Kolbe & Fanning
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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. SYLLOGE NUMMORUM GRAECORUM. VOLUME III: THE LOCKETT COLLECTION. PART I: SPAIN–ITALY. (GOLD AND SILVER). [with] PART II: SICILY–THRACE. (GOLD AND SILVER). [with] PART III: MACEDONIA–AEGINA. (GOLD AND SILVER). [with] PART IV: PELOPONNESE–AEOLIS. (GOLD AND SILVER) [with] PART V: LESBOS–CYRENAICA: ADDENDA. (GOLD AND SILVER). London: Published for the British Academy, 1938–1949. First editions. Five parts complete. Folio, original printed card covers. 64 fine plates depicting 3542 coins, accompanied by introductory and descriptive text. Minor folds to some covers; generally near fine. A complete first edition set of this important SNG volume, as published in five fascicles. In the preface to the first fascicle, editor E.S.G. Robinson wrote, "It is a general collection of the old-fashioned type, formed in the tradition of Bunbury and Hermann Weber, not confined to any one district of the Greek world yet abounding in long series and in fine coins." Clain-Stefanelli 1913*. Daehn 1306. Kroh 13 (four stars): "This was a private collection and the quality is very good with the scope focused on artistic style."
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. SYLLOGE NUMMORUM GRAECORUM. VOLUME III: THE LOCKETT COLLECTION. PART I: SPAIN–ITALY. (GOLD AND SILVER). [with] PART II: SICILY–THRACE. (GOLD AND SILVER). [with] PART III: MACEDONIA–AEGINA. (GOLD AND SILVER). [with] PART IV: PELOPONNESE–AEOLIS. (GOLD AND SILVER) [with] PART V: LESBOS–CYRENAICA: ADDENDA. (GOLD AND SILVER). London: Published for the British Academy, 1938–1949. First editions. Five parts complete. Folio, original printed card covers. 64 fine plates depicting 3542 coins, accompanied by introductory and descriptive text. Minor folds to some covers; generally near fine. A complete first edition set of this important SNG volume, as published in five fascicles. In the preface to the first fascicle, editor E.S.G. Robinson wrote, "It is a general collection of the old-fashioned type, formed in the tradition of Bunbury and Hermann Weber, not confined to any one district of the Greek world yet abounding in long series and in fine coins." Clain-Stefanelli 1913*. Daehn 1306. Kroh 13 (four stars): "This was a private collection and the quality is very good with the scope focused on artistic style."