Stack’s Bowers Offers Infamous Rarity Tied to Caesar's Murder and Certified by NGC Ancients

Hundreds of ancient and world coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®) are being offered in an upcoming Stack's Bowers sale, including an EID MAR Silver Denarius, which is one of the most well-known and valuable coins from ancient times. Bidding is already underway for the August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, with Sessions B, C and E being held on August 15 and 17, 2023.

The top ancient coin in the auction is a Roman Imperatorial Brutus (d. 42 B.C.) Silver Denarius EID MAR graded NGC Ancients VF, 5/5 Strike and 3/5 Surface (lot 50103). The famous coin's front shows a liberty cap flanked by a pair of daggers above the legend EID MAR, a bold reminder of Brutus' involvement in Julius Caesar's assassination on the Ides of March in 44 B.C. The event helped shape the Western world, making these infamous coins highly sought-after by collectors for their rarity and historical significance. This coin has an estimate of $150,000 to $300,000.

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Other NGC-certified coins in this auction include:

• a Roman Imperatorial Sulla (d.79 BC) Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch VF, 5/5 Strike and 2/5 Surface (Session B, lot 50090), with an estimate of $100,000 to $200,000
• a Western Roman Empire Romulus Augustus, AD 475-6 Gold Tremissis graded NGC Ancients Ch AU, 5/5 Strike and 4/5 Surface (lot 50172), with an estimate of $50,000 to $100,000
• a Bosporus, Panticapaeum (c.340-320 BC) Gold Stater graded NGC Ancients AU, 5/5 Strike and 2/5 Surface with Fine Style (lot 50048), with an estimate of $60,000 to $80,000
• a Poland 1645 GR Danzig 4 Ducats graded NGC AU Details and pedigreed to the Paramount Collection (lot 52477), with an estimate of $60,000 to $80,000
• a Straits Settlements 1900H 50 Cents graded NGC SP 66 and pedigreed to the William Barrett Collection (lot 52616), with an estimate of $50,000 to $75,000
• a Sicily, Syracuse, c.405-395 BC Gold 100-Litrai graded NGC Ancients AU, 5/5 Strike and 4/5 Surface with Fine Style (lot 50025), with an estimate of $40,000 to $50,000
• a Roman Imperatorial Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony c.36 BC Silver Tetradrachm graded NGC Ancients Ch VF, 4/5 Strike and 3/5 Surface (lot 50107), with an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000
• a Byzantine Empire Constantine VII (AD 913-59) Gold Medallion graded NGC Ancients VF★, 5/5 Strike and 2/5 Surface with Fine Style (lot 50176), with an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000
• a Peru 1838CUZCO South Peru 8 Escudos graded NGC MS 65 and pedigreed to the Eliasberg Collection (lot 51363), with an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000
• a Great Britain 1847 Gothic Type Crown graded NGC PF 62 (lot 51086), with an estimate of $10,000 to $15,000

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