Created: 3 Sep 2022 / 9 Jun 2023 (major revision) ; Last Updated: 8 Mar 2024. Change Log.
“Collect the collectors….
John W. Adams’ advice, per Joel Orosz (2020), “Idiosyncratic Perigrinations,” The Asylum 38 [2]: p. 51.
[Each coin will represent] a tangible link to the great dealers and collectors in…numismatic history.”
CONTENTS
There are 8 linked pages in this series (this “Intro/Glossary/Index” page, plus 7 pages of coins, 4 still in preparation, 3 online — Greek West, Greek East, and Roman Egypt).
This Page:
- Introduction: Object Biography
- Visualizing Object Biography
- Provenance Glossary [note]:
- Index of Private Collections; Institutional Collections; Hoards; Publications [TO ADD]
THE NEXT PAGES IN THIS SERIES …
Coins on the pages below are linked to Provenance Glossary on this page [113 total coins]:
- Page I (Greek, West: Celts through Central Greece) [37 Coins]
- Page II (Greek, East: Asia Minor, Persia & Jewish Coinage) [26 Coins]
- Page III (Roman Provincial Europe & Asia) [13 Coins]
- Page IV (Roman Provincial Egypt, Alexandria) [25 Coins]
- Page V (Roman Republican & Imperial) [12 Coins]
- Forthcoming: Page VI (Byzantine & Contemporaries);
- Forthcoming: Page VII (Numismatic Literature).
INTRODUCTION: “OBJECT BIOGRAPHY”
OR, “The Modern Social Lives of Ancient Coins”
The coins on these pages are those with the most interesting (modern) “object biographies”: published hoard provenances, long histories in private and institutional collections, museum exhibitions, publication in scholarly literature, and/or other important “life events.”
Conceptually, what separates “object biography” from “provenance” (or “pedigree”) is the focus not only on ownership and collection history, but any notable event in the life of the coin, and what it meant to, and how it was used by, various social actors. In addition to a coin’s history in trade and private collections, wherever possible, I document its findspot or hoard, record of publication, and history exhibition and loans to museums or other institutions, among other events.
Ancient coins tend to have bifurcated object biographies, divided sharply between their lives in the ancient world (c. 600-2,600 years ago) and their modern social lives after being unearthed (usually in recent decades or centuries).
In antiquity, we may know only when and where it was struck; sometimes countermarks, findspots, and hoards will tell us where it circulated and when (even why) it was buried; we gain additional bits of information from graffiti, the sectioning (cutting) of a coin, piercing, or other physical details.
But it is often possible to construct a much more detailed modern object biography. The focus is on what ancient coins meant to modern collectors, scholars, and other stakeholders (including the state); how they were used by various actors; how different audiences received them; and, what role they played in the history of thought about antiquity.
These coins aren’t necessarily my rarest or most beautiful or commercially valuable. But to me they’re the most interesting and intellectually valuable. I found most of the provenance information by researching the coins myself. I haven’t yet posted my strategies and resources for recovering lost provenances. For now, though, I hope that those interested in provenance will find something here that helps in their research.
VISUALIZING “OBJECT BIOGRAPHY”:
Provenance Network & Diagrams
“When determining the provenance, it was repeatedly found that the really good coins can be traced back from auction to auction….”
“Vorwort,” Sammlung Frank Sternberg (1973, trans./orig.)
Aside from the textual representation below (the “provenance glossary,” or index of prior collections, hoards, and publications), I have also worked on ways of visually representing numismatic object biography.
A distinctive feature of classical numismatics is that much of the “data” itself is distributed across many private collections. For this reason, we can also think of “collection history” as the flow of information across time, space, and social networks.
Just to indicate some possibilities for visualizing social networks and how numismatic object-data may flow through them, a few examples:
In the network diagram above, each of the 38 coins (now in my collection) serves as a “node” connecting at least two collectors by serial ownership. (Some coin-nodes connect as many as five collectors, not counting me, each of whom is connected to others by additional coins.) Across the full network, at least 58 collectors/collections are inter-connected (with 1 to 10 degrees of separation).
(Think “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” — but for ancient coin collectors!)
Each of the “provenance diagrams” below represents a single coin’s object biography (see also my blog post on “Provenance Diagrams” [12 Aug 2022]):
The purpose is to illustrate movement from one collection (and country) to the next, and to document publications and other important events in the social life of an ancient coin (e.g., exhibitions or museum loans).
PROVENANCE GLOSSARY
London (June 2, 1863): “…as the auctioneer hinted to me beforehand there was no name to make it attractive, so the very same things which last year I saw sold at one price, now brought less than half as much.”
Charles Francis Adams, discussing the value of “pedigree” in a diary entry after a Sotheby’s auction while serving as U.S. Minister to the U.K. during the American Civil War. The Civil War Diaries. Mass. Hist. Society.
- Private Collections
- Institutional Collections
- Hoards
- Publications [TO ADD]
The phrase “provenance glossary” is drawn from Hadrien Rambach’s work (2016; see Biblio). I haven’t seen it used elsewhere (in numismatics), but I’ve adopted it because it fits the purpose so well.
Rambach applied the term to his index and catalog of prior collections represented in George W. la Borde’s Collection of Roman Aureii (Part I, II & III combined; or, the full Auction 91, 99, and 105 catalogs from NAC). By assembling, in one place, background information on many important collectors and collections, such a catalog serves provenance research more generally.
Of course, the present page may remain more “index” than “glossary” until I have filled out each collector’s information, but such a resource is my goal.
See the “Bibliography: Numismatic Sale Catalog Research, Resources” on my Catalog Library page. Beyond print volumes (Spring’s [2009] Ancient Coins Auction Catalogues: 1880-1980 is essential), I’ve also listed “Other literature available online.” Several entries by Rambach are linked; I also recommend Walker (2008) and Brousseau (2010).
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
incl. Ex-Libris, Author Signatures & Inscriptions
IN PROGRESS: FILLING IN BIO’S & LINKING TO COINS & LITERATURE IN MY COLLECTION
ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS American politician & diplomat, Minister to UK during the Civil War, son of 6th Pres. John Quincy Adams. Inherited & added to the JQA Collection. Responsible for the vast majority of coins in the “JQA Coll.,” prob. incl. all ancient coins (JQA’s ancients were lost [!]; CFA inherited 265 coins, died w/ c. 10,000; HA did not collect or add; by the de-accession sale, many were already exchanged, leaving 5,375 in 1971). Many coins acq. at Sotheby auctions, 1862-8 (his copies of the catalogs housed w/ MA Hist. Soc.; recounted in The Education of Henry Adams, p. 213; mentioned repeatedly in diaries). [See esp.: Friedlaender (1974) ; Stack’s (MHS Sale) 5 Mar 1971 ; MHS “Adams Papers” ; Smith (ANB 2021) – ; see also: Stack’s (Sawhill-JMU Sale) 15 Mar 1979 ; Malloy FPLs (Catalog Library).] Coins: Rubria Quinarius = RBW 1325 ; Diocletian BI Radiate (reportedly). | 1807-1886 |
ADAMS, HENRY American historian (son of CFA, grandson of JQA), author of memoir The Education of Henry Adams (which mentions CFA coin purchases). Inherited CFA’s collection but didn’t add to it (“I care nothing for them…”; Friedlaender 1974: 4-5). Donated the collection (and family papers) to Mass. Hist. Soc. in 1913. [see refs. for Adams, C.F.] Coins: Rubria Quinarius = RBW 1325 ; Diocletian BI Radiate (reportedly). | 1838-1918 |
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY 6th President of USA. Active numismatist much of his life. Personal collection inventoried for his 1817 Report on Weights and Measures (w/ much discussion of Greek, Hebrew, Roman coins), an important chapter in the hist. of numis. thought, illustrating how early American gov. & soc. were influenced by personal collecting & sense of connection to the Classical world (it clearly felt much closer then). Often called the “JQA Collection” (or, “and descendants”), it appears all Greek & Roman were added by CFA; that portion of JQA’s original coll. was lost c. 1835 (Friedlaender 1974: 6 n.9). Nonetheless, the multi-generational Adams coll. existed continuously from 1804-1813 (or earlier) until its 1971 sale. [see refs. for Adams, C.F.; Smith (ANB 2021) p. 4.] Coins: Rubria Quinarius = RBW 1325 ; Diocletian BI Radiate (reportedly). | 1767-1848 |
ADAMS, JOHN WESTON [alt: John W. Adams] (No relation despite many biographical coincidences!) Notable collector of American coins/medals & author of important works of numismatic literature, esp. re: U.S. coins, American/European medals & numismatic bibliography. Subcollections of his coins/medals & books have been cataloged & sold multiple times by American firms, spanning at least 1982 to 2019 (incl. Bowers & Ruddy, Stack’s, Kolbe, Money Tree). Past officer in many numis. orgs., incl. being simultaneously President of Numis. Bibliomania Soc. (NBS, 2007-9) & Medal Collectors of America (MCA, 2005-9); recipient of ANS Huntington (2014) & Trustees’ (2016) Awards; Trustee of the Mass. Hist. Soc. (MHS), Fellow of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), Board of the ANS. [Smith (ANB 2021) p. 4; ANS Authorities; Stack’s 14 Nov 2019 (PDF Catalog).] Literature: Signed Bibliography | 1936- |
AIELLO, JOHN American ancient coin dealer (active c. 1960s-1970s, Hewitt, NJ) & collector, known esp. for Alexandrian, many from important prior colls. (e.g., Dattari, Slocum, Curtis) & cited in RPC Online & other refs. His collections of Roman Egypt (duplicates) & Roman Imperial sold by Alex G. Malloy. Fitzwilliam lists catalogs published 1965-1973 (as Hellenic-Roman Coins Ltd., Hewitt, NJ; my one Aiello FPL gives no business name other than “John Aiello”). As of March 2024, his site for Educational Coin Co. (About Us) is still active. [Fitzwilliam Catalogs (A-D); Malloy XIV (Alexandrian Coll. Duplicates, reprinted in Curtis 1990); Malloy LX (RIC Coll., many later sold by FAC)] Coins: Commodus Alex. Tet. (Curtis 1990: 386, ex Beniak, Emmett) ; Thessaly AE (BCD Dupl.) ; Literature: Mabbott Greek Catalog (ex Aiello Library) ; Related: Aiello FPL 5 (Nov 1972): Morris Coll. Greek AE (ex BCD Lib). | |
AK COLLECTION [alt: A.K. Collection] (see also Kellner, Wendelin [1931-2023]) Large coll. of RRC, RIC & RPC, formed 1960s-2000s (esp. German firms 1960s-70s). Sold primarily in groups at CNG Triton sales, beginning w/ Triton XII (2009) to present; individually cataloged in separate “AK Supplement” catalogs (hard to find in print; a few online). The Alexandrian published in large part in Wendelin Kellner’s (2009) Die Münzstätte Alexandria in Ägypten. Many RIC in Kellner’s “Ungewöhnliche und irreguläre Römermünzen” series in MoneyTrend. Reviewing Kellner’s Alexandria book in The Celator (May 2010, 25 [4]: 46), Martina Dieterle called Kellner “a numismatist, also a renowned collector,” but commented that “most of [the coins] are in private collections” without indicating whether they might belong to the author. [Fitzwilliam Catalogs (E-G; under England, Victor)] Coins: Antoninus Zeus Drachm ; Hadrian Nomes Obol ; Claudius II (Kellner 11) ; Claudius II (Kellner 12) ; Claudius II (Kellner 6, ex Weder) ; Sev. Alex. Denarius | |
AL THANI, SHEIK SAOUD = “Man in Love with Art” Qatari prince, collector, Minister of Culture w/ legendary appetite for ancient art, incl. coins (along w/ others of the family). His NYT obit called him “a behemoth in the world marketplace of art and artifacts…courted by art dealers, auction houses and museum curators, and resented by competing collectors, who complained that his unlimited resources and single-mindedness inflated prices ludicrously.” It was often unclear which coins were purchased for his priv. coll. & which for the national museums in Doha, using gov. funds. (Scandals surrounded possible misappropriation & unpaid auction invoices.) He purchased an inordinate proportion of the BCD Thessaly I (Nomos 4) sale, including the coin below, driving the prices to excess. (Most of them were sold after his death for considerably less than he paid.) [NY Times Obituary (17 Nov 2014) ; Wikipedia ; NAC 92, Part I: Foreword (pp. 7-8) ; The Al-Thani Collection Foundation] Coins: Pelinna Obol | 1966-2014 |
ALBA LONGA COLLECTION = José Fernández Molina Spanish collector & author of numismatic books. Most of the coll. published in FFC (Fernández, Calicó & Carrera), Catálogo Monografico de los Denarios de la República Romana (incluyendo Augusto) [Engl. trans. as A Guide to the Denarii of the Roman Republic to Augustus]. [Aureo y Calicó 319 (17 Nov 2018); Aureo & Calicó, Auction 339 (14 Nov 2019)] Coins: Thorius Balbus Brockage | d. 2003 |
Aleph Collection Coins: Apollonia-Mordiaeum Homonoia AE (ex Mabbott, Peck) | |
“ANONYMOUS COLLECTION” (Sotheby’s 6395) Sotheby’s London Sale No. 6395 (7 Mar 1996), “Sale of an Anonymous Collection” (274 Nos. on 12 Pl. + 7 Pl. Enlgmt.). Many important prior provenances; dispersed to mult. important colls. I’ve been unable to find the coll. name. (I haven’t found a copy of the print catalog, so there may be clues there, as well as the timing of how the collection came to market. This is based on secondary records.) Secondary records show many purchases c. late 1940s & early 1950s. Multiple acq. ex Pierre Strauss (c. 1949-1954), ex Ciani (1947, 1950). But one coin ex Hess-Leu 28 (1965), Lot 11 (ex Ciani, Feb 1950). Possibly others, w/ only the earlier sale records preserved? [ANS Library – DONUM Record] Coins: Thessaly AE X2 (ex BCD) | |
ARLUK, ANGELA (née Samel) Collector of ancient Jewish coins, with her brother Josef Samel and husband Arnold Arluk (1920 – 2007). Born in central Poland, survived the Nazis, immigrated to Munich after the war. Collection exhibited at SMM (w/ Israel Museum) in 1993, curated by Meshorer & Overbeck, pub. as Das Heilige Land. [Künker Auktion 334; Künker bio] Coins: Hyrcanus Prutah | 1920-2015 |
ASHTON, PHILIP Collector (mainly Roman, some Greek) & engineer who worked in the energy industry in the American northeast. Acquisitions came especially from H.J. Berk – among other U.S. firms such as Pegasi. Collection sold in many Berk Buy-Bid-Sales and Gemini sales from 2018. [Gemini XIV (2018): p. 6 bio] Coins: | 1934-2017 |
ATHENA FUND (formed 1980s-1990s) Merrill-Lynch’s “Athena Fund” was the first & best-known ancient coin investment fund, managed by Bruce McNall (owner of Numismatic Fine Arts & major owner in Superior Galleries & NHL hockey team, LA Kings), who was imprisoned for financial crimes & wrote an important autobiography about the ancient coin & antiquities market (see below). Aside from the scandal of adjacent financial crimes, controversy followed rumors of illegally excavated, undeclared hoards. In 1993 (26 Oct, 27 Oct, 9 Dec), Sotheby’s held a famous series of liquidation sales when NFA & Athena Fund collapsed, incl. 100s of the world’s finest ancient coins & many 1,000s of simply “high end” coins (see my Catalog Lib.). In Classical Numismatic Review 19.1, England & McFadden wrote “1993 saw the liquidation of the Athena Fund. What was expected to set the market reeling actually stimulated activity.” [McNall (2003) Fun While It Lasted (NY: Hyperion); see also: Athena Fund II, Limited Partnership (1988), video narr. by C. Vermeule (David Lisot Video Library) ; Merrill-Lynch published a prospectus (Philadelphia: 16 Aug 1988), The Athena Fund II, L.P. An Historic Investment Opportunity (rare, Bourne 16, 25 Oct 2002, Lot 946, cover ill., biblio. details unclear: 16 pp. or 100 pp.?)] Coins: Mazaios Tarsos Stater ; Samaria Ma’eh/Obol | |
B.G. COLLECTION (previously “la Collection Olbia en Provence”) [alt: BG Collection, B. G. Collection] Francophone collection first formed between the 1990s & 2008. The first collection of 87 high end Greek (and a few RRC) coins were then sold at NAC Auction 46 (2 April 2008). They were interspersed through the auction, only identified in the catalog by an asterisk by the lot number, not distinguished in auction lot databases. The collector’s own photographs of the coins appear on 4 plates at the back of the catalog. (See also the collector’s poetic reflections on Greek coinage in a preface on p. 4.) A second collection was formed by same collector, 2008-2018, c. 100 relatively high quality Greek, RRC, RIC coins, and sold by CNG, 2020-2021 (Triton XXIII [“B. G.”], CNG 114 [“B.G.”], CNG e-Auctions). Three unsold lots from NAC 46 appeared again at CNG, confirming that the two B.G.’s are one and the same. Coins: Halved Punic AR Shekel (Melqart-Hannibal? & Horse Type) | |
