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CNG Feature Auction 123

Classical Numismatic Group

Feature Auction 123

Coins

23-24 May 2023

Online

Classical Numismatic Group presents their Feature Auction 123, a Live Online Sale closing Tuesday & Wednesday, 23-24 May 2023. The auction will be conducted online from the CNG offices in Lancaster, PA. This sale offers 1115 lots with a presale estimate of just over $2 million.

This sale features Greek, Celtic, Oriental Greek, Central Asian, Roman Provincial, Roman Republican and Imperatorial, and Roman Imperial coinage. Additionally, there are featured selections of Byzantine, Early Medieval, Islamic, World coinage and medals, and British coinage and medals, as well as a special collection of Madagascar.

Los 531

Lot 531: Roman Imperatorial. The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AV Aureus. Athens mint. Near Very Fine. Estimate: $40,000.

Lot 531: Roman Imperatorial. The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AV Aureus. Athens mint. Near Very Fine. Estimate: $40,000.

Lot 657

Lot 657: Roman Imperial. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus. Emesa mint. Struck AD 194-195. Extremely Fine. Estimate: $15,000.

Lot 657: Roman Imperial. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. AV Aureus. Emesa mint. Struck AD 194-195. Extremely Fine. Estimate: $15,000.

Los 823

Lot 823: Byzantine. Constantine XI Palaeologus (Dragases). 1448-1453. AR Stavraton. Constantinople mint. NGC AU, 3/5, 5/5. Estimate: $30,000.

Lot 823: Byzantine. Constantine XI Palaeologus (Dragases). 1448-1453. AR Stavraton. Constantinople mint. NGC AU, 3/5, 5/5. Estimate: $30,000.

Los 978

Lot 978: British. Tudor. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Sovereign. Sixth issue, fine gold coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: escallop. Struck 1584-1586. NGC AU 55. Estimate: $25,000.

Lot 978: British. Tudor. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Sovereign. Sixth issue, fine gold coinage. Tower (London) mint; im: escallop. Struck 1584-1586. NGC AU 55. Estimate: $25,000.

CNG 123 is highlighted by a number of collections and individual rarities, which make up the majority of coins on offer:

  • Ancient Coins from the Collection of a London Novelist
  • Gold Hemistater from Rhodes
  • Fourth Known Timarchos Tetradrachm from Ekbatana
  • Largest Ever Offering of Denarii of Ptolemy of Mauretania
  • A Run of Rare Caesarea Tridrachms from the McAlee Collection
  • Tetradrachm of Uranius Antoninus
  • Fourrée EID MAR Denarius
  • An Extensive Offering of the Coinage of Mark Antony
  • Extremely Rare Aureus of Antony & Octavia
  • A Diverse Offering of Denarii from the Civil War of AD 68/9
  • Byzantine Coins from the Gasvoda Collection, including
  • Two Coins of Constantine XI Palaeologus
  • A Special Collection of the Coins of Madagascar
  • The Malthouse Collection of English Coins
  • A High Grade Elizabeth I Gold Sovereign
  • A William IV Pattern Crown on a Heavy Weight Flan