{"id":2688,"date":"2024-07-26T09:14:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T07:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arsclassicacoins.com\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2024-07-26T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T07:14:45","slug":"amed-post-i-inherited-an-extremely-rare-coin-collection-now-they-could-sell-for-1million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arsclassicacoins.com\/zh-hant\/press-area\/amed-post-i-inherited-an-extremely-rare-coin-collection-now-they-could-sell-for-1million\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amed Post: ‘I inherited an extremely rare coin collection \u2014 now they could sell for \u00a31million’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Amed Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The face of a Roman noblewoman, a well-fed King Henry VIII, and a balding King William IV: these are just some of the reliefs etched into a collection of ancient coins set to be put on auction for the first time.<\/p>\n

The Cope Collection, as it is known, was collected over 50 years by the noted numismatist Geoffrey Cope.<\/p>\n

In all, the collection is made up of 170 Roman bronze coins and more than 800 British coins and medallions in a state of preservation rarely seen.<\/p>\n

Many of the coins are thought to be the finest known examples in existence.<\/p>\n

They are now due to be auctioned in Zurich in May and October this year, in a collaboration headed by leading coin firms Numismatica Ars Classica, Classical Numismatic Group and Numismatica Genevensis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Cope, of the Skopes menswear firm, was one of Britain\u2019s most successful numismatists and made significant donations to the British Museum.<\/p>\n

His son, who wishes to remain anonymous, now owns the Cope Collection and spoke fondly of the coins but hoped that they would now give someone else as much pleasure as his father.<\/p>\n

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