Julius Germanicus Posted July 2 · Member Share Posted July 2 (edited) Dear coin friends, the next part of my collection of Roman Bronzes will go on sale at Künker's next e-Auction starting July 22. Here is the deal: Anyone of you who may win one of these coins from my collection please send me a PM and I will mail you a free copy of the detailed certificate of authenticity (including comprehensive information on the historical background to the issue and the precise significance of the particular variety) by David R. Sear. So here is what is on offer: A rare Sestertius of Pertinax (this coin listed in Lempereur, Pertinax 778 n): A big 37 mm Sestertius of Galba (this coin lllustrated in E. Gutierrez Guinea, El Valor des Sestercios, fig. 17.1): A beautiful Hippo Sestertius of Otacilia Severa: Hadrian Moneta Sestertius with a great portrait: Clodius Albinus Sestertius: Didius Julianus Sestertius: A super rare variety of Hadrian´s Galley Sestertius: A hefty and very fine Sestertius of Caracalla for Julia Domna: An affordable Sestertius of Caligula (starting at just 100 Euros): A rare Dupondius of Julia Titi: The more spectacular stuff will appear at Künker´s winter floor auction in November... Edited July 3 by Julius Germanicus 19 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Germanicus Posted July 9 · Member Author Share Posted July 9 Now online! Even though I like my in-hand-pictures much more than the ones in the catalogue 🤔 https://elive-auction.de/auktionen/121/lose?order=losnummer.asc#los_id_168523 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortuna Redux Posted July 9 · Member Share Posted July 9 Kunker is a great auction house but its photography on ancient coins is kind of underwhelming. Your Hadrian Moneta Sestertius looks much better in hand than on the catalogue I suspect they used flashes when taking photos but it didn't work very well...especially on those silver coins 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted July 9 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 9 Good luck. I do like your photos better than the auction house's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Germanicus Posted July 10 · Member Author Share Posted July 10 (edited) What stunned me most is that they put the following four of my Sestertii in a group lot: 1) A portrait Sestertius of TIBERIUS (harder to find than those of ANY OTHER Roman Emperor - including Vitellius and Gordian I and II !!!) 2) A rare Sestertius of MARINIANA, wife of Valerian: 3) A Sestertius of VOLUSIAN with a wonderful portrait and an interesting reverse (despite some tooling on the temple): 4) A Sestertius of Severus Alexander with a beautiful early portrait: The starting price of all four together is a mere 125 Euros 🥵, about half of what I paid for the Sear certificates alone (the four of which I will gladly mail the winner if he sends me a PM. Edited July 10 by Julius Germanicus 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted July 11 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 11 Heck I would have paid far more for the Mariniana than the entirety of the group lot. Just proves it can be hard to make money from an auction. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Posted July 11 · Member Share Posted July 11 This proves nothing as the final price for this lot is not known yet Happy bidding Regards Klaus 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted July 12 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 12 Some great coins, @Julius Germanicus! Any particular reason you chose Künker this time instead of Leu? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted July 12 · Member Share Posted July 12 On 7/2/2024 at 9:22 PM, Julius Germanicus said: the next part of my collection of Roman Bronzes will go on sale at Künker's next e-Auction starting July 22. Great Bronze coins - I will watch and will see if it was possible make a catch 🙂 Wish you the best prices! On 7/9/2024 at 3:10 PM, Fortuna Redux said: Kunker is a great auction house but its photography on ancient coins is kind of underwhelming. Your Hadrian Moneta Sestertius looks much better in hand than on the catalogue But the most regular bidders know that - the pictures are not the best, but when you get the coins, the condition looks better in the hand. Btw. thats better than a good picture and a bad coin in the hand 😄 5 minutes ago, DonnaML said: Any particular reason you chose Künker this time instead of Leu? I can only report from my own experience - I wouldn't sell anything in a normal Leu (web) auction either. You are competing with around 7000 other coins, which depresses the prices. Of course I will still buy from Leu - but I find the web auctions with too many coins to sell (often several of the same type at once). On 7/10/2024 at 2:14 PM, Julius Germanicus said: What stunned me most is that they put the following four of my Sestertii in a group lot: Did they ask you beforehand? Was this agreed? Were you informed beforehand that this was possible? I had this problem with Leu - they simply put various coins that didn't match together into one lot without consulting me and sold them cheaply. Very annoying. I'm a "fan" of Kinkier - I would have thought that they wouldn't do this. I'm disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Germanicus Posted July 12 · Member Author Share Posted July 12 13 hours ago, DonnaML said: Some great coins, @Julius Germanicus! Any particular reason you chose Künker this time instead of Leu? Thank you, Donna! Actually partly because you had troubles with Leu´s postal service, but mainly because Künker has a representative in Hamburg who comes to my place and picks up the coins in person, while I travelled all the way to Munich to meet the CEO of Leu and hand in my goods (but Mr. Gunzenreiner and team were also very nice to deal with I must say). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Germanicus Posted July 15 · Member Author Share Posted July 15 On 7/12/2024 at 8:36 AM, Prieure de Sion said: Did they ask you beforehand? Was this agreed? Were you informed beforehand that this was possible? I had this problem with Leu - they simply put various coins that didn't match together into one lot without consulting me and sold them cheaply. Very annoying. I'm a "fan" of Kinkier - I would have thought that they wouldn't do this. I'm disappointed. No. None of that. It especially bothers me because someone had offered me 600 Euros for the Tiberius on Ebay and I declined 😬. Maybe I should try to put in the highest bid myself to prevent a big loss but then I would have to pay both the buyers AND sellers commission myself 🥵 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted July 15 · Supporter Share Posted July 15 On 7/12/2024 at 2:36 AM, Prieure de Sion said: I'm a "fan" of Kinkier - Some things are best left unsaid. 😀 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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