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The Count Tolstoï Collection of Roman Republican Coins

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 USD
The Count Tolstoï Collection of Roman Republican Coins
A buyer’s premium of 18% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased by absentee bidders. The premium is reduced to 15% for floor bidders. See shipping info and full terms.
Hess, Adolph. AUCTIONS-CATALOG EINER HERVORRAGENDEN SAMMLUNG VON MÜNZEN DER ROMISCHEN REPUBLIK IN FEINSTER ERHALTUNG NEBST EINER SERIE VON RÖMISCHEN KAISER-MÜNZEN. Frankfurt am Main, 11. März 1912 und folgende Tage. 4to, original printed card covers. (4), 62 pages; 1524 lots; 10 fine plates. Moderate wear; still near fine. A very scarce and important sale. The example in the Kreindler library brought €2500. Count Ivan Ivanovich Tolstoï (1858-1916), was one of the foremost collectors and scholars of his day, and worked closely with his mentor Christian Giel. His works on the earliest Russian coins continue to be of considerable importance to this day. Spring 320 [also listed under “Most important sales of struck Roman Republican coins”].