Ancient numismatics

Luigi Pizzamiglio, Chronological Essay or History of Roman Coinage from the Foundation of Rome to the Fall of the Western Empire, Tipografia della SC De Propaganda Fide, Rome 1867, pp. 233, illustrations, 3 large, impressive folded plates, each approximately 90x40 cm, dedicated to Roman coins, 32 cm, beautiful red half-leather binding with gold titles and decorations on the spine and cloth covers, the editorial paperback has been preserved.

A small, undamaged tear in the inner margin of five leaves, with an old restoration and insignificant traces of use, but overall a pristine copy in excellent condition. Rare.

Francesco Sapio Vitrano, Miscellany of Ancient Coins, Società generale pubblicità, Palermo 1966, pp. 157, 37 plates reproducing coins, 1 folded geographical plate, 28 cm, solid full cloth binding with dust jacket.

Limited edition work. Numbered and signed by the author.

Contents: Introduction; Consulted texts; Metals; Counterfeits; Greek monetary system; Some abbreviations; Minting cities; Roman monetary system; Minted magistrates of the Republic; Abbreviations on republican coins; The various monetary reforms of the imperial period; Imperial mints and their abbreviations; Coiners during the civil wars; Empire: Emperors and their depicted relatives; Abbreviations on imperial coins; Legends common to different Emperors; Legends on Alexandrian coins; Byzantine monetary system; Coiners of the Byzantine period; Main mints for the Eastern Empires; Technological nomenclature; Historical-numismatic summary of Sicily; Greek coins - descriptions of the tables; Main texts and periodicals cited; Gaul; Italy; Bruttium; Campania; Lucania; Sicily; Africa; Zeugitania; Ptolemaic dynasty; Cyrenaica; Libya; Mauretania; Mainland Greece and Islands; Thrace; Kingdom of Thrace; Macedonia; Kingdom of Macedonia; Thessaly; Aetolia; Phocidia; Boeotia; Attica; Islands of Aegina and Corinth; Peloponnese; Crete; Asia; Kings of Pontus; Paphlagonia; Mysia; Island of Lesbos; Ionia; Caria; Carian dynasties; Island of Rhodes; Kings of Lydia; Lycian dynasties; Pamphylia; Island of Cyprus; Kingdom of Syria; Phoenicia; Achaemenid kings; Roman coins - description of the tables; Main texts and periodicals cited; Republic; Civil wars (48-30 BC); Empire; Contorniati; Byzantine coins - description of the tables; Main texts and periodicals cited; Weights; Numismatic tables; Greek coins; Roman coins; Byzantine coins.

Dust jacket with traces of use, some tears and minor losses, slight foxing in the text, otherwise in good condition.

Uncommon publication.

Francesco Rocchi, Essay on the pathology of ancient silver, Tip. Milesi and Nicola, Milan 1918, pp. 16, paper patch depicting coins applied to the title page, 24 cm, br. and.

Insignificant leak-free tear on the back cover, otherwise in more than good condition.

Rare.

Pierantonio Meneghelli, Ragionamento sopra un'antica moneta di Padova, in the Stamperia del Seminario, Padua 1803, pp. CXXXVI, 1 splendid plate reproducing the coin in question, 23 cm, br. ed. with handwritten title on the front cover.

A broad and thoughtful dissertation by Abbot Pierantonio Meneghelli, in which the examination of an ancient Paduan coin opens up to broader considerations of municipal erudition, including numismatics, antiquarianism, and the historical memory of the city.

Elegant ex libris on the back cover.

Bearded and in excellent condition. Rare.

Leodegar Coraggioni, Munzgeschichte der Schweiz, Paul Stroehlin, Luzern 1896, pp. XI, 184, richly illustrated, 50 splendid phototype plates reproducing over 2000 coins, 32 cm, fine binding with gold titles on the spine and front cover, black embossed decorations on the covers, red edges.

An impressive monograph dedicated to Swiss monetary history.

Small ownership stamp imprinted in gold on the front cover, similar ownership stamp on the title page.

Exceptional preservation with very fresh paper.

Extremely rare original edition.

Ettore Gabrici, The coinage of bronze in ancient Sicily, Forni Editore, Bologna 1969, pp. 210, 10 plates, 32 cm, br. and.

Anastatic reprint of the Palermo 1927 edition.

Slight traces of use, minimal blooms on the last paper, however overall the work is in good condition.

Ettore Gabrici, Technique and chronology of Greek coins from the seventh to the fifth century. to. Cr., P. & P. Santamaria, Rome 1951, pp. 80, richly illustrated, 5 plates, 22 cm, br. and.

