COLONIAL PERIOD

GREAT BRITAIN

1688 James II, huge Gold 5 Guinea, NGC

MS-64!.................................................. $19,700.

1748 George II, huge Gold 5 Guinea, NGC

MS-64!.................................................. $14,700.

SPANISH GOLD

1751 Gold 8 Escudos, bust, Santiago

mint, Gem Unc., and mostly covered with shell
and limestone concretions from the mystery
"Rio Plata"shipwreck.Rarer with the debris still
attached because of the overwhelming desire to
uncover the blazing gold luster.............

$4700.

1800 Colombia 8 Escudos, ANACS VF-30 $627.;

1803 ANACS AU-58.............................

$1477.

1788 Colombia 1 Escudo raw EF, gently

cleaned.................................................

$217.

GOLD DOLLARS

Christopher Bechtler Gold Dollar, 30 grains, no

date, struck 1831-34.The first gold dollar in the
United States. NGC-58. Very pleasing original
with light orange toning........................

$3775.

1849-C Closed Wreath, PCGS MS-61. . . . . . .

$7500.

1851-P ANACS MS-60............................

$277.

1853-P PCGS MS-62..............................

$397.

1854-P Ty. 1, NGC MS-64 very pleasing $1177.;

ANACS AU d e t a i l s, scratched, cleaned (looks
nice) net EF-40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$147.

1854-D Ty. 1, PCGS AU-58.....................

$6975.

1854-P Ty. 2, PCGS AU-58, very nice strike &

surf........................................................

$2375.

1855-P Ty. 2, Key of the 12 pc. gold type

set, PCGS MS-63, frosty mint luster. obv.:
64+, rev.:usual soft strike, few tiny contact
marks.......................................... $12,750.

1856-S Ty. 2, ANACS EF details, ex-jewelry,

polished, net VG-8 (looks better)..........

$197.

1856-P Slant 5, NGC MS-61...................

$275.

1856-D NGC AU-53 very pleasing..........

$7250.

1858-S NGC MS-61................................

$3775.

1859-D NGC MS-61 original undipped, with

delicate orange toning..........................

$7200.

The only confirmed Confederate gold coinage.

The legendary 1861-Dahlonega Dollar. ANACS
AU details, cleaned, damaged, bent (couple
sharp hits hidden on ob v. which made coin
wavy, very tiny nicks scattered on rev., no
cleaning that bothers me.) Net F-15 ....

$6750.

1863 ANACS AU-50................................

$1575.

1864 ANACS AU details, damaged (not visible)

bent, cleaned net VF-20.......................

$377.

1865 ANACS AU details, polished, bent net

VF-20 grossly underrated date.............

$477.

1868 PCGS AU-55..................................

$427.

1870 PCGS AU-58..................................

$457.

1874 PCGS MS-65 $1550., another PCGS,

MS-64, H. W. Bass Jr. pedigree on holder. obv.:
LI_worn hub, rev.:broken 4 Die State $1477.
Two fascinating mint defects. ANACS AU-50
PQ........................................................

$187.

1875 NGC AU-58....................................

$4750.

1876 PCGS MS-61.................................

$577.

1877 NGC AU-58....................................

$517.

1878 NGC MS-63 PQ.............................

$997.

1889 ANACS AU-55................................

$257.

QUARTER EAGLES

1842-O PCGS AU-53..............................

$1877.

1847-C PCGS MS-64, finest graded at PCGS or

NGC..................................................... $22,700.

1847-D NGC............................................ $27,700.
1905 ANACS MS-61...............................

$307.

1907 PCGS MS-62.................................

$337.

1911-P PCGS MS-61..............................

$257.

1915 NGC AU-50....................................

$187.

1927 PCGS MS-62.................................

$257.

$3 GOLD

1854-P ANACS AU-50 $735.; raw undipped

EF-40....................................................

$537.

1854-D NGC Fine-15 very pleasing, light

yellow gold..................................

$6177.

1878 All PCGS:MS-64 PQ faintly P-L $5977.;

MS-64 frosty, $4977.;MS-62 pleasing .

$2700.

1878 ANACS AU-53................................

$787.

STELLA $4 GOLD PATTERNS.

We sold all 4 in the past 3 months.

