SICILY. Syracuse.
Dionysius I (405-367 BC).
AR decadrachm (35mm, 41.83 gm, 10h).
NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5, Fine Style.
Julius Caesar, as Consul for the Third Time (46 BC),
with Aulus Hirtius, as Praetor.
AV aureus (21mm, 8.15 gm, 3h).
NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5.
Hadrian (AD 117-138).
AV aureus (20mm, 7.31 gm, 6h).
NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5,
Fine Style.
Faustina Junior (AD 147-175/176).
AV aureus (18mm, 7.37 gm, 6h).
NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, light marks.
Pertinax (1 January-28 March AD 193).
AV aureus (20mm, 7.20 gm, 5h).
NGC Gem MS 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style.
George V
gold Proof Pattern Crown 1935
PR64+ Ultra Cameo NGC
Republic silver Proof Pattern 8 Reales 1827
Go-WW PR64 Cameo NGC.
From the Eternal Collection, Part II
Dutch Colony. United East India Company (VOC)
gold Proof Pattern Ducaton 1728 PR63 NGC.
From the Peh Family Collection, Part II
Nicholas I
Proof Pattern "Imperial Family"
1-1/2 Roubles - 10 Zlotych 1835
PR63 PCGS
Republic gold Proof 6 Pence 1897
PR63 Cameo NGC.
From the Gatsby Collection, Part II
Peter K. Tompa Appointed as New IAPN Executive Director
Peter K. Tompa has accepted the position of IAPN’s Executive Director, effective January 1, 2024. He succeeds long-time IAPN Executive Director, Jean-Luc Van der Schueren.
Peter K. Tompa.
Previously and going forward, Tompa has acted as the IAPN’s outside legal counsel, advocating for fair treatment for the micro and small businesses of the numismatic trade before government regulators. He has practiced cultural property law since the 1990’s and has written and lectured extensively about the subject. He is a past co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee. He has been an avid ancient coin collector since he first saw such coins for sale while on a European family vacation in the early 1970’s. He is a life member of the American Numismatic Association and the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild as well as a Life Fellow of the American Numismatic Society. Tompa was recently appointed as the IAPN’s representative on a European Commission expert sub-group on “Dialogue with the Art Market.”
Tompa hopes to assist IAPN’s President and Executive Committee in fostering a healthy and prosperous numismatic trade conducted according to the highest standards of business ethics and commercial practice.
