Classical Numismatic Group

18. July 2019

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CNG’s Summer 2019 Literature Auction

CNG’s Summer 2019 Literature Auction features 226 lots and closes on Wednesday, 24 July 2019 beginning at 10 AM ET.

Lot 54: [SNG ANS]. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. (New York; American Numismatic Society, 1969-98). Complete in nine volumes, including the rarely offered Bactrian volume which is now highly sought after. Very Fine condition. From the Numismatic Library of a Major North American Dealer. Estimate: $500.

Lot 156: Robertson, A. S. Roman Imperial Coins in the Hunter Coin Cabinet University of Glasgow. Volume I. Augustus to Nerva. Volume III. Pertinax to Aemilian. Volume IV. Valerian I to Allectus. Volume V. Diocletian (Reform) to Zeno. (Published for the University of Glasgow by the Oxford University Press, 1962-82). Four volumes. Generally fine condition. All volumes now out of print and exceptionally difficult to locate either as individual volumes or complete sets. From the Numismatic Library of a Major North American Dealer. Estimate: $1,500.

Lot 179: [Royal Numismatic Society]. The Numismatic Chronicle. (London, 1838-2005). A substantial run of seventy-two volumes for the years: 1838-46, 1851-58, 1862-63, 1865-68, 1872, 1873, 1880-89, 1891-1930, 1933-35, 1937-2005. Fair condition overall. Includes an impressive number of the difficult to obtain early volumes and war issues. Very rare and important thus. Estimate: $10,000.

Lot 216: [Merkens / Philipsen (I) & Löbbecke / Imhoof-Blumer / Philipsen (II)] Jacob Hirsch, München. Three bound volumes containing five early twentieth century auction catalogues. The final sale hand priced throughout on both text and plates. The second volume with a number of contemporary notes laid in. Very Fine condition. From the Numismatic Library of a Major North American Dealer. Estimate: $300.

This sale presents an exceptional selection of literature, with a particularly good offering of volumes from the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum series, full runs of BMC Greek and RIC, an impressive run of the Numismatic Chronicle, and over sixty lots of auction catalogs. Nearly complete sets of CNG’s printed sales and fixed price lists are also on offer.

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