My selected Probus and Aurelian coins on auction by Roma Numismatics on the 16 March 2023

[Barnaba6]

Hello,

52 rare Probus and Aurelian coins carefully selected from my specialized collection will be hammered on the 16 March 2023 by Roma Numismatics Limited:

https://www.romanumismatics.com/e-s...earch_lot_no=&sort_by=lot_number&view=bidders

The auction will also soon appear on sixbid, numisbids and biddr.ch.

Most of the coins offered are in beautiful condition, with full or nearly full original silvering and superbly struck details. These are often some of the best or even the best known specimens of particular types.

Many of the coins offered are true rarities, known from only a few examples, and unpublished in reference catalogues like RIC, MPR or Alfodi.

You may have come across one of my 10 previous specialized Probus auctions organized by Rzeszowski Dom Aukcyjny and Gabinet Numizmatyczny Damian Marciniak auction houses over the last 2 years.

I have recently decided to change the selling venue from Poland to the UK and consign my coins to Roma Numismatics Limited. I am very proud that my coins are offered under a separate section, devoted uniquely to my coins. Thank you Roma for this privilege!

I hope you participate actively in the auction and wish you all good luck and many successful bids!

 

[Steppenfool]

Great selection of coins. I enjoyed scrolling through them and learning about them. Roma did a good job of highlighting the key historical pieces.

[Barnaba6]

1 hour ago, Steppenfool said:

Great selection of coins. I enjoyed scrolling through them and learning about them. Roma did a good job of highlighting the key historical pieces.

I agree. They really did a good job (though I did help a bit with the desriptions as well).

 

[SteveJBrinkman]

This is a really top notch collection.  I don't specialize in the coins of Probus but your collection is very worthy of any Probus specialist's or generalist's consideration.

[Barnaba6]

On 3/5/2023 at 2:28 AM, SteveJBrinkman said:

This is a really top notch collection.  I don't specialize in the coins of Probus but your collection is very worthy of any Probus specialist's or generalist's consideration.

Thank you for your kind comments. Probus coins are in general very interesting and diverse and hence worthy not only of Probus specialist's but also generalist's consideration. Over the years I have discovered that there are not that many Probus specialists like myself, which collect only Probus coins and have say at least 100 Probus coins in ther collection. On the other hand, there are plenty of Roman Coins collectors who do appreciate Probus coins and like to have at least few, sometimes more, of his coins in their collections.     

Edited March 6, 2023 by Barnaba6

[Barnaba6]

By the way, here is a link to my whole collection

https://www.colleconline.com/en/collections/3268/barnaba6

I have marked all the coins which are already sold.

I will have many souvenirs of my collection but this website will definitely be one of my best souvenirs.   

 

[Severus Alexander]

I hope you were happy enough with the results, @Barnaba6. (The DEO ET DOMINO did well!) I didn't manage to snag any of your Probus coins, but I did get a neat lot of Aurelians, mainly for the unusual half-length Serdica portrait:

I'll keep at least one of the other two as well.  Very pleased to have a couple coins from your superb collection! 😊

Addendum: I checked out your CollecOnline link... looks like I got your #255 (ex Gysen, cool!), #165 (ex Ankoné), and #175. It's nice to have that record of your collection online... I hope to do the same.

Edited March 17, 2023 by Severus Alexander

[Troyden]

I'm so glad that the recent... events apparently haven't noticeably affected the hammer prices. Hope you are satisfied @Barnaba6

[DonnaML]

@Barnaba6, I won two of your Probus coins, one at 5.6x the estimate and the other at 3.6x estimate. I hope that all your lots did at least that well!

[Barnaba6]

On 3/17/2023 at 1:50 AM, DonnaML said:

@Barnaba6, I won two of your Probus coins, one at 5.6x the estimate and the other at 3.6x estimate. I hope that all your lots did at least that well!

Thank you @DonnaML for your participation in the auction despite the circumstances and Congratulations for winning the two lots. I hope you will be happy with them.  Not sure exactly which ones you actually bought, some lots sold very well indeed from my perspective, above expectations, others not so much, but as a general rule you should know that the estimate prices of most coins were significantly undervalued and had little to do with the actual real market prices. So the fact that you paid many times over the estimate prices does not necessarily mean that you overpaid but rather paid the current fair market price. 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Barnaba6

[Barnaba6]

On 3/17/2023 at 1:13 AM, Troyden said:

I'm so glad that the recent... events apparently haven't noticeably affected the hammer prices. Hope you are satisfied @Barnaba6

Hi. Thanks for your message. I am moderately satisfied. It certainly could have gone much worse under the circumstances but it also could have gone better I think. 

