“art.power(s).wealth” – New Special Exhibition at the Swiss Finance Museum
The new special exhibition “art.power(s).wealth” at the Swiss Finance Museum wants to show how the art market works and what parallels there are with the financial market.
New RNS Research Fund for Asian Numismatics
The Royal Numismatic Society announced the establishment of a new fund which aims to enable curators and students based in Asia to visit the UK to study Asian coin and money collections.
Bowing to a Croatian Basketball Legend
In 1993, Dražen Petrović, one of the world’s most famous basketball players, died aged only 29 years. With his ambition, hard work, reliability, and modesty, the “Mozart of Basketball” continues to inspire many of his fans to this day.
Call for Papers: Conference on Ancient Coin Legends in June 2025
From 26th to 28th June 2025 the conference “Ancient coin legends: composition, design, lexicography, and framing potential” will be held in Munich. Abstracts can be sent in until October 31st 2024.
Stephen Album Rare Coins
Stephen Album Rare Coins ⸱ Auction 50 ⸱ 19-22 September 2024 ⸱ Online
Stephen Album’s Auction 50 spans 4 days. The 4500 lots contain a wide range of Ancient, Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and World Coins with many interesting special collections.
Silver for Württemberg
In the early modern period, much of the Black Forest, an idyllic mountain range in southwestern Germany, was a booming industrial center. A major part of the silver used to mint Württemberg coins came from this region. The Heinz-Falk Gaiser Collection, on offer at Künker on 23 September 2024, includes many coins made from Black Forest silver.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Stack’s Bowers Galleries ⸱ August 2024 Global Showcase Auction ⸱ 12-23 August 2024 ⸱ Costa Mesa
Ancient and World coins realized over $11,668,000 in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries August 2024 Global Showcase Auction. Anchored by multiple specialized collections, the sessions spanned nearly two weeks.
Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions ⸱ ANA Coin Auctions ⸱ 12-18 August 2024 ⸱ Dallas
Heritage’s ANA Auctions of US, World & Ancient Coins amassed a combined total of $53,525,663 and accounted quite a few new auction records.
Noonans Mayfair
Noonans Mayfair ⸱ Auction 306 ⸱ 25 September 2024 ⸱ London
A collection of 254 coins that span the whole of the Greek World will be sold in the upcoming Noonans Mayfair auction. Formed over a period of some 90 years by father and son, the collection is estimated to fetch £1million.
Nomos AG
Nomos AG ⸱ Obolos 33 ⸱ 8 September 2024 ⸱ Online
Obolos 33 by Nomos comprises 1191 lots, with many interesting and rare ancient issues. Among them is a group of Greek and Roman Provincial coins from the John Aiello collection. Find out more about them.
