CNG – Triton XXIV
CNG Triton XXIV Auction
CNG’s Triton XXIV coin auction closed on 20 January. You can view the full auction catalogue and bid here.
Below are my picks from the auction, with their estimate. The auction hammer prices and estimates were in dollars. I have provided the sterling equivalent, using the exchange rate at 15 December 2020. In addition to the hammer price, there is a Buyer’s Premium of 20% for bids placed on the website and 22.5% for all others.
The auction is in four sessions. I have chosen lots from Session One, which are mainly Roman coins, and Session Four, which are British Coins.
Session One
The live online sale for Session One begins 19 January 2021 at 9am ET, (2pm GMT)
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Lot 54, Brutus, Aureus
Military mint traveling with Brutus
Sear says of the coin “We now reach the final and unquestionably the most remarkable phase of Brutus’ coinage. On this beautiful aureus his portrait is accompanied by that of his renowned ancestor Lucius Junius Brutus, first consul of the Republic”
Exceedingly rare, one of nine known, and perhaps one of only three in private hands.
Estimate: $150,000 (£112,300)
Hammer: $280,000 (£205,100)
Lot 56, Brutus, Denarius
Military mint traveling with Brutus
Brutus is sending a message here by using his own image and on the reverse a Pileus, or cap of liberty, between the daggers used to assassinate Caesar.
Estimate: $50,000 (£37,400)
Hammer: $94,000 (£68,900)
Lot 93, Augustus, Denarius
Rome mint
Estimate: $5,000 (£3,700)
Hammer: $9,000 (£6,600)
Lot 107, Nero Claudius Drusus, Aureus
Lyon Mint
Estimate: $5,000 (£3,700)
Lot 117, Claudius, Aureus
Lyon mint
Estimate: $5,000 (£3,700)
Hammer: $10,000 (£7.300)
Lot 132, Nero, Sestertius
Lyon mint.
Temple of Janus on reverse
Estimate: $2,000 (£1,500)
Hammer: £3,250 (£2,400)
Lot 149, Vespasian, Aureus
Rome mint
“Judaea Capta” commemorative
Estimate: $7,500 (£5,600)
Hammer: $19,000 (£13,900)
Session Four
The live online sale for Session Four begins 20 January 2021 at 2pm ET, (7pm GMT)
Lot 1362, Atrebates & Regni, Stater
Southern Mint
Estimate: $1,500 (£1,100)
Hammer: £1,700 (£1,200)
Lot 1368, Corieltauvi Stater
Estimate: $2,500 (£1,900)
Hammer: $3,250 (£2,400)
Lot 1370, Anglo-Saxon Solidus
Cross on Steps type
A highly important and extremely rare coin, one of five known
Estimate: $20,000 (£15,000)
Hammer: $22,000 (£16,100)
Lot 1383, Edward III Quarter Noble
London Mint
Estimate: $1,000 (£750)
Hammer: $1,100 (£800)
Lot 1389, Richard III Groat
London Mint
Estimate: $2,500 (£1,900)
Hammer: $3,250 (£2,400)
Lot 1396, Mary, Ryal
London Mint
Extremely rare.
Estimate: $75,000 (£56,100)
Hammer: £135,000 (£98,900)
Lot 1413, Charles I Halfcrown
Bridgnorth-on-Severn mint
Possibly the finest known example of this very rare type
Estimate: $6,000 (£4,500)
Hammer: $6,500 (£4,800)
Lot 1422, Charles I Halfcrown
Chester mint
Estimate: $6,000 (£4,500)
Hammer: $6,000 (£4,500)
Lot 1447, James I Demy
Edinburgh mint
Estimate: $3,000 (£2,300)
Hammer: £8,000 (£5,900)
Lot 1449, James V Ducat
“Bonnet Piece”
Estimate: $15,000 (£11,200)
Hammer: $20,000 (£14,600)