Summer 2019 Literature Auction, Lot: 63. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[France (BN) and Switzerland (Levante)]. Lot of five SNG France and Switzerland volumes . Includes:

[SNG France] Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 2. Cabinet des Médailles. Cilicie. (Paris/Zürich; Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Numismatica Ars Classica, 1993). 4to. 137 plates illustrating 2,436 coins, each with page of descriptive text.

[SNG France]. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 3. Cabinet des Médailles. Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lycaonie, Galatie. (Paris/Zürich; Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Numismatica Ars Classica, 1994). 4to. 146 plates illustrating 2,675 coins, each with descriptive text.

[SNG France]. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 4. Département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques. Alexandrie I. Auguste-Trajan. (Paris/Zürich; Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Numismatica Ars Classica, 1998). 4to. 105 plates illustrating 1,321 coins, each with page of descriptive text.

[SNG France]. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 5. Département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques. Mysie. (Paris/Zürich; Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Numismatica Ars Classica, 2001). 4to. 136 plates illustrating 2,566 coins, each with page of descriptive text.

[SNG Switzerland]. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Switzerland I. Levante-Cilicia. (Berne; Credit Suisse,, 1986). 4to. 36 pages; 125 plates illustrating 1,861 coins, each with page of descriptive text.

All five volumes in the original cloth, gilt, jackets. Very Fine condition, a little thumbed at tops of spines else little used and virtually as new, internally clean throughout. A good run of these indispensable and superbly produced volumes, standard references and especially useful for Asia Minor.

Daehn 2010 & 1987. Kroh p. 13 (four stars), “This is by far technically the finest product of the entire SNG series and perhaps the best specialized collection ever published.” and p. 14 (four stars), “one of the world’s finest collections.” Five (5) titles in lot. Website shipping rates do not apply.

From the Numismatic Library of a Major North American Dealer.