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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 8198550, member: 42773"]You have obverse die 448 with reverse die 373. There are three coins listed in the Sotheby's catalog with that combination: No. 490, described as extremely fine with a die axis of 3h.No. 491, described as extremely fine with a die axis of 12h.No. 492, described as very fine with a die axis of 1:30h. Almost all of the extant tets of Patraos come from the Paeonian Hoard, so it's possible your coin is either 490 or 491. It's clearly EF in grade. What is the die axis? Sotheby's also sold coins with that die combination in group lots, but none of them are described as grading higher than VF in the catalog. Also, not all of the hoard was sold in the Sotheby's sale. Some of the coins were sold in New York by Parke-Bernet Galleries, but when describing the catalog of that sale, CNG says it consisted of the "lower end of the hoard," <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=105008" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=105008" rel="nofollow">see here</a>. There's nothing lower-end about your coin, so if it has a die axis of 3h or 12h, there's an extremely high probability that it's either the exact coin 490 or 491. Also, my catalog came with the realized prices and buyers' names. Both 490 and 491 were bought by Spink. Did your coin come with a Spink provenance?[/QUOTE]