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 Italy, medal 1706 in silver, relief of Turin - Obv: bust of Duke Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia right / Rev: the river God Po, Victoria above, Turin in the background, by George Hautsch, 43 mm, Mont. 1302, Julius 693 EF-FDC
Great Britain Anne Stuart (1665-1714), silver medal 1708 on the capture of the citadel of Lille - Obv: bust of Anne left, 44mm, Eimer 435 EF very slight edge bump
Historiepenningen Switzerland, Lucerne, merit medal 1714 in silver - Obv: two wildmen holding arms of Lucerne / Rev: city view, by J.C.Hedlinger, 49 mm VF
Historiepenningen Germany, medal 1715 in silver - Obv: Pax Vobis 1715 / Rev: in 9 lines FRANCK/REICH/ABER/KOMMT/IN RUH'/DA DER/ALT'N/DIE AUGEN/ZU, 26 mm VF
Historiepenningen Martin Luther, medal n.d. (1717) off-strike in lead, 42mm, about VF
Historiepenningen Martin Luther, silver medal n.d. (1717) commemorating the bicentennial of the Reformation - Obv: bust Luther right / Rev: view of New Jerusalem, by G.W. Vestner, 43 mm, 29,17 gr. EF
Sweden Ulrica (1718-1720), silver medal 1719 on her coronation - Obv: bust right / Rev: winds reveiling crown, by J.C.Hedlinger, 41,5 mm, 31,33 gr. EF
Historiepenningen Germany, silver medal 1720 on the college of the forty - Obv: view of the city of Embden with shield above / Rev: two hands clasped below crowned canopy, lettered edge with date, 52 mm EF
Historiepenningen Great Britain, medal 1722 in silver, death of Johan Churchill, duke of Marlborough - Obv: bust right, by Jean Dassier, 42,5mm EF
Historiepenningen Sweden, silver medal n.d. (1723) on the House of Vasa - Obv: bust of Frederick I and Ulrika Eleonora / Rev: portaits of Kings and Queens of the house of Vasa around rampant lion with portrait of Frederick I, by J.C. Hedlinger, 62 mm, Feldler 49 EF
Historiepenningen Sweden, medal n.d. in silver, King Carolus VII - Obv: bust right, by J.C. Hedlinger, 33 mm, 14,98 gr. EF
Historiepenningen Sweden, medal n.d. in bronze, Charles XII - Obv: bust right / Rev: text in 11 lines, by J.C. Hedlinger, 33 mm UNC