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Clarence S. Bement

fl. 1924–1985 · United States

American collector, active 1924–1985. Sold to Richard Cyril Lockett.

Life and work

  1. 1924
    Coin collector whose collection was sold by Naville on 23–24 June 1924 with Cypriot coins, among them a tetrobol of Stasikypros of Idalion; some pieces later passed to the Lockett collection.

    Glendining & Co., Catalogue of Part XII of the celebrated collection of coins, formed by the late Richard Cyril Lockett, Esq. : Greek, (Part IV - Final) : Asia Minor, Asia, and A (1961)

  2. 1924
    His coin collection was sold by Naville in 1924 and included Cypriot silver staters of Paphos and Amathus (Zotimos, Rhoikos); a Cypriot stater from it was later in the Lockett collection.

    Catalogue de monnaies grecques antiques: en or et en argent ; composant la collection de feu Clarence S. Bement de Philadelphie (U.S.A.): Attique à Mauritanie i (1924), p. 60

  3. Undated
    Offered or sold Idalion, Stasikypros, ca. 460-450, AR, tétrobole, 3.65g, type SNG Cop 22

    Michel Amandry, Chronique numismatique chypriote (1998), p. 98

  4. Undated
    Earlier owner (lot 1644) of a stater of an early Cypriot king, sold in a 1985 coin auction.

    No. 46 Coin Auction 1985 (1985)

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3 mentions

Documents · 1

Sources

  1. 1.Glendining & Co., Catalogue of Part XII of the celebrated collection of coins, formed by the late Richard Cyril Lockett, Esq. : Greek, (Part IV - Final) : Asia Minor, Asia, and A (1961).
  2. 2.Michel Amandry, Chronique numismatique chypriote (1998).
  3. 3.Catalogue de monnaies grecques antiques: en or et en argent ; composant la collection de feu Clarence S. Bement de Philadelphie (U.S.A.): Attique à Mauritanie i (1924).
  4. 4.No. 46 Coin Auction 1985 (1985).
  5. 5.Spink, No. 46 Coin Auction 1985 (1985).
  6. 6.Naville and Cie, 1924, Collection Clarence S. Bement de Philadelphie (U.S.A.): Monnaies grecques antiques en or et en argent, seconde partie, Attique à Mauritanie.

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