Harlan J. Berk, USA-Chicago
Harlan J. Berk announces its 3rd Mobility Auction offering 461 lots with Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins. The sale includes several Greek fractions, coins from the McIntosh collection and a large selection of Roman denarii and antonianii.
Ministerial draft of the amendment of the Law on the Protection of Cultural Property published
On September 15, 2015, the German Ministry for Culture and Media has finally published the long awaited ministerial draft of the amendment of the Law on the Protection of Cultural Property. It is now available on the internet.
Agora Numismatiek, NL-Uithoorn
Agora Numismatiek has updated its website with 40 new high quality ancient coins at fixed price. In addition Agora Numismatiek has published its Fixed-Price List for the Fall of 2015 in print.
Bonhams, USA-Los Angeles
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation has graded an important large-sized gold medallion of the Roman Emperor Constantine I that many believe to be unique. The medallion will be sold by Bonhams on September 14, 2015 in Los Angeles.
Wilkes & Curtis, GB-Tonbridge
Auction 7 of the UK based numismatic company Wilkes & Curtis is online now. The sale focuses on Islamic coins and offers in total 341 lots including 6 lots of numismatic books.
Naville Numismatics
Naville Numismatics presents its Live Auction 17, which features 609 lots of Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Medieval coins.
Chinese remimbi: not the best thing to hoard
100,000 remimbi was the sum a Jiangsu-based farmer had saved. As has been customary for millennia, he had buried the money in the ground. It took only four years for his fortune to turn into mush.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in the imperial palace on the Palatine Hill ...
Round Table of INC and IAPN in Taormina on future prospects for young numismatists
From September 21 to 25, 2015, the XV International Numismatic Congress will take place in Taormina. The INC and the IAPN have taken this as an opportunity to organize a Round Table entitled “Numismatics in the 21st century: Jobs, careers, professions for the young generation of coin enthusiasts“.
The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine
Spink has published a new comprehensive catalogue and survey of the output of the London mint from AD 296 to 325, written by Hubert J. Cloke and Lee Toone. The book expands the number of known London types from the 617 recorded in the RIC to 1,037.