Auction 247 October 2020 - Van Erp
We are proud to present to you the coin and medal collection of Dr. J.P. van Erp. This collection has its origins in the 1930s and was put together over a lifetime with considerable knowledge and understanding of rarity and quality.
The fact that van Erp was a numismatic authority is not just proven by the collection but above all by his contributions to numismatics. In addition to various publications, including in the year book of the Royal Dutch Numismatic Society, and numerous lectures, he was the first in the telephone directory to be invited to visit regional coin finds.
During several decades, many interesting pieces were researched and purchased, many of them from Jacques Schulman in Amsterdam, with whom much knowledge was shared.
The collection has many highlights:
• Classical coins with a run of superb portraits of Roman emperors
• Extensive collection of the coins of Brabant with many extraordinary items
• Multiple rarities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Dutch historical medals including Van Berckel
• European historical medals including a wide selection of Papal medals as well as the Trinity medal
• Rare numismatic literature
Historiepenningen Innocent X (1644-55), medal yr.10 in bronze - Obv: bust left, by G. Morone, 39 mm. EF-UNC
Historiepenningen Papal States, Alexander VII (1655-67), medal 1655 in silver - Obv: bust right / Rev: bust of Christ left, by G. Molo, 14,72 gr., 31 mm EF
Historiepenningen Clemens IX (1667-69), medal 1668 yr.1 in silver - Obv: bust right / Rev: text in six lines, 32 mm, T.N. - EF-UNC
Historiepenningen Clemens IX (1667-69), medal yr. 3 in bronze, the cannonisation of San Pietro d'Alcantara and Santa Maria Maddalena - Obv: bust left / Rev: the two Saints, by G. Morone, 34 mm. Linc 1270 EF
Historiepenningen Papal States, Clemens X (1670-76), medal yr. 3 in bronze, Roman charity - Obv: bust left / Rev: female suckling prisoner, by G. Hamerani, 34 mm, Mazio 308 (in silver) VF-EF
Historiepenningen Papal States, Clemens X (1670-76), medal yr. 5 in bronze, captured Turkish standards sent to Rome - Obv: bust left / Rev: pope receiving the standard, 37 mm, cf. Mazio 313 EF
Historiepenningen Innocent XI (1676-89), medal yr. 1 in gold - Obv: bust left / Rev: Christ and St. Peter, by Hamerani, 29 mm, 16,60 gr., Mazio 328 FDC, ex. coll. Dreesmann 1956
Historiepenningen Innocent XI (1676-89), medal 1684 in gilt bronze on the battle of Parkany, victory of the Christian forces over the Ottoman Turks - Obv: bust right, by G. Hamerani, 39 mm, Linc 1461 VF
Historiepenningen Innocent XI (1676-89), medal 1688 in bronze, Tongkin Ambassadors - Obv: bust right / Rev: ambassadors in front of Pope, by G. Guglielmada, 42 mm, Miselli 168 EF
Historiepenningen Alexander VIII (1689-91), the Pope's monument, medal n.d. in bronze - Obv: bust left / Rev: elevation of the Pope's tomb in St. Peters, 64 mm, Weber 361, Roma 137 VF-EF
Historiepenningen Papal States, Alexander VIII (1689-1691), medal 1700 in bronze - Obv: bust left / Rev: tomb of Alexander, 64 mm, Lincoln 1512 EF, small spots on obv.
Historiepenningen Innocent XII (1691-1700), medal yr. 1 in silver - Obv: bust right / Rev: holy dove, by Hamerani, 31 mm EF-FDC