Historical context drips from every corner as Stockholms Auktionsverk Sickla presents the theme Numisma. In size, coins might seem like modest objects, but their significance can hardly be overstated, and standing before these ancient artifacts today, one can't help but be struck by their beauty. And, in some cases, their charm.
Take just the 2,000-year-old Roman coin featuring a struck elephant. 18 mm in diameter, 3.8 grams in the hand - yet such a remarkable object.
It's one of just over 60 lots. Here you'll find several tetradrachms, Greek silver coins that truly embody ancient aesthetics. But there's also a gold coin bearing the double eagle from Austria-Hungary, struck in 1915.
All the coins come from a collection built up during the 1960s and 1970s. Within its broad range, we also get a touch of 17th-century Sweden, and, of course, the occasional surprise.
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