Dear Collector,
It is our pleasure to present Naville Numismatics (NN) Live Auction 78.
The auction will close on Sunday 11th December 2022, 16.00 UK time, at which time the live session will begin.
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The auction features a selection of 615 lots of Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Modern coins, all chosen with contribution from NAC’s experts.
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The sale includes a selection of coins from the collection of a Mentor. This first section of the sale starts with an interesting stater of the Suessiones, a well preserved nomos of Heraclea, an interesting drachm of Himera (Ex Asta del Titano 21, 1985, 38), a very rare hemidrachm of Segesta, a well preserved hemilitra of Syracuse (Ex Astarte VI, 1999, 337; NAC 64, 2012, 732 and NAC 120, 2020, 295 sales. From a Distinguished European Collector), a rare drachm of Ainos, a well preserved tetradrachm of Lysimachus (Ex NAC sale 84, 2015, 1473), a wonderful stater of Aradus, and even beyond a selection of Hellenistic coins and a series of coins of Tarentum, Metapontum, Heraclea, Poseidonia, Croton, Syracuse, Macedonia, Athens, Corinth, Seleucid kings, Phoenicia, Judaea and Egypt.
Noteworthy in this section are a wonderful tetradrachm of Acanthus (Ex NAC sale R, 2007, 1103) and a very rare stater of Antiochus I.
The Roman selection boasts an interesting series of Roman Republican bronzes and a striking array of denarii.
This includes a well preserved quadrigatus, a nice denarius of P. Laeca, a wonderful denarius of Mn. Fonteius C.f., an interesting denarius of L. Papius, a rare denarius of L. Plaetorius L.f.Q., a well preserved denarius of Q. Cassius Longinus (Ex Monimat 22 November 1989, 144 and from an European collection) and an interesting tetradrachm of Marcus Antonius.
The Imperial selection of the sale features an attractive series of Augustus and also an attractive selection of Roman bronzes and silver coins such as an extremely rare semis of Tiberius, a rare denarius struck in name of Nero Claudius Drusus, a rare denarius of Gaius, a paduan medal of Gaius work of Giovanni da Cavino, a rare denarius of Nero caesar, a rare dupondius of Nero caesar, an interesting sestertius of Hadrian, a nice sestertius of Hadrian (Ex Monetarium SKA 28, 1979, 100 and Monetarium SKA 49, 1988, 120 sales), a rare sestertius of Diva Faustina (Ex NAC sale I, 1999, 2029), a rare aureus of Septimius Severus, a very rare aureus of Septimius Severus with Caracalla and Geta on reverse, a wonderful antoninianus of Allectus and a selection of follis from the Rauceby Hoard, found in Lincolnshire, July 2017 (submitted for consideration as Treasure and returned to the finders. PAS ID: LIN-F6D516. BM Ref: 2017 T649), even beyond an interesting selection of Solidi, Denari, Antoniniani, Sesterti, Dupondi, Asses and Folles.
Very remarkable in this part are a very rare and interesting aureus of Titus caesar (Ex Naville sale 70, 423), a very rare aureus of Pertinax, a very rare aureus of Septimius Severus with Caracalla and a rare solidus of Constantine I.
The Roman Provincial part of the sale includes a selection from the Dattari Collection.
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