BAKER, RICHARD Los Angeles area collector (Ancient Coin Club of LA member) w/ important collection of countermarks on RIC & RPC coinage. Portions of countermark coll. sold by CNG 2018-9 (Auctions 111, e-434, e-443, e-469 to 471) & other Greek, Roman, Byzantine from 2022. Listed provenances indicate mostly formed c. 1981-2011 (esp. 1984 – 1987; few post-2003; first coin reportedly 1960). Many coins included in Pangerl’s “Museum of Roman Countermarks.” Author of “The Countermarks Found on Ancient Roman Coins: A Brief Introduction,” in SAN XV (3): 52-58 (avail. from ACCLA: HTML or PDF). Coins: | c. 1948- |
BAR, MARC Notable Belgian numismatist. Editor of BCEN. Author of numismatic vols. & numerous articles on Greek coins. A posthumous festschrift was published in 2017, Hekátê triformis (Doyen & Genviève, eds.). Priv. coll. sold at Elsen 155 (16 Jun 2023). Coll. of Greek AE donated to Roy. Belg. Lib. (2002) & pub. (2007) as SNG Bar (Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, La Collection de Bronzes Grecs de Marc Bar). [Elsen 155 bio (PDF); CEN Memoriam; Biblio from RBNS] Coins: Olympia Obol [BCD 126] | 1921-2015 |
BARTLETT, ROBERT W. (Bequest to ANS) San Diego, CA. 350 Greek & Roman bequeathed; ANS accessioned some in 2018 (esp. Sestertii), consigned most to CNG Keystone. Unfortunately CNG didn’t produce a catalog, as the provenances are a wonderful snapshot of the U.S. coin market in the early 1980s, post-“Silver Thursday” & “Stinkin’ Lincoln” (CSNS 1980). ANS bio: “particularly strong in Roman sestertii. Robert Bartlett clearly was an avid record keeper, and his collection came with a full catalogue and an almost complete record of his invoices and correspondence with many well-known dealers in the US and in particular London from the 1960s onwards.” [ANS Magazine, Jan. 2018, v.17 (1), p.62 (or PDF); CNG Keystone Sale 4] Coins: Brettii AE Didrachm ; Divus Augustus Sestertius | 1924-2017 |
BCD COLLECTION Vast scholarly collection of Greek coins (prob. the most important priv. coll. ever formed), widely referenced in literature & catalogs on coins of Central Greece. Best known for the 10 major sale catalogs (which are also major standalone refs.) covering Akarnania & Aetolia, Boiotia, Corinth, Euboia, Lokris-Phokis, Olympia, Peloponnesos (2), and Thessaly (2). The BCD Library is also reputed to be the most complete in the world for Greek numismatics (at least for a priv. lib.), esp. in the area of sale catalogs, which are essential for provenance research & die studies. [For a fuller writeup, see my BCD Annotated Bibliography; Andrew McCabe published a “travelogue” re: BCD Library : NBS summary, Flickr photos; see also his website.] Coins (selected): Herakleia Trachinia Obol (Jameson, Lambros, et al.) ; Krannon AE [Thess. II 115.4] ; Larissa Drachm [Th II 218] ; Pelinna Obol [1433.7] (Pozzi, Al-Thani) ; Leukas Stater [278.1] ; Lokris Chalkous (Copenhagen) ; var. Lokri Opountian AEs (H-D “plate coins”) ; Phokis Hemiobol [197] ; Phokis Hemiobol [198] ; Phokis Triobol [281.3] ; Eretria Obol (Wallace) ; Karystos Dichalkon [587] ; Sikyon AE [317.3] ; Sikyon AE [328.11] ; Olympia Obol [126] ; Messenia Hemidrachm [P II 2327] (Otto, Sawhill/JMU) ; Epidauros Chalkous (Rhousopoulos, Maleatas) ; Megalopolis Hemidrachm [1560 = Traeger 466] ; Megalopolis Hemidrachm [1561 = Traeger 454] ; Nero Thess [Burrer 1.1] ; M Aurel [Corinth 721] ; Literature: SNG Berry (BCD Bound), SNG Levante (vol 1 + Suppl.), and SNG Righetti (all Kolbe & Fanning 169) ; numerous sale catalogs ex BCD Library Duplicates (provenances noted in Catalog Library, right column; some detailed in Catalog Favorites) ; Related: BCD Collection Catalogs (10 major catalogs + duplicates, 9X ex Wenninger, 4X ex Hendin) | |
BEHNEN, BILL = William Behnen American collection of Trajan Decius & family, both Imperial & RPC. Primarily sold 2017-8 by Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. at Buy-Bid Sales 201 & 202, and Gemini XIII & XIV (I’ve spotted a few other coins in later sales, some unidentified as such), cataloged by Curtis Clay. Previously sold a collection of Roman Republican coinage through Freeman & Sear (MBS 17, 15 Dec 2009), in at least 52 lots. Freeman gave no indication of when/where the RRC were acq., but the coll. of the Decii was formed since the early 1960s, a few as late as 2009 (many acq. from Christian Blom & other US coin dealers, e.g., Joel Malter, Empire, Lindgren/Antioch Assoc., CNG, Pegasi, Jencek; only post-FS MBS 17 purchase I find is a Byzantine weight acq. in 2012). [Behnen Coll. Part I, Gemini XIII (6 Apr 2017): p. 5 (intro), Lots 283-377 ; Part II, HJB 201 (13 Jul 2017), Lots 377-481 ; HJB 202 (26 Oct 2017) not online (& among the few absent from my Catalog Lib.): 47 Lots (351-397) on ACSearch ; Gemini XIV (18 Apr 2018): 11 Lots, 582-592] Coins: Decius DACIA Ant. (ex C. Blom 1964, not listed as Behnen, I believe erroneously) [external ACSearch] | c. 1943- |
BEMENT, CLARENCE SWEET = C. S. Bement Important Philadelphia industrialist & collector. Before coins (the coll. of which he assembled over “only” 15 years), he formed one of the world’s greatest mineral collections (a common theme: G. His, A. Lang, J. Sermarini). The Bement ancients were sold in 3 parts by Naville (Ars Classica VI & VII, Greek; VIII, Roman & Byzantine). (The European coins & literature were sold by American firms, Chapman & Elder.) As BCD noted of the Bement Greek catalogs (my pair here, ANS Lib. Dupls.): “Mr. Bement, like many other collectors who built important collections of Greek coins, developed an interest in them rather late in life. However, unlimited funds can sometime achieve spectacular results in a relatively short period. And here is the end product, a record of a great collection immortalized on 68 excellent plates.” Many of his finest Greek were also published in a 1921 vol. by T. Comparette, incl. the coin below. [Rambach’s Bement Bibliography (all avail. online but Peters-Pearson, which ASW [2008: 607] dismisses anyway!) ; Rambach “Prov. Gloss. I,” NAC 91, p. 70 ; Walker (2008: 607-8) “Catalogues and Their Collectors” ; BMC Bio ; CW Kuenker/Kampmann “Fourth Dimension” ; Newell “Notebooks” (71 & 87) ; Naville Ars Classica VI (Greek I), VII (Greek II), VIII (Roman/Byz) ; Chapman Auction (26 Jun 1918) Bement European ; Elder Auction (29 Mar 1923) Bement Numis. Lib. ; Spring (2009: 182) 476-478 ; Clain-Stefanelli 1922, 1942* ; Daehn 2037, 2086 ; Comparette (1921) Greek Coins…Bement Collection] Coins: Hidrieus Tetradrachm | 1843-1923 |
BENDALL, SIMON Born in UK, also worked at numis. firms in USA (incl. at NFA). Preeminent scholar of late Byzantine coins (esp. Palaeologan & Trebizond), author of books & articles. Private collection(s) famously stolen – twice (Los Angeles, 1989; London, 2018)! Parts of his coll. survived (some included in his 1988 Private Collection of Palaeologan Coins, published before the thefts) & were sold at CNG (starting at Auction 115). Cataloged the N.B. Hunt Collection for Sotheby. Hon. Fellow of RNS. Fellow of Soc. of Antiquaries. Small portion of his priv. collection sold by CNG, 2021-2; Bendall Library sold by Bertolami Fine Arts, e-Auction 80 (25 Apr 2020), in 544 lots. [BNS bio (PDF); ANS Authorities; Digital Library Numis; Jarrett Blog Memorial; NBS Bio; Wiki; CoinsWeekly; CoinsWeekly (bis) ; CoinsWeekly Who’s Who (bis2) ; P.A. Clayton’s Eulogy reprinted by Bertolami (PDF)] Coins: Andronicus II & Michael IX AE Trachy (SB 2458 type) | 1937-2019 |
Beniak, Thomas E. = Dr. Thomas Edward Beniak Coins: Commodus Alex. Tet. (Curtis 1990: 386, ex Aiello, Emmett) ; Gallienus Tet., 1579 (ex Beniak) ; Sev. Alex. Caesar Tet. (SRCV2 8108) | |
BENSON, FRANK SHERMAN = F.S. Benson Important American numismatist at the turn of the 20th cent. Cataloged portions of John Ward Collection for Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wrote at least 16 articles (c. 1900-1906) published in the American Journal of Numismatics on Greek coins, ill. w/ his coll. Priv. pub. 4-vol reprinting (Boston: 1901-4) as Ancient Greek Coins (Daehn 2633). Coll. sold at Sotheby 3 Feb 1909 (Spring 797; CS 1943) & 16 Jun 1925 (Spring –; CS 2155). “Between 250 and 300 volumes of numismatic books” from his library donated to Long Island Historical Society in 1910, where he was director & board member. Fellow of RNS. [Clain-Stefanelli: 17078; AJN (1907) 41: 79-80 (bio); NC (1907) 7: 20, 35 (RNS brief death notice); BMC bio] Literature: Ashburnham Cat. (Exlibris) | 1854-1907 |
BENZ, LEO = Leo Benz, Jr. Swiss collector, owner of electro-technical firm Zettler (as his father, Leo Benz, Sr.). Personal (religious & educational) connections to Rome & Munich. Important collection of Roman coins cataloged by Hubert Lanz (1998-9) & sold in 3 pts.: Lanz 88 (RRC), 97 (RIC I), 100 (RIC II). The catalogs are sought-after refs. Andrew McCabe includes Pt. 1 in “Top 10 Auction Catalogs” for RRC. [NAC 105 = Rambach (III): 83-4 = CoinsWeekly bio.] Coins: L. Julius Caesar Denarius ; See also: Hardcover set of 3 sales, ex Lanz Lib. (ex. rare as hardcover, poss. only complete set?) | 1906-1996 |
BERRY, BURTON YOST American diplomat & collector of coins & art. Served at multiple stations c. 1928-1954, incl. Athens, Instanbul, and, most importantly (geo-politically), as Ambassador to Iraq at the time of the 1953 coup in Iran. Collection published in SNG Berry, part dispersed privately or in fine but little-known sales by Numis. Art & Anc. Coins (Zurich, by adopted son, Azzedine el-Aaji), some held by ANS. Published notable memoir, A Numismatic Biography (1971). [Wikipedia; NYT Obituary (26 Aug 1985); mult. interesting details in BCD Lib. Sales ; Daehn 2030 ; Clain-Stefanelli 17093] Literature: Numis. Biography (signed/inscr. hardcover) ; Related: SNG Berry (custom bound ex BCD Library) | 1901-1985 |
BIEBER, MARGARETE Important Jewish German-American archaeologist & historian of art & classical theater. Fled Germany in 1933 with the rise of Nazism (first to Oxford, then Barnard Coll., Columbia U.). One of the first women profs. in archaeology & classics. Collector of ancient coins (acq. by Harvard Art Mus., 2005). [Bonfante & Recke (n.d.) [PDF bio]; Arnold-Biucchi & Beckman (2019)] Literature: Cybele (inscr. to Margaret Thompson) | 1879-1978 |
BISHOP, ERRETT Notable American constructivist mathematician & UCSD prof. Collection sold by Forum (Joe Sermarini), whose bio notes: “The Errett Bishop Collection includes over 1000 Ancient Greek, Roman Republic, Roman imperial, Roman provincial, Celtic, Judaean, Byzantine and other ancient coins collected from about 1960 to 1982. The collection includes 136 coins from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt.” [Wikipedia; FAC Bio] Coins: | 1928-1983 |
BOB L. COLLECTION (see Langnas, Robert) | 1963- |
BRACE, BRUCE R. Collected Roman coins since 1954, founded and/or was active in multiple numismatic associations, and authored many articles, and regularly presented papers on Roman Republican coins. He was Honorary Curator of the Numismatic Collection at McMaster Museum of Art, 1991-2007. Portion of coll. held at McMaster University. Most of the collection sold at CNG Auction 90 (23 May 2012). The Bruce R. Brace Library sold by ANE (Svetolik Kovačević, Toronto). [RCNA E-Bulletin Vol. 3, No. 25 (24 April 2007), Obituary (PDF)] Literature: Williams Confederate (Bookplate) | 1932-2007 |
BRESSETT, KENNETH Important & highly accomplished American numismatist (w/ an esp. long career, active mid-20th cent. to present). Editor & author of important monographs & series on U.S. coins, and several volumes on ancient Biblical, Greek, and Roman coins. Collection of ancient coins sold by CNG, starting w/ Keystone Sale 6 (11 Mar 2022). Past President of American Numismatic Association (ANA, 1995-7). [Wikipedia; Smith (ANB 2021) pp. 57-58; Clain-Stefanelli (1985) p. 1647 (9 entries in Author Index).] Coins: Vespasian Judaea Capta As (ex Salton) ; Edessa, Gordian III AE ; Philip I AR Antoniniani (ex Dorchester 1939 Hoard) & Constantinian AE X5 (ex “Higgie Hoard”) [external: CoinTalk 1 Apr 2022] | 1928- |
Bricault, Laurent Coins: Myndus AR Drachm (ex Karl, GTP) | 1963- |
BRINK, ERIC TEN = ETB Collection Specialized collection of Hadrian, formed c. 2009-2022 (most c. 2014-). Extensive gallery on Forvm, begun in 2014. Active on CT (@okidoki) & FAC (okidoki). Almost 1,800 coins sold at Leu Web Auction 26 (8-13 Jul 2023): 915 single lots, >20 groups, & several non-Hadrian lots. Dozens of coins (mostly Denarii) cited or ill. in RIC. Highlight of the collection: spectacular galley Sestertius = RIC 1282, ex Abbé Visconti & Museo del Padri Corsini, c. 1740s. For Alexandrian: beautiful bust of Ares on unique tetradrachm pub. by collectors Dattari 1271 (1901: Pl. VIII; D-S 2007: P. 63), Staffieri (QT,1993: Fig. 1; AIN, 2017: 57), and others. Over half the single lots (478) were RPC, 205 from Roman Egypt, Alexandria. At least 96 ex-Dattari Collection; many ex Staffieri, AK & other notable Alex. colls. &/or ill. or cited in various important refs. Almost every possible specimen is cited in RPC. Acknowledged in final two RPC Supplements (2017, 2019): “[to] CGT, ETB, and A. Tricarico … a special debt of gratitude … every morning we all await the welcome arrival of several emails from each of them!” [RPC Supplement 4, “Preface” (p. vii); see also RPC Supplement 5, “Preface” (p. vii); and, 1 of 16 priv. colls. on RPC Online Acks. pg.] Leu’s bio noted (PDF bio) major interests in Cistophori & Eastern mint Denarii. I don’t know if a print catalog (commercial or otherwise) was ever produced. But it should be! Note: Two other important Hadrian Collections (not represented here, but at least the latter in ETB) were Harvey J Hoffer (Harmer-Rooke 12 Dec 1986) & Robert O Ebert (Stack’s from Jan 2013). [Leu Numismatik’s 1.5-page coll. bio (to PDF) ; Leu WA 26 Lots] Coins: Hadrian Alexandrian “Captives” Drachm (Dattari 1775) ; Hadrian Nomes Obol (AK, Kellner 106, 19) | 1968- |
BRUNK, GREGORY G. = Greg Brunk American political scientist & prof. Numismatic author of important books & articles, cataloger & collector. Pre-eminent expert on world countermark coinage, antiquity to present. During his lifetime, sold portions of coin coll. (Hartzog MBS 10 [29 Jun 1999]) & library (Katen 67 [2 Dec 1988] & 68 [14 Jul 1989]). Large quantity of his unpublished research & his library dispersed (privately?) after his death, incl. manuscripts; many of his custom bound auction cats. were (or are) offered for sale by Bryce Brown. Fellow of RNS (UK) & Can. Num. Res. Soc., among many other memberships & honors. [Waterloo Courier (25 Oct 2020) Obit, incl. in his NBS / E-Sylum memorial pg.; Hartzog 10 (1999), p.8, collector/collection bio] Literature: Sale Catalog (ex-library, Katen 68, 650 [part]) | 1949-2020 |
BULLOWA, DAVID M. Noted Philadelphia numismatist, author, coin dealer, publisher, with particular contributions in the area of U.S. coins, and, over 70 years later, remarkable influence for such a short life. Contemporary of E.T. Newell & A.M. Huntington, Bullowa donated his first coin to ANS at age 17. Credited by many American numismatists (incl. J. W. Adams, above) as having personally influenced their careers as collectors, dealers, or scholars. Married to Catherine Bullowa-Moore, who carried on the business & became an accomplished numismatist. Many of his coins & books were later donated to ANS or Smithsonian. Many vols. incl. his small addressed, named bookplate and/or embossed stamp & also a custom ANS “in memory of” bookplate (see photos below). Archives at the ANS. Life Fellow of the ANS. ANA Hall of Fame. [ANS Archer Authority ; ANS Mag. 2018-2 (pp. 46-53, Hill, “David Bullowa…”) ; Smith (ANB 2021) p. 58 ; Fitzwilliam Catalogs (A-D)] Literature: Renauldin 1851 (bookplate) [photo] ; Sydenham 1933 (bookplate) [external Imgur photo] | 1912-1953 |
BULLOWA-MOORE, CATHERINE = Catherine Bullowa Well-known Philadelphia coin dealer (Coinhunter), active in trade for well over 50 years. Published many coin lists through 2008. Notable donor to ANA, ANS (incl. the deaccessioned books now in my coll.), and Nat. Numis. Coll. during the Clain-Stefanelli curatorial regime (V.C.-S. 1970: 71 [PDF]). Fellow of RNS, Life Fellow of ANS, founding member of PNG, officer in the IAPN, U.S. Assay Comm., and others. On the occasion of her 50th year in the trade, the ANS Magazine published in its inaugural issue a warm & detailed profile or her career, beginning with her marriage to DMB, continuing with many numismatic honors & contributions, describing her as a “benefactor, consultant and fellow of” the ANS. [NBS E-Sylum 20 (21): A9 ; ANS Magazine 2002 (1): 7-8 ; ANS Magazine 2018 (1): 62 ; Smith (ANB 2021) p. 58 ; Fitzwilliam Catalogs (A-D)] Literature: Renauldin 1851 (bookplate) [photo] ; Sydenham 1933 (Bookplate) | 1919-2017 |
BURSTEIN, MARCEL B. American collector of Roman Provincial Coins from Reno, NV. Much of coll. sold at Peus Auktion 366 (25 Oct 2000, w/ Frank Kovacs), once described by Sveto Kovačević (ANE) as “one of the best-ever sales of Roman Provincial coins.” Additional coins (incl. my only spec.) were dispersed privately, incl. to fellow collector G. Drewry. Portions of his library w/ blue ink stamp were sold at CNG EA 410 (29 Nov 2017). [Brousseau “Annexe” p. 576 (cited) ; Numiswiki (FAC) “Important…” (cited)] Coins: | |
