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 Switzerland, Einsiedlen, medal 1748 in silver, the jubilee of monastry and chapel - Obv: chapel DIVINITUS CONSECRETA / Rev: Einsiedler kneeling, by J.C. Hedlinger, 45 mm EF
Historiepenningen Germany, Bayern, medal 1750 in silver, Maria Anna Karolina, widow of the third son of Maximilian II - Obv: bust right / Rev: palmtree and lion with shield, by F.Schega, 44 mm, Witt. 2012 VF-EF
Sweden Frederick I (1720-1751), silver medal 1751 on his death - Obv: bust right / Rev: lion ascending on path through clouds, by J.C. Hedlinger, 54 mm EF
France Silver medal, birth of Louis-Joseph, Duke of Burgundy, 1751, by Francois Marteau - Obv: King's bust right / Rev: Vesta presenting the child to France, 41,5 mm. EF
Historiepenningen Germany, medal 1751 in silver, Georg Christoph Volcamer (1683-1753) - Obv: bust right, by F.A.Schega, 41 mm EF, light hairlines
Russia bronze medal on the founding of the university of Moscow in 1754 - Obv: bust of Elizabeth right / Rev: Russia sits facing looking at pillar bearing crowned shield with monogram of Elizabeth, 51mm, Diakov 96.1 EF
Historiepenningen Germany, Bishopric of Würzburg, Medal 1755 in silver on the inauguration of bishop Adam Friedrich Graf von Seinsheim - Obv: bust of Adam right, by F.Schega, 44 mm, 29,32 gr., Helm 725, Grotem. 71 EF-FDC
Historiepenningen Germany, silver medal 1757, victory of Frederick the Great over Austrian/French armies in the battle at Rossbach - Obv: bust of Frederick / Rev: Hercules fighting French and Austrian armies, by J.G. Holtzhey, 49 mm, JMP 81 (1994) no. 3 obv. A EF
Historiepenningen Germany, medal 1760 in silver, Sigismund Graf von Haimhausen - Obv: bust right / Rev: text in 8 lines, 45 mm VF edge knicks and hairlines
Russia, bronze medal 1761 on the death of Elizabeth - Obv: bust right / Rev: empresss ascends to heaven while two cerubs weep, 60 mm, Sm 242a, small dark spot on / Rev: EF-UNC
Poland, silver medal 1763 on the death of Frederick Christian - Obv: bust right / Rev: temple in clouds, by F.A. Schega, 62mm, Raczynski 388 EF
Historiepenningen Holy Roman Empire, medal 1765 in silver - Obv: bust of Josepha von Bayern / Rev: bird above city, by F.A.Schega, 45 mm EF