[Al Kowsky]

On 3/4/2023 at 3:27 PM, Barnaba6 said:

Hello,

52 rare Probus and Aurelian coins carefully selected from my specialized collection will be hammered on the 16 March 2023 by Roma Numismatics Limited:

https://www.romanumismatics.com/e-s...earch_lot_no=&sort_by=lot_number&view=bidders

The auction will also soon appear on sixbid, numisbids and biddr.ch.

Most of the coins offered are in beautiful condition, with full or nearly full original silvering and superbly struck details. These are often some of the best or even the best known specimens of particular types.

Many of the coins offered are true rarities, known from only a few examples, and unpublished in reference catalogues like RIC, MPR or Alfodi.

You may have come across one of my 10 previous specialized Probus auctions organized by Rzeszowski Dom Aukcyjny and Gabinet Numizmatyczny Damian Marciniak auction houses over the last 2 years.

I have recently decided to change the selling venue from Poland to the UK and consign my coins to Roma Numismatics Limited. I am very proud that my coins are offered under a separate section, devoted uniquely to my coins. Thank you Roma for this privilege!

I hope you participate actively in the auction and wish you all good luck and many successful bids!

 

That was an impressive group of coins, thanks for sharing ☺️

[Barnaba6]

On 3/17/2023 at 12:23 AM, Severus Alexander said:

I hope you were happy enough with the results, @Barnaba6. (The DEO ET DOMINO did well!) I didn't manage to snag any of your Probus coins, but I did get a neat lot of Aurelians, mainly for the unusual half-length Serdica portrait:

I'll keep at least one of the other two as well.  Very pleased to have a couple coins from your superb collection! 😊

Addendum: I checked out your CollecOnline link... looks like I got your #255 (ex Gysen, cool!), #165 (ex Ankoné), and #175. It's nice to have that record of your collection online... I hope to do the same.

Thanks @Severus Alexander for your participation in the auction and congrats for winning this interesting group lot, especially at this bargain price. I certainly hoped for a higher price for this particular lot and am amazed nobody else fought for it, but good for you:) happy to know that you are happy at least. The A9 bust ex Gysen is definitely the most interesting coin of the three although not as nicely preserved as the remaining two. 

[Barnaba6]

4 minutes ago, Al Kowsky said:

That was an impressive group of coins, thanks for sharing ☺️

Thank you @Al Kowsky. My pleasure. Actually I will have another equally interesting group of Probus coins at Roma’s e-sale 108 in April for sale. Will post the link as soon as the auction is online. I consigned 104 Probus and Aurelian coins in total to Roma Numismatics in November to be sold in two consecutive e-auctions in March and April, before the news emerged about Mr. Beale, so it’s too late now to back off with the second sale.  But since the March auction did not go too bad, I hope the April auction does even better. 

[DonnaML]

1 hour ago, Barnaba6 said:

Thank you @DonnaML for your participation in the auction despite the circumstances and Congratulations for winning the two lots. I hope you will be happy with them.  Not sure exactly which ones you actually bought, some lots sold very well indeed from my perspective, above expectations, others not so much, but as a general rule you should know that the estimate prices of most coins were significantly undervalued and had little to do with the actual real market prices. So the fact that you paid many times over the estimate prices does not necessarily mean that you overpaid but rather paid the current fair market price. 

I understand.  Most auction houses have very low estimates.

These were the two I bought -- the first one I think has an interesting reverse, and the second one I really like both sides:

Edited March 20, 2023 by DonnaML

[Al Kowsky]

46 minutes ago, Barnaba6 said:

Thank you @Al Kowsky. My pleasure. Actually I will have another equally interesting group of Probus coins at Roma’s e-sale 108 in April for sale. Will post the link as soon as the auction is online. I consigned 104 Probus and Aurelian coins in total to Roma Numismatics in November to be sold in two consecutive e-auctions in March and April, before the news emerged about Mr. Beale, so it’s too late now to back off with the second sale.  But since the March auction did not go too bad, I hope the April auction does even better. 

You were smart having Roma acknowledge that the coins were from your collection, a provenance that shouldn't draw any suspicion like the coins from Roma XX 😏. The market is experiencing a slow-down for coins in the price range you are auctioning presently, so don't beat yourself up over the results 😉.

[Barnaba6]

Great choice @DonnaML. Both coins are very rare and interesting. Congrats and thanks for your purchases again!