Series of numismatic studies, 2.

Elegant ex libris on the title page, handwritten title on the spine.

Insignificant traces of use, however overall in excellent condition.

Very rare.

Kenneth Jenkins, The coinage of Gela, 2 vols., Walter De Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1970, 28 cm, full cloth binding with gilt titles on the spine and front cover.

Volume I: pp. XXIV, 312, with geographical maps and aerial photos.

Volume II: pp. 16, 56 splendid plates, in a matching hard case.

Series: Antike Münzen und Geschnittene Steine, 2.

At the top of the title page: Deutsches Archalogisches Institut.

One of the greatest contributions to scientific research on the minting of Greek Sicily, recognized for decades as a cornerstone of the study of Gela's coins.

Ordinary discoloration on the spines, otherwise in excellent condition. Very rare.

Roberto Rossi, The Guarnieri numismatic collection kept at the Camerino Museum. History and catalog, Presentation by Franco Panvini Rosati, Aldo Ausilio Editore, Padua 1979, pp. 147, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.

Series: Pages of numismatics. Monographs on numismatic specialization issues, 2.

The volume contains the catalog of an important collection of ancient coins kept first at the Valentiniana Library in Camerino, then at the Civic Museum of Camerino.

Elegant ex libris on the back cover.

Slight traces of use on the paperback, otherwise in excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Giancarlo Alteri, Eleonora Giampiccolo, Coins from the Gela Mint from the Archaeological Museum of the City and from the Vatican Coin Collection, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City 2014, pp. 267, richly illustrated with splendid enlargements, 24 cm, full cloth binding, with titles on the spine, front cover, and dust jacket.

This bilingual (Italian-English) volume presents the coins of the ancient city of Gela, preserved both at the Sicilian city's Archaeological Museum and at the Vatican Apostolic Library's Coin Collection. "2,700 years of history told through the immense monetary heritage of the Gela mint, preserved in the City Museum," summarizes the Mayor of Gela in the preface, aiming to instill in young people the awareness of living in an extraordinary city, where every corner evokes echoes of time, and every trace found represents the sign of profound knowledge. The coin catalog is preceded by the Prologue, "Elegy of the Walls," by Giovanni Chiaramonte, an internationally renowned photographer. After an introduction on the city's history, from its foundation to its destruction in 282 BC, the catalog itself follows, listing the coins minted by the ancient city of Gela during the Greek period and preserved at the city's Archaeological Museum. The volume is completed by an appendix with a brief history of the Vatican Library's coin collection, which precedes the catalogue of the eighteen coins from ancient Gela preserved in the Vatican, including examples not present in the Gela collection.

In perfect condition. Rare.

Historia aurea, The Gold Coins of the Civic Museum of Lodi, edited by Novella Vismara, Comune di Lodi, Lodi 2008, pp. 63, richly illustrated in color, 24 cm, hardback ed.

Catalogue published on the occasion of the Lodi exhibition held from 20 December 2008 to 19 January 2009, dedicated to the gold coins preserved at the Civic Museum of Lodi, from ancient to modern times, with the addition of gold medals and, finally, examples from the mints of Lodi and Piacenza.

In perfect condition. Extremely rare.

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Italia, Cremona, Ala Ponzone Civic Museum, edited by Federico Barello Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Italia, Cremona, Ala Ponzone Civic Museum, edited by Federico Barello, Municipality of Cremona, Cremona 2006, pp. 101 including 34 tables. of coins with text on the front, 30 cm, card. and.

In perfect condition. Rare.

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, The Royal collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum, volume III, Greece: Thessaly to Aegean Islands, Sunrise Publications Inc., West Milford 1982, 80 fine plates. with facing text, 39 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine and front plate.

Reprint of the first edition.

Signs of age on the plates, otherwise in excellent condition.

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, The Royal collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum, volume II, Thrace and Macedonia, Sunrise Publications Inc., West Milford 1982, 60 beautiful plates. with facing text, 39 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine and front cover.

Reprint of the first edition.

Insignificant signs of aging, otherwise in excellent condition.

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, The Royal collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum, volume IV, Bosporus to Lesbos, Sunrise Publications Inc., West Milford 1982, 50 beautiful plates. with facing text, 39 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine and front cover.

Reprint of the first edition.

Signs of age on the plates, otherwise in excellent condition.

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, The Royal collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum, volume VI, Phrygia to Cilicia, Sunrise Publications Inc., West Milford 1982, 63 beautiful plates. with facing text, 39 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine and front plate.

Reprint of the first edition.

