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ATLAS NUMISMATICS SELECTIONS: JANUARY 11, 2026Atlas Numismatics has updated their website with 317 new coins, medals, and tokens at fixed prices. Select items are discussed below. -Garrett
Mint State Arsinoe II Oktadrachm
1084576 | GREEK. PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. (Wife of Ptolemy II, died 270/268 BC). Posthumous issue, Class III, circa 164/163 - 140 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm'. NGC MS (Mint State) Strike 5/5 Surface 2/5. Alexandria mint. 27mm. 27.47gm. Veiled head of deified Arsinöe II right, wearing diademed stephane and horn of Ammon, scepter surmounted by lotus over left shoulder; K in left field, dotted border APSINOHS-FI?A?E?FOY. Double cornucopia bound with royal diadem, containing pyramidal cakes, pomegranates and other fruits, grape cluster hanging from the rim of each horn; dotted border. CPE II K-43; Svoronos 1498-1499. Highly lustrous and very attractive for the grade assigned.
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Superb Danzig Medal by Dadler
1083776 | DANZIG. (1644) AR Medal. PCGS SP63. By S. Dadler. 60.80mm. 66.81gm. 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. Van Loon II, S. 315 (Histoire metallique II, S. 304); Pax in Nummis 102; Deth./Ord. 1; Maué 54. On the beginning of the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia. The Peace of Westphalia is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster. They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire, closing a calamitous period of European history that killed approximately eight million people. [Wikipedia.org]. Housed in an oversized holder.
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Attractive Eichstatt Double Thaler
1083769 | GERMAN STATES. Eichstatt. 1790 W AR 2 Thaler. PCGS MS64. 55.94gm. CAPITULUM EYSTETTENSE - REGNANS SEDE VACANTE, below: 17.V EINE FEINE MARK. Saints above vacant throne EX UNO OMNIS NOSTRA SALUS, below: WILIBALDS-BURG. in band. Tree with 15 shields in branches, one shield below trunk, abbey and lands in background. KM 95; Dav.-2212; Zepernick 80; Cahn 148. Housed in an oversized holder.
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Münster Medallic 10 Ducats
1083748 | GERMAN STATES. Münster. 1648 AV Medallic 10 Ducats (Struck from Thaler Dies). PCGS AU55. By E. Ketteler. 34.70mm. 52.61gm. HINC TOTI PAX INSONAT ORBI// PAX// MONASTERIVM / WESTPHA/ 1648. Two angels above the cityscape of Münster; one holding a palm leaf and trombone sounding, "PAX" and the other holding laurel branch and wreath. Signed EK lower left CÆSARIS REGVM IVNXIT PAX AVREA DEXTRAS 24 8 tbris *. Radiant name of Jehovah above two interlocking hands emerging from the clouds, behind them two cornucopias and a laurel branch; scattered weapons below. Pax in Nummis 114; Deth./Ord. 124. Upon the Peace of Westphalia of Münster and Osnabrück on 14th of October, 1648 (by the Gregorian calendar, 24 October 1648). Struck from the dies of the 1 1/4 Thaler (KM-49: https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/german-states-munster-1-1-4-thaler-km-49-1648-cuid-1182226-duid-1391863). Housed in an oversized holder.
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Exceptional Queen Anne Shilling
1084636 | GREAT BRITAIN. Anne. (Queen, 1702-1714). 1708 AR Shilling. PCGS MS66. ANNA · DEI · - GRATIA ·. Third bust left MAG - BR · FRA - ET · HIB - REG ·. Crowned shield in cruciform. KM 523.1; SCBC-3610. Ex Terner Collection.
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Virtually Flawless Waitangi Crown
1084592 | NEW ZEALAND. George V. (King, 1910-1936). 1935 AR Crown. NGC PR67. 38.8mm. Crowned bust left Crown above standing figures shaking hands. KM 6; Dav.-443. Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. From a reported mintage of just 468 pieces.
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