Revised July 23, 2020
Ancient Coin Dealers (Links to sites with ancient coins for sale.)
Contents: Major fixed-price sites are listed first.
Consolidators that host auctions of numerous firms.
Sites with frequent auctions.
Other consolidators with upcoming auctions (lesser consolidators).
Fixed-price sites
Other, smaller, fixed-price sites.
English and European fixed-price sites.
What's new? 2020, July 23: NAC fixed-price site added. Only very high end coins. Unlike other sites, you have to register to see the prices.
Sites with many ancient coins for sale:
If you want to buy an ancient coin today and not wait, try these:
vcoins at vcoins.com is the "Ancient Coin Mall" with over 100 dealers and a great search engine.
MA-Shops https://www.ma-shops.de/antike/
A huge site much like vcoins, but focusing on European dealers.
Forum Ancient Coins, Joe Sermarini
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp
He also lists some Forum coins on vcoins. His site also has an important discussion board with many topics well-arranged and frequent interesting contributions. This is a major site.
CNG https://cngcoins.com/
The most prominent dealer in the US, with major auctions of high-quality coins, biweekly electronic auctions, and many high-quality fixed-price coins for sale. It also has a very large searchable database of previous sale results ("Research" on the top middle of the home page), which is a important research tool.
Fixed-price sites, not so large:
Augustus Coins (my site) http://augustuscoins.com/index.html
also has catalogs and books for sale at http://augustuscoins.com/numislit.html
Bargain Bin Ancients http://bargainbinancients.com/zen/index.php
Roman Coin Shop https://www.romancoinshop.com/
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Fixed-price shops of high-end auction firms (shops with expensive highest-quality coins):
CNG's fixed-price coin shop: https://cngcoins.com/Coins.aspx?CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&VIEW_TYPE=0
Nomos (Alan Walker) https://nomosag.com/
A major auction house in Switzerland (associated with CNG) with only very high-end coins for sale in their "webshop"
NAC at The Numis Place: https://www.thenumisplace.com/360-ancient-coins
A fixed-price webshop utilized by major auction house in Switzerland. It has only very high-end coins. Unlike other sites, you have to register to see the prices.
Ed Waddell http://www.coin.com/ (another site with only high-end coins)
(The list of fixed-price sites is continued below.)
****** Major Auction Sites--Consolidators:
Many auctions, including most major upcoming auctions, and increasingly numerous e-auctions of major and minor firms, are listed at
SixBid https://www.sixbid.com/
Numisbids: https://www.numisbids.com/
Still another portal to auctions, many the same as found at sixbid.
The web page you are reading does not list sites of firms with infrequent auctions that would be regularly listed on sixbid or Numisbids or Biddr.
Biddr: https://www.biddr.ch/ "A live bidding platform that serves as an interface between Auction houses and on-line bidders."
[There are more consolidators listed below.]
Some sites have frequent auctions (most are also listed on one or more of the above consolisators)
CNG Classical Numismatic Group) https://cngcoins.com/ with (on the right side of their home page) auctions every two weeks on Wednesday mornings.
Heritage (Dallas, Texas) has an ancient-coin auction every Wednesday evening.
The rest of the firms have auctions but not so frequently and not so regular.
The auction site associated with vcoins https://www.vauctions.com/
Pecunem https://www.pecunem.com/
Agora Auctions: http://agoraauctions.com/
Jean Elsen & ses Fils http://www.elsen.eu/ (A large firm in Belgium with regular auctions, e-auctions, and fixed-price coins as well)
Numismatik Naumann https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/numismatiknaumann/upcoming
Naville Numismatics http://www.navillenumismatics.com/home-wts/
Harlan J. Berk (He hosts a large buy-or-bid sale of quality on his site and has some, but only a few, fixed-price lots in addition):
https://www.hjbltd.com/
Frank Robinson. A few good auctions a year: www.fsrcoin.com
Great Collections (slabbed coins, but you can crack them out) https://www.greatcollections.com/Denomination/30/World-and-Ancient-Coins
Forum has a "member's free auctions" page with individual items:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Auction/APViewInCat.asp?ID=5&CMD=&OwnerID=&SortBy=&VIEW=GALLERY&page=1
Other Consolidators:
Dea Moneta: https://www.deamoneta.com/
A European site, Catawiki, for auctions of all kinds with numerous coin auctions (They accept credit cards, but do not accept PayPal):
https://www.catawiki.com/c/165-coins-bullion-stamps (Unlike most auctions, they have reserve prices--often much above the opening bids-so you can decide on and enter a bid and then be informed it did not meet the reserve.)
eMaxBid: https://emax.bid/en/
bid inside https://bidinside.com/
onebid.pl (Polish auction consolidator) https://onebid.pl/pl/aukcje/Monety
Delcampe https://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/coins-banknotes/
A large auction and fixed-price site with many sellers. Many fixed-price coins are overpriced; some are not.
