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The E-Sylum: Volume 28, Number 35, 2025, Article 15

ATLAS NUMISMATICS SELECTIONS: AUGUST 31, 2025

Atlas Numismatics has updated their website with 209 new coins, medals, and tokens at fixed prices. Select items are discussed below. -Garrett

Superb Corinth Stater

Atlas August 31, 2025 Item 1

1083464 | GREEK. CORINTHIA. Corinth. Struck 4th Century BC. AR Stater. NGC MS (Mint State) Strike 5/5 Surface 5/5. 19.5mm. 8.65gm. Pegasus flying left, koppa below /Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; rose behind her neck. Ravel 997; BMC 327; HGC.4, 1848. High relief lustrous surfaces; an exceptional example.

Ex Astarte SA, Lugano Auction 1 (11 May 1998) Lot 96.

$9,850

To read the complete item description, see:
Superb Corinth Stater (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1083464/)

Likely Unique Napoleon III Medal in Gold

Atlas August 31, 2025 Item 2

1082900 | FRANCE. Napoleon III. (Emperor, 1842-1870). 1862 AV Medal of 50 Ducats Weight. PCGS SP63. By Albert Désiré Barre. Edge: OR (bee). 59.5mm. 170.12gm. NAPOLEON III - EMPEREUR. Laureate bust, right; signed below truncation / PUPILLES DE LA - MARINE// 15/ NOV/ 1862// LE CTE. P. DE CHASSELOUP-LAURAT/ MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET/ DES COLONIES. Crowned allegorical figure of France seated at right and facing left with anchor and dated memorial while holding her mantle over four children to left; signed lower right, legend above and three-line inscription in exergue. Page-Divo 468; cf. Brettauer 3134 (Silver); cf. Essling 1750 (Bronze). Struck for the inauguration of the naval orphanage. Exceedingly rare and quite likely unique; the only gold example mentioned by Page-Divo.

Ex Auction Leu Auction 14 (1975) Lot 553. . Housed in an oversized holder. Images of the Page-Divo reference catalogue are reproduced here for illustration purposes only. They are not included with the item listed for sale.

$77,500

To read the complete item description, see:
Likely Unique Napoleon III Medal in Gold (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1082900/)

Exceptional German New Guinea 20 Mark

Atlas August 31, 2025 Item 3

1082844 | GERMAN NEW GUINEA. 1895-A AV 20 Mark. PCGS MS64. Berlin. Denomination and date in palm wreath / Bird of Paradise. KM 9; Jaeger 709; Fr.-1; D&S-385. From a reported mintage of just 1,500 pieces for both Proof and Business Strikes. Superb semi-prooflike surfaces.

$95,000

To read the complete item description, see:
Exceptional German New Guinea 20 Mark (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1082844/)

Marriage Medal of 10 Ducats Weight

Atlas August 31, 2025 Item 4

1083124 | GERMAN STATES. Bremen. (1631-1660) ND AV Marriage Medal of 10 Ducats Weight. PCGS MS62. By J. Blum (Bremen). 43mm. 36.88gm. GOTT UNSER HERZ... Two hands from clouds with a burning heart, below a pair of pigeons, on top the radiant name of God / EIN GLÜCK-HENN...// AMORE ET SEDULITATE. Hen with chicks. cf. Jungk 391, #29. "Ein Glückhenn". Exceedingly rare in gold and the only example we have been able to locate.

$89,500

To read the complete item description, see:
Marriage Medal of 10 Ducats Weight (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1083124/ )

Gem Diamond Jubilee Medal of Victoria

Atlas August 31, 2025 Item 5

1083328 | GREAT BRITAIN. Victoria. (Queen, 1837-1901). 1897 AV Medal of 28 Ducats Weight. NGC MS65. Edge: Plain. 55mm. 95.26gm. VICTORIA ANNVUM REGNI SEXAGESIMVM FELICITER CLAVDIT XX IVN. MDCCCXCVII. Crowned and veiled bust left / LONGITVDO DIERVM IN DEXTERAEIVS ET IN SINISTRA GLORIA 1837. Head left, wearing bandeau, atop bundle of olive branches. BHM 3506; Eimer 1817a. Diamond Jubilee.

Housed in an oversized holder. Includes original case.

$55,000

To read the complete item description, see:
Gem Diamond Jubilee Medal of Victoria (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1083328/)

Mint State 30 Gulden of Zeeland

Atlas August 31, 2025 Item 6

1083109 | NETHERLANDS. Zeeland. 1683-(Tower) AV 30 Gulden. NGC MS63. 20.91gm. LUCTOR ET EMERGO (mm). Standing knight with raised sword and provincial arms of Zeeland below at left / (date) * MO: NO: AUR: ORDIN: ZEELANDIAE *. Arms of the cities of Zeeland flanked by denomination 30• - •G. KM P16. Rare; CNM 2.49.122; Delmonte 893 (suppl.); Friedberg 309 ("Very rare"); Purmer/van der Wiel Ze 62.3; Vanhoudt/Saunders 1343 (R3).

Struck in gold to the weight of 6 Ducats . Currently the finest known at NGC as of June 2025

$125,000

To read the complete item description, see:
Mint State 30 Gulden of Zeeland (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1083109/)

Large Format Dadler Medal for Danzig

Atlas August 31, 2025 Item 7

1083573 | POLAND. Danzig. 1644 AR Medal. NGC MS64. By S. Dadler. 60mm. Bellona the allegorical figure of War struggles with Pax, fighting for peace on earth. At left, a globe with Mercury's caduceus, palm and olive branches, offered to the combatants; to the right, the Gorgoneion (shield of Pallas Athena with the Gorgon's head) and a lance leaning against an olive tree / Allegorical figure of Pax (Peace) standing over the war god, Mars who is lays defeated upon the ground. In her right hand she holds Mercury's caduceus and three ears of grain, in her left hand a palm, laurel and olive branch. In the background, Themis standing with her sword and scales, while to the right Abundantia stands with cornucopia and olive branch. Between them a farmer ploughs a field before a cityscape. Pax in Nummis 83; Van Loon II, S. 315 (Histoire metallique II, S. 304); Deth./Ord. 1; Maué 54. On the beginning of the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia.

$12,500

To read the complete item description, see:
Large Format Dadler Medal for Danzig (https://atlasnumismatics.com/1083573/)

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