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ATLAS NUMISMATICS SELECTIONS: NOVEMBER 1, 2026Atlas Numismatics has updated their website with 393 new coins, medals, and tokens at fixed prices. Select items are discussed below. -Garrett
Mint State Syracuse Double-Decadrachm
1087897 | GREEK. SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (Agathokles). (Tyrant, 317-289 BC). Struck 317-289 BC. AV Stater (or Double-Decadrachm). NGC MS✭ (Mint State ✭) Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5 Fine Style. 16mm. 5.71gm. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, bowl decorated with griffin AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ/ [B]AΣIΛEOΣ/ T. Thunderbolt. HGC 2, 1535. Gulbenkian 339 (this coin). BAR issue 29. Cf. SNG ANS 702 (different reverse symbol). Struck as King of Sicily (295-289 BC). Ex Spink Auction 175 (2005) Lot 43; Ex NGSA Auction 4 (11 December 2006) Lot 53; Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich Auction 8 (2017) Lot 9; and Ex Heritage Auction #3061 (2018) Lot 32008. Includes NGC Photo Certificate.
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Marc Antony and Octavian Denarius
1086606 | ROMAN REPUBLICAN. Marc Antony and Octavian. (Imperators and Triumvirs (43-33 BC). Struck circa 41 BC. M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore AR Denarius. NGC Ch. XF (Choice Extremely Fine) Strike 4/5 Surface 4/5. Ephesus. 20mm. 3.78gm. M•ANT•IMP•AVG•III•VIR•R•P•C•M•BARBAT•Q•P (MP and AV ligate). Bare head of Marc Antony, right CAESAR•IMP•PONT•III•VIR•R•P•C•. Bare head of Octavian right with touseled hair and long sideburn. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8a; BMCRR East 100; Kestner 3793-5; RBW 1798. Beautifully toned.
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Superbly Struck Central American Republic 8 Reales
1088432 | CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLIC. 1842/0-NG MA AR 8 Reales. PCGS MS65+. Guatemala City. Five mountains, sun has large, full face Tree divides denomination. KM 4.
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Mint State Elizabeth I "Fine" Sovereign
1088463 | GREAT BRITAIN. England. Elizabeth I. (Queen, 1558-1603). (1584-86) ND-(Escallop) AV Sovereign. PCGS MS62. London (Tower) mint. 15.21gm. ELIZABETH: D'. G'. ANG'. - FRA'. ET. HIB'. REGINA. Queen enthroned, tressure not broken by throne; portcullis below A. DNO. FACTV. EST. ISTVD. ET. EST. MIRAB: IN. OCVLIS. NRS. Square-topped quartered shield of arms on rose. SCBC-2529. Sharply struck and lustrous. Ex MDC Auction 14 (3 May 2024) Lot 906.
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Marriage Medal From the estate of Kaiser Wilhelm I
1088022 | GREAT BRITAIN. Victoria. (Queen, 1837-1901). 1858-Dated AR Medal. PCGS SP65. By F. W. Kullrich. Edge: Plain. 50.87mm. 65.76gm. FRIEDR WILH PR v PR - VICTORIA PR R v GR BR u I. Conjugate busts, right Kneeling bridal couple exchanging rings before a standing angel; Prussian and English coats of arms with a scroll below. BHM 2624; W&E 751.1; Marienburg 6491; Sommer K 22; Mues/Olding 770; Unlisted in Eimer. Struck to commemorate the marriage of King Wilhelm IV of Prussia's nephew, the future Emperor Frederick III, to Victoria, Princess of Great Britain. Ex Imperial Collection of the Hohenzollern Museum, Monbijou Palace, Berlin collection (HM 1032, MKB 845). From the estate of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Housed in an oversized holder.
Initially housed in the Hohenzollern Museum at Monbijou Palace in Berlin, the collection was moved to the Berlin City Palace towards the end of the Second World War. After the war, it was taken to the Soviet Union as looted art, and returned to East Berlin in 1958. For decades, it remained largely hidden from the public and was kept at the Bode Museum. Negotiations with public authorities regarding the fate of the collection had been going on for years when an agreement was reached in 2025. As a result, many items will remain as permanent loans in German museums. Other pieces have passed into the ownership of the House of Hohenzollern." (Text courtesy of F.R. Kuenker).
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Gold Pattern or Trial Strike Rijksdaaler of 2-1/2 Guldens
1088477 | NETHERLANDS. Wilhelmina I. (Queen, 1890-1948). (1892) ND AV Pattern or Trial Strike Rijksdaaler of 2-1/2 Guldens. NGC PR65 Cameo. By Carel Joseph Begeer (after a design by Jünger). Edge: Plain. 30.47gm. WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN. Young head portrait, left with long hair and necklace WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN *. Young head portrait, left, with long hair within beaded cicrle. Unlisted in KM; cf. Schulman 679e; cf. Scholten 794a; cf. Zwierzina 1032 & 1033; cf. KB-181 & 182. Exceedingly rare in gold. We note that another example in gold was sold by Schulman (Auction 377, 19 October 2023, lot 742) and noted as follows: "a gold example had not been published until now; as a whole, most likely unique!". Currently the finest known at NGC as of October 2026
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