Gerhard Hirsch Nachf., D-Munich
On February 12, 2015, Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. will hold its ancient coin sale featuring about 1,000 lots and covering the whole spectrum of ancient coinage.
Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, D-Munich
The first auction of Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger in Munich in 2015 will encompass 1,000 Lots of antique art.
cgb.fr
cgb offers 432 lots in his e-billet 1 sale which is dedicated to French banknotes exclusively. It presents the Collection of Assignats of M. Yannig Le Treut and the Collection of Banque de France specimens of M. Claude Fayette. Closing date of the sale is February 11, 2015.
Classical Numismatic Group
CNG’s Electronic Auction 344 offers 686 lots featuring Greek coins from the BCD Collection, an array of Roman Provincial coins from the Dr. George Spradling Collection and medieval and British issues from the Michael Joffre Collection.
Nomos AG, CH-Zürich
Nomos AG presents its first webauction, obolos 1, offering 557 lots. The sale primarily contains a fine selection of Celtic, Greek and Roman coins, but there are also nice groups of Byzantine and Medieval issues, mostly from six private collections.
A Wild West scenario: heist at Wells Fargo
Once, stagecoach robberies were the biggest fear of Wells Fargo, today’s gangsters use a car to smash through a glass door of the Wells Fargo History Museum. The booty of that Wild West assault is as typical as it could be …
United Kingdom’s smallest and largest coins go on trial
Both the smallest and the largest UK coins ever minted at The Royal Mint are among 70,000 coins on trial at the Trial of the Pyx. The smallest coin weighs just one fortieth-ounce and measures a delicate 8mm wide, the largest coin has one Kilo and is 100mm wide.
Our Cartoon: Franklin’s World
Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in the new industrial zone ...
New Director of Publications Electrifies the ANS
Andrew Reinhard began his tenure as the Director of Publications at the ANS in December 2014, and is already beginning to implement new initiatives opening the ANS publications to the digital world.
Rome’s rich town of Padova
Nearly nothing has remained of the once so splendid town of Patavium, modern Padova in Italy. In the current exhibition running until 1 March 2015 the local museum of Padova gives at least an idea of these lost treasures.