Dear all,
I'm currently researching the coinage of the Koinon of Athena Ilias. As part of this project, I am tracking down all the examples listed in A. R. Bellinger, Troy: The Coins (1961). His one example of a coin minted by the magistrate Thersandros (T 38 in his catalogue) has the reference "Bougey Sale (Paris) 5th Dec. 1932". Has anyone heard of Bougey and know where I can find their sales catalogues?
Many thanks,
Aneurin
These
types of catalogues are very
rare and held by very few libraries. Three worldwide options that have nearly 100% holdings of the classic catalogues: The
ANS in
New York, USA, the
Fitzwilliam museum in
Cambridge, UK, the
BCD library in
Athens Greece. Alternately a numismatic
library attached to a classics museum, institute or numismatic institute in many European capitals may have a copy. For example the Numismatic Institute in
Vienna or the
RNS library in
London. Given that it is a
Paris sale, I suspect thE
BNF will have it too. I was reviewing a major personal numismatic
library over the last week and I know that specific
catalogue, Bourgey 5
Dec 1932, was missing from it. Old catalogues tend to be fragile and wouldn't be leant out so you'll need to visit the relevant
library in person. Both the
ANS and
Fitzwilliam databases are online, the former searchable, the latter via downloadable pdf.
