430, Lot: 546. Estimate $200. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Boehringer, Erich. Die Münzen von Syrakus. (Berlin / Leipzig, 1929). Two volumes (Volume 1 – 297 pages of text; Volume 2 - 32 plates of coins) rebound into one volume. Hardbound. Rare original, covering the coinage of Syracuse from 530-435 BC ,and listing no less than 733 die combinations, Boehringer’s thorough die corpus contains almost all the known dies that appear on the market today. Clain-Stefanelli 2257* . Very Fine condition overall, slight damage to title page, text tight and excellent plates, bound in library cloth. Website shipping rates do not apply.

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.