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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3162127, member: 97383&quot;]<b><i>Collectors of ancient coins are elated to discover coins they own are pictured in a well known reference books or auction catalogs. After 45 years of collecting I made a few such discoveries I&#039;d like to post here. The 1st coin was purchased from Harlan Berk about 15 years ago. After buying David Sear&#039;s book &quot;ROMAN COINS AND THEIR VALUES, Volume IV&quot;, I discovered the exact coin pictured on page 111. Yippee! The 2nd coin is a course Parthian billon tetradrachm of Volagases VI, that I bought at a coin show in Rochester, NY about 20 years ago. After futilely trying to find some info on the coin a friend suggested getting Fred Shore&#039;s book &quot;PARTHIAN COINS &amp; HISTORY, Ten Dragons Against Rome&quot;. To my horror new copies of the book were selling as high as $1,000.00! I did manage to secure a copy of the book on inter-library loan &amp; discovered the exact coin #452, in Shore&#039;s book. Yippee! Ironically used copies of Shore&#039;s book are worth more than my coin was. I ended up selling the coin thru a Heritage auction this year for a little over $200.00. The last coin is a handsome billon tetradrachm of Hadrian, purchased from a &quot;bid- buy sale&quot; from Harlan Berk, about 25 years ago. When David Vagi&#039;s books &quot;COINAGE AND HISTORY of the ROMAN EMPIRE&quot; were released in 1999, I bought them. While casually browsing thru the 2nd volume I discovered my coin on page 351. Yippee! Has anyone else made a happy discovery like these?[ATTACH=full]811927[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]811932[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]811937[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]811938[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]811939[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]811941[/ATTACH] </i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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