KüNKER SALE 399: ALOIS WENNINGER LIBRARY

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The Künker eLive Premium Auction 399 is dedicated to the Alois Wenninger Library. Here is the press release followed by a number of selected lots. -Editor

Auction 399

This is already the second time for a library of the outstanding coin dealer Alois Wenninger to be on sale. He sold his first library at the end of his career. It is hard to believe that he assembled this impressive specialist library, which will be on sale at Künker's eLive Premium Auction 399, in a single decade.

Alois Wenninger is an internationally renowned specialist for ancient coinage. As the long-term leader of the numismatic department of the Aufhäuser bank, he made a name for himself with his discoveries in research history. At the Aufhäuser bank, coins of Themistocles from cities ceded to him by the Persian ruler were first offered with accurate descriptions. Moreover, in the spring of 1991, Wenninger discovered a coin from the Roman Emperor Proculus, whose existence had been doubted previously, when offering a collection for sale. Today, the State Coin Collection in Munich is the proud owner of the piece.

In 2011, the Hauck & Aufhäuser bank spun off its numismatic department due to a strategic repositioning, but the department continues to operate to this date in its former premises as the newly founded and independent company Künker Numismatik AG. Alois Wenninger retired, but he did not abandon his passion for numismatics. His newly assembled specialist library testifies to his commitment.

It mainly contains all major works on ancient numismatics, but those interested in modern times and / or medals will also discover fascinating literature. Particularly attractive are the series of festschriften and magazines.

Lot 6003: FORRER, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Coin-, Gem-, and Seal-Engravers, Mint-Masters, &c. Ancient and Modern. With References to their Works B.C. 500- A.D. 1900. Nachdruck London/Maastricht o. J. der Bände I-VIII, London 1904-1930.

De re numaria, in: Nomenclator, omnium rerum propia nomina, septem diversis linguis explicata indicans; Multo quam antea emendiator ac locupletior; omnibus literaturae Studiosis necessarius: Auctore Hadriano Iunio Medico, cum indice locupletissimo. Frankfurt/Main (Drucker: Egnolph Emmel, auf Kosten der Witwe von Jonas Rosa) 1620

Oriental Coins and their Values. The Ancient & Classical World 600 B.C.-A.D. 650. London 1978.

The Silver Coins of Samos. London 1966. XII, 242 S., 32 Tfn. Orig.-Ganzleineneinband.

Neokoroi. Greek Cities and Roman Emperors. (Cincinnati Classical Studies New Series Volume IX) Leiden/Boston 2004.

Die Münzen der sizilischen Stadt Naxos. Ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte des griechischen Westens. (Basler Studien zur Kunstgeschichte 2) Basel 1944. 168 S., 12 Tfn. Halbledereinband, wohl des letzten Viertels des 20. Jahrhunderts, mit goldgeprägtem Rücken, die Deckel außen bezogen mit gedrucktem mehrfarbigem Stein-/Wellenmarmorpapier.

The coinage of Deultum. Sofia 2007. 475 S., inklusive 136 Tfn. Orig.-laminierter Pappband.

Coins, Artists and Tyrants. Syracuse in the Time of the Pelopponesian War, ... with selected passages from L. O. Tudeer, Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Syrakus in der Periode der signierenden Künstler, translated by Orla Mulholland, and a biographical sketch about Tudeer by Tuukka Talvio. (The American Numismatic Society, Numismatic Studies, No. 33) New York 2017.

The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. A British Museum Catalogue. 2 Bände, Zürich/London 1991. S. 1-514 ; (anknüpfend an die Paginierung von Band 1:) S. 515-637, 159 Tfn. Orig.-Ganzleineneinbände. (2)

Lot 6725: REVUE NUMISMATIQUE. Begründet als REVUE DE LA NUMISMATIQUE FRANÇOISE von E. CARTIER/L. DE LA SAUSSAYE.

Schöne, einheitlich eingebundene, fast lückenlose Folge der Jahrgänge 1907-1956 (hier lediglich fehlend: der Jahrgang 1940) und 1958-1995. Beinhaltend: Serie 4, Band 12-39 (1907-1936); Serie 5 (1937-1956; hier fehlend: Band 4, 1940); Serie 6 (1958-1995) sowie die in einem Band vereinten Register der Jahrgänge 1838-195, Paris 1908; 1906-1915, Paris 1919; 1916-1956, Paris 1957. Dunkelgraue Ganzleineneinbände, wohl des letzten Drittels des 20. Jahrhunderts, mit je 2 goldgeprägten Rückenschildern aus rot eingefärbtem Leder. (42)

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