MONEY OF THE CELTS - The Flesche Collection at KÜNKER

The second part of KÜNKER's Spring Auction Sales is completely dedicated to antiquity. In addition to many collections of Greek, Roman Republican, Roman imperial and late Roman coinage, a collection with world-class Celtic coins will be on offer: the Flesche Collection.

The material on offer in the second part of KÜNKER's Spring Auction Sales from 4 to 6 April 2022 is presented by three auction catalogs with a total of more than 2,000 lots of ancient coins. Every lover of ancient coins will spot his favorite pieces in these three auctions.

Several interesting collections will be sold at once: auction 365 offers the Dr Albrecht Ullrich Collection with late Roman gold coins and the collection of a connoisseur with Roman coins including many rarities and a wealth of high-quality sesterces. Auction 366 is dedicated to a spectacular collection of Celtic coinage - collections like this one only enter the market once every few decades. The Flesche Collection contains what is readily described as , and, indeed, the collection has been on display already in 2010 at the Munich State Coin Collection. Auction catalog 367 covers no less two collections: the Dr Guy Sylvain Paul Bastin Collection with Greek and Roman coins of wonderful quality and part 6 of the Dr W R Collection with Roman Republican coinage.

The second part of the Spring Auction Sales starts on 4 April with auction 365. It contains coins from the ancient world from various consigners, including some large collections. This auction covers the complete spectrum of ancient numismatics: Celts, Greeks, Romans, Byzantium and a few pieces of the Migration Period and the Orient.

As an example for the quality of the Greek coins on offer, we would like to draw your attention to a quintuple shekel or rather a decadrachm of the Carthaginians, minted in an unknown Sicilian mint. The extremely rare specimen graded depicts a Pegasus on the reverse. Another highlight of the about 150 lots with Greek coins is an about extremely fine distater by Alexander the Great, minted during his lifetime by a Macedonian mint.

Added to attractive denarii and cistophori, the section of coins from the Roman Empire offers numerous aurei graded very fine to FDC, and an extensive series of exceptionally well-preserved sesterces - not only from the first and second but also from the third century. In addition to issues of Caligula, Claudius and all other male and female members of the Julio-Claudian and the Flavian dynasties, experts will also spot rarities such as a sestertius of Aelius and a double sestertius by Herennia Etruscilla.

A particularly rich selection of late Roman and Byzantine coins from the period after the death of Constantine the Great stems from the Dr Albrecht Ullrich Collection, who paid special attention to the perfect quality of his pieces during his many years of collecting coins.

No. 5070: Carthaginians / Sicily. 5 shekel (decadrachm), around 264 BC. Very rare. Very fine +. Estimate: 30,000 euros

No. 5087: Alexander III / Macedonia. Distater, 336-323, Macedonian mint. Very rare. About extremely fine. Estimate: 20,000 euros

No. 5226: Caligula. Sestertius, 37/8. From the collection of a connoisseur. Extremely fine. Estimate: 7,500 euros

No. 5232: Claudius. Sestertius, 50-54. From the collection of a connoisseur. FDC. Estimate: 12,500 euros

No. 5234: Claudius. Cistophorus, 41/2(?), Ephesus. From the collection of a connoisseur. Extremely fine +. Estimate: 7,500 euros

No. 5236: Agrippina the Elder. Sestertius, 50-54. From the collection of a connoisseur. Rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 10,000 euros

No. 5253: Nero. Sestertius, around 65, Lugdunum. Very rare. Very fine + / About extremely fine. Estimate: 20,000 euros

No. 5264: L. Clodius Macer. Denarius, 68, Carthage. From MMAG auction 25 (1962), No. 591. Very rare. NGC XF*, Strike 4/5, Surface 5/5. Very fine. Estimate: 30,000 euros

No. 5395: Caracalla. Aureus, 199/200. From the collection of a connoisseur. Rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 10,000 euros

No. 5405: Elagabal. Aureus, 220-222. FDC. Estimate: 25,000 euros

No. 5422: Herennia Etruscilla. Double sestercius, 249-251. From the collection of a connoisseur. Very rare. Extremely fine +. Estimate: 40,000 euros

No. 5446: Constans. Solidus, 340-350, Aquileia. From the Dr Albrecht Ullrich Collection. Rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 2,500 euros

No. 5515: Aelia Pulcheria. Solidus, 414, Constantinopolis. From the Dr Albrecht Ullrich Collection. Rare. Extremely fine. Estimate: 5,000 euros