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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3175705, member: 56859&quot;]Hi, Buffo!</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to CoinTalk and congrats on the coin (and stop licking that toad <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I checked the CNG auction listing from when Steve bought this coin (<a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=281138" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=281138" rel="nofollow">CNG 348, lot 246</a>) and it says &quot;<i>Ex BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales)</i>&quot;.&nbsp; BCD had an astoundingly large collection and a good portion of it is being slowly sold off through CNG.&nbsp; You can trust CNG&#039;s attribution.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might be able to track the pedigree farther back.&nbsp; Often he kept information about where he bought the coin so when you receive this tasty little morsel, you might find clippings from a prior auction or handwritten notes stating where and when he acquired the coin.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a similarly &quot;not in prior BCD sales&quot; coin I have and it came with old auction ephemera (I love that he kept it!):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_9b3ae5131e4f483f88643971d2e3ccc3.jpg_srz_p_678_328_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHLIASIA (PELOPONNESOS), Phlius</b></p><p><b>400-350 BC</b></p><p>AR obol, 11 mm, 0.84 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of butting bull left</p><p>Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9</p><p>from Triskeles Auctions, Oct. 2013</p><p><i>ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales. </i></p><p><i>Handwritten round tag and auction clipping indicates that BCD acquired this coin from Sotheby&#039;s, 26-27 May 1976, lot 88, for £55 + 10% VAT</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phliasiaphliusobolprovenance-sm-jpg.335961/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>BCD assembled the largest collection of mainland Greek coins in the 20th century.&nbsp; His meticulous cataloguing led to some of his collection becoming a standard catalogue reference (BCD Thessaly and BCD Peloponnesos, for example).&nbsp; The coins were dispersed via auctions and sales starting in the early 2000s.&nbsp; CNG has tons of his old coins and they selling them in every auction for many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>BCD posts on CoinTalk from time to time.&nbsp; I wish he&#039;d stop by more often because he has some wonderful stories!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m happy to have many former BCD coins.&nbsp; Here&#039;s another, the same type as your new coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/arkadianleagueobol-pan-monograma-jpg.403570/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ARKADIA, Arkadian League</b></p><p>340-330 BC, Megalopolis mint</p><p>AR Obol, 11 mm, 0.77 g</p><p>Obv: head of Pan left</p><p>Rev: large Arkadian League monogram; syrinx below</p><p>Ref: BCD Peloponnesos (Megalopolis) 1517-8; HGC 5, 930</p><p><i>ex BCD Collection. Ex Vinchon (11-13 April 1988), lot 463.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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