Recent Acquisitions

Greek (Classical) | Black Sea (Cimmerian Bosporus) | Mint: Panticapaeum | AE unit

7.44 g (slab label) · 22 mm · XF (NGC: Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, Fine Style, light smoothing)

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no sub-grades on this label). From the holder photographs: brown-green patina; the obverse fair, the reverse worn nearly flat — the weakest reverse of the ten, the trident visible only in outline.

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no sub-grades on this label). From the holder photographs: dark green-brown; a bold Poseidon head and a clear trident with both dolphins.

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no sub-grades on this label). From the holder photographs: brown patina; a strong obverse and a clear reverse with ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ legible either side of the shaft.

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no sub-grades on this label). From the holder photographs: green-brown patina; a good obverse but the reverse soft — the trident weak and the legend faint.

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no sub-grades on this label). From the holder photographs: brown with red-brown highlights; a well-struck reverse with ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ complete and clear, the best legend of the ten.

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no sub-grades on this label). From the holder photographs: brown patina; the obverse slightly soft at the hair, the reverse clear with the legend showing beside the shaft.

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no sub-grades on this label). From the holder photographs: dark, glossy brown-black; the sharpest reverse of the ten, with the trident's volutes, both dolphins and the control letters all crisp.

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no sub-grades on this label). From the holder photographs: lighter brown surfaces with some roughness; the head sound, the reverse a little weaker with the dolphins soft.

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no sub-grades on this label). From the holder photographs: green patina with lighter encrustation over both faces; the Poseidon head decent, the trident clear, ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ legible at the left of the shaft.

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no sub-grades on this label). From the holder photographs: dark green-brown patina; the obverse strong, with the full run of curls and the tainia clear; the trident and both dolphins clear, the legend partly off the flan at the left.

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.38 g (slab label) · 18 mm · Choice VF (NGC: Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, 'scuff'). The scuff is a short hairline on the neck below the ear; light marks in the obverse field before the face.

Roman Provincial | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Mint: Antioch | tetradrachm

25 mm · Extremely fine (NGC XF; no strike or surface sub-grades on this label). A dark-red deposit in the reverse field above the eagle's head; light porosity in the obverse fields.

Roman Provincial | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Mint: Antioch | tetradrachm

28 mm · About uncirculated (NGC AU; no strike or surface sub-grades on this label). Rust-coloured deposits at the obverse rim at 9 and 2 o'clock, and a spot on the reverse at the eagle's breast.

Greek (with Anatolian / Pamphylian elements) | Asia Minor (Pamphylia) | Mint: Aspendos | obol

10 mm · Choice VF (NGC Ch VF; no strike or surface sub-grades on this label). Granular grey surfaces; the gorgoneion's tongue and brows clear, the Athena head slightly soft at the crest.

Greek (Ionian, Archaic) | Asia Minor (Ionia) | Mint: Miletos | obol (twelfth-stater)

10 mm · Choice XF (NGC Ch XF; no strike or surface sub-grades on this label)

Greek (Hellenistic, Attic) | Greece (Attica) | Mint: Athens | tetradrachm

16.71 g (slab label) · 29 mm · Choice VF (NGC: Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, brushed)

Roman Provincial | Judaea | Mint: Jerusalem | prutah

2.51 g (auction) · 15 mm · NGC Fine, strike 3/5, surface 4/5, certification 8747930-014. Sealed and staying sealed — the plastic is clear and does not obstruct either face.

Roman Provincial | Judaea | Mint: Caesarea Maritima | AE unit

11.08 g (auction) · 24 mm · NGC Choice VF, strike 4/5, SURFACE 2/5, certification 4934860007. The surface number is the one to read: 2/5 means real roughness or pitting, and it is visible in the photographs as granularity across the fields. Sealed and staying sealed.

