An Affordable Original BMC in Library Binding

410, Lot: 581. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[BMC (Greek)] Poole, Reginald Stuart, et al., ed. A Catalogue of The Greek Coins in the British Museum. (London, 1873-1927). Twenty-nine volumes. Hardbound in later library binding. A complete original edition of the catalog of Greek and Greek Imperial coins in the collection of the British Museum by contemporary numismatists of the British Museum. Clain-Stefanelli 1888*. Very Fine condition overall, all volumes ex library reference department with call numbers stamped on spine and library name stamped on edge, An original set that has seen little, if any, use, and has superior plates to the Forni reprint, which can sell for as much as $1500.

Ex Ashton-under-Lyne Public Library Reference Department.

NB: the asterisk incorporated into the Clain-Stefanelli number was included by E.V. Clain-Stefanelli to indicate that that title should be part of a basic numismatic library.