Montenuovo Crusader Coins & Secker Collection
Hess, Adolph. KREUZFAHRER-MÜNZEN DES FÜRSTLICH MONTENUOVO'SCHEN MÜNZCABINETS. THALER-SAMMLUNG DES HERRN ENGELBERT SECKER, HAMBURG, ENTHALTEND EINE DER REICHHALTIGSTEN SUITEN MODERNER MÜNZEN DARUNTER DIE GRÖSSTEN SELTENHEITEN. Frankfurt am Main, 26.–27 Mai 1886. 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed boards; original printed front paper cover mounted on front. 40 pages; 1274 lots; original printed prices realized list bound in. Pages browned; very good or better. A rarely seen early Hess catalogue offering a selection of crusader coins from the Montenuovo cabinet as well as the modern coin collection of Engelbert Secker. The prices realized list clarifies the dates of the sale and is combined with the prices realized for the sale of the Rohde collection of Roman and Byzantine coins offered on 24.–25. Mai. Clain-Stefanelli 6100.