Denarius silver full#

gold aureus, Augustus, Victory rides a bull on reverse, Pergamum Mint, Good VF, “a few surface marks,” $19,500. silver denarius, Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Marc Antony, Alexandria Mint, Nearly EF, “attractively toned with two excellent portraits,” $27,600. Roman Republic, spring-summer 41 B.C., gold aureus, Marc Antony and Octavian as triumvirs, 8.07 grams, Ephesus Mint, EF, “deeply struck on a round flan,” $80,500. Cassius Longinus (assassin of Caesar and Imperator), 3.49 grams, Sardis or military mint possibly, Mint State “crisply struck from fresh dies and beautifully toned,” $32,200. as imperator, “perhaps fewer than 10 specimens in existence, of which this is easily the finest known,” Fleur-de-Coin, $63,250.

silver denarius, Julius Caesar as dictator, 3.77 grams, moneyer M. bronze as, Rome Mint, liberal standard, 296.67 grams, prow left, one of 80 recorded of type compared to 1,200 pieces with prow facing right, Nearly EF, $7,475. Roman Republic, anonymous, circa 240 to 225 B.C. electrum stater, uncertain mint, 14.32 grams, “should be considered the first true coin type ever struck,” “one of only 12 known examples,” Good Very Fine, $74,750. gold stater, 8.25 grams, Nearly Fleur-de-Coin, $23,000. Greece, Bosporan Kingdom, Asander, circa 42 to 41 B.C. The Eid Mar denarius was one of 26 rarities offered from the Rubicon Collection of Roman Coins, most of which featured famous Romans of the Imperatorial era.Ī total of 411 lots sold, 85.4 percent of the 481 lots offered.įull lot details are available in a printed catalog for $50 or a special page at the firm’s website, All prices and totals listed here reflect the 15 percent buyer’s fee.įor more details about the auction, write the firm at 3500 Maple Ave., 17th Floor, Dallas, TX 75219-3941 or telephone Heritage either at 80 or 21.

Denarius silver full#

The full story of this rarity was reported in the Sept. The example in the auction is listed as Nearly Extremely Fine/EF.

The Eid Mar coin, which was struck in late summer to fall in 42 B.C., features a portrait of Marcus Junius Brutus, the lead assassin of Julius Caesar, on the obverse, and a liberty cap flanked by two daggers along with the legend EID MAR (for March 15, 44 B.C., the date Caesar was assassinated) on the reverse. The demand for truly singular ancient coins is simply going off the charts.”

Many of these coins sold for multiples of what the same pieces sold for less than a decade ago. Michaels, director of ancient coins for Heritage, said: “The market for quality ancient Greek and Roman coins has never been better. The ancient coins, along with five other sessions, helped the firm realize more than $20.3 million (see related stories at David S. The Eid Mar silver denarius of Marcus Junius Brutus realized $546,250, including the 15 percent buyer’s fee, propelling the auction of 481 ancient Greek and Roman coins and antiquities to an estimated realization of $1.72 million. 7 among five sessions of floor auctions during Heritage Auctions’ Long Beach Coin & Collectibles Expo auction. An example of possibly the most famous ancient coin type led all bidding Sept.