Record prices were achieved by the sale of “The Richard L. Lissner Collection – The Collection of an American Connoisseur” on 1-2 August 2014. The total of prices realized was $5,779,885 (excluding the buyer’s fee), with 100% of the 2183 lots sold.

In 1436, there was a knights’ tournament held at Schaffhausen. That was something of an event back then, but nothing out of the ordinary. It only becomes extraordinary thanks to a detailed record on this competition that has come down to us. Now, there was a reenactment of this famous tournament to be witnessed on the original site.

The Middle East is engulfed by violence. Together with the peoples the cultural heritage of this region suffers from the civil wars. Many monuments are heavily damaged or destroyed. Often this happens even intentionally.

Philologist, numismatist and cartoonist Claire Franklin provides insight into her daily thoughts. Recently, in Pompeii ...

Until April 19, 2015 the new temporary exhibition offered by the Winterthur Coin Cabinet presents some 60 Italian Renaissance medals combining an outstanding Swiss private collection with in-house exhibits. On display are creations by the leading medal artists of their time.

Anyone who loves coins of the Roman Republic will love this book. It compiles the coins of RBW Collection that had been auctioned off in three different sales and provides a perfect portrayal of the Republican coinage from the 4th cent. B. C. until the Battle of Actium. Ursula Kampmann has taken a good look at this book.

The 43rd Annual New York International Numismatic Convention will take place at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel over a ten day period beginning Friday, January 2 and concluding on Sunday, January 11. Now the organizers have announced a schedule for this event.

In June 2015 Jerusalem will see an important event in the field of archaeology: the International Conference Ancient Cultures in the Lands of the Bible invites experts to exchange over the most recent archaeological discoveries in the Holy Land.

The Italian Mint has issued its annual Brilliant Uncirculated set, which includes BU examples of all eight circulating coins and one of the circulating commemorative 2-euro coins for 2014, in honor of Galileo Galilei.

The Jewish-American Hall of Fame medal 2014 honoring United States Jewish Chaplains features Rabbi Alexander Goode, along with the other Immortal Four Chaplains, and Rabbi Jacob Frankel, the first U.S. Jewish Chaplain.