Ancient

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.

Severino Servanzi-Collio, Medals of Roman families discovered near Cingoli, sn, sl 1839, pp. 30, cm 23, br. moult.

Extract from: Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeological Correspondence, 1839.

Handwritten pagination .

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

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.

Extract from: Italian journal of numismatics and related sciences, a. XXXI, fasc. I-II, Milan 1918.

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

Extremely rare.

Giulio Miscosi, Ligurian origins. Three thousand years of Genoa. The massili of Numidia (Neptunian knights). Follow-up to: Classification of Casella coins found in Crocetta d'Orero (near Genoa) in 1923, published by the author, Genoa 1927, pp. 16, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli, Problems of the history of Paestum, sn, Naples 1973, pp. 10, 25 cm, br. and.

Extract from: Supplement - Annals, vol. XVIII-XIX, Rome 1973.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Solone Ambrosoli, Regarding the so-called restitution of Gallienus or Philip, Tip. Publisher LF Cogliati, Milan 1903, pp. 8, ill., Cm 27, br. and.

Extract from: Italian journal of numismatics and related sciences, a. XVI (1903), fasc. II.

Communication made to the Congr. International of Historical Sciences in Rome, April 4, 1903.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Henry Noel Humphreys, The coin collectorʼs manual or guide to the numismatic student in the formation of a cabinet of coins. Comprising an historical and critical account of the origin and progress of coinage from the earliest period to the fall of the Roman Empire, 2 volumes, George Bell and Sons, London 1883, pp. XXIV, 726 total, richly illustrated, 11 tablets. finely engraved overall, 19 cm, beautiful editorial binding on the entire canvas with gold titles on the spine and embossed decorations on the spine and plates.

Volume I: pp. XXIV, 352, 9 pl.

Volume II: pp. 353-726, 2 tablets

Linked to volume II: Complete catalog of Bohn's libraries, George Bell and Sons, London 1886, pp. 13.

This important guide for numismatists became the most popular in the 19th century and was reprinted until the end of the 20th century. The work presents a historical and critical account of the origin and progress of the coin, up to the fall of the Roman Empire. There is no lack of in-depth considerations on the coins of modern and contemporary Europe.

At the end of the first volume some papers with restored margins without text loss, however an example in good general condition.

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.

Francesco Sapio Vitrano, Miscellaneous of ancient coins, General advertising society, Palermo 1966, pp. 157, 37 tablets reproducing coins + 1 tablet folded map, 28 cm, solid binding in all editorial canvas with dust jacket.

Limited edition work. Numbered and signed by the author.

Dust jacket with traces of use, some tears and minimal defects, slight blooms in the text, otherwise in good condition.

Rare.

Antonino Salinas, Selected writings of numismatics, edited by Giuseppe Ruotolo and Luca Lombardi, sn, Bari 2017, pp. 112, richly illustrated, 5 plates, 30 x 22 cm, handcrafted binding consisting of fine leather, marbled paper, ribs, friezes and titles in gold on the spine, guards in lily paper, edition of 10 numbered copies.

