8

PHILISTIA.
Azotos.
Circa 420-350 BCE.
Rbʾ Šql = Drachm.

Estimate: 20.000 CHF

67

PHILISTIA.
Athenian-styled,
circa 420-350 BCE.
Rbʾ Šql = Drachm.

Estimate: 35.000 CHF

375

Vespasian, 69-79.
Aureus.

Estimate: 100.000 CHF

497

FRANKFURT.
Goldmedal 1898
on Rosenbaum and Hamburger.

Estimate: 7.500 CHF

516

FRANKFURT.
Goldmedal 1844
on S. M. Rothschild.

Estimate: 25.000 CHF

1020

SICILY.
Akragas.
Circa 410-406 BC.
Tetradrachm.

Estimate: 50.000 CHF

1074

ATTICA.
Athens.
Lachares, 296/5 BC.
Stater.

Estimate: 35.000 CHF

1220

Cleopatra VII of Egypt,
51-30 BC, with Mark Antony.
Tetradrachm.

Estimate: 100.000 CHF

1304

Umayyad Caliphate.
temp. Muʿāwiya I ibn Abī Sufyān,
AH 41-60.
Solidus.

Estimate: 35.000 CHF

1437

Mexiko.
Libertad Unze 1998
PP, NGC PF 68 UC

Estimate: 1.500 CHF

Archive: People and Markets

Ukraine Plans to Rename Small Coins: ‘Kopiyka’ to Become ‘Shah’

30. October 2024

Ukraine is taking another step to distinguish itself from Russia by planning to rename its small coins. According to a statement from the National Bank in Kyiv, the term “Kopiyka” will be replaced with “Shah” in the future.

Lars O. Lagerqvist in May 2015. Image: Sven Rosborn via Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lars O. Lagerqvist (1929-2023)

16. November 2023

Lars O. Lagerqvist, former director of the Royal Coin Cabinet in Stockholm and FIDEM Honorary President, passed away. He was one of the most important Swedish numismatists and a renowned expert for medals. Marie-Astrid Voisin Pelsdonk remembers her mentor and friend.

Detail des rekonstruierten römischen Verteidigungsrings um Alesia. Foto: KW.

A Visit to Alesia

6. July 2023

Alesia is part of France’s national heritage; it is where Vercingetorix lost the decisive battle against Caesar. Time and again, French politicians have been inspired by this defeat. It fuelled their will to resist and motivated France to cooperate with victorious powers. This also affected the place itself, which Ursula Kampmann visited.