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Münzen und Medaillen AG

Basel, Switzerland

Basel coin dealer and auctioneer that sold ancient art as well as coins; its auction 40 of December 1969, Kunstwerke der Antike, is catalogued under Herbert A. Cahn.

About

Münzen und Medaillen AG was a coin dealer and auction house in Basel that also sold ancient art through numbered auctions. Its sale 40, Kunstwerke der Antike, took place in Basel on 13 December 1969 and is catalogued under the name of Herbert A. Cahn1.

History

  1. 1949
    Münzen und Medaillen owned an object ('Stater of Salamis with bust of Aphrodite, struck under Nikokreon', inv. 49.1905) in 1949, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Stater of Salamis with bust of Aphrodite, struck under Nikokreon, 49.1905. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection online

  2. 1969–2004
    Münzen und Medaillen sold an object ('Coin of Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome from Cyprus', inv. 2004.6.3499) to Peter Robert Franke in 1969–2004; now in the Yale University Art Gallery.

    Peter Robert FrankeYale University Art Gallery. Coin of Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome from Cyprus, 2004.6.3499. Yale University Art Gallery collection online

  3. 1969
    Münzen und Medaillen acted as intermediary when the Yale University Art Gallery acquired an object ('Coin of Augustus, Emperor of Rome from Cyprus', inv. 2004.6.3495) in 1969.

    Peter Robert FrankeYale University Art Gallery. Coin of Augustus, Emperor of Rome from Cyprus, 2004.6.3495. Yale University Art Gallery collection online

  4. 1969
    Münzen und Medaillen owned an object ('Coin of Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome from Cyprus', inv. 2004.6.3499) in 1969, now in the Yale University Art Gallery.

    Yale University Art Gallery. Coin of Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome from Cyprus, 2004.6.3499. Yale University Art Gallery collection online

  5. 1 September 1981
    Sold the James II Cypriot silver Gros to a buyer on 1 September 1981.

    Ira and Larry Goldberg (2018). The New York Sale: Auction XLIII

  6. 2001
    Auctioned a Ptolemy VI tetradrachm of Paphos mint, year 12, as lot 226 in its auction 8 in Stuttgart, with a wrong provenance.

    Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel (2024). eLive Auction 83

  7. Undated
    Münzen und Medaillen owned 2 objects ('coin'; reg. 1965,1208.2 and others), now in the British Museum.

    British Museum. coin, 1965,1208.2, and 1 other object record. British Museum collection online

People

3 people

Staff and members · 1

Buyers · 1

Others connected · 1

Objects

Mentioned in

4 mentions

Sources

  1. 1.Herbert Cahn (1969). Kunstwerke der Antike, Auktion 40. Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Basel.
  2. 2.British Museum. “coin, 1965,1208.2, and 1 other object record”. British Museum collection online. Online
  3. 3.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. “Stater of Salamis with bust of Aphrodite, struck under Nikokreon, 49.1905”. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection online. Online
  4. 4.Yale University Art Gallery. “Coin of Antoninus Pius, Emperor of Rome from Cyprus, 2004.6.3499”. Yale University Art Gallery collection online. Online
  5. 5.Yale University Art Gallery. “Coin of Augustus, Emperor of Rome from Cyprus, 2004.6.3495”. Yale University Art Gallery collection online. Online
  6. 6.Ira and Larry Goldberg (2018). The New York Sale: Auction XLIII.
  7. 7.Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel (2024). eLive Auction 83.

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