Please offer what you have for sale.

HALF EAGLES

1810 Small Date, Large 5, NGC MS-63

pleasing light yellow gold with frosty surfaces.
Rare variety.......................................... $13,750.

1810 Large Date, Large 5, NGC XF-45 PQ. P l e a s i n g

s u r faces with deep orange toning. . . . . . . . . . . .

$2700.

1814/13 PCGS AU-53 very pleasing.......

$4777.

1839-C One year type coin with the obv. mint

mark and a completely different head of Liberty.
NGC AU-58.......................................... 12,775.

1839-D Again, a one year type coin.NGC

AU-55...................................................

$7000.

1841-P PCGS MS-64.............................. $22,700.
1842-D Large Date, NGC XF-40 tiny bagmarks on

jaw and neck ........................................

$4677.

1846-D PCGS AU-50..............................

$3177.

1846-O PCGS EF-40..............................

$775.

1861-D PCGS AU-58 Some of these were struck

by the Confederacy, but no apparent die
progression has been discovered to make a
distinction. Rare no matter what it is.... $27,000.

An Aluminum? Half Eagle. 1868 Pattern,

Judd-659, PCGS Proof-65.Struck at a time
when aluminum was more valuable than gold!
An interesting head of Liberty which was never
adopted.This is also multi-denominational for
international use, with the equivalent 25 Francs
for France and Switzerland below the 5 dollars
on the rev. Very rare, beautiful, and cheap in a
depressed pattern mar ket....................

$7700.

1881-S (Lg.S over Sm.S?) PCGS MS-63

PQ........................................................

$777.

1887-S NGC MS-63 Very pleasing .........

$677.

1891 PCGS Prf.-63 PQ Cameo

(not designated)...................................

$9750.

1891-P NGC MS-65................................ $10,700.
1891-CC ANACS MS-60.........................

$617.

1893-O ANACS AU-55............................

$417.

1895-P ANACS AU-58............................

$167.

1907-D ANACS MS-61............................

$247.

1909-P ANACS AU-58............................

$247.

1909-D NGC MS-63 pleasing PQ...........

$837.

1910-P ANACS AU-50............................

$200.

1911-P ANACS AU-50............................

$207.

1911-S ANACS AU-53............................

$227.

1913-P ANACS AU-50............................

$207.

1913-S ANACS EF-45.............................

$227.

1914-P ANACS MS-62............................

$347.

1914-S ANACS AU-55............................

$377.

EAGLES

1799 AU...................................................

CALL

1847-P PCGS VF-25...............................

$297.

1853/2 PCGS XF-40...............................

$775.

1872-P PCGS AU-50..............................

$8700.

1874-P PCGS VF-35...............................

$247.

1874-CC PCGS XF-45............................

$4700.

1876-CC PCGS AU-50............................ $18,775.
1879-P PCGS XF-40...............................

$217.

1881-P All PCGS:MS-62 $277.;MS-61 $247.;

MS-60 $227.; AU-58.............................

$197.

1881-S PCGS MS-60..............................

$277.

1882-P PCGS MS-62 $277.;MS-61.......

$247.

1883-P PCGS MS-62..............................

$377.

1883-CC PCGS AU-50............................

$1877.

1886-S PCGS AU-55..............................

$257.

1888-S PCGS AU-58..............................

$237.

1889-S Both PCGS MS-61 $317.; AU - 5 8

$237.

1891-P PCGS AU-55..............................

$237.

1892-O ANACS AU-53 very bright..........

$297.

1893-P PCGS MS-64, H. W. Bass Jr. pedigree,

intense luster over pleasing undipped surfaces.
A couple faint spots are barely visible $1297.;
both PCGS MS-62 $277.; MS-61.........

$247.

1894-P Both PCGS:MS-62 $277.;MS-61 $247.;

ANACS MS-61.....................................

$247.

1894-O PCGS XF-45..............................

$277.

1897-P PCGS MS-62..............................

$277.

1899-P PCGS MS-62..............................

$267.

1900-P PCGS MS-62..............................

$377.

1901-P Both PCGS MS-61 $247.; AU - 5 8

$207.

1901-O PCGS AU-53..............................

$287.

1902-S PCGS MS-62..............................

$277.

