE KINGDOM OF BOSPORUS W Wroth London 1889 252pp 39 PI The blue cloth bind ing is Fine and somewhat faded text is perfect 20 00 As last TROAS AEOLIS AND LESBOS W Wroth London 1894 260pp Map and 43 PI Blue cloth Ex Fine 20 00 the TYPES OF GREEK COINS P Gardner Cambridge 1883 lO jx 131 4 217pp 16 PI Original green cloth A splendid reference from the Archoeo logical viewpoint Of particular interest as it discusses the Artistic and Mythologicol qualities of various Greek coin types Fine 10 00 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS The C S Bement Coll T L Comporette Pub by the A N S N Y C 1921 8x11 10

Sale 37 (1 of 2) [ANS New Netherlands Coin Company records, box 2, folder 12] (pg. 258)

5/17/1952

on 1906 491pp Mop and 53 PL Blue cloth Fine to V Fine 2Z b0 I 767 As lost PONTUS PAPHLAGONIA BITHYNIA AND THE KINGDOM OF BOSPORUS W Wroth London 1889 252pp 39 PI The blue cloth bind ing is Fine and somewhat faded text is perfect 20 00 768 As lost TROAS AEOLIS AND LESBOS W Wroth London 1894 260pp Mop and 43 PI Blue cloth Ex Fine 20 00 769 THE TYPES OF GREEK COINS P Gardner Cambridge 1883 1 O A x I 31 4 217pp 16 PI Original green cloth A splendid reference from the Archaeo logical viewpoint Of particular interest os it discusses the Artistic and Mythological qualities of various Greek coin types Fine 10 00 770 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS The C S Bement Coll T L Comporette Pub by the A N S N Y C 1921 8x11

Holger Jorgensen Invoices from B.G. Johnson, January 5, 1940, to November 29, 1940 (pg. 13)

/1940

the City of Munich A superb coin Unc brilliant oexm 1780 Bavaria Ducat Mod frr m gold from the Riv r Inn River god se ted Brilliant proof and very rare indeed mxco 1818 Brunswick 10 thalers of Geo Prince Regent of England as guardian of Charles the young duke of Brunswidk Unc Very rare mixl AHCIEUT DGYPT 50 00 v V 30 246 221 3 3 Gold ootodrachm of Ptolemy III Mint mark in GREEK letters DI Very fine and very rare racoex 137 90 j 285 246 B C Gold stator of Ptolemy II with portraits on obv of L Ptolemy II and his ci ter wife Arsinoe II and his rev portraits of Ptolemy I and Berenice I Very fine bfuex 285 246 B C Gold ootodrachra of Arainoe II of the 10th year Unc r nd in very fine style meoe c ir S0 Cola onto drachm with obv bust s of Ptolemy IT and

American Numismatic Association Book Committee Correspondence, 1959-1968 (pg. 11)

/1959

ist Volume II Ancient and Medieval TITLE PAGE PREFACE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS to be written later CHAPTER I Beginning of Coinage 16 pages The Invention of Coins Byron O Burke 72 1059 Sept 59 13 1 2 p A Brief Survey of Media of Exchange J W Decker 64 1180 Nov 51 2 1 4 p For Further Reading Did the Lydians Invent Coinage Phare s O Sigler 63 131 Mar 50 2 1 2 p CHAPTER II GREEK Coins 40 pages Some Notes on Collecting Ancient Greek Coins Mead B Kibbey 66 1285 Dec 53 2 1 2 p Beginning of Coinage Prof J Rankine Brown 46 546 Sept 33 6 p Dekadrachms of Syracuse and Their Historical and Mythological Background Edward Gans 53 633 Sept 40 4 p The Greek Spirit and Its Relation to Coinage Paul Pennington 54 4 Jan 41 4 p A Hoard of Staters

American Numismatic Association Book Committee Correspondence, 1959-1968 (pg. 12)

/1959

Detroit Coin Club: Membership Roster, Collecting Specialties (pg. 17)

1/1/1936

ns 6 26 18 Priced American Colonies 6 28 18 Collection of Coins 11 17 32 Drovot Decorations Francaises 2 27 33 Glendining Coins Medals etc 11 24 03 Mehl Pioneer Territorial Gold 5 5 25 Rare Coins Curreency 4 20 26 English Coins 3 27 28 Rare Coins Medals 12 11 28 Gold Silver Copper 4 17 34 Rare Coins Currency 6 23 36 Morgenthau Mex So Amer 2 12 35 Schulman GREEK Roman Byzantine 12 16 26 Sotheby Greek Coins 2 3 09 26 plates Greek Coins 2 21 29 Babelon d E Bibliographic des travaux d E Babelon Arethuse 1924 Breton P N Coins and Tokens Canada 1894 Guide to Canadian Coins Medals 1912

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