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CGB Winter Live Auction, discover the Ancient coins

| 02/12/2016
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543 lots will be up for sale during CGB’s Live Auction on December 13, 2016, from Ancient coinage to Royal and Modern French coins as well as World coins.

The auction will begin with a fine assortment of ancient coins. An interesting selection of over fifty Greek coins will introduce the catalogue, in particular with a very beautiful Tetradrachma from Syracuse (Lot 409768), a magnificent Philip III Arrhidaeus gold Stater for Abydos (Lot 409565), a rare Tetradrachma of Cleopatra Thea and Antiochus VIII Grypus (Lot 409713).

Lot 409565
Philip III Arrhidaeus gold Stater for Abydos, 323-316 BC. MS
4 200 € / 7 500 €

Lot 409789
Satrap Datemes Stater, Tarsos, Cilicia, 373-368 BC. EF
750 € / 1 200 €

In the selection of Roman coins, you’ll find a rare Domitius Ahenobarbus Denier (Lot 408194), a beautiful Faustina Minor Aureus (Lot 412726), a rare and lovely Septimius Severus Aureus (Lot 409820) and a rare Denier from the dynastic currency minted for Septimius Severus and Caracalla (Lot 411378). A very splendid Emperor Basiliscus Solidus (Lot 408749) will close out this part of the auction.

Lot 408194
Domitius Ahenobarbus Denarius, 41 AC,EF. From Robert Couet collection.
2 600 € / 4 000 €

Lot 413330
Marcus Aurelius Aureus, 166, Roma. UNC
9 500 € / 15 000 €

Lot 409820
Septimius Severus Aureus, Roma, 210, aEF
6 500 € / 9 500 €

Lot 408749
Basiliscus Solidus, 475-476, Constantinople. UNC
1 800 € / 2 800 €

The same goes for Byzantine coins with a very lovely series of Byzantine Solidi including a Tiberius III Apsimar (Lot 408792) or a splendid Nomisma Histamenon of Emperor Basil II (Lot 408793).

Lot 408792
Tiberius III Aspimpar Solidus, 698-705, Constantinople. SPL
1 100 € / 1 800 €

Lot 408793
Basil II and Constantine VIII Histamenon nomisma, 1005-1025, Constantinople. MS
1 100 € / 1 800 €

We then leave Rome and Byzantium to visit the Celts. The Live Auction on 13 December 2016 is offering a remarkable selection of Celtic coins, especially gold ones, mainly from two major collections, with interesting pedigrees. Among them there are four Arverni Staters (including a remarkable one that has a head with a mustache (Lot 412303) and a CAS with a lily and a stork (Lot 412344), two Parisii Staters and a quarter from the same civilization, a lovely set of gold, electrum, silver and billon Armorican coins, as well as the exceptional COVERTOMOTVL Drachma (Lot 411517) and a series of silver Massalia coins (a few drachmas and four ancient coins from the Auriol Treasure).

Lot 412303
Arverni, Gold stater "à la tête moustachue", c. 120-60 AC. aEF
20 000 € / 30 000 €

Lot 412344
Averni, Gold stater "au lys et à la cigogne, type CAS", c. 60 AC. VF
7 500 € / 15 000 €

Lot 413069
Aulerci Eburovice Hémistatère au loup, flan court. aEF
2 500 € / 3 800 €

Access to the 543 lots of the Winter Live Auction - December 13 here:

The Live is scheduled on tuesday 13th of December from 2 p.m. (GMT+1).

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