CAHN, HERBERT A. = H. A. Cahn Important Jewish German-Swiss numismatic prodigy of the WWII era & post-war 20th cent., major dealer, author of many books & articles (first in 1929 at age 14), cataloger of many classic sales (Haeberlin at age 18). Left Germany in 1933 to escape the Nazis (like others here). By then, already a teenage working numismatist w/ his brother & uncle Julius Cahn in the Frankfurt firm founded in 1874 by Adolph E. Cahn (Julius’ father, H.A.’s grandfather). Founded Münzhandlung Basel w/ brother Erich in 1934 (Prince W.’s coll. as initial inventory), which became Münzen und Medaillen AG in 1942 (supported by Voirol et al, hiring P. Strauss in 1951). Founded (1949) & edited (through 1964) Gazette der Schweizerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft (later Schweizer Münzblätter). A founding member of IAPN in 1951. Numerous honors from RNS, SFN, ANS. Coins from his priv. coll. of ancients sold at Numismatica Genevensis 7 (27 Nov 2012). (European & med. at M&M 87 in 1998.) [Spring 2009: 21-22 (Adolph & Julius), 162-5 (H.A. & Erich) ; Rambach Prov. Gloss. ; Künker 102 (2005) Biblio. M&M (but absent: pp. 1-10, foreword?) ; ICN – Boehringer Bio (PDF, German; Eng. trans. avail by email)] Coins: group of 18 Archaic fractions (identifiable but the “scraps” of his coll.) | 1915-2002 |
CEDERLIND, THOMAS BENTLEY Well-known & widely liked American ancient coin dealer in Portland, OR. Produced 181 catalogs, c. early 1980s-2015 (FPLs, BBS, MBS all in one series). Mentor to dealers Ken Dorney, 1980s (valuable source for info re: Cederlind’s practices) & Michael Bezayiff. “Cederlind Estate” coins sold at CNG auctions starting 2016. (Others by Bezayiff, who then opened in Portland under own aegis.) Incl. many fine Republican & dozens from Caria, both of which TBC must have collected. The cats. also incl. >30 coins from 5 BCD Catalogs, likely his personal coll. (M&M 23, LHS 96, NAC 55, Triton IX, Lanz 105, almost all apparently purchased directly, not acq. later from other colls.), and >9 more “BCD Duplicates.” Cederlind “inventory” & “collection” overlap substantially, but may ultimately be indistinguishable. (Dorney once commented, “Tom priced his coins two ways. One to sell, one not to sell. When he had coins that seemed astronomical, it was his way of saying this one is mine, for my collection…”) Library sold by Kolbe & Fanning, start. by Auc. 145 (22 Apr 2017) [PDF cat.]. [CoinsWeekly, “Tom Cederlind (1959-2015),” incl. nice extended remembrance from BCD ; NBS Death Announcement ; Smith (ANB 2021) pp. 68-9, corr. (citing only the 3 early sales in Gengerke [2009]: p. 90 [as “Cederling”!], which inexplicably overlooks numerous Buy-Bid & M.B. Sales through 2015) ; Fitzwilliam Catalogs (A-D) ; CT 271994] Coins: Rhodes Chalkous | 1959-2015 |
CHAMBERLAIN, CHARLES = Charles T. Chamberlain (1946-) [?] Presumably (but unconfirmed) the University of Arizona & UCSD Classics prof., with a focus on Greek & Latin literature. Authored textbook Beginning Latin for College Students (2021). Collection of 109 Roman Republican & Imperial (through Flavian) silver coins sold at CNG EA 509 (9 Feb 2022). [The Classical World (1992) 85: 5, “Biographical Index” & “Index of Special Interests”] Coins: Vespasian Denarius (ex Huntington) [external ACSearch] | 1946- |
Christensen, Henry [Smith (ANB 2021), pp. 83-4; Christensen MBS 70 (17 Apr 1979) (to PDF/Archive), intro essay by son, W.B.C.; E-Sylum 12 (29): Art. 18 (19 Jul 2009), 12 (30): Art. 11 (26 Jul 2009), 12 (31): Art. 22 (2 Aug 2009)] Literature: Weaver FPL 2 | 1915-1979 |
Christensen, William B. “Bill” [E-Sylum 12 (29): Art. 18 (19 Jul 2009), 12 (30): Art. 11 (26 Jul 2009), 12 (31): Art. 22 (2 Aug 2009)] Literature: Weaver FPL 2 | d. 2009 |
CLAIN-STEFANELLI, ALEXANDER A. = Alex Clain-Stefanelli Teacher in Virginia, born in 1943 in Buchenwald Concentration Camp to parents who would become prolific & celebrated numismatic scholars. Inherited family numis. library & coin coll. Toward end of life (c. 2012-4), worked w/ museums, made donations & archived family papers (ANS, Smithsonian); cataloged & consigned library to Kolbe & Fanning; consigned coins ( “Demarete Collection”) to Stack’s, where V.E. & E.E. worked c. 1950s. Prior to 2012 ANA sale, Stack’s described the Demarete Collection as “one of the most diverse properties we have had the pleasure of handling…assembled [c.] 1930’s to the 1970’s, by a family of devoted numismatic scholars.” Renamed “Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Collection” (sometimes “Elvira Elise” or “E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection”) when NAC & Naville (in collab. w/ Stack’s) assumed sale of the ancients, c. 2016. [Ute Wartenberg’s (2014) bio ; NBS (2015) E-Sylum 18 (2): A6 bio] Coins, Literature: (see Clain-Stefanelli, E.) | 1943-2014 |
CLAIN-STEFANELLI, ELVIRA E. = E.E. Clain-Stefanelli = Demarete Collection (w/ V.E.C.S.) Distinguished numismatist, author, long-time curator w/ husband Vladimir, then first Executive Director, of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian. Though Elvira’s official title was “Assistant Curator” during Vladimir’s curatorship, they were viewed as single unit; the co-curators responsible for transforming the national coin collection into a world-class collection; co-authors of many important works on numismatic history, banking. Born in Romania, Elvira (w/ Alex & Vladimir) emigrated to USA after WWII (and 1.5 years imprisonment at Buchenwald), worked at Stack’s (she & Vladimir started the “Coin Galleries” division) before Smithsonian. Active until her death, involved w/ every major U.S. numismatic institution & many smaller ones. Wrote the classic Numismatic Bibliography (Battenberg: 1985), among many other monographs & articles. Private collection & library inherited by son Alexander, later sold by Stack’s (initially dubbed the “Demarete Collection”) w/ NAC & Naville, and multiple sales at Kolbe & Fanning. Collection begun by Vladimir c. 1930s, last known additions by Elvira, c. early 1990s. Archives (correspondence, manuscripts, etc.) housed at ANS & Smithsonian. ANS Fellow from 1963-. Numerous memberships & honors. An ANS endowment sponsors “Lecture in memory of Vladimir and Elvira Clain-Stefanelli,” incl. the “Money Talks” series. [Smith (ANB 2021) p. 73; Smithsonian, “Rich Legacy of…” (w/ add. refs.) ; The Numismatist [Aug 1996] 109 (8): 943 ff. ; ANS Archives w/ bio (see also: ANS Magazine Summer 12[2]: 48ff, 67. [PDF] & Kolbe & Fanning NY Book Auction [12 Jan 2013], pp. 14-17, Lots 34-7); ; NAC 92, Part I: Foreword (p 6) ; Washington Post obit ; wikipedia entry] Coins: Rhegion Hemilitron ; Hadrian Demeter Tetradrachm ; Tacitus Alexandria Tetradrachm ; Constantius II Captives AE2 ; Quintillus Antoninianus Literature: Select Numis. Biblio. (signed & inscr.) | 1914-2001 |
CLAIN-STEFANELLI, VLADIMIR E. = Vladimir Clain = V.E. Clain-Stefanelli = Demarete Collection (w/ E.E.C.S.) Second curator of the U.S. National Numismatic Collection at Smithsonian, 1956-1982 (following the death of Stuart Mosher), joined the following year by his wife Elvira who served as de facto co-curator until his death (at which point she became the first Exec. Dir. of the N.N.C.). Under their stewardship, the size of the collection reportedly increased from 60,000 to 900,000. The pair are often remembered as a unit, but each of them also sole-authored publications as well, incl. Vladimir’s (1968) History of the National Numismatic Collections. Born in Chernivtsi, Austria (now Ukraine), married 1939, studied numismatics in Italy & Germany. Vladimir was arrested in 1943 in Berlin, his passport reportedly been stolen & used by a man escaping the Nazi regime. The pair spent >1.5 years at Buchenwald (1943-5); Elvira was pregnant, so Alexander was born there. (Circumstances of their escape/release are unpublished to my knowledge.) Born Vladimir Clain, he & Elvira changed their last names around the time of immigration to the USA (c. 1949-1951). (Another parallel to Mark Salton-Schlessinger’s bio.) A dated/inscribed volume in my library (Stefan 1932; external album) bears Vladimir’s library stamps as both “V. Clain” and, later, “Clain-Stefanelli,” indicating their library (& prob. coll.) survived war & imprisonment, at least in part. Vladimir’s first U.S. job was at Hesperia Art (Baltimore, w/ Robert Hecht), by Spring 1951 (List #1 in my cat. lib.), then worked at Stack’s (w/ Elvira), 1954-1956. [Smith (ANB 2021) p. 73 ; ANS Archives w/ bio (see also: ANS Magazine Summer 12[2]: 48ff. [PDF] & Kolbe & Fanning NY Book Auction [12 Jan 2013], pp. 14-17, Lots 34-7) ; NAC 92, Part I: Foreword (p 6) ; Washington Post Obituary (23 Oct 1982)] Coins: Rhegion Hemilitron ; possibly (as dealer) Vespasian Judaean Capta AE As ; Literature: Stefan 1932 [external album] ; Related: Hesperia Art Ltd. (V. Clain-Stefanelli & R. Hecht, Baltimore, Spring 1951) List No. 1 (ex BCD Library) | 1914-1982 |
Clay, Curtis Coins: Vespasian Dupondius (RIC II.1 263, ex Hall, JS Wagner) ; Antoninus Pius Sestertius (Apostolo Zeno 952) ; Literature: “Nilus and the Four Seasons…” NC 1970 (signed/inscr. to L. Scholing, ex Lanz Library) | |
CLEFF, GERT = Sammlung Gert Cleff, Wuppertal Notable German reference collection emphasizing ancient Persian silver & gold (from Achaemenid through Kushano-Sassanid & other Parthian successors), incl. many fine & rare AR fractions. Formed c. 1990-2010s, most acq. from German firms or from CNG. Dispersed in several sales by Gorny & Mosch beginning w/ Auktion 288 (online, Cleff – Teil I) in 2022 (Auk 287 for antiquities). [G&M Auktion 289 (Cleff – Teil II)] Coins: Themistokles Hemiobol ; Achaemenid 1/4 Siglos ; Manchihr III Hemidrachm | |
CLOKE, HUGH = Hubert J Cloke = “Authors’ Collections” (LMCC) = CT Collections (w/ Toone, Lee) Literature professor (U. Chicago, then Georgetown), with a focus on Rome as reflected in 18th-19th century American arts. Began collecting Tetrarchic & Constantinian coins c. 1992 and eventually co-authored, with Lee Toone, The London Mint of Constantius & Constantine, published by Spink, 2015. His and Toone’s (joint?) collection coins are labeled “CT Collections” in LMCC, many of which were acq. by Paul DiMarzio, later sold at CNG. [NBS Announcement, E-Sylum 18 (23): A5 ; FAC Disc. Announcement] Coins: (see “CT Collections” / Lee Toone) | 1944- |
COHEN, J. = Jonathan Cohen Australian coin dealer (Imperial Numismatics, Perth) & collector of Greek coins, active c. 2009-2015. Focused especially on types published in BCD Peloponnesos I & II, acq. coins from the CNG 81.2 sale & ex-BCD coins from Agora, Gitbud Naumann/Pecunem, Auctiones GmbH. Secretary of the Numismatic Association of Australia (NAA), c. 2016. Collection initially offered for sale at CNG EA 392 (26 Apr 2017), noting that: “This collection of Peloponnesian coins was born from my personal interest in ancient Greek history and inspired primarily by the BCD sales. The collection was formed as a study of the varying coinage types produced through the ruling cycles of the Peloponnese….” [Perth Num. Soc. News, 2 Dec 2019 ; NAA Dealer (accessed: 19 June 2023)] Coins: Elis AE Apollo [external FAC Gallery, w/ BCD tag] | |
“COLLECTION SANS PAREILLE” = CsP [alt: C.S.P.] (I can think of at least five ways to alphabetize this collection, counting the abbreviation and collector’s personal name!) Surely the greatest collection of Greek AR fractions ever assembled, certainly the finest pair of auction catalogs (Nomos 26 & 29 by ASW [et al.] who entertainingly called both auctions). The same collector also formed world-class collections of Greek coins generally (Leu 76 [27 Oct 1999], “Exceptional Private Collection,” cat. by her friend S. Hurter) and antiquities (incl. a relief from Persepolis famously returned to Iran after an important legal case). Most of the “CsP” coins were acquired by the 1970s (incl. the purchase of Leo Mildenberg’s collection en bloc) w/ exceptions for a few major coll. sales — most notably, decades later (thru 2012!), the BCD sales. (BCD also posthumously contributed a coin “in honour of its late owner, who was a good friend and colleague for over a generation, and who would have loved owning this coin!” See also his contribution to her 2000 festschrift, describing on p. 47 several of his coins, at least one of which she would eventually acq.: “this offering, of necessity, is a kind of … revenge! Here are some fractions which [she] probably […] does not yet have in her wonderful collection.”) [Nomos 26 (21 May 2023; to PDF) ; Nomos 29 (5 Nov 2023; to PDF — if you don’t have the catalogs, print the plates, there is no substitute for seeing the coins together to-scale!)] Coins: Krannon Obol (Liampi 4d, ex Mildenberg) ; Datames Tarsus Obol (ex Mildenberg & von Aulock) | |
CONTI COLLECTION Anonymous (?) collection, probably American, sold by CNG over multiple auctions 2022-2023 (presently over 777 lots). Consisting primarily of Roman & Byzantine coins of all types, acquired c. 1989-2019 (especially from American dealers, CNG & Berk/Gemini; in recent years often from firms in Europe/UK). Presently no indication whether Conti is a personal name or an allusion to a place or one of the famous historical figures or collectors Conti. [ACSearch results (“From the Conti Collection”) ; from CNG EA 524 (28 Aug 2022), 150 Lots; Auction 121 (6 Oct 2022), 98 Lots; EA 525 (19 Oct 2022), 198 Lots; EA 529 (14 Dec 2022), 34 Lots; EA 534 (15 Mar 2023), 128 Lots; EA 535 (29 Mar 2023), 94 Lots; EA 540 (14 Jun 2023), 56 Lots; EA 541 (28 Jun 2023), 2 Coins; EA 543 (2 Aug 2023), 3 Coins] Coins: unique Antoninus Pius Großbronze from Hadrianopolis (Varbanov 3145 = RPC IV.1 11165 [external link]) | |
CORES, GONZALO URÍA = Colección Cores Spanish numismatist & collector, author of articles on ancient & medieval Iberian coins, co-author of important monographs Corpus Nummorum Visigothorum (CNV, 2006, w/ J. Vico & M. Cruz Cores, his daughter) & Catalogo de Plomos Monetiformes de la Hispania Antigua (CPM, 1987, w/ A. Casariego & F. Pliego). Stannard et al. (NC, 2021: 53) wrote that “Gonzalo was a Maecenas of Spanish numismatics, always generous with his knowledge and time, who put his vast collection at the disposal of scholars.” Cores’ Visigothic coll. acq. en bloc by Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid). Beginning c. 1952, assembled one of the greatest collections of ancient Iberian coins ever published (3 vols., 2017, 2019, 2020), Colección Cores: Moneda Antigua de la Península Ibérica. Sold by Jesús Vico in 12 Parts, beginning with Auction 148-159 (7 Jun 2016 through 20 Jul 2021). (Prev. one Visigoth Trem. in Vico 147.) Numerous coins pub. online in MIB; dozens in RPC Online. [WeAreNumismatics (ANE) Death Notice ; Revista de Col. Cores por Martin Almagro Gorbea en Complutum, 2018, 28 (2) ; G. U. Cores Academia.edu Page] Coins: Carisa AE Semis | 1930-2020 |
CORN, STEPHEN J. American collector of Athenian coinage (especially “New Style” Athenian Tetradrachms), acquired 2009-18 (his favorite dealers apparently CNG/Triton & Berk/Gemini, also regularly Goldberg, & Cederlind). He also collected Swedish plate money and Swiss shooting medals. US Navy veteran (1960-5) & long-time construction contractor, active in building commissions & legislation for local & Florida state gov. Collection sold by Harlan J. Berk in 176 lots in BBS 208 (5 Sep 2019): 1-171, 200, 234, 236, 239, 266 (Corn Coll. prov. not noted in online lot archives). HJB 208 (Lot 56) describes Corn’s series of “New Style” Tetradrachms as “a nearly complete collection of the interesting annual issues of new-style Athenian tetradrachms and drachms.” Active member of the ANS (2009-) & Augustus B. Sage Society (2017-). [ANS Magazine, Jan. 2018, v.17 (2), p.67 = Harlan J. Berk 208th Buy-or-Bid Sale (5 Sep 2019), p. 1 (bio) ; HJB 208: all lots on ACSearch ; ANS Annual Report (2018): p. 39 (PDF) ] Coins: “New” Style Tetradrachm (Corn 77) | 1942 -2018 |
CRESCENT COLLECTION Anonymous collection (prob. American), formed c. 2003-2019 (mostly from US & UK dealers). Sold by CNG beginning primarily with Greek (34 single lots, plus 3 ancient groups & 18 world) in e-Auction 483 (6 Jan 2021); then 46 lots of mostly RRC in EA 485 (10 Feb 2021); 5 Lots of Hadrian RPC Silver in EA 486; and mostly RIC in EAs 493, 503, and 509. [ACSearch: 139 Lots Ancient Coins, 33 Modern, 3 Lots Antiquities] Coins: ΣΤΑΣΙΩΝ Drachm (Ashton 59b) ; Hadrian Aegeae Tetradrachm (LM 117) ; Carinus “Captive” Antoninianus | |
CT Collections [alt: C.T. Collections] (see Cloke, H. & Toone, L.) | |
Curtis, James Wylie = Col. James W. Curtis Coins: Gallienus Tet., 1579 (ex Beniak) ; Related: Commodus Tet. (ex Aiello, Curtis 1990: p.307) ; Curtis 1969 (ex M.L. Davidson & Mus. Arts Sci., Daytona) | 1913-1994 |
D.G.P. = DGP Initials appearing in provenance information on certain BCD Collection tags (from Boiotia, Elis, Karystos), sometimes in combination with “Argos Collection” or “ex C.P.” (poss. for Priv. Coll.?; “ex C.P.” also appears alone). Purchases c. 1974-5, in “Dr.” (Drachmas). Possibly a Greek collector and/or dealer? Coins: Elis AE Apollo [external FAC Gallery, w/ BCD tag] | |
