Auction Catalogue

6 July 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Token, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1657

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6 July 2005

Hammer Price:
£20

Münzen und Medaillen [Basel], Auktion 1, Schweizer Medaillen und Münzen, 27 April 1940, 855 lots, 16 plates; Vinchon, Jean [Paris], Collections Roger Peyrefitte, Monnaies Grecques…Monnaies Consulaires et Impériales Romaines…Objets de Haute Curiosité, 29 April 1974, 233 lots, red cloth, gilt, estimate sheet and PRL tipped-in [2]. First slightly scruffy but rare, second a mint copy (£30-40)

Provenance:
Second ex libris Michael Naxton, with his bookplate.

The Peyrefitte auction catalogue was one of the first to carry top quality full colour illustrations