Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 98

The Pre-Long Beach Auction June 4-7, 2017

Ancient Judaean - The Brody Numismatic Library

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1918		Cavedoni, Celestino and Madden, Frederic. Biblische Numismatik and Coins of the Jews. Biblische Numismatik was published in Hannover in 1855. 76 pages with plus one plate of Jewish coins and a table of alphabets. Pages are spotted and cover is unattached. Still very readable. Rare; Coins of the Jews is 329 pages, 279 marvelous woodcuts, and a fold-out plate of alphabets (small rip). Published in London in 1881. Much of the text is still useful, as are the apendices of Weights, Money in the New Testament, and Talmudic Writings on the Coinage of the First and Second Revolts. Very good, rebound. Estimate Value $350 - 450 The Brody Family Collection;. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $204
Lot 1919		De Saulcy, F. & Madden, Frederic. Numismatique de la Terre Sainte & Jewish Numismatics. De Saulcy's work is a standard that deserves to be in every ancient Jewish collector's library. 406 pages of text plus 25 pages of plates. Pages are in good condition, with frayed edges; cover is unattached; should be rebound. The cover is also unattached to the Madden work, though pages and pull-out alphabets are in good shape. This is the rarely seen edition printed in London, 1874-6. Estimate Value $300 - 400 The Brody Family Collection;. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $252
Lot 1920		De Saulcy, F. Recherches sur la Numismatique Judaique. 1854 First Edition, published in Paris. Magnificent binding in partial leather with marbled boards, excellent condition. 189 pages and 20 plates of woodcuts of ancient Jewish coins. Some scattered staining on margins of pages barely distracts from the overall superb appearance of this important reference work. Estimate Value $2,000 - 2,500 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1921		Friedenberg, Haffner-Magnus, Kindler, Kisch, Quiggin, Shahaf. Interesting lot of Judaica and Israel Reference Works. 9 books. These are hardbound except Haffner-Magnus. Jews and the Art of the Medal by Friedenberg (reprint from The Numismatist). Israel's Money and Medals by Haffner-Magnus (annotated, in 3-ring binder). Community Tokens of Jewish Settlements in Palestine by Kindler. Tokens of the German Settlers in Palestine by Kindler. Jewish Community Tokens by Kisch. A Survey of Primitive Money by Quiggin (not Judaica). The Coinage of Akko by Shahaf. Estimate Value $75 - 100 The Brody Family Collection;. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 1922		Gitler, Meshorer, Reifenberg, Rosenberger. The Coinage of Philistia of the 5th and 4th Centuries BC, Jewish Coins of the Second Temple Period, Ancient Hebrew Arts, Ancient H. Consists of: M. Rosenberger, The Coinage of Eastern Palestine, 1978 , Very Fine condition; Y. Meshorer, Jewish Coins of the 2nd Temple Period, 1967, sealed in the original brown paper and untouched! Haim Gitler & Oren Tal, The Coinage of Philistia of the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC, A Study of the Earliest Coinss of Palestine, 2006 in Mint condition; A. Reifenberg, Ancient Hebrew Arts, 1950, in Excellent condition; A. Reifenberg, Ancient Hebrew Seals, 1950 in Very Fine condition; A. Reifenberg, Ancient Hebrew Seals, 1950 in dust jacket Very Fine. Lot of 6 books. Estimate Value $200 - 250 The Brody Family Collection;. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 1923		Madden, Frederic. History of Jewish Coinage (1864) and Coins of the Jews (1881). History of Jewish Coinage has 350 pages, 254 woodcuts and a folding plate of alphabets. Pages are in good condition but binding is poor. Coins of the Jews is 329 pages, 279 marvelous woodcuts, and a fold-out plate of alphabets (ripped). Published in London in 1881; copy 30 of 30 "Large Paper Copy Printed." Much of the text is still useful, as are the apendices of Weights, Money in the New Testament, and Talmudic Writings on the Coinage of the First and Second Revolts. Pages in good condition, but original covers are scuffed. Every collector of ancient Jewish coins should have these references in his or her library. Lot of 2 books. Estimate Value $200 - 250 The Brody Family Collection;. View details	Unsold
Lot 1924		Madden, Frederic. Coins of the Jews. 329 pages, 279 marvelous woodcuts, and a fold-out plate of alphabets (ripped). Published in Boston in 1881. Much of the text is still useful, as are the apendices of Weights, Money in the New Testament, and Talmudic Writings on the Coinage of the First and Second Revolts. Pages in very good condition, but original covers are scuffed. Estimate Value $200 - 250 The Brody Family Collection;. View details	Unsold
Lot 1925		Madden, Frederic. Coins of the Jews. 329 pages, 279 marvelous woodcuts, and a fold-out plate of alphabets. Published in London in 1881. Much of the text is still useful, as are the apendices of Weights, Money in the New Testament, and Talmudic Writings on the Coinage of the First and Second Revolts. Pages in very good condition, but original covers are scuffed. Estimate Value $200 - 250 The Brody Family Collection;. View details	Unsold
Lot 1926		Madden, Frederic. Coins of the Jews. 329 pages, 279 marvelous woodcuts, and a fold-out plate of alphabets. Published in London in 1881. Much of the text is still useful, as are the apendices of Weights, Money in the New Testament, and Talmudic Writings on the Coinage of the First and Second Revolts. Pages in very good condition, but original covers are scuffed. Estimate Value $175 - 225 The Brody Family Collection;. View details	Realized $102
