Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 2510. Estimate $100.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Santamaria, P. & P. Médailles Grecques et Romaines (Paul Hartwig). (Rome). 7 March 1910 et seq. 2029 lots with some illustrations in the text, 28 photographic plates. Exceptional Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins, with an additional 306 lots of books on history and numismatics, mostly antiquarian. Fine quality full black leather, with original printed card covers bound in. Very Fine condition.

Firm founded in 1898 by cousins Pietro and Pio Santamaria, becoming one of the most prominent Italian numismatic houses. Their first auction was held in 1908, and the series culminated in the dispersal of the immense Magnagutti collection, sold over seventeen years between 1949 and 1965. Subsequently, sporadic price lists were issued until the late 1980’s, when the firm dissolved.