Rare NGC-certified Roman Gold Coin Realizes Over $300,000 in NAC Auction

Many rare Greek and Roman coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®) sold for six figures each in Numismatica Ars Classica Auctions 133, 134 and 135 on November 21, 2022.

The top NGC-certified highlight was a Roman Empire Manlia Scantilla, AD 193 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch AU, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 317), which realized CHF 295,200 (about $307,000). 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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Another top coin was 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), which realized CHF 270,600 (about $284,000). 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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Other six-figure NGC-certified coins sold in this auction were:

• a Roman Empire Uranius Antoninus Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients MS★, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 354) which realized CHF 246,000 (about $258,000)
• 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) which realized CHF 221,400 (about $232,000)
• a Roman Empire Plautilla, AD 202-205 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch AU★, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 337) which realized CHF 196,800 (about $207,000)
• 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) which realized CHF 184,500 (about $194,000)
• 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) which realized CHF 159,900 (about $169,000)
• a Roman Empire Domitian, AD 81-96 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients MS★ 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 283) which realized CHF 159,900 (about $169,000)
• 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) which realized CHF 147,600 (about $155,000)
• 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) which realized CHF 135,300 (about $143,000)
• 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) which realized CHF 123,000 (about $129,000)
• a Roman Empire Caracalla, AD 198-217 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch AU, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 332) which realized CHF 116,850 (about $123,000)
• a Ptolemaic Kingdom Berenice II (d.221 BC) Gold Octodrachm graded NGC Ancients Ch AU, 5/5 Strike, 3/5 Surface with Fine Style (Auction 134, lot 256) which realized CHF 101,475 (about $107,000)
• a Roman Empire Galba, AD 68-69 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients XF, 5/5 Strike, 2/5 Surface (Auction 135, lot 276) which realized CHF 98,400 (about $103,000)

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