Collecting the insert "Tarì" published in the magazine "Monete Antiche" from n. 77 (September-October 2014) under no. 90 (November-December 2016), this volume proposes the ten most important scientific studies by Professor Antonino Salinas (1841-1914) which contributed to marking the main lines of that extraordinary and fruitful research activity that developed in Italy in the numismatic field. in the first decades of the twentieth century. The writings, today difficult to find, are: "Appendix to the memory on the Punic-Sicilian coins of Abbot Gr. Ugdulena and examination of the same", "On the publication entitled: Above some coins discovered in Sicily that recall the expedition of Agatocles in Africa ( memory of Fr. Giuseppe Romano, Paris 1862). Letter to Francesco Salesio Scavo "," Letter to M. the abbé professeur Gregorio Ugdulena sur deux pièces d'argent portant the nom phénicien d'Himêra et les types de Zancle et d ' Agrigente "," Examen de quelques contrefaçons antiques des tétradrachmes de Syracuse et du prétendu nom de graveur Eumélus "," Of two coins of Queen Philistides donated to the Royal Museum of Palermo (letter to comm. Gaetano Daita) "," Of two coins of the ancient city of Paropo in Sicily "," On the type of tetradrams of Segesta and on some numismatic representations of Pane Agreo "," On the type of female heads in Syracuse coins prior to the fourth century BC ", "Discover the Phoenician name of Erice (lit. was at the cav. Agostino Pepoli di Trapani) "," Numismatics and Italian public collections (conference held in the great hall of the Roman college on June 9, 1913) ". Published by Giuseppe Ruotolo and Luca Lombardi, the work was published in just 10 numbered copies and in a particularly well-finished editorial format. In large format, the volume is in fact published on ivory paper with artisanal binding consisting of fine leather, marbled paper, ribs, friezes and titles in gold on the spine, guards in lily paper.

Monetary finds and Gresham's law. Proceedings of the III International Congress of Numismatics and Monetary History. Padua 28-29 October 2005, edited by Michele Asolati, Giovanni Gorini, Esedra Editrice, Padua 2006, pp. 222, richly illustrated, 27 cm, br. and.

Numismatica Patavina, 8. Series directed by Giovanni Gorini.

The expression "Gresham's Law" identifies the economic-monetary phenomenon according to which "bad money drives out good", that is, the practice that leads to spending, for the same face value, the coins with the worst metal content and to storing and accumulating those with better content. In the past, this practice had a fundamental importance and significant implications at a historical-economic level, but still today it continues to play a role, for example by pushing us to spend the most creased banknote and to keep the printable one. This book collects the contributions proposed during the III International Congress of Numismatics and Monetary History (Padua, October 28-29, 2005) on the theme of Gresham's Law and monetary finds. In particular, the results it had in the Greek, Celtic, Roman, Byzantine and medieval European world are examined in depth and its "paternity" is also discussed: attributed to Sir Thomas Gresham (ca. 1519-1579) in the second half of the nineteenth century , more likely, it can be traced back to Italian environments in which the phenomenon was already known and theorized a century earlier. The volume also includes as an appendix the re-edition of the contribution Uses and abuses of Gresham's Law in the History of Money by Robert Mundell, professor of Economics at Columbia University in New York and Nobel Prize in Economics in 1999.

New one.

Monetary finds and historical-economic processes in the ancient world, edited by Michele Asolati, Giovanni Gorini, Esedra Editrice, Padua 2012, pp. 362, richly illustrated, 27 cm, br. and.

Numismatica Patavina, 12. Series directed by Giovanni Gorini.

This volume, which includes fourteen contributions, comes at the end of a research project funded by the Ministry of Education, University and Research that lasted over ten years. It was aimed at studying the problems relating to ancient coin finds with projections also in the medieval world in their broadest sense both chronologically and methodologically. Over the years, numerous Italian and foreign scholars have participated in this debate who have focused on some historical-economic aspects of the coin finds in the contexts of Greek and Roman society. These works, although they reflect different approaches and perspectives according to the personalities of the authors, nevertheless, as a whole, provide a very broad and articulated picture of the situation of studies in this sector of numismatic research at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century. Each of them, with its own specificity, is part of a larger organism which as a whole offers itself to the free exchange of ideas with a critical and methodological approach. This initiative was born within the "school of Padua" which for several years now has developed a certain experience on historical and economic problems related to the phenomenon of monetary finds.

New one.

Giovanni Gorini, Enemonzo's closet and the coinage of Norico, Esedra Editrice, Padua 2005, pp. 162, richly illustrated, 27 cm, br. and.

Numismatica Patavina, 6. Series directed by Giovanni Gorini.