DATTARI, GIOVANNI [blog post] Prodigal Italian-Egyptian collector & seller of Alexandrian coinage (and antiquities), author of articles & major early catalog on coinage of Roman Egypt. Collection formed c. 1891-1913. In 1901, published catalog of 6,580 coins, Monete Imperiali Greche. Numi Augg. Alexandrini. Catalogo della Collezione Dattari (vol. 1, text & vol 2, pl.). Over 12,500 rubbings of Dattari’s coins were edited & published in 1999 by A. Savio; in the 2007 ed., a Supplement of 700 newly discovered rubbings (>13,200 total) was added. Coins in the new plates are believed to have been acq. after 1901; Savio suggests that the other 12,500 rubbings may have all been produced in preparation for the 1901 vol. Dattari donated or sold thousands of coins to museums (his BMC bio links 373 objects), and other were donated/purchased after his death (see blog post for names/some links). Negotiations w/ Italian & Egyptian museums failed for the remainder of his coll. & by 1970 parcels were being dispersed in trade (2,000 of the Alexandrian coins are ill. in Figari-Mosconi 2017). Naville Numismatics (London) began dispersing a new parcel of 1,000s more in 2017. Relatively few were ill. in Dattari 1901, so the 1999/2007 Savio vols. are essential for confirming provenance (but, as C. Clay’s Gemini XIII catalog of the A.I.C. deaccession & Naville parcel show, many have no known rubbings, esp. 3rd cent. tetradrachms). Dattari also collected of 10,000s of Late Roman Bronze coins (19,320 by 1901), many of which were donated to Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique; 1,000s were dispersed in trade by Jesús Vico, c. 2017- (and Vico via CNG). * – Contemporary records give two competing birthdates for Dattari: 19 Apr 1853 or 17 Apr 1858 (Savio 2015: pp. 15, 16; see also Carbone 2018 & SNI, Numismatici). [ANS Magazine (2018) 17 (2): p. 6ff., Lucia Carbone, “Giovanni Dattari and His Fabled Collection of Alexandrian Coins” ; Adriano Savio’s biography of Dattari (in Italian; alt. source) ; Numiswiki (FAC) ; Società Numismatica Italiana, I Grandi Numismatici: Giovanni Dattari (to PDF) ] Coins: Hadrian Eagle Tetradrachm ; Hadrian “Captives” Drachm ; Hadrian Euthenia Drachm ; Hadrian Zeus Drachm ; Antoninus Sarapis Tetradrachm ; Commodus Helios Tetradrachm ; Gordian III Helios Tetradrachm ; Sev. Alex. Elpis Tetradrachm | 1853/8 -1923 * |
DAVIDSON, MARC = Marc Leon Davidson Florida journalist, patron of the arts, and one-time coin dealer. Formerly co-editor & chairman of board at The Daytona Beach News-Journal, owned/operated by the Davidson family 1928-2009. Trustee of Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences; board member of various other area organizations. Active as a coin dealer in the early 1980s. Produced at least 4 auctions (1980-1) with Larry Jackson as “Davidson Numismatic Auctions,” followed by 34 fixed-price lists with Joseph P. Linzalone as PMV, Inc. (c. 1981/2-1987). PMV was acquired by Empire Coins (Dennis Kroh w/ D. van Seeters), as announced in letter dated 1 Jan 1988 & reported in the Feb 1988 issue of The Celator (v.2 [2]: VI). Produced Classical Coin Newsletter (Daytona Beach, FL), mid-1980s. Longtime member of the ANS, ANA, FUN, and other numismatic orgs. [Gengerke 2009: p. 158 & p. 497 ; Prabook bio] Literature: Curtis 1969 (ex libr. Marc Davidson & Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona FL) ; Related: PMV FPL (#3?) Christmas 1982 (ex BCD Lib Duplicates) | 1954- |
DAVIS, NORMAN Jewish British-American businessman (in oil & beer), numismatist (collector & author), and patron of arts in Seattle, WA. Noted contributor to Jewish community institutions post-WWII. First vice president & board member of the Seattle Art Museum, where many of his coins were donated. An exhibition of his coins was accompanied by his volume Greek Coins and Cities, published by Spink (1967). The ANS published a 1969 Sylloge of his collection, The Norman Davis Collection (vol. 1 of Ancient Coins in North American Collections [ACNAC, orig. “Greek…” / GCNAC]). Portions of his coll. not in the Seattle Art Mus. Coll. were dispersed at NFA XI (8 Dec 1982) & Gemini VII (9 Jan 2011). Fellow of the RNS & ANS. [The Seattle Times (Aug 15, 1991): “Norman Davis, 94, Entrepreneur, Altruist And Community Leader” ; Gemini VII (9 Jan 2011): p. 6 (bio), reprinted from: NFA XI (8 Dec 1982): p. 3 ; American Jewish Archives: Norman Davis papers, Address, donor records (Box 39, F. 10; PDF)] Literature: Greek Coins & Cities (autographed) | 1897-1991 |
DE SAULCY, FÉLICIEN = Felix de Saulcy Important French archaeologists & numismatist with major contributions to numismatic fields as diverse as Celtic, Judaean, Nabataean, Byzantine, Seleucid, crusade, medieval and modern European, some of which are still often used today. He often employed the legendary talents of engraver Leon Dardel & wrote about coins from his own collection. Over 7,000 of his were acquired c. 1872 by the Cabinet de Medailles, BnF Paris (he reportedly declined an offer for double the price from London) Additional portions of his collection of Gallic and Byzantine coins (likely acquired after 1872) were purchased by Prince Karl Egon II of Furstenberg, eventually dispersed at auction by A. Cahn, incl. auctions 75 (30 May 1932) and especially 81 (5 Apr 1933) for ancients. (For a complete list, incl. the Helbing sales, see Spring [2009] p. 28.) French Senator & Commander, Legion of Honor. See also Prince Karl Egon II (below). [Wikipedia ; Spring (2009), pp. 28-30, Nos. 81 (Cahn 79) & 83 (Cahn 81) ; Bibliothek Alain Poinsignon, Teil 3, Lot 3265 ; Chameroy & Guihard 2020] Coins: Sequani Quinarius ; John Ducas Tetarteron (ex Goodacre) [de Saulcy, cataloger] | 1807-1880 |
DE VRIES, SAMMLUNG = “Slg. de Vries” Collection of Greek & Roman coins formed c. 1980-2017 (mostly from Frank Taylor Brisbane [1980-1985], Busso Peus [1988-2012], CNG [2011-2017]). Collection dispersed in 172 lots at Peus Auktion 423 (7 Nov 2018), 425 (7 Nov 2019) & e-10 (18 Jan 2020). (Probably NOT Peter H. de Vries [Oriental Soc. & CNG 93]?) Coins: Const. Gall. Fallen Horseman | |
DE WILDE, JEROEN = J. de Wilde Collection Dutch economist w/ an interest in “the rise and fall of monetary unions in the past 2700 years” (Santa Fe Inst. bio). Began collecting coins at age 10. Board of the ANS, volunteer numismatist at Rijksmuseum, committee member for first Dutch SNG. Coll. of Greek, Roman, Byzantine coins sold at CNG 120 (11 May 2022) & e-516 (18 May 2022); World coins at Triton XXV (11 Jan 2022). [Triton XXV: p. 11 (bio) ; ANS 2018 bio ; CoinsWeekly (11 Feb 2021), “…SNG Netherlands”] Coins: group lot of 18 Archaic fractions | |
DEMARETE COLLECTION (see Clain-Stefanelli, A., E.E., and V.E.) | |
DEMIRJIAN, TORKHOM New York & London antiquities, art & coin dealer active since at least the early 1970s, founder of Ariadne Galleries, Chairman Emeritus at Hermitage Museum Foundation. [Hermitage Mus. Found. Bio] Literature: Rosen-Waggoner (inscr. to) | |
DIMARZIO JR., PAUL T. = Paul DiMarzio Londinium Collection American (NY & CT) computing industry professional & numismatist. Formed an important collection of the London-mint coins of the Roman Empire & active in numismatic scholarship contributing to Cloke & Toone’s authoritative (2015) volume on the subject (many of DiMarzio’s coins were LMCC “plate coins”). In 2008, purchased coins from J. S. Vogelaar’s Londinium Collection (Spink 194 & 196) & participated in the important “Moneta Britannia Conference” in 2011 (his paper published in Yorkshire Numismatist vol. 4). Collection sold in 2022 at CNG Auctions 120 & 121 and e-Auctions 516, 525, 526. (A handful of unsold lots appeared again later.) Books from the DiMarzio Library were sold by CNG beginning in 2023. [Extended bio in CNG Auction 120: 227-8 (on ACSearch) & CNG Auction 121: pp. 246-7] Coins: Constantine ADVENTVS ; Crispus Captives AE3 ; Literature: Sear RCV (5 Vols., inscr. by Sear) | 1962- |
DOBBINS, RAY = Raymond Dobbins Author/playwright, well-known in gay literature, as well as a videographer, activist, screenwriter, and songwriter (Jazz Passengers et al.). Also wrote under nom de plume, Jim Flannigan (Don the Burp and Other Stories). One of the books from his numismatic library, now in mine, includes a line from a Cavafy poem, about whom he wrote a play (Read My Hips, c. 2005). Letter to The Celator v8, n12 (Dec 1994): p.4. A 2018 interview clip with him about Stonewall and civil rights movements is available from the oral history project, “The Digital Downtown” at NYU. Literature: Plant Greek Coins Types (ex-libris) & others | 1947-2021 |
DR. N. Name appearing in provenance info. on certain BCD Collection tags (Thessaly, Phalanna AE). Coins: | |
DR. W. R. = Sammlung Dr. W. R., “Roma Universa” Large collection of Greek & Roman coins formed c. late 1960s-2018. Sold in six well-cataloged parts (so far, w/ 2,538 coins) by Künker, 2018-2022, each with introductions & extensive commentary; more parts anticipated. As noted in catalog introductions, “the quality of the coins…and serious provenance were always given special emphasis” (Künker 321, p. 23 [my trans.]) and many coins “have the best provenances and are depicted in well-known citations (e.g. Hoover HGC Volumes 3 to 6 and Coll. BCD)” (Künker 326, p. 21). [Künker Auktion 312 (18 Oct 2018): Teil I, Celtic (466 lots) ; 318 (11 Mar 2019): Teil II, Greek I, Magna Graecia (454) ; 326 (7 Oct 2019): Teil III, Greek II, Mainland, Crete, Cyclades (439) ; 333 (16 Mar 2020): Teil IV, Greek III, Asia Minor & Cyprus (610) ; 341 (1 Oct 2020): Teil V, Greek IV (380) ; 367 (6 Apr 2022): Teil VI, Rome I, Republic (289)] Coins: Pakoros Drachm | |
DREWRY, GARTH R. Large collection of Greek, Roman, Byzantine & Oriental coins formed over the course of decades by American physician (radiologist, ex Harvard Medical School, 1952) & medical author from Tampa, FL. The collection was formed c. 1960s-2003, with an initial portion sold by Glendining & Co. (London), 7 Apr 1971. The collector promptly resumed buying as early as 1972-3, eventually selling the new collection at CNG sales in 2004-5, incl. CNG 67, Triton VIII, CNG 69, and e-Auctions. Library sales were held by Fred Lake at Auction 92 (11 Mar 2008) and Auction 93 (29 May 2008). Many of the coins (especially the superb Roman Provincials) are published in the literature. (To my knowledge, the collector is still alive – possibly even still practicing medicine in his mid-90s – and for all I know may have reformed the collection yet again!) [Glendining (7 Apr 1971): p. 3 (bio)] | 1928- |
EARLE JR., GEORGE H. Important Philadelphia lawyer, businessman & political reformed from a notable family, formed one of the most famous ever collections in America. Though active in politics at all levels of government, never held office. His father, G. H. Earle Sr., was an important abolitionist, friend of Abraham Lincoln & founder of the Republican party. His son, GHE III, was a diplomat and Governor of Pennsylvania. In 1912, Henry Chapman sold the GHE Jr. Collection in 3,875 lots (873 ancient), spectacularly cataloged w/ 39 plates (pl. 1-9 ancient). David Fanning (2020) described it as the single most important early American ancient coin auction catalog. [Wikipedia ; Smith (ANB 2021): p. 111 ; Chapman Earle Sale: Clean Copy (ANS/NNP), Hand-Priced (Bass-Hamelberg Copy [prob. Bass Sale II, 168?]) ; Fanning (2020) Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 1869-1939: pp. 62-3, No. 16 & p. 271 (App. C), Nr. 1 ; Spring 99 ; Clain-Stefanelli 12177* ; Grierson (1966): p. 174, (1979): p. 275 ; Kroh – ; Adams (I) 19 (A+/A) ; Gengerke (2009) p. 96 ; Durst p. 23, 698 ; Davis p. 42, 203] Coins: Otacilia Sestertius (ex Salton) [external FORVM Gallery] | 1856-1928 |
EGON II, KARL, PRINCE OF FÜRSTENBERG = Prince Karl Egon II of Furstenberg [alt: Fuerstenberg] German nobleman, politician, collector. Last prince of the House of Fürstenberg. Served in the Badische Ständeversammlung (Chamber of Estates) during the abolition of feudalism in Germany (c. 1848-50). The Fürstenberg Collection was curated by Freiherr Franz Simon von Pfaffenhoffen, who acquired for it the collection of Felix de Saulcy in 1846. (Pfaffenhoffen was well-known for studies of Byzantine and Celtic coins, based largely on the Furstenberg-Saulcy Collection.) Collection dispersed at auction by A. Cahn, incl. auctions 75 (30 May 1932) and especially 81 (5 Apr 1933) for ancients. (For a complete list, incl. the Helbing sales, see Spring [2009] p. 28.) See also Felix de Saulcy (above). [Wikipedia ; Spring (2009), pp. 28-30, Nos. 81 (Cahn 79) & 83 (Cahn 81)] Coins: Sequani Quinarius | 1796-1854 |
EL MEDINA COLLECTION Anonymous collection of Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval, and World coins, formed c. 1991-2009, by a collector from Malta with a particular interest in history. The collection included an emphasis on coins of the Knights of St. John and the types represented in Azzopardi’s (1993) Malta: The History of the Coinage (several “plate coins” are part of the collection, acq. from the author). Sold by CNG in 2020, beginning with Auction 115 (16 Sep 2020; see p. 328 for background description) and continuing with “a special, single-vendor e-sale,” CNG e-Auction 479 (21 Oct 2020). Coins: Syracuse (temp. Pyrrhos) AE Litra | |
Emmett, Keith Coins: Commodus Alex. Tet. (Curtis 1990: 386, ex Aiello, Beniak) | |
ESTY, WARREN W. = W.W.E. American mathematics professor (Montana State U, Bozeman, now retired to Oregon) & numismatist, has made important contributions to quantitative numismatics and the theory and methodology of die-link research. Collector of ancient coins & numismatic literature, long active in the ancient coin community, operator of popular a website. His annotated collection of auction catalogs (“WWE”) is referenced frequently on my catalog pages. [Augustuscoins Ed ; Academia (PDFs, math & coins) ; Math Bio] Literature: Leo Benz RIC (Lanz 94, 100) ; Kirk Davis Catalogs | |
ETB Collection (see Brink, Eric ten) | |
“EUROPEAN COLLECTION, FORMED BEFORE 2005” Rumored by some to have been formed by the infamous Negare Probabilis, others doubt the collection actually ever existed. Conveniently formed prior to most of the relevant Swiss and American antiquities laws, however, coins from this “collection” may manage to skirt import restrictions. Coins: Aurelian “Captives” Antoninianus | |
EVENSEN, STEIN A. Professor Emeritus of Medicine from Norway & ancient coin collector, especially of Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Author of Ancient Rome by Coins (2019, Oslo: Orfeus Forlag), a nominee for IAPN Book Prize 2020, positively reviewed by F. Haymann. Collection (c. 269 lots) first appeared in CNG 115 (16 Sep 2020; 34 coins “From the Stein A. Evensen Collection,” most Alexandrian) & e-Auction 477 (23 Sep 2020; 111 lots, Alex., a few Ptolemaic & N. African; RRC & Augustan AR; RIC through early 3rd cent.), e-Auction 484 (27 Jan 2021; 58 coins, mostly Alex., some RRC, Greek, and/or RPC of Asia), 487 (10 Mar 2021; 5 coins, Alex.), 496 (21 Jul 2021; 58 lots, Seleukid, RPC, Alex, RRC, RIC), 527 (16 Nov 2022; 1 Coin, RIC) & 533 (22 Feb 2023; 2 Coins, 1 ea. Alex. & Antioch RPC). [WikiData ; Academia (Medical)] Coins: Philip I Alexandrian Tetradrachm | 1942- |
FALM, J. Collector about whom little is publicly available, besides the publication of 156 coins, mostly Greek AR fractions, from his (per NAC 82) collection in Anne Demeester’s book (photography by Bernard Daubersy) Les Animaux et la Monnaie Grecque (2003, Bruxelles: Arnumis; L. Schmitt’s [CGB.fr, français] review). (Some tetradrachms from the collection also appeared anonymously in NAC Auction 84.) The 156 animal-themed Greek coins for which the collection is known were sold in NAC 82 (25 May 2015), “The J. FALM Collection: Miniature Masterpieces of Greek Coinage Depicting Animals” [Lots 66-212]. [NAC 82 (25 May 2015), Introductory Essay & pp. 34-67] Coins: Ephesos Diobol ; Related: Demeester (2003) Les Animaux et la Monnaie Grecque | |
FERNÁNDEZ MOLINA, JOSÉ (see “Alba Longa Collection”) | d. 2003 |
FISCHER, PETER [Aarburg] = Slg. P. Fischer, Aarburg Large collection of coins, ancient to modern, along with weights and seals, sold in ~591 Lots at Busso Peus Auktion 419 (27 Apr 2017). Described by Peus Nachf. (Coinsweekly) as a “well-known” Swiss collector of coins, scales, and other objects. (Being a common name in several countries, I’ve found nothing more about this individual, except that he is neither the Swedish archaeologist, Peter M. Fischer [living], nor the German Philatelist, Peter Fischer [d. 2022].) Coins: Septimius AE Nikopolis = Varbanov I, 2558 | d. 2013 |