1903-S PCGS MS-62..............................

$297.

EAGLES

1904-O ANACS AU-55............................

$277.

1906-S PCGS AU-55..............................

$297.

1907-P Liberty all PCGS:MS-63 $497.;

MS-62 $277.; AU-58.............................

$207.

1907 Indian Head PCGS AU-58.............

$407.

1908-P Motto PCGS AU-58....................

$357.

1910-P PCGS AU-58..............................

$347.

1910-D PCGS MS-62..............................

$417.

1911-P Both PCGS: AU-58 $347.; AU - 5 5

$317.

1912-P Both PCGS: MS-62 $477.; M S - 6 1

$377.

1913-P PCGS AU-55..............................

$317.

1926-P Both PCGS: MS-62 $377.; M S - 6 1

$347.

1932 "Depression Year"gold both PCGS:

MS-63 $547.;MS-62............................

$397.

DOUBLE EAGLES

1851-P PCGS AU-53..............................

$877.

1852-P NGC MS-60................................

$3277.

1852-O PCGS XF-45..............................

$1277.

1860-S PCGS XF-45...............................

$1275.

1861-P PCGS XF-45...............................

$625.

1865-S PCGS XF-40...............................

$700.

1870-S PCGS AU-50..............................

$700.

1873-P Op. 3 PCGS AU-55.....................

$497.

1874-S NGC MS-60................................

$1700.

1876-S PCGS AU-58..............................

$477.

1877-S PCGS AU-55..............................

$467.

1876-CC PCGS AU-53 PQ.....................

$1277.

1891-S PCGS AU-58 $397.;ANACS

EF-45....................................................

$347.

1893-P PCGS MS-62..............................

$577.

1893-P Both PCGS: MS-62 $547.; AU - 5 8

$387.

1894-P PCGS AU-58..............................

$387.

1895-P PCGS MS-63..............................

$877.

1896-P PCGS MS-62..............................

$517.

1897-S PCGS MS-62 (Semi-P-L)...........

$517.

1898-S NGC MS-63 (P-L) $917.;

PCGS MS-62........................................

$497.

1899-P PCGS MS-62..............................

$487.

100 YEAR OLD DOUBLE EAG L E S .

FRESH ORIGINAL HOA R D !

1900-P All NGC:MS-64 PQ $977.;MS-64 $777.;

MS-63 PQ $597; MS-63.......................

$507.

1903-P NGC MS-64................................

$737.

1903-S Both PCGS: MS-62 $407.; M S - 6 1

$387.

1904-P All NGC: MS-64 PQ $777.; MS-63

PQ Semi-P-L $577.; A N AC S : MS-63 $427.;
all PCGS: MS-64 $697.; MS-63 $477.;
M S - 6 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$387.

1904-S NGC MS-64 PQ $797.; NGC MS-64

$717.;all PCGS:MS-64 $897.;MS-63 $477.;
MS-62...................................................

$387.

1906-D PCGS MS-62..............................

$617.

1906-S Both PCGS: MS-62 $497.; M S - 6 1

$417.

1907-P Liberty Head, NGC MS-63.........

$627.

1907-S PCGS MS-62..............................

$497.

Roman Numeral High Reliefs, PCGS MS-63 and

PCGS MS-64........................................

CALL

1907 Arabic Date, Low Relief St.Gaudens PCGS

MS-64 $877.;PCGS MS-63 PQ $777.;ANACS
AU-58...................................................

$437.

1908-P No Motto, both PCGS: MS-63 $437.;

MS-62...................................................

$417.

1909-S PCGS MS-64..............................

$1077.

1910-D PCGS MS-62..............................

$437.

1911-D ANACS MS-63 $427.;PCGS

AU-58...................................................

$377.

1913-D PCGS MS-63..............................

$677.

1914-S ANACS AU-58 $377.;both PCGS:MS-63

$477.; AU-58.........................................

$397.

1915-P ANACS AU-58............................

$417.

1915-S PCGS MS-63..............................

$487.

1920-P PCGS MS-62..............................

$477.

1922-P All PCGS:MS-64 $577.; MS-63 $447.;

MS-62...................................................

$397.

1923-P Both PCGS: MS-63 $457.; M S - 6 2

$407.

