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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3564721, member: 51347&quot;]Dunno, but I am comfortable with my Clain-Steffanelli&#039;s... I have various tags and envelops that came with them.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PIG</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948061[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>EAR</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948062[/ATTACH]</p><p>Campania, Capua Bronze circa 216-211, Æ 14.5mm., 2.35g. Diademed and veiled bust of Hera r.; lotus-tipped sceptre over shoulder. Rev. KAPV in oscan character Grain ear; in r. field, tripod-like object. SNG France 517. SNG ANS 219. Historia Numorum Italy 500.Good Very Fine/Very Fine.In addition, winning bids of EEC clients for this coin are subject to a 5% fee on hammer price as a reimbursement for import duty paid to HMRC.This coin is Not subject to any kind of US import restrictions.</p><p><i>From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WUFF</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948063[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>AE Sextans 217-215, Anonymous</p><p>Æ 29.5mm., 24.54g.</p><p>Obv: She-wolf suckling twins; in exergue, two pellets.</p><p>Rev. ROMA Eagle standing r., holding flower in beak; behind, two pellets.</p><p>Ref: Sydenham 95. RBW 107. Crawford 39/3.</p><p>Comment: Nice brown-green patina. Very Fine.</p><p><i>Ex: From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SPEAR</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948064[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sicily, Mamertini</p><p>AE Pentonkion circa 264-241,</p><p>Æ 26mm., 10.61g.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus r.</p><p>Rev: MAMERTINΩN Warrior advancing r., holding spear and shield; in r. field, Π.</p><p>Ref: SNG ANS 441. Calciati I, 41.</p><p>Comment: Attractive green patina. Good Very Fine.</p><p><i><i>Ex: From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.</i></i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>XOANA</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948065[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Campania, Capua</p><p>AE Semuncia circa 216-211,</p><p>Æ 18.4mm., 4.58g.</p><p>Obv: Bust of Juno r., holding sceptre on shoulder.</p><p>Rev: KAPV Two xoana draped.</p><p>Ref: SNG ANS 215.</p><p>Ref: Historia Numorum Italy 495.</p><p>Comment: Rare. Green patina. Obv. Slighlty double struck; Very Fine/Good Very Fine.</p><p><i>Ex: From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WOW, COOL</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948066[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Etruria, Populonia</b></p><p>2 ½ asses 3rd century BC, AR 0.85 g. Radiate female head r.; behind, CII. Rev. Blank. EC 104 (misdescribed, Female head with an Attic helmet). Historia Numorum Italy 179.</p><p>Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known.</p><p>Dark patina and about very fine</p><p><i>From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>E.E. CLAIN-STEFANELLI DIES</b></p><p>ANS Executive Director Ute Wartenburg reported that</p><p>Elvira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli died Oct. 1, 2001 of cardiac</p><p>arrest. Mrs. Stefanelli retired in 2000 as the Senior</p><p>Curator of the National Numismatic Collection in the</p><p>Numismatics Division of the National Museum of</p><p>American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,</p><p>DC.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">She was at the Smithsonian for forty years, and was</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">responsible with her husband Vladimir for organizing and</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">building up the National Numismatic Collection. She</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">survived a Nazi concentration camp in WWII Europe,</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">moved to Rome, and learned numismatics there. In New</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">York she and her husband worked for Stack&#039;s and started</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #b30000">the Coin Galleries division there.</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Her most recent publication was &quot;Life In Republican Rome</p><p>On its Coinage&quot;, a lavishly illustrated discussion of the</p><p>themes which appear on the coinage of the Roman Republic,</p><p>published in 1999. Her major contribution to the science of</p><p>numismatic literature was her classic &quot;Numismatic Bibliography&quot;,</p><p>published in 1985.</p><p>Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001) and her husband Dr. Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli (1914-1982) were academic numismatic historians and later numismatic authors and curators. They pursued their interest in ancient coinage of the Black Sea region and U.S. medals as a team, serving together as members of the American Numismatic Society and numerous other national and international numismatic organizations. Vladimir became an ANS Associate in 1951 and a Fellow in 1957; Elvira became a Fellow in 1963. The two were frequent visitors to the Society when they worked for Hesperia Art Galleries and then Stack’s in the 1950s. In 1956 Vladimir became curator of the Smithsonian&#039;s Division of Numismatics; a year later, Elvira joined him as Assistant Curator. Together, they built the National Numismatic Collection from approximately 60,000 specimens in 1956 to almost one million objects. Two years after Vladimir&#039;s death in 1982, Elvira became the department&#039;s first executive director, holding that position until her retirement in 2000.</p><p>Dr. Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli (born Waldemar Günther Klein, but later changing the spelling of his surname to Clain and adding Stefanelli, his mother&#039;s maiden name) was born in Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria (now part of the Ukraine and Romania). Vladimir was initially a well-known specialist of Eastern European coinage, in particular of his native Romania. He also specialized in historical documentation of United States coinages as well as coinages of Greek colonies and southeast European issues of the 15th and 16th centuries. Vladimir received a B.A. and M.A. in 1936, and Ph.D. in 1938 from the University of King Carol II in Austria. His 1938 doctoral dissertation, concerning the ancient coinage of Callatis, is included in the collection. Vladimir married the former Elvira Eliza Olinescu on January 3, 1939. After WW II, the couple moved to Italy where they worked for the P&amp;P Santamaria firm. They moved to the United States in 1951, where they would live out the remainder of their lives.</p><p>Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli was born in Bucharest, Romania. She received a degree in history from Franz Josef University in 1936 and later an M.A. in history from the University of Cernauti in Romania. Working with her husband after his appointment as manager of Stack&#039;s Coin Galleries subsidiary in 1954, Elvira wrote their first sales catalog. She joined the Smithsonian staff in 1957. In 1973 Elvira, along with her husband, received the Smithsonian Gold Medal for Exceptional Service. In 1996, she received the ANA&#039;s Farran Zerbe Memorial Award for Distinguished Service. During her numismatic career, Elvira was advisor to the U.S. Mint, the Department of Treasury, and many boards, committees, and associations.</p><p>Together or separately, Elvira and Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli wrote and published many important works including: Monetary history and medallic art at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C (Numisma, año) (1965); History of the National Numismatic Collections (1968); La monnaie: trésor d’art (1971); Medals Commemorating Battles of the American Revolution (1973); The Beauty and Lore of Coins Currency and Medals (1974); Chartered for Progress, Two Centuries of American Banking: A Pictorial Essay(1975); Muenzen der Neuzeit (1978); Numismatic Bibliography (1984); Life in Republican Rome (1999).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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