CNG’s Electronic Auction 445 features 905 lots and closes on Wednesday, 5 June 2019. beginning at 10 AM ET.
Lot 19: Calabria. Tarentum. Nomos, circa 330-325 BC. EF, deep iridescent cabinet tone, slightly off center on reverse. Ex Mayer Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 23 May 1887), lot 6. Estimate: $3,000.
This sale features a number of attractive Greek coins, including several pedigreed silver issues of Magna Graecia, early Massalian types, and others.
Lot 339: Decapolis. Gadara. Caracalla, 198-217. Tetradrachm, 215-217. Good VF, lightly toned, some porosity. Extremely rare, only two known to Prieur, and one in CoinArchives. From the Michel Prieur Collection. Estimate: $500
Selections of Roman provincial tetradrachms from the Michel Prieur Collection …
Lot 800: Ireland. County Antrim. Malone. Aaron Kean. CU Twopence 1735. Good VF, brown surfaces. Very rare. Exceptional for issue. From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens. Estimate: $150.
… and British tokens from the Quentin Brisley Collection are again available.
Lot 65: Kings of Macedon. Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283 BC. Tetradrachm, 290-289 BC, Amphipolis. VF, old collection ton. From the Johnson Family Collection. Estimate: $300.
Also available throughout the sale are various pieces from the Johnson Family Collection, an American collection assembled in the 1960s.
THE AUCTION WAS POSTPONED – READ THE DETAILS BELOW. In their upcoming auction CNG offers 247 lots from the Nor’eastern Collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s. Many of the Roman and British silver coins show a deep cabinet tone due to the storage in old-style indidual coin trays. These coins start at 5$!
