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Auction 161  18 Sep 2021
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Lot 103

Starting price: 170 USD
Price realized: 225 USD
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The Best Edition of Riccio on the Family Coins
Riccio, Giudice Gennaro. LE MONETE DELLE ANTICHE FAMIGLIE DI ROMA FINO ALLO IMPERADORE AUGUSTO INCLUSIVAMENTE CO'SUOI ZECCHIERI DETTE COMUNEMENTE CONSOLARI DISPOSTE PER ORDINE ALFABETICO, RACCOLTE PER COLLEZIONE, ED INTERPRETE, COLLE RISPETTIVE FIGURE ACCURATAMENTE ESEGUITE, E COLLA ESPOSIZIONE IN ULTIMO DELLE INCERTE, ED UN SAGGIO DEGLI ASSI GRAVI, E SUE PARTI, E PER TUTTE IL GRADO DI RARITÀ, E PREZZO RISPETTIVO. Napoli: Stamperia e Cartiere del Fibreno, 1843. Seconda edizione. 4to, somewhat later brown cloth-backed mottled boards, gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. (2), viii, 288 (2) pages; numismatic lithograph on title; 71 lithographic plates of ancient Roman coins; plate of monograms. Intermittent spotting; spine cloth a bit frayed. Very good or better. A handsome copy of the second and best edition of Riccio's first major numismatic work. The original paper covers are rarely seen. Babelon 162. Bassoli 47: "Gennaro Riccio, deserves recognition, even if he was reproached for including apocryphal coins, taken from earlier works, in his general collection of Republican coins." Leitzmann 116.
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