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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 24678501, member: 83845&quot;]Ding ding ding! Correct on both counts Curtis. The collection was started by Hildebrecht’s father Fritz. The Hommel Roman collection was extremely extensive comprising over 8,000 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin these tags belong to:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574191[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ex Prof Dr Hildebrecht Hommel Collection, acquired from Hirsch, Auction 63 (July 1969), lot 2454; Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Auction 422 (April 26, 2018), lot 424 (part of); Ex Kölner Münzkabinet Auction 109, Lot 360 (November 16, 2018)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This tag is the one written by Hildebrecht himself. The ones I’ve seen in his handwriting all have the red mark on the top left. The tags I’ve seen of his fathers are in much neater handwriting that is in a mix of cursive and block and written on reused material such as old envelopes.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574192[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This tag (with the semi-circular indention at the top) was written later which is shown by the fact that similar tags come with both the Fritz and Hildebrecht coins. I believe there is more than one handwritting style for these tickets. These tickets were probably a later attempt to organize the entire collection with consistent tags. I’ve heard it suggested that perhaps this was done with the assistance of Prof. Hommel’s research assistants at the University of Tubingen.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574201[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please do. If you ever compile these into a resource on your website let me know. I’d love to use it as a reference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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