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.32 g (tag) · 20.5 mm · Good Very Fine (CNG's grade), with attractive light toning and no defect declared; in hand as of 5 September 2026, not yet examined against the grade

Roman Provincial | Mesopotamia (Osrhoene) | Mint: Carrhae | tetradrachm

13.12 g (tag) · 25 mm · Very Fine (CNG's grade), toned, with NO surface defect declared; in hand as of 5 September 2026, not yet examined against the grade

Roman Provincial | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Mint: Antioch | octassarion

24.11 g (tag) · 33 mm · Very Fine (CNG's grade), with red-brown surfaces and flan preparation marks; in hand as of 5 September 2026, not yet examined against the grade

Lydian | Asia Minor (Lydia) | Mint: Sardes | trite (third-stater)

4.79 g (tag) · 13 mm · Very Fine (CNG's grade), with a few hairlines noted by the house; in hand as of 5 September 2026, not yet examined against the grade

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | antoninianus

22 mm · NGC Choice AU (About Uncirculated), no strike/surface sub-grades given on the label. In hand since 11 August 2026 and STAYING IN THE HOLDER - the plastic is clear and does not obstruct the coin, so it will not be broken out unless the holder is later scratched

Roman Imperial | Macedonia (Thessalonica) | Mint: Thessalonica | follis

24 mm · NGC MS (Mint State), no strike/surface sub-grades on the label. In hand since 11 August 2026 and STAYING IN THE HOLDER - the plastic is clear and does not obstruct the coin

Roman Imperial | Pannonia (Illyricum) | Mint: Sirmium | double maiorina

8.99 g (tag) · 29.6 mm · About extremely fine, almost fully silvered (the auction house's grade, MARS VLTOR Auction 27, lot 352; not a grading service's, and in hand as of 5 September 2026, not yet checked against the grade)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

2.89 g (tag) · 19 mm · Near extremely fine (the auction house's grade, MARS VLTOR Auction 27, lot 173; not a grading service's, and in hand as of 5 September 2026, not yet checked against the grade)

Pharaonic Egyptian | Egypt | Mint: Memphis | tetradrachm

16.83 g (tag) · VF, toned, faint cleaning marks (CNG's grade and notes, EA 608 lot 281; not a grading service's)

Carthaginian (Punic) | Sicily | Mint: Akragas | quarter-shekel

1.53 g (tag) · Good VF, old cabinet tone, traces of find patina, light scrape on edge, minor marks (CNG's grade and notes, Feature Auction 127 lot 23; not a grading service's)

Greek (Hellenistic, Seleukid) | Persia (Susiana) | Mint: Susa | tetradrachm

17.09 g (tag) · Good VF

Carthaginian (Punic) | North Africa (Zeugitana) | Mint: Carthage | trishekel

18.97 g (tag) · Good VF, dark brown surfaces, red-brown deposits, flan preparation marks, scratches (CNG's grade and notes, EA 594 lot 19; not a grading service's)

Lydian | Asia Minor (Lydia) | Mint: Sardes | siglos

5.22 g (tag) · VF, toned, remnants of find patina, typical granular surfaces (CNG's grade and notes, EA 587 lot 271; not a grading service's — my own earlier in-hand estimate was Fine)

Jewish | Judaea | Mint: Jerusalem | prutah

2.42 g (tag) · Fine

Achaemenid Persian | Asia Minor (Lydia) | Mint: Sardes | siglos

5.28 g (tag) · Nearly very fine, slightly granular, light marks and minor horn silver (Leu's grade and notes, Web Auction 32 lot 855; not a grading service's — my own earlier in-hand estimate was Fine)

Achaemenid Persian | Asia Minor (Cilicia) | Mint: Tarsos | stater

10.86 g (tag) · Near EF (CNG's grade, EA 582 lot 218; not a grading service's)

Greek (Classical, Corinthian) | Greece (Corinthia) | Mint: Corinth | stater

7.58 g (tag) · VF, toned, minor marks, edge bumps and scrapes (CNG's grade and notes, EA 572 lot 259; not a grading service's)