1923-D ANACS Unc.details, cleaned (very faintly)

net AU-55.............................................

$445.

1924-P All PCGS:MS-65 $727.;MS-64 $477.;

MS-63 $407.;MS-62 $387.;both NGC:MS-66
PQ $1525.; MS-66 very PQ.................

$1677.

1924-D PCGS MS-64..............................$10,700.
1925-P NGC MS-64 $487.; PCGS MS-62

$397.

100 YEAR OLD DOUBLE EAG L E S .

FRESH ORIGINAL HOA R D !

1926-P NGC MS-65 $767.;both PCGS:MS-63

$417.;MS-62........................................

$397.

1926-S ANACS MS-63............................

$2077.

1927-P NGC MS-64 PQ $497.; all PCGS: MS-64

$487.;MS-63 $407.;MS-62.................

$387.

1928-P NGC MS-64 $497.; ANACS obv. DD,

net MS-60 $977.Unpublished? PCGS
MS-63...................................................

$417.

TERRITORIAL GOLD

Bechtler Gold see gold dollars in this ad.

1849 Ten Dollars by Moffat & Co. PCGS VF-35.

Ten D. ...................................................

$4250.

1851 Fifty Dollars .887 (fine gold) Augustus

Humbert Reeded Edge "Slug," PCGS VF-35 PQ,
no heavy marks or rim bumps which plague
these huge octagonal Fifties................

$8975.

1854 Gold Octagonal Dollar, BG-504, The

"Micro Slug" Eagle reverse. PCGS MS-63, PQ
and P-L.................................................

$8775.

1861 Clark, Gruber & Co. Ten Dollars Gold.

EF+.......................................................

CALL

1870 Gold Round Dollar, BG-1205, raw

AU-55 details, holed, expertly repaired,
cleaned.................................................

$477.

1856 BG-107 Quar. Dol.Lib. Hd.PCGS

MS-62...................................................

$247.

1876 Round Quar. Dol.Ind.Hd.BG-853 R5+++,

PCGS MS-64........................................

$397.

SLABBED FOREIGN COINS

THIRD PARTY

AUTHENTICATED AND GRADED

Don't like slabs? We will be glad to break

them out for you after you buy them.

BRAZIL

Gold 10,000 Reis 1880 NGC

MS-62...................................................

$387.

CANADA

1911-C Sovereign ANACS MS-62..........

$157.

1912 $5 ANACS AU-58...........................

$167.

1913 $5 ANACS MS-62..........................

$277.

DENMARK

Gold 10 Kroner 1909 ANACS MS-61......

$87.

FRENCH GOLD

Napoleon Bonaparte, 20 Francs, 1807-1814, raw

VF, what looks like edge bumps are mint caused
by the casting edge lettering machine .

$87.

Louis Philippe I 1831 A 40 Francs NGC

MS-61...................................................

$775.

Napoleon III 1852 A 20 Francs, rare type NGC

MS-62...................................................

$297.

1856 A 50 Francs ANACS AU-55...........

$277.

GERMANY

Nurnberg 1635 "Peace" Gold Ducat with

chronogram date NGC MS-62 .............

$1277.

Gold Half Sovereign 1855 AU $227.;

1871 AU-53 $167.;1876 AU-55 $137.;
1902 Proof-60 $227.;1911 Proof-63 $347.;
MS-63 $97.;1914 MS-63.....................

$97.

Gold Sovereign 1902 Proof-60 $277.;

1911 Proof-63 $497.; 1912 MS-62 $107.;
1915 MS-63..........................................

$127.

Gold 2 Pounds 1911 Proof-62.................

$1077.

Gold Five Pounds 1902 Proof-60 $977.;

1911 Proof-63.......................................

$1977.

1911 Complete 12 coin Proof Set NGC certified,

Proof-63, 64, 65 ...................................

$3977.

SOUTH AFRICA

Gold Sovereign 1932 SA ANACS MS-61

$147.

SWITZERLAND

1922 Gold 10 Francs, cats. $90.;Ch. BU $57.;

20 for....................................................

$900.

1935 Gold 20 Francs, Ch. BU $57.;

20 for.................................................... $1,100.

