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Aurei, the gold coins of ancient Rome, are a popular field of collection. Here you can see what collectors with limited budgets can only dream of: the most expensive aurei ever auctioned off. (Since two coins share the 4th place, there is no 5th place.)
The Most Expensive: Aurei.
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Augustus, ca. 27–18 BC, unknown mint. Extremely fine. From Dix Noonan Webb auction 126 (2014), 3499.
Top 10: 509,000 euros.
Allectus, 293–296, London mint. Found at Dover, Kent, in March 2019. Almost mint state. From Dix Noonan Webb auction 160 (2019), 1403.
Top 9: 520,000 euros.
Clodius Albinus, 194 or later. Third known specimen. Almost mint state. From Numismatica Ars Classica auction 91, 2016, 33.
Top 8: 540,000 euros.
Carausius, AD 286–287, unknown mint. Unique. About extremely fine. From Áureo & Calicó auction 241 (2012), No. 312.
Top 7: 550,000 euros.
Titus as Caesar, ca. AD 70, Judaea or Antioch. Extremely fine +. From Heritage World Coin Auctions auction 3003 (2012), 20531.
Top 6: 603,000 euros.
Pescennius Niger, AD 193–194, Caesarea in Cappadocia. Previously unknown variety of a type, of which only one specimen was known. Almost mint state. From Numismatica Ars Classica auction 84 (2015), 1053.
Top 4: 624,000 euros.
Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, 41 BC, moving mint. Extremely fine. From Numismatica Ars Classica auction 83 (2015), 509.
Top 4: 624,000 euros.
Quintus Labienus Parthicus, 40 BC, moving mint. Extremely fine +. From Numismatica Ars Classica auction 70 (2013), 192.
Top 3: 646,000 euros.