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Sir Edward H. Bunbury

fl. 1862–1906 · United Kingdom

British collector and numismatist, active 1862–1906. Gave to British Museum.

Life and work

  1. 1862
    Gave an object ('coin', reg. 1862,0615.1) to the British Museum.

    British Museum collection online, 'coin', reg. 1862,0615.1

  2. 1869
    Numismatist who wrote on unpublished coins of Lysimachus in the Numismatic Chronicle (1869); a Vespasian bronze of Cyprus recorded in Hill's catalogue as Huber sale lot 696 passed through him.

    Madden, Fred. W., Numismatic Chronicle And Journal Of The Numismatic Society 2nd Series Vol.9 (1869)

  3. 1896
    Sold an object ('coin', reg. 1896,0703.146) to the British Museum through Sotheby's.

    British Museum collection online, 'coin', reg. 1896,0703.146

  4. 1900
    A silver coin of Salamis (female head, trident) was recorded as ex Bunbury collection, Sotheby's 1900, no. 138.

    Griechischer Münzen von Hispania, Gallia, Italia, Sicilia, Carthago (1906)

  5. 1906
    His collection supplied a silver 50 litra of Salamis (youthful male head, horse), cited as provenance in a 1906 Hirsch catalogue.

    Griechischer Münzen von Hispania, Gallia, Italia, Sicilia, Carthago (1906)

  6. Undated
    Intermediary through whom a Vespasian bronze was recorded as Huber sale lot 696 in Hill's catalogue.

    Olivier Masson, Quelle est la déesse des oboles d'Idalion ? (1996), p. 2

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1 person

Sales, gifts & bequests

Mentioned in

2 mentions

Sources

  1. 1.Madden, Fred. W., Numismatic Chronicle And Journal Of The Numismatic Society 2nd Series Vol.9 (1869).
  2. 2.Olivier Masson, Quelle est la déesse des oboles d'Idalion ? (1996).
  3. 3.Griechischer Münzen von Hispania, Gallia, Italia, Sicilia, Carthago (1906).
  4. 4.British Museum collection online, 'coin'.
  5. 5.Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1896, Catalogue of the Bunbury collection of Greek coins, first portion (15 June 1896), leaves 140-160.

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