Roman Provincial | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Mint: Antioch | tetradrachm

15.18 g (tag) · VF, lightly toned, small scrape on reverse (CNG's grade and notes, EA 574 lot 257; not a grading service's)

Greek (Ionian, Archaic) | Asia Minor (Mysia) | Mint: Kyzikos | hekte (sixth stater)

2.67 g (tag) · VF (CNG's grade, EA 561 lot 121; not a grading service's)

Greek (Ionian, Archaic) | Asia Minor (Ionia) | Mint: Teos | stater

11.93 g (tag) · Near EF, lightly toned, minor edge splits, light scuff on obverse (CNG's grade and notes, Feature Auction 121 lot 366; not a grading service's)

Greek (with Anatolian / Pamphylian elements) | Asia Minor (Pamphylia) | Mint: Aspendos | stater

10.77 g (tag) · aXF

Greek (Classical, Attic) | Greece (Attica) | Mint: Athens | tetradrachm

Roman Imperial | Gaul (Lugdunensis) | Mint: Lugdunum | denarius

3.78 g (tag) · gVF

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | dupondius

13.63 g (tag) · Good VF, brown patina, die break on reverse; 'powerful portrait' (CNG's grade and notes, EA 453 lot 530; not a grading service's)

Greek (Classical) | Greece (Phokis) | Mint: Delphi | triobol

VF, better than the first specimen

Greek (Classical, Macedonian) | Macedonia | Mint: Pella | AE unit

18 mm · F, green-brown patina

Greek (Classical) | Asia Minor (Pontos) | Mint: Amisos | siglos

5.75 g (tag) · XF (earlier dealer's grade)

Greek (Hellenistic, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | litra (bronze; denomination debated)

8.47 g (tag) · 24 mm · gVF

Roman Imperatorial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.83 g (tag) · Ch XF (NGC, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5)

Roman Imperial | Gaul (Lugdunensis) | Mint: Lugdunum | denarius

3.71 g (tag) · 19 mm · VF, toned, a few minor scratches under tone, edge test cut (CNG's grade and notes, EA 486 lot 532; not a grading service's — my own in-hand estimate was gVF)

Greek (Late Classical, Attic) | Greece (Attica) | Mint: Athens | tetradrachm

16.98 g (tag) · VF (CNG's grade, EA 404 lot 145; not a grading service's)

Roman Republic | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.97 g (tag) · VF

Roman Republic | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.78 g (tag) · 17.58 mm · good Fine+ (Breitsprecher's grade)

Greek (Classical) | Greece (Boiotia) | Mint: Thebes | hemidrachm

VF

Greek (Hellenistic) | Aegean Islands (Rhodes) | Mint: Rhodes | didrachm

6.84 g (tag) · VF+ (earlier dealer's grade)

Greek (Classical) | Greece (Phokis) | Mint: Delphi | triobol

VF

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.08 g (my scale)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.22 g (my scale)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

2.40 g (my scale)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.31 g (my scale)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

2.82 g (my scale); tag: 2.81 g · Toned aVF (the earlier printed ticket's grade, not a grading service's)

Roman Imperial | Gaul (Lugdunensis) | Mint: Lugdunum | denarius

3.77 g (my scale); tag: 3.77 g · VF (the earlier printed ticket's grade, not a grading service's)

Greek (Hellenistic) | Thrace | Mint: Lysimacheia | AE unit

5.03 g (my scale); tag: 5.05 g · 17.92 mm · EF (MRB's tag grade, not a grading service's)

Greek (Classical) | Greece (Thessaly) | Mint: Krannon | dichalkon

5.64 g (my scale); tag: 5.68 g · 16.94 mm · VF (MRB's tag grade, not a grading service's)

Greek (Classical) | Thrace | Mint: Byzantion | half siglos

2.50 g (my scale) · Good VF, well-centered bull with an attractive old-silver surface; incuse crisp (my estimate from photos, not a grading service's)

