Summer 2019 Literature Auction, Lot: 82. Estimate $250. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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[Gulbenkian]. Robinson, E.S.G. and Hipolito, M.
A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins. Part I. Italy, Sicily and Carthage. Part II. Greece to the East. (Lisbon, 1971-1989). Two parts complete in four volumes. 4to. 136 + 200 pages; 94 superbly produced plates of coins, a few illustrations in the text, folding map. Original cloth boards, gilt. Little used and virtually as new. One of the finest published collections of Greek coins, listing and illustrating over 1000 superb examples, all capably catalogued by G. Kenneth Jenkins and Edward Robinson, who assisted in the formation of the collection which is now housed in the Lisbon museum.
Clain-Stefanelli 1898*. Daehn 1889 & 1886. Kroh p. 10 (four and half stars), “A magnificent achievement and a record of exceptional coins beyond compare”.
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