Kolbe & Fanning

Auction 171  –  2 November 2024

Kolbe & Fanning, Auction 171

The BCD Numismatic Library Part 2

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Description

Thiersch, H. ZUM “ZEUS ZICKY.” Pages 93–134; text illustrations; 4 plates including one fine plate of coins. [bound with] Thiersch, H. ÄGINETISCHE STUDIEN I. VORGRIECHISCHE UND CHTONISCHE KULTE. Pages 135–166; text illustrations; 4 plates, three of them numismatic. [bound with] Thiersch, H. ÄGINETISCHE STUDIEN I. ZUR DATIERUNG DES APHAIATEMPELS UND SEINER SKULPTUREN. Pages 167–213, (1); 2 plates. All part of the Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (Berlin, 1929). Small 4to, later full tan morocco; spine lettered in red; original printed paper covers bound in. Near fine. Rare. The first article uses numismatic evidence from Sparta to argue against the identification of the so-called Zeus Zichy with Lycurgus, while the second utilizes Aeginetic coins in its investigations.

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