Greek (Classical) | Asia Minor (Pontos) | Mint: Amisos | siglos

VF for the reverse, the obverse worn and softly struck with granular surfaces (my estimate from photos, not a grading service's)

Greek (Hellenistic, Macedonian) | Macedonia | Mint: Amphipolis | tetradrachm

16.89 g (tag) · VF, obverse fields with light porosity, reverse well centered (my estimate from photos, not a grading service's)

Roman Imperatorial | Italy | Mint: Uncertain Italian mint (Rome?) | denarius

3.73 g (tag) · Toned aXF, banker's mark hidden under toning (printed dealer ticket's grade and note; not a grading service's)

Roman Imperial | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Mint: Laodicea ad Mare (per RIC; attribution debated) | denarius

VF, light deposits and areas of soft strike (my estimate from photos, not a grading service's)

Roman Republic | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.81 g (tag) · Toned VF (printed dealer ticket's grade; not a grading service's)

Roman Republic | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

VF (my estimate; reverse better than obverse, full C·CATO and ROMA)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

good VF (my estimate; sharp portrait and reverse, flan crack at twelve o'clock, edge chip at nine o'clock reverse)

Roman Imperatorial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

Fine / good Fine (my estimate; elephant bold, reverse emblems worn, CAESAR mostly off flan or worn)

Roman Imperatorial | Greece (Achaea) | Mint: Patrae | denarius

VF (my estimate; galley and standards clear, legends partly soft)

Greek (Hellenistic, Macedonian) | Asia Minor (Lydia) | Mint: Sardes | drachm

4.17 g (my scale)

Greek (Hellenistic, Macedonian) | Macedonia | Mint: Amphipolis | tetradrachm

16.82 g (tag)

Greek (Classical) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | tetradrachm

VF

Greek (Classical) | Italy (Bruttium) | Mint: Kaulonia | nomos

8.09 g (tag) · VF, well centered

Greek (Classical) | Greece (Attica) | Mint: Athens | drachm

4.26 g (tag) · VF, toned; 'exceptional metal for issue, late style' (CNG's grade and notes, EA 436 lot 189; not a grading service's — my own in-hand estimate was gVF)

Roman Imperatorial | Greece (Achaea) | Mint: Patrae | denarius

3.72 g (tag) · VF, deep cabinet toning (CNG's grade and note, EA 432 lot 282; not a grading service's — my own in-hand estimate was gVF)

Greek (Classical, Sicilian) | Sicily | Mint: Syracuse | tetradrachm

17.08 g (tag)

Greek (Classical, Corinthian) | Greece (Akarnania) | Mint: Argos Amphilochikon | stater

Greek (Hellenistic, Macedonian) | Asia Minor (Ionia) | Mint: Kolophon | tetradrachm

16.97 g (tag)

Lydian | Asia Minor (Lydia) | Mint: Sardes | trite (third-stater)

3.39 g (tag) · gVF

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.31 g (my scale); tag: 3.318 g · gVF (Forum's grade, not a grading service's)

Roman Imperial | Asia Minor (Mysia) | Mint: Kyzikos | maiorina

4.83 g (my scale); tag: 4.831 g · F (Forum's grade, not a grading service's)

Roman Imperial | Gaul (Lugdunensis) | Mint: Lugdunum | follis

3.16 g (my scale)

Roman Imperial | Britain | Mint: Londinium | follis

3.31 g (my scale); tag: 3.338 g · Choice EF (Forum's grade, not a grading service's; the MRB slip grades EF/EF)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.13 g (my scale); tag: 3.163 g · Choice gVF (Forum's grade, not a grading service's)

Roman Imperial | Thrace | Mint: Serdica | antoninianus

3.48 g (my scale); tag: 3.495 g · VF/F (Forum's grade, not a grading service's)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

2.71 g (my scale); tag: 2.731 g · VF (Forum's grade, not a grading service's)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