FRANKE, PROF. DR. PETER ROBERT = PRF Important German classicist historian & numismatist, Prof. at Universität des Saarlandes in in Saarbrücken (1967-1992), held positions at Staatliche Münzsammlung München and the Deutsche Archäologische Institut in Athens & Istanbul. Author of numerous articles & books on Greek & Roman coins, w/ particular contributions to the numismatic scholarship of Asia Minor & Olympia. PRF was influential as an educator and colleague, w/ many students & mentees becoming notable numismatic scholars in their own right (e.g., I. Touratsoglou, K. Liampi, S. Lavva, D. Klose, G. Stumpf, G. Plankenhorn, et al.). Among his popular books are his vols. w/ Hirmer (photography), Römische Kaiserporträts im Münzbild (1961) & Die Griechische Münze (1972); and, w/ Leschhorn & Stylow (1981), a valuable standalone Index to SNG von Aulock. While still a teenager became a German sailor & British POW in WWII, obliged to work in Bavarian mining for the US, which reportedly sparked his interest in Roman Imperial coins of “the various mining districts in the Danube and Balkan regions, the so-called ‘Metalla-Prägungen’” (Woytek & Wartenberg). His (first) private collection of c. 4,100 ancient coins was donated to Yale University in 2004. He re-formed his collection, most of which was sold at Grün e.K. Auktion 64, Teil 1 (20 Nov 2014), incl. Greek, RPC, and Islamic Figural. Beginning in 2021 (through at least 2023), another large parcel from the PRF Collection (“Slg. Prof. Dr. Peter Robert Franke”) was sold by Solidus Numismatik across many auctions (Auktion 85 – 122 ff.), some of which were from Grün 64 (unsold/unpaid?). My Elis AE from Solidus 108 (8 Nov 2022) was not in Grün 64, interestingly, though PRF presumably acquired it from the 12 Sep 2007 Morcom Sale (CNG 76.1, Lot 562). (PRF’s Numis. Library was sold at Peus 382, 26 Apr 2005.) [Entry (PDF, Deutsche) by Woytek (2020) in Almanach der Österreichischen Akademie ; INC-CIN Obituary (PDF, English) by Ute Wartenberg (2019) ; ANS Lib. DONUM Holdings (X c. 88) ; Institut für Alte Geschichte ; Muenzen-Online (Deutsche) Short Bio ; Informationdienst Wissensch. (DE) Bio ; Coins Donated to Yale Coll. ; Grün 64 (Numisbids w/ PRL ; ACSearch, Lots 1-2329 only) ; MuenzenWoche (DE) Grun 64.1 Announcement] Coins: Elis Diassarion ; Mylasa Chalkous ; Manchihr III Hemidrachm ; Thessaly AE (BCD Coll.) ; Literature: “HΛIAKA-OΛYMΠIAKA” (external ANS Lib.) initialed to Wenninger ; Related: Franke-Hirmer (1961, Kaiserporträts) w/ H.S. Robinson bookplate | 1926-2018 |
FRAZER, JACK A. American collector & chemist. Collection of ancient & world coins formed c. 1970s-2008, sold at CNG 2019-20 in about 1,144 single lots (954 ancient), starting w/ e-Auctions 455 (30 Oct 2019), 456 (13 Nov 2019), 457 (4 Dec 2019), 458 (18 Dec 2019), 460 (29 Jan 2020), 465 (8 Apr 2020), and Triton XXIII (14 Jan 2020). [Triton XXIII: Bio on P. 10] Coins: Justinian AV Tremissis | c.1920s- |
GALST, DR. JAY M. [see my bio post] Noted NYC ophthalmologist & active numismatist. Assembled important colls. of ancient & medieval Holy Land coins, and medals & coins (from antiquity to present) associated w/ the eye, vision & medical practice. The latter featured prominently in his book w/ P. van Alfen, Ophthalmologia Optica et Visio in Nummis (2013, ANS). Frequent exhibit judge for the ANA, and exhibitor at ANA & ANS. Fellow of the RNS (London), Life Fellow & Sage Society member of the ANS. Past president of Bronx Coin Club (1998-2006) & New York Coin Club (1988-1989), where he also served as chairman of the board of directors (2001-2020). His coins were sold by CNG in multiple sales starting in 2021, numismatic literature in 2023. [Adapted from my Numiswiki entry ; NYT Obit (16 Aug 2020) ; van Alfen’s (2020) Bio/Obit for ANS Magazine 19 (2): 57-58, and on Pocket Change blog ; Smith (ANB 2023 update): pg. 162 ; CNG 117 (19 May 2021): p. 8 (bio essay) ; & Triton XXV (11 Jan 2022): p. 8 (bio essay)] Coins: Skione AR Hemiobol ; Samaria Hoard AR Ma’eh/Obol (SH 165) ; Hyrcanus AE Prutah (external: ANA Exhibit, 2002, 2nd place [C. VII]) ; Anonymous Sextans (ex RBW) ; Crusader AR Dirham (Wäckerlin 217.2) ; Literature: Essays Russo (van Alfen & RBW inscr. to Galst) ; numerous vols. (many inscr. to, by Hendin, Meshorer, Witschonke, van Alfen, McAlee) ; Related: Rosen 548 Lesbos Bi Fraction (cited in Galst 2013: p. 546) | 1950-2020 |
Garrett, John Work = “Garrett Collection” (see also Institutions / Johns Hopkins University) | |
GESCHICHTSFREUNDES, SAMMLUNG EINES = Axel Winzer [?] (Trans., “Collection of a History Enthusiast.”) About 110 ancient Greek & Persian coins sold at Künker 304 (19 Mar 2018, 75 Lots) & 312 (8 Oct 2018, 35 Lots). (German/European coins from the coll. were sold at Künker 296 [26 Sep 2017] & 298 [28 Sep 2017].) Although the collection was not named, Künker’s press releases noted, “All of these coins actually served as illustrations for an important monograph on the subject … Axel Winzer’s book ‘Antike Portraitmünzen der Perser und Griechen aus vorhellenistischer Zeit’, published in 2005.” (A standard reference esp. for early Satrapal bronze coinage & AR fractions.) Although self-published, I’m unsure if Winzer identified the coins in his book as his own. Others in a position to know have identified the Slg. Geschichtsfreundes as the Winzer Collection (e.g., Müseler 2020a, 2020b), but it hasn’t been positively confirmed to my knowledge. [Künker 304 (19 Mar 2018): Page 19 ; CoinWeek (13 Mar 2018) “First Coin Portraits in World History…“] Coins: Orontas Hemichalkon | (1935-) |
GILMAN, JAMES = Jim Gilman Los Angeles area schoolteacher and ancient collector. History M.A. from AZ State U. Collection formed c. 1993-2015 & sold 2021-2022. Collection first appeared in Kirk Davis catalogs (FPL 78 [Fall 2021; 23 coins], FPL 79 [Spring 2022; 25 coins]), then at CNG 120 (11 May 2022, “Selections from Thrace, Macedon and Central Greece”). Many coins purchased through Kirk Davis, who wrote in FPL 78: “I first met Jim in 1993 and sold him his first ancient Greek coin. It marked the beginning of a great collection and a great friendship. The collection specializes in silver coins of all denominations from the principle [sic] European and Asia Minor mints of the ancient Greeks.” His CNG 120 bio notes, “His collection provenance reads like a who’s who of dealers active in the area [Southern CA], especially in the late 1990’s-early 2000’s.” He also bought from Cederlind, Waddell, Economopoulos, Davissons, Malter, Goldberg, Freeman & Sear, Edgar Owen, Ed Waddell, Dave Herman (Atlantis), Wayne Philips, and other U.S. dealers, incl. CNG. Included a notable proportions of coins ex BCD Collection. [Kirk Davis FPL 78 (Fall 2021) ; CNG 120 (11 May 2022): P. 8, Bio] Coins: Herakleia Trachinia Obol | |
GMRH [alt: G.M.R.H.] (see Malcolm Hay) | |
GÖBL, ROBERT = Professor Dr. Robert Göbl [alt: Gobl, Goebl] Austrian archaeologist & numismatist, one of Europe’s most important post-WWII numismatists in the fields of Roman, Celtic, Parthian/Sasanian, and Central Asian numismatics. Served in WWII in the Wermacht, then a prisoner of war until 1947, became a prominent Professor at Universität Wien. Director of the Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte. Arranged the numismatic collection in Kabul. Cataloged the Apostolo Zeno Collection, sold in three sales by Dorotheum, 1955-7 (Spring 127-129). His own private collection of Achaemenid & Parthian was partly burglarized. Portions stored in a bank vault survived; his important pre-Islamic & ancient Persian coins were sold (posthumously) at Peus 363 (26 Apr 2000), “2500 Jahre Persische Münzprägung, Münzen aus den Sammlung Konsul Meyer, Prof. Dr. Robert Göbl und Andere.” Numismatic Library sold at Lanz 93 (München, 6 June 1999). At least a few of his collection coins are now in the British Museum (incl. Persis/Parthia). [Bios: Brit Museum Bio; Encyclopedia Iranica (by Michael Alram) ; Wikipedia.de (incl. Bibliography); Universität Wien (Bibliography)] Literature: Intro. to Sasanian, by Sellwood et al. (inscr. by authors w/ correspondence to Göbl & his bookplate) [external FAC photos/description — one of my favorite pieces of numis lit!] ; Cataloged by: Antoninus Pius Sestertius (Apostolo Zeno 952) | 1919-1997 |
GONNELLA, ROBERT Lawyer & accountant, practicing in NY & Düsseldorf, with a longtime interest in Near Eastern history, who collected Parthian coins & published numismatic articles. Formed an important scholarly reference collection beginning c. 1970, fully photographed & cataloged by W. Müseler, sold at Peus 383 (1 Nov 2006), and illustrated on Parthia.com (Chris Hopkins). Member of the RNS, Swiss & Bavarian Numis. Societies. [PDC Bio (Hopkins)] Coins: Manchihr III Hemidrachm | 1935-2009 |
GOODACRE, HUGH GEORGE Notable British collector of Byzantine coins & author of articles & important book on the subject. Served as Justice of the Peace and High Sherriff of Leicestershire County, where he was also Lord of the Manor of Ashby Parva. (According to his 1952 NC obituary by Sutherland, he was also very active in the “Boy Scout Movement in that county.”) Goodacre’s Handbook of the Coinage of the Byzantine Empire was published in three parts (1928-1933), reprinted in 1957 & 1965. Goodacre’s Handbook replaced Sabatier as the most widely used general catalog and introductory text on Byzantine coins, continuing as such for several decades until surpassed by Grierson (1982) & Sear (1974). His earlier & much less popular work, Bronze Coinage of the Late Roman Empire (Spink, 1922), collected his 1921-2 Numismatic Circular articles on coinage from Constantine through Zeno and Leontius (c. 306-478 CE). Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society (elected 1894). Member of the British Numismatic Society (often at odds with RNS) from Feb 1926 to Nov 1931, when he resigned (reason unknown, but many others did as well). Collection housed at Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), Heberden Coin Room, from 1952-1986, during which it was used often in scholarship. In 1986, the collection was sold in two parts: Christie’s (22 Apr 1986): “Goodacre Collection of Byzantine Coins” (gold & silver); Downie-Lepczyk 70 (17 Sep 1986), part: “Goodacre’s Byzantine Empire” (bronze). Goodacre’s AV are illustrated in DOC, MIB, RIC, Ratto, Anastasi, et al.; represented in Bramhall, Dimitriadis, Dr. Lawrence Adams, Jürgen K. Schmidt, Philhellene, Dreesmann, Martin Armstrong, other collections. The AE in G. Drewry & Luis A. Lopez Martinez Colls. His known acquisitions incl.: 1921 Spink, 1925 (Levis Collection, Ars Classica XI), 1928 (Ratto sale), 1930 (Ratto Collection), 1938 (Munzhandlung Basel 10). [Numismatic Chronicle (1952) 12 (42): p. x (obituary by Sutherland) ; Goodacre (1931) NC 11 (43): “Notes on Some Rare Byzantine Coins” ; Goodacre (1938) NC 18: “The Flat Bronze Coinage of Nicaea“] Coins: John Ducas-Vatatzes AE Tetarteron (1931: Pl. IX, 11 = 1938: 1a = 1957: 312, 3) | 1865-1952 |
“GOODMAN COLLECTION” (see Schaefer, Richard) | |
GRANTLEY, LORD = John Richard-Brinsley Norton, 5th Lord Grantley Grantley formed “the finest collection of European coins in Britain” (BM bio) & one of the finest collections of British coins ever formed (perhaps second to Lockett?), as well as a famous collection of ancients. L. Forrer’s Foreword to Part I of the Glendining sales begins by describing him as “universally known as one of the foremost coin collectors of our times.” His “vast assemblage of coins” numbered 60,000 (Forrer) or 50,000 (per Spring 2009, quoting Grierson & Blackburn 1986). The foreword anticipated there would be 5 sales; it ended up taking 11! Spring (2009: 79) suggests Grantley began forming his collection after 1879 (following a scandalous divorce). Unfortunately, he died during WWII, and for those few years British/European auction catalogs were rarely illustrated. He was also, apparently, something of a social outcast. Otherwise, the Grantley Collection might’ve become as famous for Greek AE as the Lockett or Weber Collections became for Greek generally. Sadly for us, the coins weren’t photographed (nor does any catalog exist that lists the coins individually). Post-Grantley Coll.: Lockett was no doubt the largest buyer of Grantley’s ancients at the 1944 sales. For some regions, he bought many-to-almost all the group lots. Later sales (incl. Glendining-Lockett sales) usually fail to note this, but many/most can be tracked down through Lockett’s hand-written purchase records (via BNS). Vermeule also owned many ex-Grantley’s via the Lockett Coll., as did M. Salton. Pre-Grantley Coll.: Glendining’s gives only a few prior provenances in the catalogs. (Most coins were sold in large groups.) However, Forrer notes that many “were purchased at the Montagu, Murdoch, Rashleigh, and Carlyon-Britton sales, and some also came from the collection of Sir John Evans.” I’ve also found that he both bought coins from Lincoln (multigenerational London dealers, incl. a large group from the W. Lincoln Collection) and sold coins to them. [11 SALES AT GLENDINING during WWII (Nov 1943 to Apr 1945, see also Feb 1943). British Coins (5 Parts): Part I (English Scottish, Continental; 29 Nov 1943), Foreword by L. Forrer // Part II (British, Gaulish; 27 Jan 1944) // Part III (Saxon; 22 Mar 1944) // Part IV (Silver, 20 Apr 1944) // Part V (Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Gallic, Colonial, etc.; 18 May 1944). Ancient Coins (2 Parts): Part VI (Greek, Roman; 29 Jun 1944); Part VII (Byzantine, Roman, Parthian, etc.; 25 Jul 1944). Continental (3 Parts): Part VIII (Continental, France, Italy; 25 Oct 1944); Part IX (Continental, Germany, Austria; 18 Dec 1944); Part X (Continental, [Scandinavian], Baltic States; 7 Feb 1945). Eastern: Part XI (Middle East, Oriental, 26 April 1945). See also Grantley “Antiques” (23 Feb 1943). Early Sales of Duplicates (Anonymous): Sotheby, 31 July 1895 (“The Property of Lord Grantley, Who is restricting the range of his Collection”); Sotheby, 6 Apr 1899 (“The Property of a well-known Amateur” [Lord Grantley]), more in 1914; also J. Schulman in 1912 and 1921.] Coins: Pyrrhos AE Litra ; Samos Augustus AE (ex Lockett, Vermeule) | 1855-1943 |
GROVER, ROBERT L. Chicago area attorney, attended Northwestern Law School, passed the IL Bar in 1934. Collection begun early in his legal career, formed c. 1930s – 1986. Donated major Alexandrian collection the Art Institute of Chicago (incl. many ex Dattari), 1978-1984, duplicates from which were de-accessioned and sold in 2017 at Gemini XIII (cataloged by Curtis Clay). (At least 64 of those coins were purchased by the American Numismatic Society.) Made another substantial donation to the American Numismatic Association, incl. RIC. His remaining collection of Greek, Roman, Byzantine was sold at Superior Stamp & Coin in 1986 (see below). [Superior (11 Jun 1986), The Frank Grove [Modern/World] & Robert Grover [Ancient] Collections (Bio on p. 8) ; Gemini XIII, by Harlan J. Berk (6 April 2017), The Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman Egypt… (Bio on p. 6) ; ANS Magazine (2018) vol. 17 (2): pp. 20ff.] Coins: Larissa AR Drachm (BCD) ; Antoninus Sarapis Tetradrachm (Dattari, A.I.C.) ; Trajan Canopus Tetradrachm (A.I.C.) ; Gordian III Tetradrachm (A.I.C.) | 1910-1998 |
GTP Collection Coins: Myndus AR Drachm (ex Karl, Bricault) | |
GUADÁN, ANTONIO MANUEL DE = Antonio Manuel de Guadán y Lascaris = de Guadán Lascaris, A. M. [alt: Guadan] Important 20th cent. numismatist, born in Spain. Fellow of the RNS (elected 1960). Active in the Asociación Numismática Española & La Sociedad Iberoamericana de Estudios Numismáticos, including many articles published in their periodicals, Gaceta Numismática (ANE) & Numisma (SIAEN; see, e.g., articles, c. 1952-1969). Author of many numismatic works (c. 1952-1980) spanning Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins, but most of all ancient Iberian. Most widely-used volume: La Moneda Ibérica: Catálogo de Numismática Ibérica e Ibero-Romana (1980, Madrid: Ed. Cuadernos de Numismática). Private collection was sold via Jesús Vico in several auctions, starting w/ Subasta 159 (20 Jul 2021). [Vico 159 (20 Jul 2021), bio p. 42 [direct to PDF] ; BnF Data ; Libr. of Congr. (USA) Authorities ; ANS / Donum (45 Records) ; Roma Valdés, Antonio (2016), Numismática Española e Iberoamericana…, pp. 200, 201, 206 (free PDF from the author’s blog, “morabetino,” 5 Sep 2016)] Coins: Eukratides AR Obol (Coll. #2696) ; Byzantion AR Tetrobol (Coll. #1870) ; Related: Guadán (1963) Monedas de Gades (ex libris John G. Olson) | 1912-1993 |
GYSEN, PHILIPPE Belgian chemist & important collector of Probus, research assoc. on the research team of S. Estiot at CNRS (HISOMA), author of at least 15 articles & major contributor to scholarship. Arranged the sale of his collection by Jacquier prior to his death, beginning in 2018 (Auctions 45 & ff.). Credits Jean-Marc Doyen with encouraging a focused collection on a single reign. Starting c. early 1990s, he chose Probus because of the diversity of types and portraits, and the relatively reasonable prices – which allowed him to form a world-class collection. His total collection of at least 3,700 coins also included additional reigns and, according to his collection site (unfortunately the photos are not archived), various other types including Greek and others not included in the Jacquier sales. [Paul-Francis Jacquier Auction 45 (14 Sep 2018), Sammlung Philippe Gysen, Teil I, pp. 5-6: intro by Gysen (French/German) (on Academia or dir. to PDF from PFJ) ; Jean-Claude Thiry’s “In Memoriam…” in BCEN 56 (2): 36, incl. bibliography (dir. to PDF) ; Sylvia Estiot’s notice, “Décès de…” for the SFN] Coins: Probus Abundantia (Bastien SII 196e = Hiland-Olvia 79, 9) | 1950-2019 |
Hall, Henry Platt Coins: Vespasian Dupondius (RIC II.1 263, ex Curtis Clay) | 1863-1949 |
HARDAKER, TERRY R. Best known in numismatic circles for his articles and books published on ancient/medieval Indian coinage (c. 1974-2019, both solo and co-authored), incl. (Gupta-Hardaker 1985/2014) Punchmarked Coinage of the Indian Subcontinent: Magadha-Mauryan Series. He was a scholarly cartographer and academic editor at Oxford University Press. Personally and professionally active for decades in geography and archaeological research. Private collection of Greek, RIC, British, Indian, etc. sold in >540 lots at Baldwin’s of St. James Auctions 48 & 55 (London, 20 Sep 2020 & 17 Feb 2021); some group lots broken up & sold individually at Naville Numismatics. [OUP memorial & bio ; Wolrdcat publications c. 1974 – 2019] Coins: Septimius IN CARTH Denarius | 1942-2019 |
