ATLAS NUMISMATICS SELECTIONS: FEBRUARY 2, 2025

1081227 | ROMAN IMPERIAL. Pertinax. (Emperor, January - March 193). Struck 193-194 AD. AV Aureus. NGC Gem MS (Gem Mint State) Strike 5/5 Surface 5/5 Fine Style. Rome. 7.20gm. IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG. Laureate head of Pertinax, right /PROVID - DEOR COS II. Female allegory with right arm raised towards a star, left. Cal.-2389a; RIC-11a; Woodard NC 1957, page 10, 11.

Ex The Lexington Collection of Jonathan K. Kern (Heritage Auction 3032 [10 April 2014], lot 23614, $110,000 hammer), and Ex Harlan J. Berk, Buy or Bid Sale (23 March 1995) Lot 227.

$125,000

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Gem Mint State Pertinax Aureu (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1081227/)

1081115 | AUSTRIA. Leopold V & Claudia de' Medici. (Regent of Tyrol, 1632-1646). (1635) ND AR 2 Thalers. PCGS MS62. Hall. 57.13gm. LEOPOLDVS·ARCHID:AVS:ET·CLAVDIA·ARCHIDVCISA·AVS:MEDIC·. Crowned busts facing right of Léopold Archduke of Austria and his wife Claudia de' Medici. / DVX?BVRGVNDIÆ?COMES?TIROLIS:. Crowned Tyrolean eagle within beaded circle; wreath divides legend above. KM 639; Dav.- 3331; M/T 487.

Minted during the regency of Claudia de' Medici during the minority of her son, after the death of Archduke Leopold V death in 1632.

$4,450

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Appealing Jugate Portrait Double Thaler (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1081115/)

1081196 | CONGO FREE STATE. Leopold II. (King, 1885-1908). 1896 AR Essai 5 Francs. PCGS SP65. By Fernan Dubois. Edge: Lettered, TRAVAIL ET PROGRES. LEOPOLD II R. D. BELGES... Head left / Crowned arms with supporters within wreath; banner inscribed TRAVAIL ET PROGRES with date below. KM Pn20; Dupriez 91. Currently the sole certified example and finest known at PCGS as of January 2025.

$22,500

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Essai Congo 5 Francs (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1081196/)

1080872 | ETHIOPIA. Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie). (Emperor, 1916-1930). EE1921 (1928) AV Medal. PCGS MS61. Addis Ababa mint. 43mm. 39.5gm. Crowned and mantled bust facing towards the left / Airplane, right "Nesra Tafari" in Ahmaric above; date EE 1921 below. Gill RT12. On the Acquisition of Four Airplanes for the Ethiopian Military.

$24,500

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Rare Medal of Ras Tafari (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1080872/)

1081198 | FRANCE. 1900-A AV 50 Francs. PCGS PR67 Cameo. Paris. Standing Genius writing the Constitution, rooster at right, fasces at left / Denomination above date within circular wreath. KM 831; Gadoury 1113; Friedberg 591; F.-549. Just 200 examples reportedly struck for this date with a handful of these being proof strikings (likely struck for the 1900 Exposition Universelle and quite possibly struck at the fair itself rather than at the mint).

$189,500

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Extremely Rare Proof 50 Francs (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1081198/)

1080960 | GREAT BRITAIN. Victoria. (Queen, 1837-1901). 1838 AV Coronation Medal. PCGS SP61. By B. Pistrucci. Edge: Plain. 36mm. 31.57gm. VICTORIA D.G. BRITANNIARUM REGINA F.D. Bandeau draped bust of Victoria left / ERIMUS TIBI NOBILE REGNUM. Queen enthroned at right being presented crown by Britannia, Hibernia and Scotia at left. Eimer 1315; BHM-1801; Woll.xvii; W&E.88.3; Stef. Vol. I, pl. 32. On the Coronation of Queen Victoria.

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Gold Victoria Coronation Medal (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1080960/)

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