Künker’s auction 342 on 2 and 3 November 2020 will be a literature-only auction. The research library of French coin dealer Alain Poinsignon will be on offer. It contains important numismatic reference works that were published between the 19th and 21st centuries and cover a broad spectrum of subjects from antiquity to present times.

Roma Numismatics’s Auction XX features 1,020 lots from important collections. The top highlight of the auction is the third known aureus of the EID-MAR-type issued by Caesar’s murderer Brutus. The only known specimen available on the market is estimated at £500,000.

The Stephen Album Rare Coins Auction 38 in September 2020 set a new record for the firm with a total hammer price of $2.10 million and a sell-through rate of 94.5% for the floor sessions. The rarities, especially from the sections China and World, exceeded all expectations.

Few ancient coins are as legendary as Brutus’ “Eid Mar”. The conspirator against Caesar issued the silver coin featuring the iconic cap of liberty and two daggers. Only two specimens in gold were known. Now a third aureus will be offered in auction by Roma Numismatics.

On 6 November 2020 Frankfurter Münzhandlung Nachf. will be offering nearly 1250 lots with a total estimate of 1 million euros. One highlight will be the Giesen Collection of medieval issues amongst a wide range of German rarities.

Roma Numismatics E-Sale 76 features 1,576 lots. Highlights are unpublished and rare specimens: Roman Provincial coins, an Anglo-Saxon penny of Aethelred II, a sterling of Edward the Black Prince, and high grade Swiss Francs from the collection of Italo Vecchi.

Tauler & Fau’s E-Auction 67 features 340 lots. For some of them preview videos are available. The auction includes coins from the “Gran Capitán” Collection of the Spanish Catholic Kings.

Solidus presents in its Premium Auction 66 150 selected coins from Antiquity to modern times, chosen for their rarity or exceptional state of preservation. Among them are several unpublished specimens.

Heidelberger Münzhandlung Grün offers in its auction No. 80 numerous coins from Nuremberg. In a short film, you will see a selection of the city’s most beautiful ducats, talers and pfennigs.

The World Customs Organization report proves again that the illicit trade in antiquities is not a multi-billion-dollar industry at all – cultural heritage crime barely registers with 0.2 percent of all investigations and seizures of customs!