HARDY, TONY A very large European collection (or European accumulation, as it’s been called), sold by CNG primarily between Auctions 58 (19 Sep 2001) & 69 (8 Jun 2005). Quoting Zach “Beast” Beasley (n.d.): “Hardy, Tony – Deceased. Mr. Hardy amassed a fantastic collection of Greek (emphasis on Magna Graecia), Roman Republic and Roman Imperial coins. Not much can be said about him, unfortunately, since his collection was auctioned and sold through Classical Numismatic Group and was requested by the submitting entity to retain the name and information about him.” [Brousseau Annexe (p. 578, CNG 61, 62 [Triton VI], 67, 68 [Triton VIII], 69); Classical Economies (CNG 61, 62 [Triton VI], 64, 67, 68 [Triton VIII], 69); FAC/Numiswiki (same 6 auctions).] Coins: Adranon AE Drachm | d. c. 2002 |
HAY, MALCOLM = George Malcolm Russel Hay = GMRH [Alt: G.M.R.H.] Well-known British coin dealer active in the London market since the 1970s. Understandably seems to keep a low profile, so little biographical information publicly available. Noted as a procurer of many objects for the British Museum, 1972-present. Many important published private collections include numbers of coins purchased from Malcolm Hay (incl. BCD [or as GMRH on BCD tags], RBW [a dozen noted in NAC 61 & NAC 63 alone], W Stancomb, and many others). Coins named as his personal collection (e.g., as “GMRH Collection,” “G.M.R.H. Collection,” “Collection of GMRH,” etc.) have appeared at various auctions, c. 2019-present. Reportedly arrested (2007), later convicted in absentia by a Greek court, for antiquities violations (Harding 2011). (Note: The GMRH coin below has a well-documented provenance over 100+ years, as do many others of his.) [BMC Bio] Coins: Abydos Chalkous (Ex Prowe Coll. & Hirsch Estate) | c. 1951- |
HENDIN, DAVID Well-known expert of Judaean coinage and author of the popular Guide to Biblical Coins (1987-2022, originally Guide to Ancient Jewish Coins, 1976), now in its 6th edition, as well as many other numismatic books & numerous articles, chapters, and reviews. Literary agent and editor by professor, having lectured in journalism at University of Missouri & Columbia University. Major donor to & active in the American Numismatic Society, where he is an Honorary Curator (2010-) & First Vice President (2017-). Sells coins as Amphora Coins (Nyack, NY). At least 94 lists issued, 1976 – 2006 (or later; last dated FPL 90 in 2006, 91-94 are n.d.; per Fitzwilliam Catalogs, A-D). Still sells part-time (e.g., on eBay). (Additional info. on my catalog library page.) Coins (and weights) from his private collection have been sold on the private market in various waves, most recently at CNG Keystone Auction 9 (18 Jan 2023), sold for the benefit of the ANS. These often include “plate coins” from his GBC vols. [Hendin Curriculum Vitae ; Academia.edu Page ; Wikipedia Entry] Coins: Bar Kochba AE (Hendin coll., tag, “plate coin”) ; Literature: Cultural Change (inscr. to Galst) ; Guide to Biblical Coins, 4th ed. (signed/inscr. “Robert”) ; BCD Collection Catalogs X4 (ex-lib.) ; Sydenham Republican (ex libr. w/ Hendin’s blind stamp) ; auction catalogs, incl. 4 BCD Coll. (ex-lib. but no ownership marks) ; Related: Amphora FPLs 63, 81, 84 ; Ancient Jewish Coins (1976, ex ANS Lib.) ; GBC, 2nd ed. (ex R. Dobbins Lib.) | 1945- |
HIGGIE JR., LINCOLN WILLIAM = Bill Higgie = Lincoln Higgie = Lincoln W. Higgie III American numismatic author & publisher, newspaperman, coin & fine art dealer (San Diego, CA; born Racine, Wisconsin). Well-known for his work on U.S. & related coinage (for the “Red Book” & Numismatic News) books on coins of Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands (both Whitman), also active in Byzantine & classical numismatics (incl. at least one article in Voice of the Turtle, Ancient Coin Club of America journal), incl. editing, translating important vols. for Ares (B. Pick, Athens, 1979) & Obol International (incl. Hill’s Becker the Counterfeiter, 1977 & Ravel’s Vlasto Collection, 1976, for which he wrote useful intros). Active in the Int. Numis. Society of San Diego, > 1 of his 3 reported presentations about ancient coins c. 2015-8 (The CA Numis. Sum 2015: p. 65 [to PDF]). Wrote that he had “visited numerous royal and national coin collections in Europe and the Near East as a newspaper man” (CU 2017), presumably incl. his research about the Bavarian State Numis. Coll. for Numismatic News (1964), possibly the same travels during which the so-called “Lincoln Higgie Hoard” (1967, Turkey), acq. by his friend & colleague Kenneth Bressett. (CNG’s Keystone 6 sale of Ken Bressett’s coll. incl. 92 lots acq. from Higgie, c. late 1960s-1988, mostly RIC & Byz. Higgie’s “collection” or “inventory”?) [Smith (ANB 2023) 205 = NNP Bio 977 ; 70th ed. “Red Book” (2017), Pers. Recoll. = “Redbook Recollections” (8 Jun 2017, Coin Update) = (digest) The E-Sylum 19 (28): 13 (10 Jul 2016) ] Coins: Constantinian AE X5 (ex “Higgie Hoard,” Bressett) [external: CoinTalk 1 Apr 2022] | 1938- |
HILL, SIR GEORGE FRANCIS = G. F. Hill British archaeologist and one of the most important figures in early 20th cent. classical numismatists. Studied closely w/ Percy Gardner at Oxford. Spent his entire working career at the British Museum (1893-1936) in the Dept. of Coins and Medals, much of it as the Keeper of Coins & Medals (1912-1931), until he became the Museum’s Director & Principal Librarian (1931-1936). Authored or edited several BMC vols. of Greek Coinage, a series on the history of Cyprus, an important corpus of Renaissance medals, other historical & numismatic works. Edited Journal of Hellenic Studies and Numismatic Chronicle. Awarded the 1915 RNS “Society Medal” for “highly distinguished…services to numismatic science,” among many other honors. Knighted in 1932 or 1933. Married (1897) to Mary Hill (née Paul), w/ whom he shared the bookplate represented in my coll., reading “EX BIBLIOTHECA G F ET M HILL.” [Wikipedia entry ; Dictionary of Art Historians Bio ; BMC Bio] Literature: BMC Corinth (Hill Bookplate) | 1867-1948 |
Hirsch, Jacob Coins: Epidauros Chalkous [?] ; Abydos Chalkous ; Thessaly, Herakleia Obol (Lambros, Jameson, Hirsch Estate, BCD, et al.) ; Literature: Bement Greek = Ars Classica VI, VII (ex ANS Lib., “Envoi de Dr. J. Hirsch”) ; Related: Hess-Leu Hirsch Sale (ex LACMA Lib.) | 1874-1955 |
His, George Coins: Gordian III Sestertius (ex Lang) | 1927-2021 |
Hofmann, Günther Literature: | 1935-2020 |
Hourmouziadis, Jean = Yannis Hourmouziadis Coins (Virtual): | c. 1940s- |
HOWARD, HEATHER Collector, a VCoins seller at one time. Created website aeqvitas.com (archived), illustrating her collection & serving as popular resource in the 2000s-2010s on Roman Imperial & Provincial coins, photos of which were contributed to many publications & numismatic resources. Especially noted for her reference collection of Elagabalus. Coins: Elagabalus AE Nikopolis (HHJ-WW-RPC, ex Lindgren, G. Spradling, Winnett, zumbly) | |
Huntington, Archer Milton Coins: | 1870-1955 |
Imhoof-Blumer, Friedrich Literature: Imhoof-Blumer 1887 (Inscr. to Winterthur, ex Koppersmith, Lanz) | 1838-1920 |
Important Collection of Armenian = “Armenian Collection” (sold 1993) Coins: | |
J.B. (Edmonton) Coins: Mazaios Tarsos Stater | d. 2019 |
J.M.A.L. (formed 1970-2000) Coins: | |
J.S.W. (see Wagner, J.S.) | |
JAMESON, R. = Frederic-Robert Jameson French & Swiss banker & real estate magnate. Formed one of the great early 20th century collections of Greek coinage, with a smaller but notable Roman coll. (For pers. & prof. bio, I recommend Walker 2008: 602ff.) Authored numismatic articles & his important coll. cat. Began collecting by age 15 & dealt w/ many of the famous European dealers & collectors of the late 19th & early 20th centuries, a tremendously important numismatic epoch for its explosion of new scholarship in the wake of advances in photography and the publication of capacious collections in auction catalogs & standalone volumes. Jameson’s collection was published over 20 years in a classic series of 4 volumes (5 parts, [1913-1932, Feuardent], reprinted in 4 [1980, Obol Int.]). Alongside Pozzi, Weber, and others, it served as an important reference before the great SNGs (e.g., Copenhagen [1942-1979], Lockett [1938-1949], ANS [1969-1998]). Original sets still fetch $2-5,000 at auction (or $2-300 for reprint). Included among his >3,150 published coins were hundreds from the Sir. A. J. Evans Coll. of Greek.* A small portion were donated to Gulbenkian (150 coins), the bulk of the coll. acq. en bloc by Jacob Hirsch, who gradually dispersed those over his lifetime, many remaining in his estate to be dispersed by Bank Leu over years. * : Rambach reports “all of” the Evans Greek (Sir AJE, not the father, Sir JE), acq. en bloc, but there appear to be other AJE Greek sales & bequests (?). Evans-Jameson coins regularly appear on the market. [CoinsWeekly (Rambach) Who’s Who Entry ; Walker (AJN 2008): pp. 602-4, 613-4 ; Rambach “Prov. Gloss., Part I” [NAC 91]: p. 72 = “P.G. II” [NAC 99]: p. 50 ; Kroh: pp. 10 (3.5 Stars for Greek, “one of the finest collections ever formed”), 22, 43; Clain-Stefanelli 1927* ; Daehn 1168 (Hill 1927), 1887-9 (James in Gulbenkian), 2045 (Collection), 4455 (RN 1908, Trouvaille Melos); Spring 287 (Hamburger 96 Dupl.), 579 (Feuardent, 20 Jun 1906, Duplicates; p. 228, photo & bio) ; Collection R. Jameson, Monnaies Grecques Antiques et Imperiales Romaines, 4 vols. (1913-1932), avail. online (via BnF Gallica), linked on Numiswiki “Jameson”] Coins: Thessaly, Herakleia Obol (Lambros, Jameson, Hirsch Estate, BCD, et al.) ; Related: Hess-Leu Hirsch Sale (ex LACMA Lib.) ; Gulbenkian vol. I (ex Salton Library) ; Bement Greek = Ars Classica VI, VII (ex ANS Lib., “Envoi de Dr. J. Hirsch”) | 1861-1942 |
Jarman, Dr. Francis Coins: | 1948- |
Karl, Erich Coins: Mylasa Chalkous ; Myndus AR Drachm (ex Bricault, GTP) | 1924-2009 |
“KAMNASKIRES (BOB L.) COLLECTION” (see Langnas, R.) | |
KELLNER, WENDELIN (see also “AK Collection“) Of Friedrichshafen, Germany. Numismatist, theologian, historian. Edited and authored many articles and books on Roman coins, from the Republic to the Byzantine era, both Imperial and Provincial (especially Alexandrian). Cataloged for Sternberg in the 1970s. Authored the 1968 book Libertas und Christogramm… on the coinage of Magnentius. Published at least two noted columns (each in dozens of parts) in Austrian numismatic magazine, MoneyTrend, c. 2000s, on “Ungewöhnliche und irreguläre Römermünzen” and “Die Münzstätte Alexandria in Ägypten,” illustrated primarily by coins from the private “AK Collection” (photos credited to Johannes Kellner, Franz Vogelmann, perhaps others). The Alexandria series was published in a 2009 book with the same title. Donations of coins & literature to the Institut für Numismatik (Universität Wien). Family relation to Johannes Kellner (photographer for “Ungewöhnliche…”). (Unknown: Any relation to numis. & Prof. Hans-Jorg Kellner [1920-2015], Munich & Elisabeth Kellner?) [Proper bio needed ; death notice, “*10. Januar 1931 +13. Mai 2023” (to JPG) ; ANS Lib. Catalog (20 entries, 1965-2007, but his 2009 book absent!) ; Institut für Numismatik, Univ. Wien, Summer 2000 Bulletin (to PDF)] Coins: (see “AK Collection”) | 1931-2023 |
Klein, Dieter Coins: Achaemenid 1/4 Siglos ; Pakoros Drachm | 1931- |
Kluger, Karl H. Coins: | |
Kolbe, George Frederick = George F. Kolbe [CoinsWeekly Who’s Who] Literature: Signed Bibliography [Adams] | 1941- |
Kommerzienrat H. Otto = Heinrich Otto, Jr. Coins: Messenia Hemidrachm | 1856-1931 |
Koppersmith, Daniel Leonce Literature: Imhoof-Blumer 1887 (Inscr. to Winterthur, ex Lanz) | 1952- |
Kovacs, Frank L. Coins: | 1942- |
Kowsky, Al = Alfred W. Kowsky = A.W.K. Coins: Antoninus Nemesis Drachm ; Literature: | 1948- |
Kroh, Dennis Literature: Ancient Coin Reference Reviews (signed, inscribed by author) | |
Lambros, Jean P. Coins: Herakleia Trachinia Obol | 1843-1909 |
Lampasas [anonymous] Coins: | 1947-2022 |
Lang, Dipl. -Ing. Adrian Coins: Gordian III Sestertius (ex His) | 1956- |
LANGNAS, ROBERT = Bob L. = Bob (Robert) L. Collection Professional American artist & retired professor in St. Louis, and notable collector of Parthian coins, member of St. Louis Ancient Coin Study Group, and well-known to online ancient coin communities. Member of the editorial advisory board of KOINON: The International Journal of Classical Numismatic Studies. Author of “An Introduction to Parthian Silver Fractions, the Little Anomalies of Arsacid Coinage,” published in the 2018 inaugural issue of KOINON: pp. 114-140. (And forthcoming article in KOINON VII.) Portions of coll. sold at CNG e-Auctions in 2022 and e-Auctions in 2024 (as “Kamniskares (Bob L.) Collection”). [Personal Website (now Archived); CT Profile; FAC Profile (“Kamnisakres,” formerly “Robert L3”)] Coins: Vologases I (?) Diobol | 1963- |
Lanz, Ernst Literature: | 1945-1989 |
Lanz, Hermann Coins: Baumreiter Drachm ; Literature: | 1910-1998 |
Lanz, Hubert Literature: Imhoof-Blumer 1887 (Inscr. to Winterthur, ex Koppersmith) | 1943- |
LAVAL, PATRIK GEORG FABIAN DE = Count de Laval, Stockholm = “Property of a Nobleman” Swedish nobleman, military officer, athlete, and collector. Olympic medalist in pentathlon & pistol shooting. Member of Svenska Numismatiska Föreningen (SNF), c. 1927; elected Honorary Member, 1955. Founded the Friends of the Royal Mint (Society; Samfundet Kungliga Myntkabinettets Vänner [KMKV]). One KMKV history begins (Nordlind 2019 [to PDF], transl.): “The society was founded in 1948 on the initiative of lieutenant colonel Georg de Laval (1883-1970), who also became its first chairman. He was a very well-known numismatist and became a member of the Swedish Numismatic Association as early as 1927 and a legendary auctioneer in it from 1947. In 1952 he became a corresponding member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Letters. Georg de Laval resigned as chairman in 1968 and was elected an honorary member – his contributions to the Society are well known.” George Muller (of Spink) cataloged the collection’s sale: Glendining & Co. (18 Apr 1955), “The Property of a Nobleman: Greek Gold and Silver Coins.” His foreword notes that “though quite a few pieces come from well-known Continental auction sales of the period between the two World Wars, no pedigree is given, as the owner did not keep a record of their provenance.” Where known, several prior collections were noted: de la Fuye, Bement, Vogel, Leningrad [Hermitage], Newell (published), Jakountchikov/y (?). Other sales & collections have been recovered later: Ars Classica I (Pozzi), Helbing 53 & Ars Classica XII (Wertheim), Schulman 194 & Kreling, Glendining 29 Apr 1954 (Forrer Coll.), and others from Ratto, Hess, and J. Schulman. His coins are known to have been in important colls. of BCD, Salton, Kollek, Knoepke, “Exceptional Collection” (Leu 76), Proschowsky, and in many die-studies and other publications. [Wikipedia ; Olympedia ; SNF Honorary Members ; Nordlind (2019) Samlad Glädje, “Samfundet … tillbakablick” (to PDF) ; Glendining’s 1955: Spring 230 ; Clain-Stefanelli 1983 ; Manville 1955.5] Coins: Athens “New Style” Tetradrachm (Lot 408.1) ; Related: 1955 Catalog (copy ex. Hatie w/ ephemera, incl. handwritten & stamped cat. inv., Spink stationary) | 1883-1970 |
Lee, Justin Coins: | |
LEVANTE, EDOARDO Swiss collector, born in Iskenderun, Turkey (1932), died in Paris (2007). Formed one of the most important private collections of coins of Cilicia, published in SNG Levante (1986) – the first installment in the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Switzerland series – and SNG Levante Supplement (1993). Published at least 9 articles on Cilician coinage in Numismatic Chronicle, 1971-1991. Cataloged several volumes of the SNG France series on the Cabinet des Médailles at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). Collection sold by CNG beginning with Triton VII (13 Jan 2004), CNG 66 (4 May 2004), CNG 69 (8 Jun 2005), and CNG 70 (21 Sep 2005). No obituary or biography located. Note: I have yet to find/check the CNG sales for collector bios (PDFs not available online). [ANS Library Catalog Results ; Brousseau Annexe: p. 579 ; Levante’s articles on JSTOR; Levante Family Heritage site ; see also: Ruprecht Ziegler’s NC Review of SNG France 2: Cilicie] Coins: Hierapolis Faustina (SNG Levante 1586 = SNG von Aulock 5572 = Robert 27, 77 = RPC 4976.3) ; Seleucia Calycadnum (SNG Levante 777 = Merani II, 109 = RPC 72083.5) | 1932-2007 |
LHOTKA JR., JOHN F. = Dr. John Francis Lhotka, Jr. Medical Professor at the University of Oklahoma & Honorary Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society. Served in U.S. Army in WWII. Authored several notable volumes on ancient & medieval coins. Member of numerous scientific & numismatic organizations, recipient of many awards. In 1962 endowed the RNS Lhotka Memorial Prize in memory of his father, J.F. Lhotka Sr. Bequeathed his collection to the American Numismatic Society. In 2019, the ANS de-accessioned ~134 coins in 28 lots from the collection for sale at Gemini Auction VI (by HJB, 10 Jan 2010), Lots 868-896 (RRC, RIC, RPC). [Smith (ANB 2023 update): pg. 258 ; Gemini VI (10 Jan 2010): p. 5 for bio by U. Wartenberg] Literature: Intro E. Roman (hardbound, inscr. to his father) | 1921-1993 |
