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Sir Hermann David Weber

1823–1918 · United Kingdom, Germany

London physician whose Greek coin cabinet held Cypriot issues from Kition, Idalion, Salamis, Golgoi and Amathus; Spink bought it in 1918 and some pieces went to the Bement sale of 1924.

Biography

Sir Hermann Weber, a London physician, owned a cabinet of Greek coins whose Cypriot pieces are still traced in sale catalogues as "Sir H. Weber". He was born at Holzkirchen, Bavaria, on 30 December 1823, studied at Marburg and Bonn, moved to London about 1854 and was physician at the German Hospital; he was knighted in 1899 and died on 11 November 19181. He joined the Royal Numismatic Society in 1883, sat on its council from 1889 to 1906 and received its medal in 19051.

On his death the coins were acquired by Spink and Son and dispersed; L. Forrer's The Weber Collection (1922 to 1929) catalogued them9. The Clarence S. Bement sale at Naville, Geneva, on 23 and 24 June 1924 credits "Collection Sir H. Weber, Londres" to Cypriot lots among them a stater of Zotimos of Amathus, coins of Golgoi and coins of Euagoras I and II of Salamis (lots 1640 to 1653); the catalogue does not say how Bement obtained them10. An Idalion tetrobol of Stasikypros, Weber 7697, went from Bement to R. C. Lockett (Glendining, 1961) and to CNG in 19974,11. A Kition stater (Weber 7691) was sold by CNG in 2000, and a Salamis gold tenth-stater of Euagoras I (Weber 7728) by Stack's in 20083,7.

Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge sold his Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities on 22 and 23 May 1919. The terracotta statuettes included five archaic female figures catalogued as "Boeotian, Cypriote, Rhodian, etc." and eight terracotta animals "from Thebes, Larnaka, etc."2.

Life and work

  1. 1889
    Named in British Museum acquisition records: is named as previous owner of 11 objects; sold 1 object (1889).

    British Museum collection online, reg. 1889,0603.4; 1919,1120.114; 1919,1120.123; 1919,1120.124

  2. 1905
    Awarded the Royal Numismatic Society's medal

    LondonHermann David Weber. Wikipedia

  3. 1918
    On Weber's death his coin collection was acquired by Spink and Son and afterwards dispersed; L. Forrer's The Weber Collection (three volumes, 1922, 1926 and 1929, with a plate album) records it

    London(1931). Bulletin archéologique (numismatics), in Revue des études grecques, 1931. p. 105, p. 105

  4. 22 May 1919 – 23 May 1919
    Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities 'formed by the late Sir Hermann Weber' sold at Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, London (two days); the Greek and Graeco-Phoenician terracotta statuettes include a lot of five archaic female figures in painted terracotta, 'Boeotian, Cypriote, Rhodian, etc.', and a lot of eight terracotta animals from Thebes and Larnaka (the text reads 'Harnaka'), among others

    LondonSotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (1919). Catalogue of the collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities formed by the late Sir Hermann Weber ... and other properties

  5. 23 June 1924 – 24 June 1924
    At least nine Cypriot coins credited to 'Collection Sir H. Weber, Londres' appear among the Cyprus lots of the Clarence S. Bement sale, part II, Naville and Cie, Geneva

    GenevaNaville 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. Geneva: Naville and Cie, lots 1640-1653

Through their hands

1 record
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    CollectionThe Idalion coin was listed as coming from the collection of H. Weber.

    Idalion AR tetrobolNo. 7697Amandry 1998, p. 98

Connections

5 people
O.A. van LennepFrederick Parkes WeberJames WhittallClarence S. BementL. ForrerSir Hermann David Weber
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Sources

  1. 1.“Hermann David Weber”. Wikipedia. Online
  2. 2.Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (1919). Catalogue of the collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities formed by the late Sir Hermann Weber ... and other properties.
  3. 3.Classical Numismatic Group (2000). Mail Bid Sale 53.
  4. 4.Classical Numismatic Group (1997). Public and Mail Bid Sale 42.
  5. 5.Classical Numismatic Group. CNG Auction 87.
  6. 6.Naville and Cie (1928). Ars Classica XIII, Geneve, 27-29 June 1928.
  7. 7.Stack's (2008). The Alicia and Sid Belzberg Collection.
  8. 8. (1897). “Monnaies grecques inédites et incertaines, in The Numismatic Chronicle, 3rd series vol. 17”. The Numismatic Chronicle, pp. 210-211 (Golgoi section).
  9. 9. (1931). “Bulletin archéologique (numismatics), in Revue des études grecques, 1931”. p. 105.
  10. 10.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”. Geneva: Naville and Cie.
  11. 11.Glendining and Co. (1961). Catalogue of Part XII of the celebrated collection of coins formed by the late Richard Cyril Lockett: Greek, Part IV (final).
  12. 12.American Numismatic Society (1921). “A Descriptive Catalogue of Greek Coins Selected from the Cabinet of Clarence S. Bement, Esq., Philadelphia”. New York: American Numismatic Society, p. 103-104, nos. 366-369 (Cyprus).
  13. 13.Ernest Babelon (1907). Traité Des Monnaies Grecques Et Romaines I (deuxième parte texte).
  14. 14.M. Amandry (1998). “Chronique numismatique chypriote [I]”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 28, 95-102.
  15. 15.British Museum collection online.
  16. 16.Hermann David Weber.
  17. 17.Classical Numismatic Group, CNG Auction 87.
  18. 18.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.
  19. 19.Auction sale XII : mail bid only, featuring : antiquities, ancient coins, medieval coins. [04/25/1978] (1978-04-25).
  20. 20.Spink Numismatic Circular - VOL I (1930).

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