York’s Forgotten Emperor at Yorkshire Museum
Constantius Spotlight Exhibition featuring Beaurains Hoard to open at Yorkshire Museum. The exhibition reveals the story of Constantius Chlorus (250-306 AD) who made his name in Britain, defeating rebellious generals and fighting Picts north of Hadrian’s Wall.
“It could not be imagined in a more magnificent way!”
This is how the title translates under which the Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Dieter Salzmann was published and when holding these two comprehensive volumes in your hands, one can only agree to the title. Ursula Kampmann took a look at the Festschrift.
Book publication “Standard Catalog of Rothschild Gold Bars 1852-1967”
Highly coveted by collectors are the historic gold bars of N M Rothschild & Sons London. However, hardly any systematically gathered information was available so far. With his catalog, Rainer Ahlers now fills this gap.
ANS launches new website
The American Numismatic Society announces the debut of its new website. Featuring improved navigation, search capability, and user interface, it aims at helping numismatists explore, learn, shop, and conduct research.
Miracle of the Sea – Marine Life Protection: Triton Trumpet
Created by Coin Invest Trust for Palau, the latest issue of the Miracle of the Sea – Marine Life Protection series is devoted to the Triton trumpet. Into the coin with its unseen level of height, a genuine blue pearl has been inserted.
Austria releases final issue of Mozart Series
Completing its three-part Mozart Series, the Austrian Mint releases the final 20 euro coin under the title “Mozart: The Legend”. It focuses on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Magical Flute as his most famous work.
Felzmann, Düsseldorf
The Düsseldorf auction house Felzmann offers 450 lots of numismatic objects spanning from antiquity to present times.
Classical Numismatic Group
CNG Electronic Auction 381 is closing on Wednesday, 24 August, beginning at 10 AM ET. This sale is comprised of 759 lots, and presents coins from a handful of important collections.
eBay’s fight against hatred and discrimination
eBay has recently pulled a boner in a class of its own. The popular portal for sales of any kind removed an ancient coin from the German version of the digital market place because of the use of Nazi symbols.
A visit to the Zurich Coin Cabinet
As of July 1, 2016 the Swiss National Museum has a new curator of numismatics. We visited Dr designatus Christian Weiss at his new place of activity.