Signs of age on the plates, otherwise in excellent condition.

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, The Royal collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum, volume VII, Cyprus to India, Sunrise Publications Inc., West Milford 1982, 67 beautiful plates. with facing text, 39 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine and front plate.

Reprint of the first edition.

Signs of age on the plates, otherwise in excellent condition.

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Italia, Agrigento, Regional Archaeological Museum, Fund of the former Civic Museum and other collections of the Medal Collection, edited by Maria Caccamo Caltabiano, Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, Pisa 1999, pp. 87 including 36 plates with facing text, 38 cm, beautiful full cloth binding with gold titles on the spine and front cover.

In perfect condition. Uncommon publication.

Gaetano De Minicis, Numismatica ascolana o sia Dichiarazione delle Colline Antiche di Ascoli nel Piceno, published by Gaetano Paccasassi, Fermo 1853, pp. VIII, 72, 2 splendid plates, 31 cm, paperback edition with titles within an elegant frame, protected by a contemporary silent booklet.

Elegant ex libris on the back of the last plate.

Minor flaw in the margin of the back cover, otherwise in excellent condition with fresh paper and wide margins.

Very rare.

Alberto Santini, Essay on the general catalogue of anonymous consular coins with symbols, sn, Milan 1940, pp. 191, 88 beautiful plates, cm 29, br. ed.

A comprehensive work conceived with systematic ambition, Santini's work aims to organize one of the most complex areas of Roman Republican coinage: anonymous issues marked with symbols, a classification of which had until then been the subject of partial and discontinuous attempts. The volume is intended as a tool for reconstructing and comparing: the cataloguing structure is complemented by a wide-ranging iconographic apparatus, in which the plates play a key role in defining the series.

Small numismatist's dry stamp on the last cards.

Minimal traces of use on the paperback, fresh and partially pristine interior.

Laura Breglia, Ancient Numismatics, History and Methodology, Feltrinelli, Milan 1967, pp. 332 including 46 plates, 20 cm, hardback ed.

Slight traces of use on the spine, otherwise in excellent condition. A rare classic.

Laura Breglia, Ancient Numismatics, History and Methodology, Feltrinelli, Milan 1964, pp. 312, illustrations, 46 plates, 22 cm, hardback edition with dust jacket.

Minor signs of wear on the dust jacket; otherwise in excellent condition.

Rare first edition.

Alessandro Carettoni, Roman civilization: finances, Carlo Colombo Publishing House, Rome 1940, pp. 71, richly illustrated, 25 cm, br. and.

Series: Roman exhibition, 14.

Work embellished with an autograph dedication by the author on the title page, dated April 1940.

In excellent condition. Rare.

The bronze coinage of Poseidonia-Paestum, Proceedings of the Third Conference of the International Center for Numismatic Studies, Naples, 19-23 April 1971, Italian Institute of Numismatics, Rome 1973, pp. XXI, 171, 15 plates, including 1 fold-out, 24 cm, br. ed.

Supplement to volume 18-19 of the Annals.

Contents: List of participants; Conference schedule; In memory of Erich Boehringer; Inaugural session; Speeches by F. Acton di Leporano, CHV Sutherland; Pugliese Carratelli G., Problems in the history of Paestum; Zancani Montuoro P., Some documents of art and craftsmanship; Speech by L. Breglia; Grunauer von Hoerschelmann S., The Bronzepraegung von Poseidonia; Speeches by W. Johannowsky, RR Holloway, CM Kraay; Crawford M., Paestum and Rome - The Form and Function of a subsidiary Coinage; Speeches by E. Lepore, M. Mello, CM Franciosi, L. Breglia, M. Crawford; Stazio A., Poseidonia-Paestum: Problems of coin circulation; Papers by S. Grunauer von Hoerschelmann, M. Crawford, C.M. Kraay, E. Pozzi Paolini, C.M. Kraay; Holloway, R.R., Poseidonia-Paestum: The Relationship Between Silver and Bronze Coinage; Papers by C.M. Kraay, E. Lepore, P. Zancani Montuoro, L. Breglia, E. Lepore, M. Crawford, R.R. Holloway; Papers and Discussion; Papers by F. Sallusto, L. Breglia, M. Mello, P. Zancani Montuoro, N. Parise, C.M. Kraay, L. Breglia, P. Zancani Montuoro, M. Crawford, L. Breglia, P. Zancani Montuoro, E. Lepore; Closing Session; Speech by C.H.V. Sutherland; Corrigendum (E. Manni); Index of Contributors; List of Abbreviations.

In excellent condition. Rare.