STEPHEN ALBUM LITERATURE AUCTION 1 SELECTIONS

 
Lots 25 and 26

Lot 25: Bernardi, Giulio, Primo tentativo di un corpus delle monete cufiche d'oro. I. Dagli inizi (65H = 684 D) all'avvento dei Buwayhidi (334 H = 946 D), Trieste, 2008, 254 pages, 70 plates, softcover. Title translates as "First attempt at a corpus of Kufic gold coins. I. From the beginnings (65AH = 684AD) to the coming of the Buwayhid (334AH = 946AD)." A very useful work, ex Libris Norman D. Nicol.

Lot 26: Bitkin, Vladimir. Svodnyy katalog monet Imperatorskoy Rossii First Edition, Juno Coin Publishing, Kiev, 2000, 621 pages, hardcover. Title translates as "Consolidated Catalog of Coins of Imperial Russia." Variety catalog of Russian Imperial coins, lavishly illustrated, with rarity ratings, edge information, and valuations for up to 4 grades of preservation, with many extra notes and information, including occasional prices realized information. Russian text.

 
Lots 50 and 67

Lot 50: Dù, Jianyi. Xinjiang hóng qián dàquán túshuo (Xinjiang Red Money Encyclopedia Illustrated) Edited by Gù Pèiyù, published by Zhonghua Book Company, Beijing, 1996, 437 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Hundreds of rubbings of Xinjiang (Sinkiang) 'red cash' (hóng qián) copper cash coins from Qian Long to Xuan Tong including issues of the Islamists rebels during the Qing dynasty, text in Chinese, ex Dr. Allan Pacela Numismatic Library.

Lot 67: Glendining & Co. The R.C.Lockett Collection, English Series parts I-V, Greek Series parts I-IV, Roma Roman, Continental, Scottish and Irish Coins, London, 1955, 7 softcover auction catalogs all hardcover bound together. Richard Cyril Lockett's (1873-1950) large and fine numismatic collection was sold at auction in the 1950s-1960s.

 
Lots 68 and 73

Lot 68: Gnyatovich, Dragana. Dobri i Zli Dinar Yugoslovenski Pregled, Beograd, 1998, 151 pages, hardcover, in Serbian with English Summary and title translates as "Good and Evil Dinars." This is not a catalog but a study of the functions of money and the monetary system of medieval Serbia. The term "evil dinars" refers to underweight coins or coins of inferior al. There are a few nice illustrations of coins, medieval manuscripts, and woodcuts, ex James Farr Collection Library.

Lot 73: Gumowski, Marian. Handbuch der polnischen Numismatik Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz, 1960, 226 pages, 56 plates, hardcover. Covers Polish coins from the earliest times.

To view the lot descriptions or bid, see:
Stephen Album Rare Coins | Literature Auction 1 (https://www.sarc.auction/Stephen-Album-Rare-Coins-Literature-Auction-1_as84908)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
STEPHEN ALBUM LITERATURE AUCTION 1 (https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n40a02.html)

 

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