On 18 November 2025, we will auction off the Dr. Carl Friedrich Zschucke Collection. Mr. Zschucke is well-known in the numismatic world thanks to his publications on the Gallic Empire and the mints of Cologne and Trier. We tell the story of Postumus and his successors, illustrating it with coins from our upcoming Winter Auction Sales.

Do you enjoy imagining what day-to-day life was like for people in the Roman Empire? Is it more fun for you to learn about everyday history than to acquire items in perfect condition? Do you enjoy making discoveries? If so, Roman provincial coinage is the perfect topic for your collection.

On 7 October 2025, we will auction off a ducat issued by the city of Emden. The reverse displays a remarkable legend, stating that the coin’s value is equivalent to that of a Hungarian ducat. However, Emden is around 1,000 kilometers away from Hungary. So why did Emden use the Hungarian ducat as a weight standard?

Münster, Osnabrück and Passau: How are these places related to the Counts of Lamberg? We use coins from our auction sale 424 to illustrate how noble families in the Holy Roman Empire climbed the social ladder in early modern times, and explain the reasons for and the consequences of such ascents.

On 5 July 2025, we will offer a complete set of trictrac pieces at its auction 425. The ensemble is of great cultural and historical value. This prompts us to ask why gaming counters are part of the numismatic field – and what insights they can offer into the numismatic daily life of the early modern period.

On 3 July 2025, we will auction off the Hermann Wohnlich Collection presenting coins and medals from Tyrol. The offer includes an impressive ensemble of representative coins of Maximilian I, which are an excellent testament to his ability to cultivate his image. The effects of this can still be felt today.

We think we know him: Frederick the Wise who hid Luther at Wartburg Castle. In fact, his myth was only created after the ruler’s death. Numismatically speaking, the German Empire immortalized him.

In European castles and treasure chambers, we often come across magnificent coin-embedded vessels. These items represent wealth and knowledge. Although their roots can be traced back to the Renaissance, it was not until the bourgeoisie of the 19th century that they came into their own.

VOC coins tell the story of the Netherlands’ colonial past. The States General granted the VOC all the rights of an independent state: it could declare war, make treaties and issue its own currency. Join us on a trip to Indonesia, the place where the spices grew that financed the Dutch Golden Age.

The third part of the Beuth Collection contains many historically interesting emergency and siege coins. They were issued by the Dutch towns besieged by Spain during the 80 Years' War. One of these towns was Leiden, which to this day commemorates the end of the siege every year with a festival.

Künker’s auction 419 features numismatic rarities from the Roman civil war that followed Caesar’s death. In addition to the Eid Mar denarius, aurei of Marcus Antonius will cross the auction block. We will re-tell his story – from his point of view, not that of Augustus.

Gnadenpfennigs are an extremely rare category of numismatic objects. We are proud to offer nine lots in our berlin auction sale 418 on 29 January 2025 that are, or are likely to be, gnadenpfennigs. We explain the purpose of these issues and when they were created.

On 29 January 2025, we will auction a series of valuable Renaissance medals. These “representative pfennigs” with biblical themes were minted in the region of Joachimsthal and were intended to spread the teachings of the Reformation. Johannes Mathesuis, the author of Luther’s Table Talk, may have been at the origin of some of the motifs.

On 29 January 2025, we will be auctioning an object of major art-historical importance in Berlin: The very Albrecht Dürer himself had been commissioned by the Nuremberg City Council to create the dies for medals that were to be officially handed to Charles V during his entry into the city in 1521.

On 31 October 2024, Künker will auction off part 9 of the Dr. W.R. Collection. It presents Roman coins from the period between the civil war of 68/9 and the end of the Severan dynasty. The diverse material illustrates the numismatic traces of the consecration of Roman emperors.

As part of the phaleristic auction 415 on 28 October 2024, we will be auctioning the set of gold medals that Emperor Franz Joseph presented to his father-in-law, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria. It is the numismatic souvenir of a wedding that turned out to be a nightmare for his daughter – young Elisabeth, who is better known as Sissi or Sisi today.

In the context of Künker’s phaleristic sale at the end of October, the Osnabrück auction house will present orders from the estate of Carl Theodor Duke in Bavaria. Carl Theodor is one of the most interesting figures of Bavarian history. In contrast to his famous sister Sisi, he managed to live a fulfilled and self-determined life – as an eye specialist.

Few women have left such a decisive mark on the history of 19th-century Europe as Cleméntine d’Orléans, and yet it was not until 2007 that her life was honored with a biography. We are delighted to be able to offer a coin collection that once belonged to this woman.

On 27/28 September 2024, we auctioned off part 2 of the Beuth Collection with Dutch coins in collaboration with Laurens Schulman. This important collection includes numerous rarities. But it also contains affordable coins with two-digit estimates that are just as fascinating as their unique and extremely rare counterparts, as we will prove in this article.