Classical Numismatic Group is proud to present CNG 103, an Internet and Mail Bid Sale closing electronically on Wednesday, 14 September 2016, from 10 AM ET (U.S.). This sale offers 1295 lots with a presale estimate of almost $2 million.

Our annual autumn sale features Greek, Celtic, Oriental Greek, Central Asian, Roman Provincial, Republican, and Imperial coinage. Additionally, there are featured selections of Byzantine, Early Medieval, Islamic, World, World Medals, British, British Medals, and Antiquities.

General selections of coins are included throughout the sale from the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Additionally, there are further selections from the M. A. Armstrong collection, and Greek and Roman coins from the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty collection.

The Greek and Oriental Greek sections are highlighted by an extensive offering of Tarentine coinage, a unique gold oktadrachm of the Seleukid King Antiochos III, and Sasanian coins from the Grzesiak and Highland collections.

One of the featured collections in CNG 103 is the Korwin Collection of Roman Coinage, which covers the period of Julius Caesar to Zeno. In the Republican and Imperial sections, bidders will find offerings from the RBW collection, a run of Flavian "Judaea Capta" commemoratives, and an attractive Pertinax gold aureus, as well as a unique aureus of Constantine II, as Caesar, formerly part of the Biaggi collection.

The Byzantine section features coins from the Cederlind estate and Dr. Lawrence Sporty collection. The early Medieval section is highlighted by three important early Lombardic gold coins, while the World section includes further selections from the Dr. Lawrence A. Adams collection and the Cederlind estate.

CNG 103 features an impressive selection of Scottish coinage from the collection of Arthur M. Fitts III. Other items of note for this sale include an exquisite 19 th century collection of Napoleonic medals in a handcrafted contemporary case, and a spectacular Battle of Lowestoft gold medal of Charles II. This well-rounded sale concludes with a selection of antiquities from the Cederlind estate, and the Petite Museum of Hadji Baba. The final lot in CNG Auction 103 is the Pamphill Hoard of mid- late 3rd century Roman coinage. The Pamphill Hoard is an intact coin hoard found in October 2011 near Pamphill in Dorset, England, and includes the fragments of the two ceramic vessels that contained the coins when they were discovered.

Catalogs for CNG 103 have been mailed to our active mailing list and bidding is open on the site. Some of the individual highlights from CNG 103 are:

Lot 11: ETRURIA, Populonia. Circa 300-250 BC. AV 25 Asses

To read the complete lot description, see:
Illustrated in EC (www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=317678)

Lot 295: Kroisos Prototype Stater

To read the complete lot description, see:
Kroisos Prototype Stater (www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=317962)

Lot 668: Lifetime Julius Caesar Denarius

To read the complete lot description, see:
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. (www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318335)

Lot 819: "Judaea Capta" Sestertius

To read the complete lot description, see:
A Run of "Judaea Capta" Commemoratives (https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318486)

Lot 943: Constantine VI & Irene. 780-797. AV Solidus

To read the complete lot description, see:
Ex Hunt Collection CNG 103, Lot: 943. (www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318610)

Lot 1115: Roman Imperial. Scipio Africanus

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Two Gold Medals After Valerio Belli (www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318782)

Lot 1139: Maurits van Oranje Medal

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Exceptional Medal by Bijlaer (www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318806)

Lot 1184: The Cursing Half Noble

To read the complete lot description, see:
The Cursing Half Noble (www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318851)

Lot 1227: Mary Abbey Crown

To read the complete lot description, see:
Mary Abbey Crown (www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318894)

Lot 1248: The Battle of Lowestoft Medal

To read the complete lot description, see:
Battle of Lowestoft Medal (www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=318915)

Printed catalogs for CNG 103 are now available. To order the catalog, please call our U.S. office at (717) 390-9194. Catalogs have been mailed to customers on CNG's active mailing list. Prospective bidders may also view the virtual catalogs at CNG 103 Virtual Catalog. The sale can be viewed online at cngcoins.com, sixbid.com and numisbids.com.

In addition to Internet & Mail Bid Sale 103, CNG will also feature over 850 lots from many of the same collections listed above in their Electronic Auction 383, closing two weeks later on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, from 10AM ET (U.S.). Bidding for CNG Electronic Auction 383 will begin on September 7, 2016.

CNG is currently accepting consignments for future auctions sales. Please contact the firm for further details and consignment deadlines.

For further details and any additional information, please contact CNG, Inc. at:

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 479
Lancaster, PA 17608-0479
Telephone: (717) 390-9194
Fax: (717) 390-9978
Email: cng@cngcoins.com