Parthian (Arsacid) | Persia (Media) | Mint: Ekbatana | drachm

VF (my estimate; old scratches in obverse left field)

Parthian (Arsacid) | Persia (Media) | Mint: Ekbatana | drachm

3.90 g (tag) · Toned VF+ (earlier dealer's printed-tag grade; not a grading service's)

Parthian (Arsacid) | Persia (Media) | Mint: Ekbatana | drachm

VF (my estimate; strong obverse portrait, reverse legend partly legible)

Roman Imperial | Gaul (Lugdunensis) | Mint: Lugdunum | denarius

3.63 g (tag) · Toned aVF, some minor roughness (earlier dealer's tag grade; not a grading service's)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | sestertius

26.77 g (tag) · 33.28 mm · good Fine++ (dealer's slip grade; not a grading service's)

Roman Imperial | Gaul (Narbonensis) | Mint: Arelate | maiorina

4.66 g (tag) · 23.75 mm · VF/good Fine (dealer's slip grade; not a grading service's)

Carthaginian (Punic) | North Africa (Zeugitana) | Mint: Carthage | shekel

6.12 g (tag) · 22.88 mm · nearing VF (dealer's slip grade; not a grading service's)

Greek (Hellenistic) | Macedonia | Mint: Pella | AE unit

5.85 g (tag) · 21.12 mm · Nearing VF (Marc Breitsprecher's grade from the slip; not a grading service's)

Greek (Ionian, Archaic) | Asia Minor (Mysia) | Mint: Kyzikos | hemiobol

0.34 g (tag)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

2.96 g (my scale)

Roman Imperial | Asia Minor (Mysia) | Mint: Kyzikos | radiate fraction

2.50 g (my scale)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | antoninianus

3.80 g (my scale)

Roman Imperial | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.44 g (my scale)

Greek (Classical) | Greece (Thessaly) | Mint: Pharsalos | hemidrachm

2.886 g (tag) · 16.3 mm · VF

Greek (Hellenistic, Ptolemaic) | Cyprus | Mint: Paphos | tetradrachm

13.971 g (tag) · 24.9 mm · VF, scrapes, scratches, some corrosion and encrustation

Greek (Classical) | Greece (Thessaly) | Mint: Larissa | drachm

5.521 g (tag) · 21.8 mm · VF (Forum Ancient Coins' grade — 'VF, scratches and marks'; not a grading service's)

Greek (Classical, Macedonian) | Macedonia | Mint: Pella | AE unit

5.555 g (tag) · 16.8 mm · VF, well centered, encrustations and deposits, contact marks (Forum Ancient Coins' grade; not a grading service's)

Greek (Hellenistic) | Greece (Corinthia) | Mint: Corinth | AE unit

1.874 g (tag) · 12.2 mm · F (Forum Ancient Coins' grade; not a grading service's)

Greek (Hellenistic, Ptolemaic) | Egypt | Mint: Alexandria | hemidrachm

42.814 g (tag) · 37.5 mm · F, well centered

Greek (Classical, Macedonian) | Macedonia | Mint: Pella | AE unit

6.803 g (tag) · 19.1 mm · F, rough, corrosion (Forum Ancient Coins' grade; not a grading service's)

Roman Republic | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

3.92 g (tag) · 17.97 mm · Nearing VF (Marc Breitsprecher's grade from the slip; the old tag's earlier dealer graded F+); not a grading service's

Greek (Hellenistic) | Greece (Thessaly) | Mint: Larissa | AE unit

3.89 g (tag) · 17.36 mm · gF+/gF+ (Marc Breitsprecher's grade from the slip; not a grading service's)

Carthaginian (Punic) | North Africa (Zeugitana) | Mint: Carthage | AE unit

2.33 g (tag) · 16.57 mm · VF/VF (Marc Breitsprecher's grade from the slip; not a grading service's)

Roman Republic | Italy | Mint: Rome | denarius

gVF