Stack’s Bowers Galleries has relocated their Hong Kong headquarters to larger corporate offices at Unit 2202-03, 22/F, Mira Place A. Photo: Ralf Roletschek / CC-BY3.0

Stack’s Bowers Moves Into New Hong Kong Office

Stack’s Bowers Galleries has relocated their Hong Kong headquarters. The new space is larger with a state-of-the-art auction facility. Opening will take place on October 11.

Morton & Eden

Morton & Eden ⸱ Auction 124 ⸱ 26-27 September 2023 ⸱ London

Morton & Eden offers an important collection of Greek coins formed over 20 years ago by a European connoisseur. Highlights are a Naxos tetradrachm attributed to the Aitna master and a dekadrachm from Syracuse signed by Kimon.

Agora Numismatiek

Agora Numismatiek ⸱ Fixed-Price List XXIII ⸱ 7 September 2023 ⸱ Online

Agora Numismatiek presents 36 selected ancient coins. As usual the list aims at offering rare coins of high quality. Some of them have a remarkable provenance.

Classical Numismatic Group

Classical Numismatic Group ⸱ Electronic Auction 546 ⸱ 13 September 2023 ⸱ Online

CNG’s Electronic Auction 546 includes 1001 lots. The sale features selections from the CJR Collection, as well as an offering of Edward I pennies from the Haddiscoe Hoard and a specialized collection of Irish gunmoney.

At the centre of the indictment against Richard Beale is the provenance of the second-most expensive ancient coin in the world, an EID MAR aureus. From Roma Numismatics XX (2020), Lot 463. Hammer price: 3,240,000 pounds.

Coin Dealer Richard Beale Pleads Guilty

Richard Beale has pleaded guilty to a number of charges. At a court hearing in New York in August 2023, the British coin dealer admitted, among other things, to falsifying the provenance of an EID MAR aureus.

A fresh start for the British Museum? Maybe with numismatist Mark Jones heading the museum as interim director. Photo museum: UK. Photo Sir Mark Jones: © National Trust for Scotland.

A Numismatist at the Head of the British Museum?

Following the resignation of the British Museum’s director and his deputy, the board of trustees has already filled one position on an interim basis. Surprisingly, the numismatist Sir Mark Jones has been proposed as interim director.