Lincoln Collection = F.W. Lincoln (Sr.) (son of W.S. Lincoln, 1803-1872) Coins: | 1830-1909 |
Lincoln, Edgar (third son of W.S. Lincoln, 1803-1872) Coins: | 1850-1916 |
Lindgren, Henry Clay Coins: ; Literature: | 1914-2005 |
Lockett, Richard Cyril Coins: Alexander Drachm ; Hidrieus Tetradrachm ; Sebaste AE ; Nero Eumeneia AE ; Samos AE | 1873-1950 |
LOWE, KEN American numismatic bookseller & publisher, one of the principals at Money Tree (w/ Myron Xenos in Rocky River, OH). Published periodical, Out on a Limb: “An entertaining, lively, and interesting publication devoted to numismatic literature, sadly cut short by the untimely death of its energetic and enthusiastic editor, Ken Lowe, at age 52” (Kolbe Lib. Sale, 275). The Lowe Library was sold at Money Tree 30 (1998) & 32 (1999), the firm’s final sale, both cat. by David Sklow. [Fitzwilliam Catalogs (M-N); see also: Kolbe & Fanning 154 (26 Oct 2019), Ref. Lib. Kolbe, Lots 275 & 408.] Literature: Davis Auction Sales (inscr. to Low; ex MT 32, 128) | d. 1998 |
Luis A. Lopez Martinez (formed 1980s-1990s, c.) Coins: | |
M.N. Collection Coins: Hadrian Demeter Tetradrachm | |
Mabbott, Thomas Ollive (If there were a strictly numismatic version of the old gentlemanly “cabinet of curiosities”…) Coins: Apollonia-Mordiaeum Homonoia AE (ex Peck, Aleph) ; Related: Mabbott I (Greek) Sale Catalog (ex Aiello) ; Mabbott II (Roman) Sale (ex Wenninger) ; Edessa, Gordian III AE (ex Bressett, corr. NOT Mabbott) | 1898-1968 |
Maleatas Collection of Epidauros Coins: Epidauros Chalkous | |
MALKMUS, WILLIAM = Bill Malkmus California numismatist & numismatic bibliophile; member of San Diego Ancient Numismatic Society; described by Joel Orosz as “an unsung hero of the NBS” [Numismatic Bibliomania Society]. Laboratory physicist & optical scientist by profession, c. 1960s-1990s (?). Wrote at least a dozen articles & reviews for The Asylum (vols. VIII-XX, 1990-2002), journal of the NBS, & was its primary compiler (year 1-5, 6-10, 1-15, 16-17; and the 25-year index). Numerous articles in The E-Sylum and The Asylum. Several articles in SAN (Journal of the Society of Ancient Numismatics), The Celator, letters to The California Numismatist, and others. Published important studies of ancient & medieval coin dies, incl. several in SAN & a chapter in Conii e Scene di Coniazione (2007: pp. 75-240). Relevant to my ex-libris item below, author of, “The Publishing History of The Voice of The Turtle,” The Celator (May 2010) 24 (5): pp. 4 & 40 (letter), 38-39 (article). [ANS Library Catalog, DONUM Entries ; Orosz, J (Fall 1997), “The Numismatic Bibliomania Society, 1980-1997,” The Asylum XV (4): pp. 1-11 ; see also (same issue): Malkmus, W & MJ Sullivan (Fall 1997), “Introduction to the Fifteen Volume Index of The Asylum” & “The Asylum: Cumulative Index: Volumes I through XV”: pp. 13-15, 15-53 ; Malkmus, W (2007), “Cumulative Index, Volumes I-XXV [1980-2007],” The Asylum Vol 25 Supplement: pp. 1-52] Literature: Voice of the Turtle/N. Am. Jour. Numis. (Ancient Coin Club of America), 40+ Issues, c. 1964-9 (stamped/addressed to, some w/ small named label & his annotations) | |
Malloy, Alex G. Literature: | |
Malter, Joel Literature: | 1931-2006 |
“MAN IN LOVE WITH ART” (see Al Thani) | |
MDA Collection Coins: | |
“MENTOR COLLECTION” (see Muller, George) | |
Merani, Peter J. Coins: SNG Levante 777 ; Nero-Agrippina Drachm (ex Niggeler, Merani, CNR, RPC 3637) ; Nero Thessaly AE (RPC 1439.25 = Burrer 1.1, ex BCD) ; Claudius AE Patras (BCD Peloponnesos II 2782) | 1936-2020 |
Meshorer, Ya’akhov Coins (published): Hyrcanus Prutah ; Samaria Ma’eh/Obol ; Literature: Samaria Hoard (signed) ; Treasury (inscr. to Galst) | 1935-2004 |
Mihailuk, George Coins: Caria Lion Obol | 1932-2018 |
Molina, José Fernández [alt: Jose Fernandez] (see “Alba Longa Collection”) | d. 2003 |
MORCOM, CHRISTOPHER British intellectual property lawyer, collector. Fellow of the RNS (elected 15 Apr 1959). Inherited a portion of his grandfather R.K. Morcom’s collection of Greek (mostly) bronze coins. Another large portion of the collection (Western Greek AE) was inherited by Christopher’s cousin, John Morcom (1939-), published as SNG Morcom & on loan to the BM. Christopher Morcom’s collection was sold by CNG at MBS 76.1 (12 Sep 2007) and e-Auction 173 (26 Sep 2007), w/ a few additional coins at Triton XI (8 Jan 2008) and later e-Auctions. Most of the silver and gold coins had been added to the collection by Christopher, but all of the bronze coins offered in the CNG sales derived from the collection of his grandfather (formed mostly 1920-1930s, often w/ important prior provenances). Not to be confused w/ his uncle, Christopher Morcom (1911-1930) (see below). [CNG’s listings of C. Morcom coins on ACSearch ; CNG MBS 76.1 (12 Sep 2007), p. 9 (collector bio) ; prof. bio from law firm Hogarth-Chambers (to PDF)] Coins: Elis Diassarion | 1939- |
MORCOM, R.K. = LT. COL. REGINALD KEBLE MORCOM British merchant, engineer, army Colonel (serving in Gallipoli & Salonika in WWI), longtime director of Lloyds Bank. Collector of Greek and Roman coins, especially bronze. Collection mostly formed c. 1920s-1930s. His collection is known for being especially rich in coins from important contemporary collections, often purchased privately (e.g., Bement, Pozzi, Rogers, Vlasto, Warren, Weber, and many others). Portions of his collection were sold at Sotheby, 2 Dec 1924 (Spring 823, Clain-Stefanelli 3683), and Ratto, 8 Feb 1928 (Spring 545, Clain-Stefanelli 1748), both as Col. R.H. Morcom (sic). According to the introduction to SNG Morcom, a handful of coins from the Ratto sale remained in the collection, perhaps unsold. (I’ve found none in C.M.’s portion, but it seems possible some may have remained in it, too.) Father of Christopher Morcom (1911-1930), known for his relationship w/ mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954). Grandfather of Christopher Morcom (1939-) & John Morcom (1939-), who inherited the remaining portions his coin collection. The Western Greek portion, inherited by J.M., is on loan to the BM and was published as SNG John Morcom (1995). [British Museum Bio ; SNG Morcom coins via SNG Online ; Ratto (8 Feb 1928), Intro. Essay] Coins: Elis Diassarion | 1877-1961 |
Morris Collection (see Peck, Phil) | |
Muñoz, Miguel [alt: Munoz] Coins: Brettii AE Didrachm | 1909-1989 |
Muller, George [alt: Georg Müller, Mueller] (see also: Mentor Collection) Coins: Antoninus Pius Britannia As ; Antoninus Pius Didrachm (Syd. 296) ; Literature: Glendining (1955) Nobleman/Laval (ex Hatie, w/ Muller corr.) | |
Muona, Jyrki Coins: Otho AR Denarius ; Titus AR Denarius | c. 1952- |
Neubecker Collection Coins: | |
Niggeler, Walter Coins: Nero-Agrippina Drachm (ex Trau, Merani, CNR, RPC 3637) | 1878-1964 |
NOBLEMAN, THE PROPERTY OF A (see Laval, Count de) | |
Nomus Brasiliana (see Noenio Spinola) | |
Norddeutscher Privatsammlung [Peus e-10] Coins: | |
Norton, John Richard-Brinsley (see Grantley) | |
OLBIA EN PROVENCE, COLLECTION (see B.G. Collection) | |
Old English collection Coins: | |
“OLD SWISS COLLECTION FORMED IN THE 1970S” (Leu, Winterthur) = “An Old Swiss Collection” Leu Numismatik Web Auction 11 (22 Feb 2020), Part I: Lots 1-515 (also the Sternberg Collection groups & possibly other group lots in WA 11, though not identified as “old Swiss” coll.; and later sales). Many sold w/ original tickets from Sternberg I (his priv. coll.), M&M, Numis. Arethusa, and w/ earlier published provenances. (Note: Probably not the same “old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s to 1990s” from Leu WA 3, 6, and 7, which only recorded one prior prov. to NFA IX [1980].) Coins: Sequani Quinarius (ex Karl Egon, de Saulcy, Schlüter) ; Theodosius AE4 | |
Orfew Collection (see Andrew Short) | |
Otrera Coins: Caria Lion Obol | |
Otto Jr., Heinrich (see Kommerzienrat H. Otto) | |
PANISH, CHARLES K Of Westport, CT. Career civil engineer in public sector/government, at the United States Engineer Office in the 1930s, then the Army Corps of Engineers at the time of WWII (rank of Lt. Col. [1943] & Colonel [1944])*, then civilian Chief of the Engineering Division in the NY District of the Corps (c. 1950s-1960s). (Perhaps w/ a focus as water mgt. engineer.) Noted expert on South Asian and Indian coins, publishing in this field (incl. in ANS Museum Notes) and contributing numerous abstracts to Numismatic Literature, the ANS periodical. Long-time volunteer at the ANS, curating the collection and library. Elected as ANS Fellow & appointed Chair of its Oriental Section, 1961. Donated 9,682 coins to the ANS Collection. His archives are maintained in 6 boxes at the ANS. Aside from a couple photos, his papers are not yet digitized. [ANS Archer-Authorities page ; Clain-Stefanelli (1985), Num. Bibl., 8 entries in Author Index on p. 1693 ] Literature: Sutherland Art in Coinage 1955 (signed by author, ex-libris ANS w/ their bookplate, dating accession from C.K. Panish Estate) *: Incidentally, my grandfather (KL Jackson, 1927-2022) served in the Army Engineer Corps. at that time, but was a much earlier-career engineer in the mid-1940s. | 1907-1995 |
Peck, Jeffrey M. Literature: | c. 1950- |
Peck, Phil = “Morris Collection” (Morris Peck) Coins: Antoninus Nemesis Drachm ; Apollonia-Mordiaeum Homonoia AE (ex Mabbott, Aleph) ; Acrasus Severus Alexander [external ACSearch] ; Literature: (see Money Museum, Curator) | c. 1941/2- |
Philipsen, Gustav Coins: Elis Diassarion | 1853-1925 |
Plankenhorn, Gerhard Coins: | 1941- |
Plant, Rev. Richard J. [bio post] Coins: | 1928-2020 |
Ploil, Ernst Coins: | 1946- |
Porter, William B. Coins: Lesbos 1/48 Stater ; Literature: | 1942- |
Postel, Rainer Coins: | 1941- |
Powers, Joseph = Joe Powers, Boston (active 1940s-1960s) Coins: Philip I AR Antoniniani (ex Dorchester, Bressett) | |
Pozzi, Prof. Dr. Samuel-Jean Coins: Pelinna Obol ; Corinth Stater | 1846-1918 |
Prowe, Theodor = Fedor Ivanovich (Theodor) Prowe (Moscow) Coins: Abydos Chalkous | 1872-1932 |
QEDAR, SHRAGA Commercial numismatist in Israel who authored and collaborated on many scholarly contributions despite being a total autodidact. Escaped captivity in Nazi Germany at age 9 (his father was killed at Auschwitz). Immigrated to Israel. Longtime colleague of Y. Meshorer (prominent numismatic scholar, Israel Antiquities Authority), with whom he coauthored the important study of the Samaria Hoard (1991), which revolutionized our understanding of the region’s coinage (see also their updated 1999 volume, the standard reference such coins). Cited by David Hendin as one of his mentors. [Hendin’s (CoinsWeekly) Tribute to Shraga Qedar (1933-2015)] Coins: Samaria Obol (cataloged by & published) ; Literature: MQ 1991 (signed by both [?] authors, ex ANS Lib.) | 1933-2015 |
RBW Collection = Richard Beyer Witschonke [alt: R.B.W. Collection] Coins: Rubria Quinarius = RBW 1325 (ex JQA-MHS) ; Anonymous Sextans (ex Galst) ; Anonymous Uncia (ex Schaefer) ; Literature: Sale Catalogs: Bomar, Antioch Assoc., Stack’s (ex RBW library) ; several hundred others yet to catalog ; Essays Russo (author inscription to Galst) | 1945-2015 |
Rhakotis Collection (formed 1960s-70s) Coins: | |
Rhousopoulos, Athanasios Coins: Epidauros Chalkous [?] ; Abydos Chalkous [?] ; | 1823–1898 |
RIGHETTI, J.-P. = JEAN-PIERRE RIGHETTI Well-known Swiss collector of RPC (also Islamic & C. Asian), longtime officer in the Swiss Numismatic Society. (Brother Francois’ RPC sold by CNG, 2017-8 & Auctiones GmbH, 2021-2.) In 1982, J.P.R. sold his coll. to the Bernischen Historischen Museum, published as SNG Righetti (1993). From 2003 to 2006, sold his (new?) coll. of Greek & RPC in an important series of 8 sales, 7 at M&M GmbH & 1 at Auctiones AG 29. Additional coins from the J.P.R. Collection have been sold by various firms in the 2010s & 2020s, incl. a selection of Alexandrian at Nomos 24 & Obolos e-sales. Many or most of these coins are sold w/ his distinctive collector tags (usually numbered). (The 8 early RPC sales stand apart [like the SNG] as forming a more important reference collection than the later offerings, frequently referenced in the literature.) [Photo (c. 2016) on Twitter] Coins: Hadrian Alexandrian Drachm (ex Dattari) ; Iberian Tiberius AE ; Titurius Sabinus Denarius (w/ tag) | |
RINDGE, FREDERICK HASTINGS = F.H. Rindge (see also Institutions / Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Wealthy philanthropist, business magnate w/ important ties to Boston & Los Angeles institutions. (Though an important numismatic name, coins are far down the list of things he is known for.) His greatest numismatic contribution was to loan his entire collection (5,800 coins, incl. 2,704 ancient) to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts at a critical early moment. The F.H. Rindge Collection would contribute the very first coins ever displayed at the MFA (despite his having moved to Los Angeles by then). By 1889, the Museum had constructed a new “Coin room” especially to exhibit at least 1100 of the Rindge coins, w/ the Roman Republican attracting the most attention. “Previously,” the MFA “had no coin department,” but in 1892 boasted of the Rindge loan, “now that a beginning has been made, it is likely that it will steadily be enriched in this important feature” (The Collector, vol 3, n. 7: p. 101). Despite being a temporary loan (renewed every 5 years), the exhibition was instrumental in attracting permanent donations, some far exceeding Rindge’s coll. in importance. Most important among them was the Catherine Page Perkins Collection, acquired 1895-1900, among the most famous numismatic collections in any American museum (Perkins Collection… [1902]). The collection was returned to the Rindge family between 1905 & 1941 (his widow’s death). In 1985, the Ridge descendants sold the coins through Joel Malter & Co., a premier ancient coin firm in Southern California. [Wikipedia: F.H. Rindge ; MFA Curator’s Report, 1890: Robinson (pp. 14-15) & Cabot (pp. 9-10) ; Malter XXIX (Part I, w/ bio) ; Malter XXX (Part II, w/ bio) ; Malter Bio reproduced on CT 271094 (2019, red_spork) ; Provenance Image from J. Montgomery Coll. ; my slightly longer bio (corr., typo in name in title) ] Coins: Q. METEL Denarius (Cr. 256/1) ; L. FLAM CHILO Denarius (Cr. 302/1) ; Related: Malter XXIX (22 Mar 1985) ; Malter XXX (7 Jun 1985) | 1857-1905 |
RL COLLECTION = SAMMLUNG R. L. [ALT: Slg. R.L.] Old collection formed over three generations, c. 1890s-2010, many reportedly acq. ca. WWI. The first portion of the collection, consisting of 500 Roman Republican coins, was sold in Paul-Francis Jacquier Auction 51 (15 Sep 2023). [Jacquier Auktion 51 (to PDF)] Coins: Fundanius Quinarius ; Cloelius Quinarius | |
Robinson, Henry Schroder Literature: (bookplate) | 1914-2003 |
Rocky Mountain Collection of Alexandrian Coins: Aelius Diobol (ex Dattari) ; Sev. Alex. Elpis Tetradrachm (ex Dattari) | |
Rogers, Rev. Edgar Coins: Pelinna Obol [possibly?] ; Literature: Handy Guide to Jewsish Coins, 1914 (inscribed) [external Imgur gallery] | 1873-1961 |
Rosen, Jonathan P. (see also Institutions / Getty) Coins: Lesbos 1/48 Stater ; Literature: Rosen-Waggoner ACNAC Sylloge (inscribed) | 1944- |
Ruzicka, Virgina Coins: Antoninus Nemesis Drachm | 1915-1984 |
S & S Collection (California) Coins: Q. METEL Denarius (Cr. 256/1, ex Rindge) ; L. FLAM CHILO Denarius (Cr. 302/1, ex Rindge) | |
SABINE, C.J. Author of important articles on Crusader coinage published c. late 1970s-1980s. Coins: 13X LRBCs | |
Sallent Coins: | |
Salton, Lottie (née Aronson) Coins: Alexander Drachm ; Tegea Hemidrachm ; Vespasian Judaean Capta AE As ; Literature: Konvolut from K&F 161, “Salton Library,” Lot 141 (incl. Pozzi, Gulbenkian, etc., w/ correspondence & notes) | 1924-2020 |
Salton-Schlessinger, Mark M. Coins: Alexander Drachm ; Tegea Hemidrachm ; Vespasian Judaean Capta AE As ; Literature: Konvolut from K&F 161, “Salton Library,” Lot 141 (incl. Pozzi, Gulbenkian, etc., w/ correspondence & notes) ; Related: Salton-Schlessinger FPLs 27 (1958) & 30 (1960/1) (both BCD Library Duplicates, former listing 2 coins now in my coll.) | 1914-2005 |
SAMEL, JOSEF Collector of ancient Jewish coins, with his sister Angela Arluk (1920 – 2015, née Samel) & brother-in-law Arnold Arluk (1920 – 2007). Born in central Poland, survived the Nazis, immigrated to Munich after the war. Later moved to USA for a time before returning. Grandfather of German coin dealer Daniel Gitbud. Collection exhibited at SMM (w/ Israel Museum) in 1993, curated by Meshorer & Overbeck, pub. as Das Heilige Land. [Künker Auktion 334; Künker bio] Coins: Hyrcanus Prutah ; Related: Overbeck-Meshorer (ex Galst Lib.) | 1913-2005 |
SAMMLUNG KARIEN Important anonymous collection of Caria (I have a private theory of whose), featured in Gorny & Mosch 169 (12 Oct 2008), with 288 Lots. Built from many important prior collections, with many coins cited in works by Ashton or Ashton & coauthors, illustrated in HNO, and/or previously published (e.g., in SNG Lockett, SNG Berry, Rosen, others). At least 21 were cited (19 illustrated) in Ashton & Weiss (1997). [GM Auktion 169 (12 Oct 2008), part of, Lots 503-786, 800, 802, 804 830 ; MuenzenWoche (29 Apr 2010), “40 Jahre Gorny & Mosch…“] Coins: Rhodes Chalkous | |
Sammlung Süddeutschem Privatbesitz H.I. (Bavaria) (?) [Gorny 265-267] Coins: | |
Sawhill, John A. (see also Institutions / James Madison University) Coins: Messenia Hemidrachm (ex BCD, Otto) ; Related: Stack’s JMU & Sawhill Sale (ex BCD Lib.) ; Alex G Malloy FPLs w/ ex-Sawhill-JQA coins (ex ANS, Shubin) [Catalog Library] | 1892-1976 |
