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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2320220, member: 76111&quot;]I bought this little guy at the San Fransisco coin show in December and it came from an older collection apparently formed in the 1970&#039;s.&nbsp; It has a Joel Malter NFA tag with it and the date May 17, 1976 written on it for $159.&nbsp; So, I knew this had at least a 40 year old provenance when I bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward to earlier this week, I was at the American Numismatic Society&#039;s library in New York City doing provenance research on my coins.&nbsp; I really didn&#039;t have a lot of luck, but I did find this coin possibly in a Naville Ars Classica XVII auction from 1934, the Sir Aurther Evans collection.&nbsp; It was almost closing time and I have the catalogue in my home library so I didn&#039;t look it up until last night.&nbsp; The picture wasn&#039;t definitive...it was made from a cast so it can vary a lot especially around the edges...but it looked close enough for further inspection.&nbsp; The auction entry was virtually the same weight as mine, which is a good indicator that it&#039;s my coin, but then I noticed the entry mentions Rudolpho Ratto&#039;s Joseph Martini Collection lot 74.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I happen to have the Ratto Martini sale too (remember, I just sold a coin in Triton from it) so I pull up the plates and....TA DA!...no doubt it&#039;s my coin.&nbsp; There are some flan casting flaws on the obverse at 2-3 o&#039;clock that nails it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, bronze is not my speciality but it was a pleasing little coin, inexpensive, and now with an 85 year old provenance from 2 very significant named collections!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anonymous, Semuncia circa 217-215, AE (20.3mm, 6.05g, 9h). Draped female bust r., wearing turreted crown. Rev. ROMA Horseman galloping r., holding whip in r. hand and reins in l. Crawford 39/5; Sydenham 97.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Carthago 2016 Picture:</u></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]468797[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><u>Naville Ars Classica Sir Arthur Evans Collection 1934:</u></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]468798[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><u>Ratto Joseph Martini of New York Collection 1930:</u></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]468799[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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