Jonathan Kern

ALL GOLD, MANY NEW PURCHASES

From a we a l t hy Egyptian family related to the ex-king Farouk in Swiss

exile comes a spectacular group of Proof and Uncirculated gold stru ck to
c o m m e m o rate the wedding of King Farouk in 1938. Also included in this
gold hoard were earlier issues from Egypt of Fa r o u k 's father King Fuad, the
B ritish protectorate of Egypt, and of the Ottoman sultans. Farouk was king
of Egypt in a decade of despots and tyra n t s, the more infamous being
H i t l e r, Mussolini, and Franco of Spain. Farouk inherited Egypt from his
father Ahmed Fuad in 1936 and pretty much treated the country and its
t r e a s u ry as his royal play gr o u n d . As long as he kept the Suez Canal open
for Allied tra n s p o rt to the Eastern reaches of the British Empire, the
we s t e rn powers supported him. In 1952, the patience of the Egyptian
m i l i t a ry ran out and Farouk was forced to abdicate in a bloodless coup. T h e
palace entourage and old royalty were no longer welcome in the new
E g y p t .

With the unlimited budget to satisfy his whims, Farouk amassed the

largest collection of coins and medals eve r. If he didn't have one, he wa n t e d
i t . Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Persian and all medieval kingdoms
were represented. E ve ry ru l e r, eve ry mint, eve ry va ri e t y, eve ry pattern ,
eve ry coin ever stru ck anywhere in the wo rld, eve r. E ve ry foreign coin eve r
s t ru ck, and of course eve ry U. S. coin ever stru ck .E ve ry denomination, ye a r,
mint and, of course, his legendary pattern collection, including many unique
gold pattern s. The major dealers in Fra n c e, Switze rland, the Netherl a n d s,

England and the United States supplied the royal palace with consignments
of hundreds of thousands of dollars wo rth of coins when a U.S. d o l l a r
bought ten times what it does now. Coin dealers found out that a pack a g e
over $10,000 in value went to a palace bu r e a u c ra t 's office loaded with red
t a p e, and probably " b a k s h e e s h ," or a bribe was required to expedite the
s a l e, or it took a year or two to get paid, so nobody cut Farouk a good deal,
and in real dollar terms he probably paid the most ever for the wo rl d 's
largest collection eve r. The clever dealers soon learned to send mu l t i p l e
p a ckages of $9,500. each, since they went through a different bu r e a u c ra t 's
office and invoices were paid in maybe six months or so.

Farouk also collected eve ry stamp of the wo rld, snuff boxe s, objects of

v i rt u e, watches and automata, telescopes, porn o gra p hy, automobiles and
basically any object or art wo rk with precious metals and jewe l s, prefe ra bl y
large gold and platinum diamond studded objects, like Carl Faberge Easter
e g g s. There was a massive gold stand to hold two Coca Cola bottles which
had been given to him by the company as a gift for the concession for the
Egyptian bottling ri g h t s.

When Farouk left, the majority of his vast holdings became the propert y

of the new republ i c, which had no interest in tri n kets not of Egyptian cultura l
va l u e, so his collections went to the auction bl o ck . Abe Kosoff wrote a
wonderful series for Coin Wo rl d about his adventures at one of the biggest
g i ve aways of all time at the palace auction.

EGYPTIAN GOLD HOARD

Coins Struck By The King Of Collectors

coins shown

actual size

coins shown actual size

1938 Gold 500 Piastres, 42.5 grams,
.875 fine gold, 1.1957 troy oz.actual
gold weight, proofs, mintage unknown.
Estimate:200. Krause catalogs at
$2750.

ANACS Proof-67....... $3750.
ANACS Proof-66....... $3000.
ANACS Proof-65....... $2450.
ANACS Proof-64....... $2100.

1938 Gold 100 Piastres,

Uncirculated business strikes,

8.50 grams, .875 fine gold, red

color, .2391 troy oz.actual gold

weight.5,000 minted. Krause

catalogs at $325.in Unc.
ANACS MS-65............. $325.

ANACS MS-64............. $245.

1938 Gold 50 Piastres,

Uncirculated business strikes,

4.25 grams, .875 fine gold, red

color, .1195 troy oz.actual gold

weight.10,000 minted.Krause

catalogs at $225.in Unc.
ANACS MS-65............. $237.

