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Company

Bank Leu

Zurich, Switzerland

Zurich bank whose coin auctions from 1973 to 2000 offered Cypriot staters of Evagoras I, Marion and Pnytagoras, and which gave the American Numismatic Society a coin in 1968.

About

Bank Leu of Zurich sold ancient coins by auction, and Cypriot issues passed through its sales from 1973 to 2000. In 1968 the bank gave the American Numismatic Society a drachm of Persic standard related to early Cypriot coinage1. Its sale 7 on 9 May 1973 offered a stater of Evagoras I of Salamis as lot 2672, and on 28 May 1974 the "Kunstfreunde" collection was sold (Leu/MM), which included another stater of Evagoras (lot 226)3.

A later catalogue cites a Ptolemaic octodrachm struck at Salamis as lot 274 of Leu's May 1977 sale4. Sale 28, on 5 May 1981, sold a Cypriot stater of the Marion type as lot 1895. A Cypriot stater in sale 50 of 1990 (lot 216) was recorded as struck from the same dies as two other coins7. In sale 77, on 11 May 2000, Leu sold a gold stater of Pnytagoras as lot 3638.

History

  1. 1963
    Bank Leu sold an object ('Coin of Koinon of Cyprus with bust of Septimius Severus', inv. 63.423) to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1963; now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Coin of Koinon of Cyprus with bust of Septimius Severus, 63.423. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection online

  2. 1963
    Bank Leu owned an object ('Coin of Koinon of Cyprus with bust of Septimius Severus', inv. 63.423) in 1963, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Coin of Koinon of Cyprus with bust of Septimius Severus, 63.423. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection online

  3. 1972
  4. 1972
    Banque Leu of Zurich held auction sale 2 on 25 April 1972 in which a coin later illustrated in the article was sold as lot 266.

    Anne Destrooper-Georgiades (1993). Le disque ailé inclus dans un motif géométrique sur une série de monnaies chypriotes ?. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 20, p. 24

  5. 1981
    Bank Leu sold 8 objects (among them 'Engraved Scarab with Seated Lion', inv. 81.AN.76.2) to J. Paul Getty Museum in 1981; now in the J. Paul Getty Museum.

    J. Paul Getty Museum. Engraved Scarab with Seated Lion, 81.AN.76.2, and 7 other object records. J. Paul Getty Museum collection online

  6. 1981
    Bank Leu sold 2 objects ('Engraved Scarab with Bes Fighting a Lion', 'Engraved Scarab with Head of a Gorgon'; inv. 81.AN.76.7 and others) to the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1981.

    J. Paul Getty Museum. Engraved Scarab with Bes Fighting a Lion, 81.AN.76.7, and 1 other object record. J. Paul Getty Museum collection online

  7. 1988
    Bank Leu AG held Auktion 45 in May 1988, where the Heraclius solidus of Jerusalem later sold as lot 406 was offered.

    Sternberg Sale 22 1989 11 20

People

1 person

Sellers and consignors · 1

Objects

Mentioned in

2 mentions

Sources

  1. 1. (1977). ANS Museum Notes, vols. 22-23 (1977).
  2. 2. (2007). Baldwin's Auctions Ltd., Auction number 52 : [including] Ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins, Anglo-Saxon pennies, English gold, silver and bronze coins, British tokens, commemora (2007).
  3. 3. (2015). Michel Amandry, Chronique numismatique chypriote (V), 2008-2015 (2015), p. 439.
  4. 4. (1991). Stack's, Ancient, Foreign & United States Gold, Silver and Copper Coins: Featuring Selections from The "ALTO II" Collection and Additional Important Consignments (1991).
  5. 5.Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XV (Sessions 3, 4).
  6. 6. (2014). Baldwin's Auctions Ltd., Auction number 91 : World coins from the Åke Linden collection; ... Lusignan coins of Cyprus, Indian coins, and coin cabinets. [09/25/2014] (2014).
  7. 7. (1992). Michel Amandry, Acquisitions récentes de monnaies chypriotes au Cabinet des Médailles (1992), p. 21.
  8. 8. (2016). Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIX (Sessions 3, 4) (2016).
  9. 9. (2013). Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVI (2013).
  10. 10.J. Paul Getty Museum. “Engraved Scarab with Seated Lion, 81.AN.76.2, and 7 other object records”. J. Paul Getty Museum collection online. Online
  11. 11.J. Paul Getty Museum. “Engraved Scarab with Bes Fighting a Lion, 81.AN.76.7, and 1 other object record”. J. Paul Getty Museum collection online. Online
  12. 12.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. “Coin of Koinon of Cyprus with bust of Septimius Severus, 63.423”. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection online. Online
  13. 13.Sternberg Sale 22 1989 11 20.
  14. 14.Anne Destrooper-Georgiades (1993). “Le disque ailé inclus dans un motif géométrique sur une série de monnaies chypriotes ?”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 20.

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