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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 5134781, member: 44357"]Nilus reciling with a crocodile is a good box to check by itself - here's my Nilus aureus, which came to me through a circuitous route post-auction:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204791[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As for coins which tick a number of boxes, this Larissa stater, a recent purchase is:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Nicely styled</p><p>2) Well pedigreed, Ex. Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 19 June 1990), lot 93 - one of the photographed lots in the first catalog which were the ~130 "best" coins from the Hunt collection.</p><p>3) Attractively toned (and stable: the coin looks identical to how it looked in 1990)</p><p>4) Reasonably priced: I wasn't planning on bidding on it but it was about to close and I couldn't let it slip by at such a low price relative to its quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204805[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 5134781, member: 44357"]Nilus reciling with a crocodile is a good box to check by itself - here's my Nilus aureus, which came to me through a circuitous route post-auction: [ATTACH=full]1204791[/ATTACH] As for coins which tick a number of boxes, this Larissa stater, a recent purchase is: 1) Nicely styled 2) Well pedigreed, Ex. Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 19 June 1990), lot 93 - one of the photographed lots in the first catalog which were the ~130 "best" coins from the Hunt collection. 3) Attractively toned (and stable: the coin looks identical to how it looked in 1990) 4) Reasonably priced: I wasn't planning on bidding on it but it was about to close and I couldn't let it slip by at such a low price relative to its quality. [ATTACH=full]1204805[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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