Here is the press release for Classical Numismatic Group's January NYINC sale, Triton XXV.
-Editor
Triton XXV Features Rarities, Masterpieces
Marking a quarter-century of numismatic excellence, Classical Numismatic Group
LLC's Triton XXV Auction in New York City Jan. 11-12 and Jan. 25-26, 2022 will bring to the block nearly 3,000
masterpieces of Ancient Greek, Judean, Roman, World and British coinage, according to CNG Managing
Director Michael Gasvoda.
We were hoping to assemble a great auction to mark Triton's twenty-fifth anniversary, Gasvoda said,
and with this monumental offering, it's mission accomplished!
Among the high-value coins to be offered are a magnificent silver dekadrachm of Syracuse, circa 405
BC, signed three times by the master engraver Kimon and pedigreed to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France;
an Attic-weight silver tetradrachm of the legendary Indo-Greek King Menander, one of only two known; a
major offering of Biblical-related coins, including an extremely rare Year 5 Shekel of the first-century Jewish
War against Rome, two of the rare and famous bronze menorah coins of King Matathias Antigonus, and an
impressive bronze medallion 217 depicting the Biblical Noah's Ark, one of only three known examples; and a
huge and impressive piece of Swedish plate money with a stamped value of 8 Daler, dated 1659. Triton XXV
also includes more than 90 Roman gold coins, including several highly important rarities; a rare and historically
significant Umayyad gold dinar dated Year 77, the first year of issue; and a rare silver denarius of the rebel
Roman general Labienus.
The Triton series of auctions commenced in New York on December 2, 1997 in conjunction with the
New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC) and has continued in an unbroken yearly sequence
since then, making it one of the longest-running major numismatic auctions in the field of Ancient, British and
World coins. Sessions 1 through 4 of Triton XV will be held prior to the 50 th annual NYINC, scheduled at the
Intercontinental New York Barclay Hotel, 111 E. 48 th Street, New York NY, January 13-16.
With the total presale estimate exceeding $7 million, Triton XXV is anchored by several spectacular
collections, said Gasvoda. Among the these holdings are the collection of Dr. Jay Galst, a New York opthalmologist who spent five decades collecting ancient Judaean and related coinages; the Melinda
Collection, focused on Hellenistic masterpieces from the Greco-Baktrian and Indo-Greek civilizations; The
Archytus Collection, an important offering of ancient coinage from the Indian subcontinent; the Thomas A.
Palmer Collection, a stellar group of Roman Imperial Silver denarii; the DeWilde Collection, a remarkable
holding of Dutch rarities; and the DMS Collection of important Swedish coins.
Artistic excellence, historical importance and extreme rarity abound in the offering, the first four
sessions of which will be held as live floor auctions at the Barclay Intercontinental Hotel in New York City,
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 11 – 12, 2022. Triton's Fifth and Sixth Sessions will be conducted live on the
internet from CNG's headquarters in Lancaster, PA, on Jan. 25 and 26. All coins may be viewed at the Barclay
starting Sunday, January 9, at 1 pm through the auction dates.
Bidders may view and participate remotely in all sessions of Triton XXV via the company's website,
www.cngcoins.com. To receive a printed copy of the full-color catalog and a detailed schedule, contact
Classical Numismatic Group LLC at
CNG@cngcoins.com, or call (717) 390-9194.
Wayne Homren, Editor
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