This page lists the major catalogs of Parthian coins. Please use the feedback page to suggest additional items for this list.
Printed Catalogs of Major Parthian Coin Collections and Sales
On-line Catalogs of Parthian Coins
The following catalogs are of special importance to Parthian collectors because of either the scope of the Parthian coins included, or for containing one or more coins of special interest. Many other catalogs that contain Parthian coins are listed in the bibliography.
Where these catalogs (or portions of them) have been made available on line, click on the title to visit the online version.
| Ars Classica XII (1926) Ars Classica XII: Catalogue de Monnaies Grecques et Romaines Composant les Collections de feu E. Bisson, de Jules Wertheim, de Sir John Evans, de la Serie Parthe de feu Alexandre de Petrowicz. 18-23 October 1926 |
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L. Ciani et J. Florange, Feb 1925 Monnaies grecques provenant des collections de Colonel Allotte de la Fuÿe, 17-21 Feb 1925 |
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CNG 36 A public & mail bid sale featuring the Fred B. Shore collection of Parthian coins... plus numerous other important consignments : December 5 & 6, 1995 |
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Gardner, The Parthian Coinage (1877) Coins mainly from the Prokesch-Osten collection |
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Gorny & Mosch 130, March 2004 Gorny & Mosch Auktion 130, Antike Münzen und Lots, 8-9 Mar 2004 |
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Grunthal & Gans, March 1947 Ernst Herzfeld and A. Orlowski Collections, Mail bid sale No. 3, 25 March 1947 |
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Malter 51 Sale Catalog -- Auction 51 -- Ancient Coins and Antiquities from the Chris J. Krausz and Dr. Mesrop Abgarians Estates, 1 June 1993, Malter & Co. |
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Malter 72 Malter Galleries' Auction of Ancient Coins And Antiquities - Greek Coins - Celts in Britain, 23 Nov 1997 (Auction 72). Includes coins from the Maurice D. Quam collection. |
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Numismatic Fine Arts Publication No. 10 Mail Bid Sale featuring a Parthian Collection, Sept-Oct 1978, closing 20 Oct 1978 |
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Petrowicz (1904) Arsaciden-Münzen. Sammlung Petrowicz - Katalog mit 25 lichtdruktafeln |
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Peus 363 (2000) Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Katalog 363, 26 Apr 2000, Münzen aus den Sammlungen Konsul Meyer, Prof. Dr. Robert Göbl u. a., "Sammlung 2500 Jahre persische Müzgeschichte" |
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Peus 384 (2005) Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Katalog 384, 1 Nov 2005 |
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Peus 386 (2006) Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Katalog 386, 26-28 Apr 2006 Includes 147 coins related to Parthia |
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Peus 388 (2006) Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Katalog 388, 1 Nov 2006 The Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection of Parthian Coins. Includes 972 Parthian and Parthia-related coins |
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Prokesch-Osten (1874) Les Monnaies des Rois Parthes de la collection de M. le Comte Prokesch-Osten |
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Schulman (Mabbott I, IV, V) The Thomas Olive Mabbott Collection, Parts I, IV and V. (several sales, 1969-1970) |
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Schulman (Gibbs I - IV) Hans M. F. Schulman auction The Coin and Primitive Money Collection of the estate of Howard D. Gibbs (Parts I, II, III, and IV), 1970-1971 |
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Schulman, Oct 1972 Harding -- see the Hans M. F. Schulman sale, Harding Collection of Ancient Coins & Antiquities. 10-13 Oct 1972 |
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Shore (1993) Shore, Fred B. Parthian Coins & History - Ten Dragons Against Rome (1993 |
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Sotheby's April 1958 Catalogue of a valuable collection of coins, chiefly of Alexander the Great, his successors in North-West India, and of the Seleucid kings of Syria, formed by the late Major-General H. L. Haughton, April 1958 |
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Triton V, January 2002 Classical Numismatic Group auction in conjunction with the 30th annual New York International, "... Featuring an Exceptional Run of Parthian Tetradrachms". Part 2, Session 2, 3 and 4, contains 304 Parthian coins, 298 of them are early tetradrachms, probably from the 1999 Babylonia Hoard, with cataloging notes by David Sellwood. |
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Triton VII, January 2004 Classical Numismatic Group auction in conjunction with the 32th annual New York International. Contains 193 single lots of Parthian or Parthia-related coins in The Bellaria Collection of Parthian, Sasanian and Related Kingdoms. Also several group lots of Parthian coins. A major reference with cataloging notes proposing a new, but unaccepted, chronology for Parthian attributions. |
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Wroth, Catalogue of the Coins of Parthia (1903) Collection of the British Museum. |
I have created special pages to show the Parthian coins in auctions or published catalogs. The following online catalogs are available, in chronological order:
This page last updated 21 Apr 2008
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