NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: FEBRUARY 18, 2024
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NUMISMATIC NUGGETS: FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Here's a selection of interesting or unusual items I came across in the marketplace this week. Tell us what you think of some of these.-Editor
Gordian III Pentassarion of Nicopolis
Gordian III Æ Pentassarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 238-244. Sabinius Modestus, legatus Augusti. A?T K M ANT GO??IANOC A?G, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ?? CAB MO??CTO? NIKO?O??ITON ??OC ICT?ON, arched open gateway within crenellated wall flanked by round towers. RPC VII.2 1263; Varbanov 4181. 11.82g, 27mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine; in an excellent state of preservation. Rare.
A nice architectural piece. From the upcoming Roma Numismatics sale.-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
Gordian III Æ Pentassarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior(https://romanumismatics.com/284-lot-709-gordian-iii-a-pentassarion-of-nicopolis-ad-istrum-moesia-inferior?auction_id=185&view=lot_detail)
1929 ABNCO Specimen 10 Dollar Note
10 Dollar Note (1929) issued by the American Bank Note Company of New York
Not a particularly beautiful note, but U.S. paper money was fairly bland in that era. Interesting piece.-Editor
To read the complete lot description, see:
United States. - 10 Units - Specimen - Series of 1929(https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/80363455)
Jewish Bath in Speyer Medal
Following the first silver medal minted in 1999, a second Rhine Gold medal now deals with the Jewish bath in Speyer.
It shows a different view of the ritual immersion bath, the Mikveh, and above all visualizes the depth of the shaft dug twelve metres below the earth's surface. Only here could the level of the indispensable, pure groundwater be reached.
As a 1/8 ounce, the medal is minted in the smallest denomination of the ounce series.
This one caught my eye because of the depiction of the architecture. Interesting history. From Victor Huster Art Medal Production in Baden-Baden Germany.-Editor
To read the complete item description, see:
JEWISH BAD SPEYER(https://www.huster-medaillen-news.com/mikveh/)