ANACS MS-64............. $167.

ANACS MS-63............. $147.

1938 Gold 20 Piastres,

Uncirculated business strikes,

1.7 grams, .875 fine gold, red

color, .0478 troy oz.actual gold

weight.20,000 minted, Krause

catalogs at $90.
ANACS MS-65.............

$87.

ANACS MS-64.............

$77.

ROYAL MARRIAGE COMMEMORATIVES

Marriage Commemorative Set of all four denominations.

Pick the grades you want and take a 20% discount!

OLD EGYPTIAN GOLD

Sultan Abdul Mejid, Gold 100 Qirsh,

(equivalent to an English pound), beaded
border, year 5 = 1844/45 A.D. catalogs in
Krause XF $400.

ANACS AU-55....................$377.
ANACS AU-53....................$327.
ANACS AU-50....................$297.
ANACS EF-45....................$267.

Year 15 of Abdul Mejid = 1854/55 A.D. t o o t h e d

b o r d e r. Catalogs in Krause XF $250.

ANACS AU-55....................$237.
ANACS AU-53....................$217.
ANACS AU-50....................$197.

British Protectorate with Hussein Kamil as

local Sultan.1916 Gold 100 Piastres
catalogs Krause XF $150., Unc. $300.

ANACS MS-62...................$297.
ANACS MS-61...................$227.
ANACS AU-58....................$177.
ANACS AU, cleaned, (very faintly)

Net EF-45........................$137.

1922 Civilian Bust of Fuad, red or yellow

gold 500 Piastres, 1.1957 troy oz. actual
gold weight.1,800 minted, both gold
alloys, catalogs in Krause XF $800., Unc.
$1500.

ANACS MS-61 red gold

(Proof-Like)......................$2700.

ANACS AU-58 red gold.....$977.
Red, gold, ANACS Unc. d e t a i l s, cleaned

(lightly) net AU - 5 0. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$877.

Another Net AU-50 (scuffs, rim bump

not mentioned)................$677.

Red gold, ANACS Unc. details,

cleaned (lightly) damaged (small
scratches) net AU-50.......$677.

ANACS AU-55 yellow gold. $977.
A N ACS Unc. d e t a i l s, ye l l ow gold,

cleaned (lightly) net AU - 5 0 $ 8 7 7 .

Another Net AU-50 (rim bump not

mentioned)......................$677.

ANACS AU details, cleaned (wire

brushed, scuffs and rim marks not
mentioned) net EF-45.....$497.

1932 Fuad, Military Bust 500 Piastres,

1.1957 actual gold weight.Catalogs in
Krause for $1500 in Proof.

ANACS Proof-62................$1277.
ANACS Proof-61................$1077.

1929 Fuad, Military Bust 100 Piastres, both

1929 and 1930 catalogs in Krause in Unc.
for $265.

ANACS MS-63...................$257.
ANACS MS-62...................$227.

1930 100 Piastres ANACS MS-63... $257.
1930 Gold Military Bust 20 Piastres,

catalogs in Krause for $110.

ANACS MS-65...................$177.
ANACS MS-64................... $97.
ANACS MS-63................... $87.

1922 Fuad Civilian Bust Gold 100 Piastres,

melts for $65 at 273 gold.These are AU
details, but have all been sweated.Some
enterprising person would take a quantity
of gold coins and shake them up in a cloth
sack for hours or days. (The slave or
peasant doing the hard physical labor did
the sweating.) The cloth sack was later
burned and the accumulated gold dust
was recovered from the ashes. The results
leave the coins with zillions of tiny, tiny
nicks making the surfaces look almost
matte like. Catalogs in Krause in VF for
$120. Ten coin lots ONLY for.........

$700.

Discount on Fuad and older gold. Buy one

of each denomination for all the Fuad and

e a rlier rulers and get 20% discount on

this collection. Your choice of grades as

ava i l a bl e. First come, first serve d .

KING AHMED FUAD, 1922-1936, FATHER OF FAROUK.

Jonathan Kern

ANCIENT GOLD TREASURES

"HECTE" IN FINE

Lydia, in Asia Minor, c.600 B.C. Electrum (natural

gold and silver alloy of about 10 carats, pale
yellow gold, as found in alluvial nuggets) 1/6
Stater, or Hecte. Obv.:lion's head with sun, or
comet above nose. Rev.:irregular punch.VF,
banker's test mark on head, net Fine......... $675.

