Coins

To one side of this gold aureus struck in Rome in 180-83 is a sensually draped portrait of the goddess Venus.

The corpus of Anglo-Saxon coins lists only 20 coins for the Kentish king Eadberht.

Produced six years after the much more common 1847 dated Gothic Crown of which 8000 were made, the 1853 Gothic Crown was struck only in a very limited number.

The unexpected but very welcome increase in demand that the market experienced amid Covid lockdowns continued in 2022 as restrictions eased – and auction houses are optimistic about another strong performance this year

A spectacular Roman gold medallion took a record price at the latest New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC).

The final proof coin set bearing Queen Victoria’s portrait was issued by the Royal Mint in 1893.

Coinex, the most important event on the British calender for many serious coin collectors, opens at the Biltmore Hotel in Mayfair on September 23-24.

The 264 English gold coins in the so-called Ellerby Hoard, uncovered by a Yorkshire family while re-laying a floor in an 18th century home, range from the reign of James I to George I.

Away from London, some exceptional coin sales coming up in Europe include a number of outstanding British issues.

Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Achaemenid empire delivered into his hands a vast wealth.

The Premier Sale held by St James’s Auctions on September 22 includes this gold half guinea token with a ‘phoenix from the flames’ motif made for Wilson and Younge of Sheffield in 1812.

Bonhams has closed its coin and medals department in London and specialist John Millensted will now work as a consultant to the firm.

You reported on the front page of the ATG (No 2550) that Bonhams has added another auction house to its expanding stable.

An Anglo-Saxon gold shilling or thrymsa dating from 650- 670AD took £15,000 at Dix Noonan Webb in Mayfair.

The most cherished coin from the reign of Victoria proved popular at a German saleroom

The fourth and final part of the North Yorkshire Moors collection of coins and medals sold by Dix Noonan Webb included some exceptional examples from the Interregnum.

This ‘cameo’ version of the 1847 gothic crown is one of the finest available for commerce.