Triton XVI, Lot: 1004. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Collection of Countermarked Roman Imperial and Provincial Bronze Coins. 27 BC – AD 37. Various denominations. Includes the following: 39 bronze coins of various denominations. Thirty-nine (39) coins in lot. Coins Fair to Fine. Mostly clean countermarks. Photos and detailed descriptions available online, at http://ak.cngcoins.com.

The A.K. Collection of coins of the Roman Empire was carefully assembled over several decades with a great deal of thought and commitment. The present collection consists of 220 bronze and silver pieces dating from the Imperatorial period to the Julio-Claudians and includes both Imperial and Provincial issues, some with interesting countermarks. It is divided among the following five lots. The quality of the coins ranges from Fine to Extremely Fine. This interesting collection, which includes a number of rare coins – such as the one with the VAR countermark – and contains pieces from important collections, such as Niggeler, Rosen, Sydenham, and von Aulock. In addition, most of the coins are provenanced from major European auction houses like Glendining, Hess, Frank Sternberg, Jacob Hirsch, Frankfurter Münzhandlung E. Button, Münzen und Medaillen AG, Münzhandlung Karl Kreß, etc.

A separate, fully illustrated catalog of the complete collection has been compiled, containing the photos and full descriptions of all the coins in each lot. This catalog will be available during the Triton lot viewing at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, but you may also request that a catalog be sent to you. Additionally, this catalog will be available online (see individual lots below for details).