NAC Offers Rare Gold Roman Coins Certified by NGC Ancients

More than 100 rare Greek and Roman coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®) are available in Numismatica Ars Classica Auctions 133, 134 and 135 on November 21, 2022.

A top highlight is a Roman Empire Quintillus, AD 270 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch AU★ 5/5 Strike, 3/5 Surface with Fine Style (Auction 135, lot 358). This coin has an estimate of CHF 150,000 (about $150,000). On its obverse is an image of Quintillus, who ruled only for a few weeks in AD 270 before meeting an untimely death.

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The auction features another coin from a Roman whose taste of power was brief: a Roman Empire Manlia Scantilla, AD 193 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch AU, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 317). It has an estimate of CHF 125,000 (about $125,000). Manlia Scantilla married Didius Julianus, a Roman general who ruled as emperor for just over two months before being assassinated in AD 193, an infamous year known as the Year of Five Emperors.

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Also with an estimate of CHF 125,000 (about $125,000) is a Roman Empire Macrinus, AD 217-218 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch MS★, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface, with Fine Style (Auction 135, lot 340). The coin depicts Macrinus, who was proclaimed emperor in 217. During his reign, he never visited Rome as he was preoccupied with conflict in the east. He was overthrown in a rebellion and later executed.

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Other NGC-certified coins in this auction include:

• a Roman Empire Aelius Caesar, AD 136-138 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch MS★, 5/5 Strike, 5/5 Surface with Fine Style (Auction 135, lot 295) with an estimate of CHF 100,000 (about $100,000)
• a Roman Empire Uranius Antoninus Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients MS★, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 354) with an estimate of CHF 100,000 (about $100,000)
• a Roman Empire Hadrian, AD 117-138 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch AU★, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface with Fine Style (Auction 135, lot 289) with an estimate of CHF 90,000 (about $90,000)
• a Roman Empire Vitellius, AD 69 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients AU, 5/5 Strike, 3/5 Surface with Fine Style (Auction 135, lot 277) with an estimate of CHF 80,000 (about $80,000)
• a Roman Empire Julia Domna, AD 193-217 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch AU★, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 328) with an estimate of CHF 80,000 CHF (about $80,000)
• a Roman Empire Plautilla, AD 202-205 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch AU★, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 337) with an estimate of CHF 80,000 (about $80,000)
• a Roman Empire Galba, AD 68-69 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients XF, 5/5 Strike, 2/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 276) with an estimate of CHF 75,000 (about $75,000)
• a Roman Empire Caracalla, AD 198-217 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch AU, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 332) with an estimate of CHF 70,000 (about $70,000)
• a Roman Empire Geta, AD 209-211 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch AU, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface with Fine Style (Auction 135, lot 339) with an estimate of CHF 60,000 (about $60,000)
• a Roman Empire Hadrian, AD 117-138 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients AU, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface with Fine Style (Auction 135, lot 291) with an estimate of CHF 50,000 (about $50,000)
• a Roman Empire Septimius Severus, AD 193-211 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch MS★, 5/5 Strike, 5/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 320) with an estimate of CHF 50,000 (about $50,000)
• a Roman Empire Caracalla, AD 198-217 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients AU★, 5/5 Strike, 5/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 329) with an estimate of CHF 50,000 (about $50,000)

All estimates are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol represents US Dollars.