Livonian Order. Gotthard Kettler, 1559-1561.
2 1/2 Ducats n. d., mint probably Riga.
Extremely rare.
Almost extremely fine.
Elizabeth I, 1558-1603.
Sovereign n. d., (1584-1586), London.
Very rare.
Slightly bent, almost extremely fine.
Mustafa III, 1757-1774.
2 Zeri Mahbub 1757/1758 (= 1171 AH), Misr (Kairo)
Ziynet pattern.
Very rare.
Holed, almost extremely fine.
Carlos III, 1759-1788.
8 Escudos 1764, NR-JV,
Santa Fe de Nuevo Reino (Bogota).
NGC AU58.
Rare. Extremely fine.
Bankportugalöser in the weight of 10 Ducats 1689,
by J. Reteke, on the major European banking cities of
Amsterdam, Hamburg, Nuremberg, and Venice.
NGC MS63 PL. Very rare.
Extremely fine-uncirculated.
Penny 1919.
Copper-nickel pattern of the “Kookaburra Penny”
by C. D. Richardson for Stokes & Sons. Extremely rare.
PCGS SP 61.
Tiny edge faults, extremely fine.
Vereenigde Amsterdamsche Compagnie.
1/2 Daalder in the weight of 4 Reales 1601, Dordrecht.
Extremely rare. Fine patina,
very fine-extremely fine.
5 Gulden type 1846.
Highest rarity (RRRR).
PMG Choice Very Fine 35.
1000 Gulden type 1860.
Highest rarity (RRRR).
PMG Extremely Fine 40.
Pinholes. Pressed.
Leonhard von Keutschach, 1495-1519.
3 Ducats 1513. Extremely rare.
Attractive piece with nice golden toning, min. bent,
extremely fine.
Alexandria in Nummis – International Symposium in Lugano 2024
The Circolo Numismatico Ticinese (CNT) presents the program to the international symposium “Alexandria in Nummis” dedicated to the Roman Imperial Coinage of Alexandria (30 BC – AD 298).
The symposium will see the participation of the leading experts in this field and will also serve as the occasion to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the landmark text for the study of Alexandrian coins: Die alexandrinischen Münzen. Grundlegung einer alexandrinischen Kaisergeschichte, published in Stuttgart in 1924, by Joseph Vogt (1895-1986), one of Germany’s foremost classical scholars.
The symposium will take place in Lugano, Switzerland on 20th & 21st of September 2024. The session will be hold in Ex-Asilo Ciani, viale Carlo Cattaneo, 6900 Lugano.
The symposium will be hold on occasion of the the 100th anniversary of Joseph Vogt’s important publication.
Program
Friday, 20th September 2024 – 1st Session, Chairman: Adriano Savio
- 9:00 – Symposium Opening: Welcome to speakers & participants
- 9:30 – Michel Amandry: Le monnayage Alexandrin conserve dans les collections publiques Francaises
- 10:00 – Nicola Barbagli: Imperatori ad Alessandria. La rappresentazione del potere imperiale sui rovesci delle monete Alessandrine
- 10:30 – Break
- 10:50 – Christopher Howgego: The coin hoards of Roman Egypt in context
- 11:20 – Angelo Geissen: Antoninus Pius in Alexandria, einige Bemerkungen zu Prägungen des Kaisers aus der Münzstatte der Stadt
- 11:40 – Bernd Klesper – Angelo Geissen: Untersuchungen Über Kleinbronzennominale der Münzstätte Alexandria während der Hochphase der römischen Kaiserzeit
- 12:00 – Discussion
- 12:30 – End of 1st session. Lunch (Free time for participants)
Friday, 20th September 2024 – 2nd Session, Chairman: Angelo Geissen
- 14:30 – Bernhard Woytek: The typology of Trajan’s coinage in Alexandria.
- 15:00 – Giovanni Maria Staffieri: La sfinge di Gizah nella monetazione Alessandrina.
- 15:30 – Sandra Matthies: Severische Frauen in der Alexandrinischen Münzprägung.
- 16:00 – Break
- 16:30 – Andrew Burnett: What does the Alexandrian coinage of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander contribute to our understanding of the history of their reigns?
- 17:00 – Adriano Savio: La monetazione Alessandrina di Pescennio Nigro.
- 17:30 – Discussion
- 18:00 – End of 2nd session
- 19:00 – Gala Dinner (Program to be further communicated)
Saturday, 21st September 2024 – 3rd Session, Chairman: Andrew Burnett
- 9:30 – Johann Chapoutot: Joseph Vogt and the reception of antiquity in Germany 1918–1945
- 10:00 – Gilles Bransbourg: Debasement and the search for silver in the later second century
- 10:30 – Break
- 11:00 – Tomaso Maria Lucchelli: “Che accettino ogni moneta eccetto quelle false e adulterate”: Sulla presenza di monete contraffatte nell’egitto romano.
- 11:30 – Discussion
- 12:00 – Final remarks by Francois De Callatay. End of symposium.