340%

"HEMIHECTE" IN VF+

Possibly the first coin of Ephesus, the famous

Greek city in Ionia, C . 650 B.C.? Electrum 1/12
Stater, or Hemihecte. Obv.: very archaic bee, the
city emblem of Ephesus, rev.:quatrefoil flower
punch.VF+................................................ $2775.

340%

"TRITE" IN FINE

Greek Ionia, c.600 B.C. The "Geometric"design

electrum 1/3 Stater, or Trite 4.7 gms. Obv.:
collapsing square in four parts. Rev.:rectangle
with many divisions and a few dots. Fine $1477.
Also the 1/12 Stater, or Hemihecte of the same
"Geometric"series, Fine............................. $477.

175%

FIRST GOLD COIN OF THE WORLD

Gold Stater, c.8 gms., of Croesus (also known

as King Midas) of Lydia,560-546 B.C. Hispure
gold and pure silver coinages were important
advancements in simplifying marketplace
economics. Merchants and customers no longer
had to wonder whether the electrum coins
tendered were 7 or 20 carat or anywhere in
between.Obv.: forepart of lion facing forepar t
of bull.Rev.:irregular rectangular punch.
Abt.Unc................................................... $5775.

100%

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ITALIA HEAD GOLD?

Gold Aureus of 43 B.C. by the same moneyers as

previous. Obv.: bust of Italia? Perhaps this issue
was used to pay the troops raised in Italy for the
same alliance of the Senate and Octavian.Rev.:
Cybele, mother goddess of the earth, in chariot
drawn by lion and lioness. Abt.Unc.not quite
fully struck on rev. ................................... $6700.

100%

ANCIENT GOLD TREASURES

$775.

CERTIFIED GOLD FOR BRUTUS

"Et tu, Brutè?"

Shakespeare: Julius Caesar's

dying words.

These spectacular Staters are from an amazing

hoard of gold Staters, bequeathed by the
Scythian King Koson's widow, from norther n
Thrace, to the war chests of Brutus and his
republican allies in their struggle against
Octavian (Augustus Caesar).These Staters of
near pure gold weigh about 8.5 grams and
depict a procession scene copied directly from
one of Brutus'silver Denarii which he struck as a
moneyer in 54 B.C. early in his political career.
The reverse depicts the Roman eagle holding a
wreath of victory in one cla w, similar to Roman
Republic silver and gold motifs. The monogram
BR for Brutus appears to the left of the obv.
figures, and the dead king's name KOSON
beneath.The middle figure is the ancestor
Lucius Junius Brutus, who in 509 B.C . overthrew
the last king of Rome and established the
Republic.Q.Caepio Brutus, better known as
Marcus Junius Brutus, was the descendant and
senator who plotted the assassination of his
friend Julius Caesar whose personal ambition
was crushing the republican government.After
the fateful Ides of March, civil war broke out
with Brutus, Cassius, and the Republicans ,
pitted against an alliance of Julius Caesar' s
nephew, Octavian, and Marc Anthony. Brutus
held office in Macedonia, adjacent to the
kingdom of Koson.This gold hoard was
doubtless struck 43/42 B.C. as military payroll for
the Republican army, which was defeated at
Philippi in 42 B.C. Brutus fell on his own s word
after the loss.

All ICG Certified and Graded:MS-64 $1477.;

MS-63 $1277.;MS-62..........................

$775.

Or unslabbed; blazing About Uncirculated

$775.Premium centering, strike, and

larger spread planchet, also blazing About

Uncirculated......................................... $1177.

150%

AFRICA HEAD GOLD

Gold Aureus of 43 B.C. An emergency issue

authorized by the Senate, perhaps in alliance
with Octavian (Augustus) to pay the legions
raised in North Africa.Obv.: bust of the
personification of Africa, wearing elephant's skin
headdress. Rev.:curule chair (that of Julius
Caesar's in the Senate?).Struck by the
moneyers C. Norbanus and L.Cestianus. Abt.
Unc., nice large flan................................. $9777.

