Estimates rather than prices realised are given. At least they are what an experienced practitioner thinks they are worth rather than being a record of what is all too frequently a freak price.
Illustrated here are:
Right, top: the rare Russian Nicholas II commemorative rouble (1914) with the portrait of Peter the Great. The estimate is £100-1400.
Right, below: the reverse of a Roman Republican silver denarius shows a brace of carnix, the war trumpets of the warlike Celts which made Caesar’s legions uneasy.
It is estimated at £160-200.
Nicholas II rouble and a silver denarius
In a recent issue some attempt was made to get away from only reporting past auction sales by noting coins from trade fixed price lists. To develop this theme further we return to auction sales but with a difference, this time to preview a few lots from Spink’s sale of April 11 in London.
