Rare Parthian Coin Certified by NGC Ancients Offered in Auction

Over 140 ancient coins certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®) are being offered in Roma Numismatics Limited’s Auction XXIII. Online bidding is currently underway for the sale, which will be held March 24-25, 2022.

The top NGC Ancients-graded lot is a Satraps of Parthia, Andragoras c. mid-3rd Century BC Gold Stater graded NGC Ancients Ch AU★, 5/5 Strike and 4/5 Surface with Fine Style (lot 398). The coin, from an area that today is part of eastern Iran, has an estimate of £35,000 (about $46,100).

Other highlights in the sale certified by NGC Ancients include:

• Lydia, Croesus 561-546 BC Gold Stater graded NGC Ancients AU, 5/5 Strike and 4/5 Surface (lot 301), with an estimate of £27,500 (about $36,200)
• Roman Imperatorial, Julius Caesar (d. 44 BC) Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients AU★, 5/5 Strike and 5/5 Surface (lot 763), with an estimate of £20,000 (about $26,300)
• Roman Empire, Maximian AD 286-310 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients MS, 5/5 Strike and 4/5 Surface (lot 1074), with an estimate of £20,000 (about $26,300)
• Kingdom of Bosporus, Asander c. 47-16 BC Gold Stater graded NGC Ancients AU, 4/5 Strike and 2/5 Surface (lot 210), with an estimate of £15,000 (about $19,800)
• Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy I 323-282 BC Gold Pentadrachm graded NGC Ancients AU, 5/5 Strike and 4/5 Surface (lot 361), with an estimate of £15,000 (about $19,800)
• Roman Empire, Augustus 27 BC-AD 14 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients Ch XF, 4/5 Strike and 2/5 Surface (lot 817), with an estimate of £15,000 (about $19,800)
• Roman Empire, Caracalla AD 198-217 Gold Aureus graded NGC Ancients AU, 5/5 Strike and 1/5 Surface with Fine Style (lot 1028), with an estimate of £15,000 (about $19,800)

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