Lot 1927		Madden, Frederic. History of Jewish Coinage (1864) and Coins of the Jews (1881). History of Jewish Coinage has 350 pages, 254 woodcuts and a folding plate of alphabets. Pages are in good condition but binding is poor. Coins of the Jews is 329 pages, 279 marvelous woodcuts, and a fold-out plate of alphabets (ripped). Published in London in 1881. Much of the text is still useful, as are the apendices of Weights, Money in the New Testament, and Talmudic Writings on the Coinage of the First and Second Revolts. Pages in very good condition, but original covers are scuffed. Every collector of ancient Jewish coins should have these references in his or her library. Estimate Value $200 - 250 The Brody Family Collection;. View details	Unsold
Lot 1928		Perez Beyer, Francisco and De Saulcy, F. De Nvmis Hebraeo-Samaritanis, Volume 1 and Recherches sur la Numismatique Judaique. Two early works with wood engraving of ancient Jewish coins that any collector will enjoy. De Nvmis Hebraeo-Samaritanis contains 245 pages, two engravings and ten full-page plates, as well as many illustrations incorporated in the text. Pages are in decent condition; Binding is chewed up on the edges. De Saulcy's work of 1854 is 406 pages of text plus 25 pages of plates, overall all in fine condition. Lot of 2 books. Estimate Value $500 - 650 The Brody Family Collection;. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 1929		Perez Beyer, Francisco. De Nvmis Hebraeo-Samaritanis, Volume 1 and 2. Two-volume book by Francisco Pérez Bayer, eighteenth-century Spanish philologist, jurist and writer, on Samaritan Hebrew coins. Volume I dated 1781, contains 245 pages, two engravings and ten full-page plates, as well as many illustrations incorporated in the text. Volume II dated 1790, contains 210 pages, three engravings and two full-page plates, as well as many illustrations incorporated in the text. Red gilt-tooled leather bindings with gilt edges. Fine condition. Wear to bindings and foxing. Rare. Lot of 2 books. Estimate Value $750 - 1,000 The Brody Family Collection;. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $450
Lot 1930		Peringskiold, Johan and Batavorum, Lugduni. Biblisk Slegt-Register fran Adam til Jesu Christi and Excerpts from Josephus and the New Testament. Biblisk Slegt-Register fran Adam til Jesu Christi and Excerpts from Josephus and the New Testament. Biblisk Slegt-Register is folio, 44 x 30 cm. 210 pages, including woodcuts of a number of Greek, Roman, Jewish and Byzantine coins; also lovely plates of temples; family trees, etc., with charming gothicfont. An interesting early reference for students of biblical numismatics and history. Contemporary brown calf, extremities a bit rubbed but binding sound. Fine condition. Consignor acquired from a Kolbe sale in 1998 for $375. The Josephus work features five pages of woodcuts of ancient Jewish coins by Sigeberti Havercampi. Printed in 1741. Over 600 pages. Binding is starting to fall apart, but pages are in very good shape. Consignor purchased from David Hendin for $350. Lot of 2 books. Estimate Value $650 - 750 The Brody Family Collection;. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1931		Rosenberger, M(ayer). City Coins of Palestine, The Rosenberger Israel Collection. Complete collection of four volumes: Vol. I Aelia Kapitolina thru Ascalon, Vol. II Caesarea thru Joppa, Vol. III Hippos-Sussita thru Tiberias. Vol. IV The Coinage of Eastern Palestine and Legionary Countermarks, Bar Kochba Overstrikes. Published in Jerusalem 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978. Very good condition. Clain-Stefanelli wrote: "Invaluable for attributing these very elusive and usually poorly preserved coins," Very scarce set. Estimate Value $250 - 350 The Brody Family Collection;. View details	Realized $444
Lot 1932		Rosenberger, M(ayer). City Coins of Palestine, The Rosenberger Israel Collection. Complete collection of four volumes: Vol. I Aelia Kapitolina thru Ascalon, Vol. II Caesarea thru Joppa, Vol. III Hippos-Sussita thru Tiberias. Vol. IV The Coinage of Eastern Palestine and Legionary Countermarks, Bar Kochba Overstrikes. Very good condition. Published in Jerusalem 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978. Clain-Stefanelli wrote: "Invaluable for attributing these very elusive and usually poorly preserved coins," Very scarce set. Estimate Value $250 - 350 The Brody Family Collection;. View details	Realized $408
Lot 1933		Various. Auction catalogs of important sales of ancient Jewish coins and others. 13 books. Scott & Company, 1879, good with loose and damaged cover. Thomas Elder, 1905, good. Dr. Jacob Hirsch (Munich), Sicily, 1912, good but torn binding. Rodolfo Ratto (Milan), Monete Ebraiche, undated (1930's), fair. Adolph Cahn (Frankfurt), 1931, with prices realized, good but torn covers. Bank Leu, Jewish Coins, hardbound with prices realized, very fine. Monnaies et Medailles, Monnaies Juives, 1966, good, spotted on edges. Another, hard bound with prices realized, very fine. Agora, Coins and Weights, 1975, hardbound, very fine. Numismatic Fine Arts, Judean and Biblical Coins, 1976, hardbound, in excellent condition. Superior Galleries, The Abraham Bromberg Collection of Jewish Coins Part I and II, 1991 & 1992, hardbound, excellent. Tel Aviv Stamps, 2016, very fine. Estimate Value $100 - 125 The Brody Family Collection;. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132