Luckily, I have absolutely zero interest in collecting coins (gold or otherwise) of the biggest criminals in history (Genghis Khan, Hulagu, Timur, Mao Tse-tung, Hitler, Tito, Stalin, etc.), so whether they minted any is of no concern to me, what I don't like is the fact that many great historical figures (Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, etc.) who deserved to have their own coins don't seem to have any.
The greatest mass murderer/ Mao Tse Tung has his mug on Chinese money today. He is worshipped like a God in China/ even though he is responsible for 120M deaths. Stalin came a distant second with 60M victims. Karl Marx stated, "that religion was the opiate of the masses", Communism was a failed experiment that killed 200M from 1918-2024.
And that number doesn't include those killed by communist-caused pollution (communist China has very polluted air, water and soil in most of the country), forced abortions, etc.
Many Roman Emperors/ Dictators were evil. Julius Caesar got his just reward in the senate. He was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Gauls/ Crassus/ Sulla/ Nero/ Septimus Severus all bad. Actually there was a gold coin struck for Hannibal during his occupation of Italy.
More gold coins from the Siscia mint have come to auction: https://www.biddr.com/auctions/mdcmonaco/browse?a=4938&l=5983495 https://www.biddr.com/auctions/mdcmonaco/browse?a=4938&l=5983505
This is an interesting coin: https://www.ma-shops.com/monetarium/item.php?id=10919 Not only does it belong to Nikola Zrinski, but it was minted in the Croatian town of Kostajnica, which I wasn't aware of ever even having a mint!
This (https://www.agora-ancientcoins.com/product/constans-as-augustus/) coin is now up for auction here: https://auctions.thecoincabinet.com/lots/view/4-EKP8E4/constans-av-solidus
A Gold Aureus of Diocletian from the Siscia mint has finally come to auction: https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/53/196/[53] Unfortunately, it is at Leu Numismatik, which means it is 100% sure that I would have to pay 25% VAT to customs here on top of whatever Leu Numismatik's invoice would amount to, and even the starting price is way too high for me.
https://www.biddr.com/auctions/leu/browse?a=5019&l=6095131 This is also an interesting coin, too bad it isn't in better condition.
Today at the Coin Cabinet auction I won this Duchy of Carinthia Gold Ducat of Karl II (minted in Klagenfurt in 1583): Karl II founded the Croatian city of Karlovac in 1579: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlovac
This might be of interest to somebody here: https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotv...&Lot=498&Val=6f2d84ab3704623180320f24e770d8ec
This also might be of interest to somebody here: https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/...taler-40mm-2853-g-12h-dated-1773-dm-ngc-ms-64
Istra Numizmatika will hold their next auction in November: https://www.biddr.com/auctions/istranumizmatika/browse?a=5053
Today I bought this Slovenian Gold 5000 Tolar coin (minted in Celje in 1993) commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Battle of Sisak (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sisak):
Today I bought this Kingdom of Hungary Silver Denar of Nikola III Zrinski (father of the Croatian national hero Nikola IV Zrinski (more commonly known as Nikola Šubić Zrinski)), minted in Kostajnica, Croatia in 1531: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_III_Zrinski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_IV_Zrinski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrvatska_Kostajnica
This will be up for auction in November: https://www.biddr.com/auctions/soleryllach/browse?a=5120&l=6242244
