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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24825415, member: 26430&quot;]Nice one! I&#039;m sure I either watch-listed or bid on that one too. Is that the 1977 book? I don&#039;t have the 2007 revised volume by the son yet, but just ordered it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently this younger Ariobarzanes (Year 2 or 3) from the Alberto M. Simonetta collection is published there (AM Simonetta, <i>Parthica</i> 2007, Ab. I 6/3 (this coin), per Bertolami):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589581[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a total of 7 from the Simonetta collections, 4 of which were owned by Bono Simonetta, 3 added later by his son Alberto M. Simonetta:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589582[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For the B. Simonetta ones, I made of point of buying ones which were specifically subjects of his arguments with Otto Morkholm, and which had been published in the 1977 volume and in articles from 1958, 1961, 1970, and others.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few examples:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589584[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589587[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589583[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(It&#039;s worth checking his full bibliography, since &quot;plate coins&quot; in the articles weren&#039;t mentioned in the Bertolami sales; I have a full list with links and some PDFs for anyone who wants to message me, also have the <a href="https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/part-ii-eastern-greek/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins/part-ii-eastern-greek/" rel="nofollow">publication histories for my four coins from Bono&#039;s collection listed on my website here</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Re-reading this thread, I also noticed that Doug Smith posted the Year 30 Ariobarzanes Drachm from his collection that is now in mine. (Which I&#039;ve now added to my provenance file.) He actually sold it through Ancient &amp; Medieval Coins Canada, not JAZ:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589588[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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