© Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung GmbH Auction 305, 2024, 103. (image: Michael Girschick, Starnberg).

Gorny & Mosch

Gorny & Mosch ⸱ Auction 305 ⸱ 16-17 Juli 2024 ⸱ Munich

Auction 305 by Gorny & Mosch focuses on ancient art. Highlight of the auction is a bronze Oceanus lamp from the the Shlomo Moussaeiff Collection. In addition, the important Dr K.-F. Schaedler Collection with African art will be on offer.

Leu Numismatik

Leu Numismatik ⸱ Web Auction 30 ⸱ 13-16 July 2024 ⸱ Online

In Web Auction 30, Leu is offering 4,825 lots from the ancient, medieval and modern world. Among them are various interesting collections, such as the Rev. Dr. Stephen Knapp Collection focusing on Roman empresses.

Heritage Auctions

Heritage Auctions ⸱ Long Beach Expo Auction ⸱ 13-16 June 2024 ⸱ Dallas

Heritage’s June Long Beach Expo US Coins Signature® Auction resulted in a total premium of almost $10.9 Million. The top result was achieved by a 1908 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle from the San Francisco mint that sold for $336,000.

The impressive collection was untouched for over 100 years.

Highlights from the Bruun Collection

Stacks will sell the about 20.000 coins of the Bruun Collection in various auctions. The first sale features 300 Scandinavian rarities with an estimated value of 10 million US dollars. Learn more about two of the highlights: a Danish gold noble and a Norwegian Speciedaler dated to 1661 depicting the fortress of Akershus.

Freshly unearthed silver coins – denarii of the Bohemian princes from the turn of the 11th to the 12th century. Photo: Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague.

More Than 2,000 Medieval Denarii Discovered in Czechia

It is said to be one of the most important Czech coin hoards of the last 10 years: more than 2,000 coins from the period around 1100 have been discovered near Kutná Hora. The find dates from a time of conflict between members of the Přemyslid dynasty for control of the Prague princely throne.

Ein Blick in die Dauerausstellung MONEY! Fotograf: Daniel Gustafsson, Wirtschaftsmuseum.

Swedish Economy Museum Reopened

Ever since the Swedish “Economy Museum – Royal Coin Cabinet” moved to a new location in 2019, there have only been special exhibitions on display. Now, the two permanent exhibitions on the topics of money and the economy were finally opened.

This medal from 2008 commemorates Wacks’ 70th birthday and the 40th anniversary of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame.

Jewish-American Hall of Fame Medal Series Ends after 54 Years

All good things must come to an end, even the longest-running medal series in the United States: Mel Wacks, Director of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame, has announced that the series about important Jewish Americans will not be continued.

Dr. Ruth Pliego. Photo: ANS

Ruth Pliego Receives the 2023 Huntington Award

The Trustees of the American Numismatic Society (ANS) have named Dr. Ruth Pliego as the recipient of the 2023 Archer M. Huntington Medal Award for Excellence in Numismatic Scholarship. If you are interested in Visigothic coins, be sure to watch the lecture the honoree gave on this occasion.

Image: Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies – ACANS via Facebook.

Numisma – The Zoom Seminar Series of the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies

Today the online lecture series NUMISMA starts into the second half of the year. Students, researchers and collectors who are interested in ancient coins are very welcome! Find the upcoming lectures here.

Nomos AG

Nomos AG ⸱ Obolos 32 ⸱ 30 June 2024 ⸱ Online

Online auction Obolos 32 by Nomos AG features the important Childeric Collection of Merovingian Coinage.