Pierre Bastien, le collectionneur. Hommage personnel

Résumé En Fr

Like many illustrious numismatists, it was through collecting that Pierre Bastien developed a passion for coins as historical documents and became a scholar. He was the most discreet of men and almost never spoke about his coins. So it is difficult to reconstitute his collection. Three important groups are known : one consists of Roman provincial coins and two of Late Roman coins. The value of the collection is in its exquisite quality.

Comme beaucoup de numismates célèbres, Pierre Bastien arriva à l’étude et à la science des monnaies par le collectionnisme. Homme des plus discrets, il ne parlait presque jamais de ses monnaies et il n’est pas facile de reconstituer sa collection. On en connaît du moins trois lots : un de monnaies provinciales romaines et deux de monnaies du Bas-Empire. Toutes les monnaies sont d’une qualité extraordinaire.