100%

JAN. 1ST, 44 B.C.

Last lifetime gold Aureus of Julius Caesar, struck

to celebrate his 5th Consulship. Obv.: bust of
Venus Rev.:COS QVINC in wreath.EF++, rev.
not centered...........................................$10,700.

100%

I CAME, I SAW, I CONQUERED!

Gold Aureus of Julius Caius Caesar, struck later in

46 B.C. with the name of Caesar and the title of
Dictator, by his moneyer Lucius Plancus. Obv.:
bust of Victory. Rev.:handled jug.VF, better
struck than usual..................................... $3775.

100%

HAIL CAESAR!

Gold Aureus of Julius Caius Caesar, struck early

46 B.C. with the name of Caesar by his moneyer
Aulus Hirtius. Obv.:uncertain veiled head.Rev.:
sacrificial implements. Blazing Abt.Unc.obv. not
centered..................................................

$3775.

100%

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

PORTRAIT GOLD

Greek gold Staters, about 8.25 g rams of near pure

gold, from the cities of Kallatis and Tomis, were
struck about 85 B.C. as part of the kingdom of
Mithradates VI of Pontus. Obv.: Portrait of
Alexander the Great, deified as the god Ammon.
Rev.:Athena enthroned, name of Lysimachos,
and mint mark on throne. EF or better, from
premium dies. $1477.;EF or better, only... $877.

125%

EF+

Alexander the Great, 336-323 B.C. gold Stater.

Obv.:helmeted Athena.Rev.:Nike (Greek
goddess of Victory) standing.Abt.Unc.$2477.;
EF+ $2177.;VF....................................... $1677.

130%

Philip II of Macedon, 356-336 B.C . Father of

Alexander the Great, gold Stater, 8.5 grams of
near pure gold.Obv.:Apollo. Rev.:Philip winning
Olympics in his chariot.Abt.Unc.$2277.;EF
$1877.;VF............................................... $1577.

125%

Ancient Celtic electrum stater of the Ambiani tribe,

c.60 B.C. This tribe was one of the foes of Julius
Caesar. Obv.:disjointed stylized horse. Rev.:
convex blank.Abt.Unc............................... $777.

125%

"HECTE" IN FINE

Greek Island of Lesbos, capital city of Mytilene,

electrum Hectes, or 1/6 Staters, 450-335 B.C.
Obv.:bearded soldier wearing helmet.Rev.:
smaller female head in square frame . Fine $377.;
VF $877.;EF............................................ $1750.

200%

"HECTE" IN VERY FINE

Greek city of Phokaia in Ionia, 480-400 B. C. H e c t e s,

or 1/6 Staters. O bv. : female head. R ev. : 4 part
square punch. Fine $277.; Ve ry Fine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4 7 7 .

200%

NORTH AFRICAN HORSE, EF

Electrum Stater of Carthage, c.230 B.C. Obv.:

Tanit, the Punic version of Ceres, the goddess of
grain, wearing wreath of corn (wheat) leaves.
Rev.:horse standing EF, microscopic flan crack
$1477.;others VF.......................................$1277.

150%

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ABT. UNC. BYZANTINE GOLD

Gold Solidus of Justinian I, the Great, 527-565

A.D., emperor in the Roman East (or Byzantine
Empire) with the capital at Constantinople . Obv.:
armored and helmeted bust of Justinian facing,
holding globus cruciger. Rev.:Angel (or Victory)
standing.Abt.Unc.$277.EF $247.;VF..... $217.

135%

TIBERIUS II

Gold Solidus of Tiberius II, Constantine 578-582

A.D. Obv.:crowned and armored bust of Tiberus,
holding shield and glove surmounted by cross.
Rev.: True cross (in church in Jerusalem) at top
of four steps. Constantinople mint.Ch.Abt.Unc.,
or better $397.;EF++ $297.;VF................. $237.

130%

JUSTIN II GOLD

Gold Solidus of Justin II, 565-578 A.D. Obv.:

helmeted and armored bust of Justin, holding
globe surmounted with figure of Victor y. Rev.:
enthroned city goddess of Constantinople
holding scepter and globe surmounted with
cross. Constantinople mint.Abt.Unc.$277.;
EF $237.;VF.............................................. $207.

140%