The fortunate occasion of the discovery in Friuli of a storage room of 40 tetradrams of the "Kugelreiter" type, associated with 359 republican Roman victors, made it possible to substantially modify the chronology of these issues. In fact, for this monetary series there can no longer be any reason for a chronology to exist at 60 BC. C. An attribution to the middle of the second century is preferable. to. C. for a whole series of numismatic, ponderal, epigraphic, typological and finally historical elements.

New one.

Monetary finds and inflation processes in the ancient and medieval world. Proceedings of the IV International Congress of Numismatics and Monetary History. Padua 12-13 October 2007, edited by Michele Asolati, Giovanni Gorini, Esedra Editrice, Padua 2008, pp. 169, richly illustrated, 27 cm, br. and.

Numismatica Patavina, 9. Series directed by Giovanni Gorini.

The phenomenon of inflation, both as an increase in prices and as a debasement of money, is one of the most studied and debated in the studies of numismatics and ancient and medieval monetary history due to the undoubted repercussions on the contemporary world, which has always tried to limit it. the effects and to keep it under strict control. In fact, the real impact of the inflationary aspects on the economy of a historical period is very delicate and complex to study and understand, especially if we keep in mind the ancient and medieval monetary economies, which are sometimes quite precarious. This volume collects the contributions proposed during the IV International Congress of Numismatics and Monetary History (Padua, 12-13 October 2007) on the theme of the relationship between inflation and its effects on monetary finds. In particular, some aspects of the Greek and Roman world and the Italian medieval one are focused with a series of interventions by Italian and foreign scholars, who have faced this complex problematic analysis by proposing new solutions to old problems or advancing new research perspectives in the light of the documentation. that the continuous discoveries of coins, both isolated and in closets, bring to our attention for a critical and multidisciplinary approach.

New one.

Michele Asolati, The treasure of Falerii Novi. New contributions on the Italic bronze coinage of the Ricimer years (457-472 AD). With an appendix by Leonardo Allegretta, Esedra Editrice, Padua 2005, pp. 197, richly illustrated, cm 27, br. and.

Numismatica Patavina, 4. Series directed by Giovanni Gorini.

The imperial Roman coinage of the 5th century AD. C. still presents many aspects that have been poorly investigated, especially regarding the small coin in copper alloy. This volume contains the study of a treasure of late antique bronze coins found at the end of the 19th century in the area of Falerii Novi (now Falleri, Viterbo). "Rediscovered" after a century of oblivion, the treasure, which consists of just over 1780 specimens, offers new and important contributions to the knowledge previously possessed on the evolution of Italic bronze coinage of the second half of the fifth century AD. C., proving to be a historical-archaeological document of absolute importance. Particularly interesting are the ideas offered on the volumes and production rhythms of the official Western mints in this period, on the evolution of the weight of the nummus (the main bronze nominal of this era), as, on the other hand, on the identification of the zones. production of the numerous imitations that characterized this historical period. Finally, no less significant are the contributions that also contribute to defining certain aspects of the personality of one of the characters that most characterized the Italic political scene of this phase: Ricimer.

New one.

Imperial Roman coins from Augustus to Vitellio, edited by Armando Bernardelli, Giovanni Gorini, Andrea Saccocci, Esedra Editrice, Padua 1998, pp. 203, richly illustrated, 28 cm, br. and.

Series: Catalogs, 2.

At the top of the title page: Civic Museums of Vicenza.

The volume constitutes the catalog of imperial Roman coins from Augustus to Vitellius preserved at the Civic Museum of Vicenza with a part relating to the history of the medal collection and two essays on coins as a means of propaganda and on the Augustan monetary reform. All over 800 cataloged coins are reproduced on black and white plates and a complete description of each coin is offered. This is the second volume of a series that will see the complete cataloging of the numismatic patrimony of the Civic Museum of Vicenza. The volume is therefore proposed as a very useful tool for scholars but also for the simple curious of the subject.

New one.