Reading numismatic references from the 18th and 19th centuries is romantic in its anachronism. I imagine myself in my bifocals -- newly invented by Benjamin Franklin -- examining coins by lantern light in my study, sipping on whisky, my brain filled with the latest music of Beethoven, which I had heard performed earlier in the day by the local chamber ensemble. Post your coins with listings from antique references! ~~~ For example, here's the listing in the catalog of Sulzer's collection, published in 1777, for this coin of Volusian: Or these listings in Mionnet's Description de médailles antiques, grecques et romaines: Supplément 2, published in 1822: Or this listing in Wiczay's Musei Hederuarii: in Hungaria numos antiquos graecos et latinos descripsit, published in 1814: ~~~ And here's a magnificent string quartet by Beethoven, his 13th, composed in 1825, in B flat major, opus 130:
Hey RC, are you amassing a list of online public domain coin books and if so, do you mind sharing? I bookmark them from time to time but really should make more of an effort at organizing such a list.
Great references RC. I particularly like the drawings/rubbings of the coins. I once had a poster when I was a kid of all of the emperors and usurpers coins via drawings of each coin. Must have been an early 19th century production. Frank L. Kovacs gave me the poster. Here's a link about the Frank L. Kovacs numismatic reference library at Stanford University. http://library.stanford.edu/blogs/stanford-libraries-blog/2016/07/transformative-numismatic-donation
Here's my Trajan sestertius with Regna Adsignata reverse, posing alongside its description in Seth Stevenson's Dictionary of Roman Coins (originally published 1889):
My new Numerianus Medallion has been to France, Germany, the USA, the Netherlands and Monaco in the last 150 years... 1) Rollin & Feuardent "Catalogue d´une Collection de Medailles Romaines", Vol. 3 (late 1860´s): 2) Henry Cohen, "Description Historique des Monnaies frappes sous l´Empire Romain", 2nd edition, Vol.6 (1886): 3) Dr. Jacob Hirsch, "Sammlung Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber", Vol.2 (1909): 4) Francesco Gnecchi, "Medaglloni Romani", Vol II (1912): 5) Naville & Cie, "Collection Clarence S. Bement" (1924): 6) Jacques Schulman B. V.: "The Richard J. Graham Collection" (1966):
Here are some public domain sources: @Ed Snible has compiled the BMC catalogs Akerman AMNG Ia, Ib, IIIa and IIIb Cohen Dattari vol 1 and vol 2 Dumbarton Oaks catalogs Imhoof-Blumer Mysia Forum's links to the Mionnet volumes Online Moushmov Almost every issue of Numismatische Zeitschrift Sulzer catalog Recueil general (Waddington)* vol 1, part 1; vol 1, part 2; vol 1, part 3; Plates *These are not user friendly; you have to type in the page you want in the box at the lower right hand corner of the screen Another place with Recueil general (Waddington) but it's not user-friendly, either. Every issue of The Celator Wiczay's Roman provincial catalog
It is nice of you to remember that old bit of work. I stopped maintaining it when I discovered https://sites.google.com/site/digitallibrarynumis/ was doing it much better.
I have difficulty finding things in Digital Library Numis, even when I know the books are in there somewhere. Thanks for the reminder of the site though.
I really enjoyed this post. Not a numismatic reference, per se, I recently found, for a quarter, Smith's Bible Dictionary from 1890 on the local library's discard shelf. In the back, 20 pages on coins of the Bible. I've seen this sort of thing in religious works before, but this one was pretty impressive - a Diadumenianus reference, for instance. Lots of Seleucid, Roman Provincials, Imperials, etc.