Starting price: 30000 €AKRAGAS. Tetradrachm. Pedigree 1925SUBASTA EXTRAORDINARIA 4225546
Starting price: 4300 €SICILY/CATANIA-SIRACUSA. TetradrachmSUBASTA EXTRAORDINARIA 4225579
Starting price: 3000 €BRUTTIUM-RHEGION. TetradrachmSUBASTA EXTRAORDINARIA 4225419
Starting price: 2600 €SICILY/CAMARINA. Tetradrachm. Pedigree 1991SUBASTA EXTRAORDINARIA 4225550
Starting price: 2250 €CALCIDIA-MENDE. Tetradrachm. Pedirgree 1993SUBASTA EXTRAORDINARIA 4225427
Starting price: 2250 €SICILY-LEONTINI. Tetradrachm. Pedigree 1988SUBASTA EXTRAORDINARIA 4225557
Starting price: 1700 €CARIA-KOS. Lysichos. TetradrachmSUBASTA EXTRAORDINARIA 4225475
Starting price: 1650 €TRACIA-AINOS. Tetradrachm. Pedigree 1992SUBASTA EXTRAORDINARIA 4225591
Starting price: 1600 €SICILY-KATANA. TetradrachmSUBASTA EXTRAORDINARIA 4225554
Starting price: 1500 €SICILY-SIRACUSA. Agathokles. TetradrachmSUBASTA EXTRAORDINARIA 4225581

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Gaius Iulius Vindex. Denar, zwischen März und Mai 68, Vienne(?). Äußerst selten. Vorzüglich. Taxe: 1.500 Euro. Aus Auktion Heidelberger Münzhandlung 89 (12. November 2024), Nr. 113. Hintergrund: Büste Neros, im Kapitolnischen Museum in Rom (cjh1452000 - CC BY-SA 3.0) und Büste Galbas im Stockholmer Schloss (Wolfgang Sauber / CC BY-SA 3.0).

The Roman Civil War of 68/9: The Prelude to the Year of the Four Emperors

Heidelberger Münzhandlung will offer a series of coins of impeccable quality struck during the Roman Civil War at its auction on 12 and 13 November 2024. We take advantage of this opportunity to examine the historical background of these issues, going back to a time when counter-emperors did not (yet) dare to put their portrait on coins.

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Foto: Joe Cribb.

Joe Cribb is the 2023 Derek Allen Prize Winner

Joe Cribb is a well-known specialist in the monetary history of Asia. For his outstanding contribution to the discipline of numismatics, the British numismatist has been awarded the 2023 Derek Allen Prize by the British Academy.

Dynamism and globality - this is symbolized by the moving and rotating coin in the new logo of the World Money Fair. ©WORLD MONEY FAIR.

New Corporate Design for the World Money Fair

Updates from the World Money Fair: The world’s largest coin fair has had a new managing director for some time now. Now the corporate design has also been revised.

Swissmint's latest collector coin is dedicated to Wind power. Background: Appolinary Kalashnikova via Unplash.

Swissmint Commemorates Wind Power

Following the issues on hydropower and solar energy, Swissmint completes its trilogy “Energy of the Future” with the new commemorative coin “Wind power.” As with its two predecessors, the silver coin glows in the dark.

CIT’s Topography – Grand Canyon

Those who take this Grand Canyon coin in their hands for the first time, will find it hard to believe how detailed it replicates the relief of the Grand Canyon. With this issue, CIT and B. H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt demonstrate that an ultra-high relief can also be turned into an ultra-low relief.

Crowds of visitors at the Sberatel. Photo: BS.

Sberatel: The Place to Meet Czech Collectors

On 8 and 9 September 2023, the Sberatel took place in Prague. It calls itself the largest coin show in Central and Eastern Europe – and this is no exaggeration. Ursula Kampmann was there.

John Mussell with Carol Hartmann. Photo: UK.

John Mussell 1942-2023

The founder of Token Publishing Ltd. died after a short illness at the age of 81. He made many friends in the numismatic world over the years. His wife Carol and his son Philip will carry on his legacy.