Coins Certified by NGC Ancients Offered in CNG Auction

Dozens of ancient and world coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®) are available in the Classical Numismatic Group Auction 121, October 5-7, 2022. They include a coin from the ancient Greek colony of Panticapaeum, which lies in what today is called Crimea.

The auction’s top lot is a Bosporus, Panticapaeum c.340-320 Gold Stater graded NGC Ancients MS, 5/5 Strike and 4/5 Surface, with Fine Style (lot 283). The obverse features the head of a Greek god (Pan or Silenus) wearing an ivy wreath, while the reverse shows a griffin holding a weapon in its mouth while standing on a grain stalk. This coin has an estimate of $75,000.

Other NGC-certified coins in this auction include:

• an England 1643 Triple Unite graded NGC AU 50 (lot 1352), with an estimate of $50,000
• a Thraco-Macedonian c.492-464 BC Silver Tetradrachm graded NGC Ch XF★, 5/5 Strike and 3/5 Surface (lot 184), with an estimate of $30,000
• a Roman Empire, Maximian A.D. 286-310 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ch AU, 5/5 Strike and 4/5 Surface (lot 947), with an estimate of $30,000
• a Roman Empire, Constantius I A.D. 305-306 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ch MS, 5/5 Strike and 4/5 Surface (lot 950), with an estimate of $30,000
• a Roman Empire, Hadrian A.D. 117-138 Gold Aureus graded NGC MS, 5/5 Strike and 3/5 Surface with Fine Style (lot 838), with an estimate of $20,000
• a Sicily, Messana c.425-413 B.C. Silver Tetradrachm graded NGC Ch AU★, 5/5 Strike and 5/5 Surface with Fine Style (lot 116), with an estimate of $15,000
• a Roman Empire, Vitellius A.D. 69 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ch VF, 5/5 Strike and 3/5 Surface (lot 809), with an estimate of $15,000
• a Roman Empire, Elagabalus A.D. 218-222 graded NGC Ch AU, 5/5 Strike and 3/5 Surface (lot 900), with an estimate of $15,000

All estimates are provided by the auction house in US Dollars.