Sayles, Wayne G. [CoinsWeekly Who’s Who] Coins: Arados Dichalkon [?] ; Literature: Classical Deception (signed) | |
Schaefer, Richard = “Goodman Collection” Coins: Anonymous Uncia (ex Schaefer) | 1946- |
Schlüter, Joachim [alt: Schluter, Schlueter] Coins: Sequani Quinarius | |
Schoolfield, George R. Literature: | |
Scipio Collection Coins: | |
Sear, David R. Literature: RCV (5 Vols., inscr. to DiMarzio) ; Related (“Plate Coins”): Sev. Alex. Tet. (RCV2 8108) ; Philip Saeculares Ant (RCV3 8963) ; Heraclius Follis (SB 882) ; Niceophorus Follis (SB 1612) ; Related (cited in): Dattari 4731 (RCV3 8858). | 1942- |
Sellwood, David Coins: Vologases I (?) Diobol ; Literature: Intro. to Sasanian, by Sellwood et al. (inscr. by authors w/ correspondence to Göbl & his bookplate) [external FAC photos/description — one of my favorite pieces of numis lit!] | 1925-2012 |
Seventko, Dr. Joseph M. Coins: Mazaios Tarsos Stater | 1939- |
Shore, Fred B. Literature: | 1948- |
Short, Andrew = Orfew Coins: | |
SHUBIN, MICHAEL JOHN Los Angeles area collector & professional numismatist. Worked at Malter Galleries, Goldberg & elsewhere. Estate dispersed among ANS (also holds his archive), Emory University (where he left an endowment), Getty, and a few other institutions. [ANS ARCHER Authorities: Shubin ; ANS Annual Report, 2017-2018: pp. 30-1 (to PDF) ; Getty: Shubin bio ; Emory: Shubin Endowment Exhibition.] Literature: Alex G. Malloy X35FPLs, 1969-1984 (ex ANS Lib., addr. to Shubin) [Catalog Library & CT Post 24895701 (16 Jan 2024) for photos/descr. ] | 1950-2008 |
Simonetta, Alberto Mario Coins: Ariarathes V ; Ariarathes IX ; Ariarathes V Barb. ; Ariarathes VII | 1930-2021 |
Simonetta, Bono Coins: Ariarathes V ; Ariarathes IX ; Ariarathes V Barb. ; Ariarathes VII ; Carinus Tetradrachm (to Staffieri, 1976) | 1903-1987 |
Singer, Dr. Gordon Andreas = “Andy” Singer Coins: | 1943- |
SINSKI, DR. JOSEPH F. = Joe Sinski American ancient coin collector & vest-pocket dealer. (Using the eBay handle “cody111111” for 10-20 years. Often selling coll. duplicates & coins he doesn’t keep from group lots.) Chemistry professor at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY. At least once taught a continuing education course on ancient coins at Bellarmine (2012). I’ve occasionally noticed coin photos from his collection/sale listings cited in numismatic literature (e.g., Elagabalus AE of Edessa in E. Dandrow’s [2021] Koinon IV article, many on Wildwinds). [CoinCommunity Profile ; Bellarmine U. Profile ] Coins: | 1965- |
SMITH, DOUG = Smith, Douglas D. American collector from the Washington, DC area, active in numismatic circles since the 1960s. Published many articles in trade publications such as Voice of the Turtle, Classical Numismatic Review, and The Celator. Photographer for Victor Failmezger’s (2002) Roman Bronze Coins: From Paganism to Christianity 294-364 A.D. Authored a popular website based on his collection from 1997-2017 (w/ additional material added c. 2022 & a separate coin photography gallery). Has assembled a large generalist collection of ancient coins, but with a specialized collection of Eastern Mint Severan Denarii. Some duplicates from the collection have been sold (with his distinctive coll. envelopes) at Ancient & Medieval Coins Canada auctions (and by private exchange). DDS raised interesting questions by commenting: “coins I consider ‘collection’ are the ones I keep and not the ones I sent off to market.” Although the collector’s voice speaks loudest when defining their own collection, my view is that, as with any creative work, “audience reception” may be the last word in authorship. (If only chronologically, as new generations form their own interpretations, a process by which the current generation of museum curators is ceaselessly tormented.) Of the Helios-countermarked AE below, DDS once wrote, “Mine is a total junker”! I had different Helios countermarks to go w/ it, and found the situation funny, so I bid when the option arose! (I bought several of his from that 2019 sale, and coins from at least 5-6 other collectors on this page.) Coins (all from AMCC Auc. 2 “pick bin”): Cilicia AE w/ Helios Countermark [external ACSearch] ; Ariobarzanes Drachm [external ACSearch] ; Quintillus AE [external ACSearch] ; LRBC Group [external ACSearch] | |
SMITS, RUDI Belgian coin dealer, collector, author. “Staff Numismatist” at Numismall (then a multi-dealer platform), owner/operator of Romadrome (MA-Shops). Authored articles on RIC in Bulletin du Cercle d’Études Numismatiques (BCEN 2000, 2013). During his last year, worked w/ young American coin-seller N. Hochrein (WI), playing a role in his VCoins shop (Holding History) & partnering in a startup website, RomanCoinAuctions.com. RCA held its first auction 9 Jun 2013. Besides the two owners, I was the main consignor to the inaugural sale & discussed the venture extensively w/ both. I purchased four lots of AR Antoniniani from the Wareham Hoard (1994; CHRBX, 36), ex-RS coll. Unfortunately, months after the RCA sales began, Rudi died, 21 Mar 2014. Coins: Philip I AR Antoninianus X4 (Ex Wareham Hoard) [external FAC Gallery, Wareham 163] ; Caracalla AR Captives Denarius [also shown on “BCE” page] | d. 2014 |
Spinola, Noenio = Nomus Brasiliana Coins: Cavares AE Sextans | 1940- |
Sporty, Dr. Lawrence D. Coins: | 1943- |
Spradling, Dr. George Coins: Elagabalus Nicopolis AE (HHJ-WW-RPC, ex Lindgren, Howard, Winnett, zumbly) ; Justinian AR Siliqua | 1940-2010 |
Staffieri, Giovanni Maria [Wiki (DE) ; Triton XXI] Coins: Carinus Tetradrachm (ex B. Simonetta, 1976) | 1944- |
Stefan, Friedrich Literature: Münzkunde des Altertums (insc. to V. Clain-Stefanelli) [external album] | 1886-1962 |
Steger, Hans Coins: Antoninus Zeus Drachm | 1875-1937 |
Sternberg, Frank Coins: Antoninus Zeus Drachm (?) | 1912-1994 |
Strauss, Pierre Coins: | 1922-1995 |
Suarez, Rasiel Coins: Constantine IV AV Stater (ERIC II Cover Coin) ; Literature: ERIC II (Signed Copy) | 1969- |
Sutherland, C.H.V. = Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland = Humphrey Sutherland Literature: Sutherland Art in Coinage 1955 (signed, ex-libraries Charles K. Panish & ANS w/ their dated bookplate) | 1908-1986 |
Sydenham, Rev. Edward Allen Coins: Antoninus Pius Caesarea Didrachm (Syd. 296, ex “Mentor” [Muller]) ; Maximian 308 CE “Retirement” Follis ; Literature: Syd. Caesarea 1933 (ex-libraries ANS, Bullowa, bookplates, custom bound) ; Syd. Republican (ex-libr. David Hendin, w/ blindstamp) ; | 1873-1948 |
T/ne Coll. Coins: | |
TAB Library Literature: | |
Texas Wine Doctor Coins: | |
The Foreign Ambassador Collection formed mainly in the 1950s and 1960s (possibly) Coins: | |
TheRed Coins: | |
Thompson, Margaret Literature: | 1911-1992 |
Tonegawa Collection Coins: | |
Toone, Lee = “Authors’ Collections” (LMCC) = CT Collections (w/ Toone, Lee) Coins: | 1958- |
Träger, Burkhard [alt: Traeger, Trager] Coins: Megalopolis Hemidrachm [1560] ; Megalopolis Hemidrachm [1561] ; | |
Trau, Franz Jr. Coins: Nero-Agrippina Drachm (ex Niggeler, Merani, CNR, RPC 3637) | 1881-1931 |
Traverso, Valerio Coins: Corinth Stater (Pozzi 1688) | |
van Alfen, Peter [CoinsWeekly bio] Literature: Essays Russo (author inscriptions w/ RBW to Galst) ; Related: Skione Hemidrachm (Opthalmologia “plate coin”) | |
Vermeule III, Cornelius Clarkson [Collection Sales Listed: Numiswiki (Vermeule)] Coins: Sebaste AE ; Nero Eumeneia AE ; Samos AE | 1925-2008 |
Villemur, Patrick Coins: Cavares AE Sextans | 1946- |
Virzi, Thomas = Tom Virzi Coins: Adranon AE Drachm | 1881-1974 |
Vogl, Dr. Peter Coins: Mylasa Chalkous | c. 1949 – |
Voirol, August Coins: Antoninus Zeus Drachm | 1884-1967 |
von Aulock, Hans Coins: Hidrieus Tetradrachm ; Ariarathes IX | 1906-1980 |
von Bose, Kurt (Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg, Gotha) [alt: Kurt von Bose] Coins: | 1808-1884 |
Wäckerlin, Erich [alt: Wackerlin, Waeckerlin] Coins: | d. 2018 |
Wagner, J.S. = J.S.W. Coins: Philip I Alexandrian Tetradrachm ; Vespasian Dupondius (RIC II.1 263, ex Hall, Clay) | |
WALLACE, WILLIAM PITKIN = W.P. Wallace An important Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto & preeminent expert on Euboia. In addition to numismatics, studied Classical epigraphy and law, among other topics. American Numismatic Society member from 1938, Fellow from 1950. Author of The Euboian League and its Coinage, published by the ANS in 1956 (Numismatic Notes and Monographs 134), among other contributions to Greek numismatics. Often published in The Phoenix, where he was on the Editorial Board. (Daehn lists sixteen entries; Clain-Stefanelli six.) His notebooks on hoards are held by ANS, which has digitized & made them available online. The ANS acquired a parcel of almost 200 of Wallace Collection coins in 1978. Nancy Waggoner reported on the acquisition in a 1980 Museum Notes article (ANS MN 25: pp. 1-15, pl. 1-2), also mentioning his “great deal of unpublished material now housed in the American Numismatic Society.” Additional parcels appeared in private collections and trade. Paul Rynearson produced a sale list in Nov. 1980 advertising several large groups from the Wallace Collection for sale (annotated in my Catalog Library). The total number is unclear, but over 100 appear to be illustrated four groups (possibly there were many more). In 1995, CNG auctioned a group lot of 326 AR from the W.P. Wallace Collection; unclear if that was a different group (CNG MBS 35, Lot 205). Though they may have never meet (or would’ve been only briefly acquainted), BCD acquired many (at least dozens, if not hundreds, one now in my collection; unclear how many may have come from the Rynearson and/or CNG parcels). (His son, M.B. Wallace seems to have followed a remarkably similar career, also a U. Toronto classicist with expertise in Euboia.) [Database of Classical Scholars bio ; ANS Authorities page ; JSTOR, Author: “W.P. Wallace” (a few others, e.g., as “William Wallace”)] Coins: Eretria Obol (ex BCD, Wallace) ; Literature: Euboian League (inscr. to Basel Brewer) ; Related: Rynearson (Nov 1980) Sale List of Wallace Coll. Coins (ex BCD Lib.) | 1907-1965 |
Warren, Edward Perry = E.P. Warren Coins: Elis Diassarion | 1860-1928 |
Weber, Sir (Dr.) Hermann Coins: Hidrieus Tetradrachm | 1823-1918 |
Weder, Markus R [SMB Obituary & Bibliography] Coins: Claudius II (Kellner 6, ex Weder) | 1953-2016 |
Wetterstrom, Kerry Keith Coins: Antoninus Nemesis Drachm ; Trajan “BALANHOY” (?) Drachm | 1960- |
Wettmark, Martin Coins: Julian II Fallen Horseman ; various brockages etc. | |
Whittall, James Coins: Hidrieus Tetradrachm | 1819-1883 |
WINNETT, JOE = Joe W. = Joseph Winnett Collector, coin seller (JW Numismatics), minister in Kingsland, TX. Active in the early online numismatic scene (c. 2000s), including on Tantalus (kerux) & the Ancient Peddler Yahoo group. Coins: Elagabalus AE Nikopolis (ex Lindgren, H. Howard, G. Spradling, zumbly) | |
WINZER, AXEL (?) (see Geschichtsfreundes, Sammlung eines) | 1935- |
WITSCHONKE, RICHARD BEYER = Rick B. Witschonke (see RBW Collection) | 1945-2015 |
WRG Coins: | |
Zeno, Apostolo Coins: Antoninus Pius Sestertius, 952 (Curtis Clay Coll.) | 1668-1750 |
Zumbly Collection Coins: Antoninus Sarapis Tetradrachm ; Elagabalus AE Nikopolis (ex Lindgren, H. Howard, G. Spradling, Winnett) |
INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS,
LOANS, and EXHIBITIONS,
with Selected PRIVATE COLLECTIONS of CURATORS
IN PROGRESS: STILL ADDING IN THE LINKS TO SPECIMENS IN COLLECTION
American Numismatic Society, ANS (see also van Alfen, Peter [chief curator]) Coins: Skione Hemiobol [exhibition?] ; Brettii AE Didrachm [Bartlett Bequest] ; Div. Augustus AE Dupondius, Augustus AE Quadrans, Vespasian Denarius [all ex A.M. Huntington] ; Literature: Numerous, see, e.g., Catalog Favorites & Library [ANS Lib. Duplicates] |
Art Institute of Chicago, AIC Coins: Trajan Canopus Tetradrachm ; Antoninus Sarapis Tetradrachm |
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Coins: John Ducas Vatatzes Tetarteron [Goodacre Loan] ; Vespasian Dupondius [cast after H. Platt Hall] |
Associação Comercial da Bahia (BR) Coins: Cavares AE Sextans (exhibited) |
Berliner Bank Coins: Baumreiter Drachm (exhibited) |
BM&FBOVESPA, “B3,” Sao Paulo (BR) Stock Exchange Coins: Cavares AE Sextans (exhibited) |
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, BMFA, MFA Coins: Q. METEL Denarius (Cr. 256/1) & L. FLAM CHILO Denarius (Cr. 302/1) [both Rindge Loan] ; see also Cornelius Vermeule, III, above [Curator] |
British Museum, BMC Duplicates Coins: Numidia AE (deaccessioned) ; RIC (many British hoard coins cataloged) |
Chase Bank Money Museum Literature: Mosser Byzantine Hoard [ex Library] ; See also: Antoninus Nemesis Drachm & Apollonia-Mordiaeum AE [Peck, Curator] ; Related: Chase exhibit ephemera |
Danish National Museum, SNG Copenhagen Duplicates Coins: Lokris Chalkous |
Getty (J.P. Getty Museum) Coins: Lesbos 1/48 Stater [loan] |
Hispanic Society of America Coins: Div. Augustus AE Dupondius ; Augustus AE Quadrans ; Vespasian Denarius [all ex A.M. Huntington] |
Israel Museum Jerusalem, Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) (see also Meshorer, Yaakhov [curator], above) Coins: Samaria Ma’eh/Obol [cataloged] ; Hyrcanus Prutah [exhibit] |
James Madison University Foundation Coins: Messenia Hemidrachm |
Johns Hopkins University Foundation Coins: Trajan “BALANHOY” Drachm ; Related: NFA-Leu Catalogs, Part I & Part II (Catalog Library) |
Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich Coins: Baumreiter Drachm (exhibited) |
Massachusetts Historical Society Coins: Rubria Quinarius = RBW 1325 ; Diocletian BI Radiate (reportedly) |
Museum of Arts & Sciences (Daytona, FL) (see also Davidson, Marc [Trustee], above) Literature: Curtis 1969 (ex lib Marc L. Davidson) |
OECD / CVM (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários), Center for Financial Literacy in Latin America and the Caribbean Coins: Cavares AE Sextans (exhibited) |
Saint Florian Abbey [ALT: St. Florian Monastery] (see also Zeno, Apostolo) Coins: Antoninus Pius Sestertius (A. Zeno 952, C. Clay) |
Seattle Art Museum Literature: (see Norman Davis [Board Member, Exhibitor, Donor]) |
Smithsonian Institution Coins & Literature: (see Elvira & Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli [Curators], above) |
Staatliche Münzsammlung München, SMM Coins: Baumreiter Drachm (exhibited) ; Hyrcanus Prutah (exhibited) |
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum (Kunstverein Winterthur) Literature: Imhoof-Blumer 1867 (ex libris & inscr. to, also ex Lanz & Koppersmith libs.) [external description] |
HOARDS
IN PROGRESS: STILL ADDING IN THE LINKS TO SPECIMENS IN COLLECTION
1823 Calymna Hoard [IGCH 1216] Coins: Hidrieus Tetradrachm [poss. though none reported in hoard] |
1906 Caesarea Hoard [Noe 179] Coins: [likely] Nero/Agrippina Drachm |
1967 “Lincoln Higgie” Hoard [CNG Keystone Auction 6] Coins: |
1968 Sitochoro – “Larissa” Hoard [CH VIII, 85] Coins: |
1972 Kirikhan Hoard [CH I, 87A-B; CH II, 90; CH VIII, 460; Oakley 1982; Callataÿ 1990] Coins: [likely] |
1979/1980 Epidauros Hoard [Coin Hoards VII, 69; CH VIII, 298; Requier, Monnayage] Coins: Hemidrachm (Requier 105) |
1992 Thessalonike Area Hoard [CH VIII, 426] Coins: Aristokrates Drachm |
2000 Langtoft II Hoard (Langtoft B) Coins: [likely] |
Dorchester 1939 Coins: Gordian III & Philip AR Antoniniani (ex Bressett) |
Epidauros, Argolis (1933) [IGCH 149; Newell, NNM 68 (1935), pp. 24-33] Coins: [likely but specimen not known to Newell] |
Greece, 1986 or Earlier [CH VIII, 338; “Peloponnesos Hoard,” Spring 1985 (BCD)] Coins: Megalopolis Hemidrachm [1561] |
IGCH 149 — see Epidauros, Argolis (1933) |
IGCH 216 (unknown late 19th century hoard) [BCD Olympia, Nicolet p. 44: prob. 1887-1894] Coins: Elis Diassarion |
IGCH 1216 — see “1823 Calymna Hoard” |
Mid-2005 Aegeae Hoard [Lorber & Michaels 2007] Coins: |
Normanby Hoard (1985) [CHRB VIII] Coins: |
Phalanna (?), Greece, 1991 Hoard [CH VIII,132] Coins: |
Samaria Hoard, before 1990 [CH VIII, 587; CH IX, 413; Elayi & Elayi, pp. 218-230] Coins: Samaria Ma’eh/Obol |
Shiraz, Fars Hoard (1981) Coins: Vologases I (?) Diobol |
Tarsus Hoard (late 1970s, unknown findspot) [Bing 1998] Coins: Mazaios Tarsos Stater |
Thessaly, 1993 Hoard [CH IX, 64] Coins: Larissa Drachm |
Unknown Findspot [Turkey], before 1992 [CH IX, 359; Hurter 1998] Coins: Caria Lion Obol |
Wareham, Dorset, Hoard (1994, Part I) [CHRB X, 36; IARCH-3DB3D1] Coins: |
Notes:
Terminology [return to Contents, Provenance Glossary]: The phrase “provenance glossary” is drawn from Hadrien Rambach’s work. Specifically, he used it when indexing the prior collections represented in the George W. la Borde Collection of Roman Aureii. At present, what I have here may be more “provenance index,” but I mean to fill it out until it becomes a “glossary” proper.
Change Log [return to top]: 3 Sep 2022 (page created w/ 49 Greek coins added); 6 Feb 2023 (additional coins added); 11 Jun 2023 (“Provenance Glossary” added; more Greek coins added & divided into two additional pages; much supplemental provenance information added); thru 27 Jun 2023 (continuing to add to bios) thru 4 Sep 2023 (more bios thru Hill…); 25 Dec 2023 (Christensen bios); thru 9 Mar 2024 (coins added, a few new rows, Shubin bio, Rindge, RL, many more yet to add…); 11 Mar 2024 (CsP).