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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8308856, member: 110350&quot;]The auction description of my Hadrian Travel Series denarius depicting Alexandria stated as its provenance that it was purchased from Seaby in 1990. The coin arrived today, and the package included the old Seaby coin envelope as documentation:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470654[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470655[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470656[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Judging from the third image, the 1990 purchase date looks like the consignor&#039;s best guess. Perhaps &quot;no later than 1991&quot; would be more accurate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dix Noonan Webb, of course, did not disclose the identity of this collector. I&#039;d certainly be curious to know who it is or was.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only visited Seaby once, when I was in London in 1986, but remember it very fondly. I spent at least a couple of hours sitting at the counter looking at tray after tray of British gold coins and silver crowns, a number of which I bought. They were very friendly. By contrast, Spink seemed very intimidating to me -- it looked more like a bank than a store, with the entire premises hidden behind locked doors and a bulletproof window with a slot in it to pass items through. I left after about 60 seconds! Browsing certainly didn&#039;t appear to be encouraged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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