Fixed-price sites (For the highest-end coin shops, see above)
Augustus Coins http://augustuscoins.com/index.html
also has catalogs and books for sale at http://augustuscoins.com/numislit.html
Bargain Bin Ancients http://bargainbinancients.com/zen/index.php
Marc Breitsprecher (was Ancient Imports) https://mrbcoins.com/ (He has a vcoins store, but he has far more coins for sale here.)
Roman Coin Shop https://www.romancoinshop.com/
Bnumis (Cédric Wolkow) https://bnumis.com/boutique/fr/
Civitas Galleries http://www.civitasgalleries.com/cgi/store/commerce.cgi?page=ancienthome.html
(They have a vcoins store too. Sometimes the prices differ.)
Bill Rosenblum http://rosenblumcoins.com/
A long-established dealer specializing in Jewish-related coins. He has auctions, too.
Baldwin's https://www.baldwin.co.uk/ https://www.baldwin.co.uk/coins/ancient.html (specifically for fixed-price ancients)
London, England. They have major auctions and fixed-price lists. They are one of the most prominent dealers in English coins and they also offer many high-quality ancient coins.
Classical Coins, Dave Welsh http://www.classicalcoins.com/
Tantalus http://www.tantaluscoins.com/forsale.php
Many members of this site offer coins for sale. Most are low grade and overpriced by hopeful owners.
Steven Album http://www.stevealbum.com/
The most prominent dealer in Islamic coins.
Nova Marketing http://novamarketing.ch/ (many high-quality ancient coins)
iNumis (French firm) http://www.inumis.com/
Zuzum Judaea https://www.zuzimcoins.com/
Rudnik Numismatics http://rudnik.com/new/custSearch1.php
An awkward site to use (The worst on the web. You have to pick your area of interest from a dropdown list), but with many rare Byzantine coins and many coins in other areas.
Ken Martins Museum Surplus http://www.museumsurplus.com/
Persic Gallery http://www.persicgallery.com/
Parthian, Sasanian, Islamic, etc.
Cerberus Coins (Australia, Cameron Day) http://www.cerberuscoins.com/
Bob Reis "Anything Anywhere" http://anythinganywhere.com/index.htm
Not often updated
Alexander Basok "Rusty Pennies" http://www.rustypennies.com/catalog/coins.html
An very awkward site to use. You have to click on individual descriptions to see any images.
Sam Slote http://www.sloatcoins.com/shopping.asp?sec=1-1
Wayne Sayles http://www.wgs.cc/shop/
Edgar L. Owen http://edgarlowen.com/gallery-directory.shtml
Grand Rapid Coins https://www.grandrapidscoins.com/ancients
Praefectus (John) http://www.praefectuscoins.com/index.html
Pete Burbules (Akropolis Coins) http://akropoliscoins.com/
Poseidon Coin Company (David) http://www.poseidoncoincompany.com/main_bkgr_img.html
Ancient Coin Traders (Peter, Australia) http://www.ancientcointraders.com/
Heracles Coins https://www.heraklescoins.com/
Other sites, apparently of "vest pocket" dealers.
Robert Bernobich http://www.numisology.com/For_sale.htm
Glenn Terry https://www.glennterryart.com/?q=node/100
Other English and European firms:
Roma Numismatics https://romanumismatics.com/ (A major auction firm with a fixed-price shop with high-end coins)
cgb.fr https://www.cgb.fr/ (A large auction firm in France with a fixed-price shop. They also list on MA-Shops)
A. G. & S. Gillis https://www.gilliscoins.com/coinage.htm
Alex. Alter Roemer Kunst & Antiquitaten http://www.alteroemer.de/shop.php?kategorie=M
Rondomons.nl (Hans Verschoor, in the Netherlands) https://www.rondomons.nl/
CoinTalk.com, a site with forums for discussing coins, allows members to post coins for sale. Most are not ancient, but some are: https://www.cointalk.com/forums/for-sale/
If you have other sites you like, or you discover broken links, let me know at
Revised July 23, 2020