The Top Ten from CNG’s Triton XXIV Sale
Classical Numismatic Group hold their Triton XXIV sale on 19 and 20 January 2021 followed by the electronic session 5 (Electronic Auction 484) on 27 January. Although the pre-sale estimate was around $1 million less than for the Triton sale the year before, the total sale amount was $1.5 million higher than last year’s exceeding $14.2 million. On offer was a choice selection of famous ancient coins like a Pantikapaion stater and an EID MAR denarius. See for yourself the ten coins with the highest results:
Top 10
Lot 859: India, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Dinar, circa AD 151-190, subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Early phase. EF. Well struck. the third known with only the two Triton examples in Coin Archives. Estimate: $30,000. Realized: $86,000.
Top 9
Lot 386: Sicily, Selinos. Tetradrachm, circa 455-409 BC. EF. Ex Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza & Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan Joint Collection. Estimate: $50,000. Realized: $88,000.
Top 8
Lot 336: Calabria, Tarentum. Stater, circa 281-276 BC. Superb EF. Estimate: $50,000. Realized: $88,000.
Top 7
Lot 717: Satraps of Caria. Pixodaros, circa 341/0-336/5 BC. Tetradrachm, circa 341/0 BC, Halikarnassos mint. Superb EF. Very rare denomination, and the finest known. Ex Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza & Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan Joint Collection. Estimate: $50,000. Realized: $90,000.
Top 6
Lot 869: Sasanian Kings. Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I. AD 272-273. Dinar, style C, uncertain mint. Good VF. Extremely rare denomination for this ruler, and unpublished in the standard references with the symbols behind the head. Apparently only the third known dinar for Ohrmazd I. Estimate: $75,000. Realized: $90,000.
Top 5
Lot 56: The Republicans. Brutus. Denarius, late summer-autumn 42 BC, military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece. VF. Very rare. From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Estimate: $50,000. Realized: $94,000.
Top 4
Lot 965: The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. Aureus, 37/6 BC, uncertain Sicilian mint. Choice EF. Very rare. From the collection of Professor David R. Beatty. Estimate: $75,000. Realized: $175,000.
Top 3
Lot 543: Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion. Stater, circa 380-370 BC. EF. Fine style. Ex Black Sea Collection. Estimate: $100,000. Realized: $185,000.
Top 2
Lot 979: The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Aureus, summer 38 BC, Athens mint. VF. Extremely rare, one of approximately eight known. From the collection of Professor David R. Beatty. Estimate: $75,000. Realized: $220,000.
Top 1
Lot 54: The Republicans. Brutus. Aureus, late summer-autumn 42 BC, military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece. Fine. Exceedingly rare, one of nine known, and perhaps one of only three in private hands, the only specimen to sell in public auction over the last twenty-plus years. From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Estimate: $150,000. Realized: 280,000.
On the CNG website you can find the complete result list of Triton XXIV.
Based on these results Mike Gasvoda has analyzed the current market situation.
