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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4864247, member: 110350&quot;]See <a href="https://ancientcoins.market/most-expensive-ancient-coins-sold/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ancientcoins.market/most-expensive-ancient-coins-sold/" rel="nofollow">https://ancientcoins.market/most-expensive-ancient-coins-sold/</a> (from September 2019):</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Record-Holder</p><p>The record holder for an ancient Greek coin is the facing portrait gold stater of Pantikapaion, which brought $3,250,000 in a 2012 New York auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pantikapaion (or Panticapaeum) on the Black Sea coast of Crimea grew wealthy shipping grain from the Ukraine’s fertile fields to feed Greek cities. Weighing 9.12 grams (about a third of an ounce), the coin was struck between 350 and 300 BCE. On the reverse a griffin stands over an ear of wheat, surrounded by the first three letters of the town’s name. The obverse shows the bearded head of a satyr. . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>Syracuse Tetradrachm of Kimon</p><p>In Greek cities of Sicily during the fifth century BCE, the art of coin die engraving reached a standard of technical and creative excellence that would not be seen again until the eighteenth century CE. Cities like Syracuse, Akragas (see below), Leontinoi and Naxos competed to celebrate their patron deities and their athletic and military victories on large silver ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a 2014 European auction, a beautifully toned tetradrachm of Syracuse brought 2,737,000 Swiss francs (CHF), which is equivalent to $3,052,750 USD–a record for a Greek silver coin . . . . &quot; [The article lists one other ancient Greek coin, an Akragas Dekadrachm, sold for more than $2 million, and two more sold for between $750,000 and $900,000.]</p><p><br /></p><p>From the same article, the most expensive Roman coin was another example of the Eid Mar sureus:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Brutus Aureus</p><p><br /></p><p>The most famous Roman coin, by far, is the EID MAR denarius of Brutus (85 – 42 BCE) celebrating Caesar’s assassination; but no example of this rare type (about 80 known) has sold for close to a million dollars. The gold aureus struck by a military mint moving with the army of Brutus and fellow-assassin Casca (43-42 BCE), however, comes close. In a 2015 European auction, an example brought 900,000 Swiss francs (about $930,714 USD), against an estimate of 500,000.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Wikipedia, the highest price paid for any coin is the following: $10,016,875, 1794 Flowing Hair dollar. United States, Stack&#039;s Bowers Galleries, January 2013.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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