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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4891877, member: 110350"]I was recently contacted by Bradley J. Bowlin of Eukratides Ancient Numismatics, the dealer from whom I bought my Cn. Plancius Republican denarius (Head of Macedonia/Cretan goat) earlier this year. He kindly mailed me some documentation of the coin's provenance dating back to 1975; it came with the coin when he bought it and he found it again a while ago:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Cn. Plancius, AR Denarius, 55 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Female head (Macedonia [RCV, Crawford, & RRM II] or Diana Planciana [<i>RSC</i>]) right, wearing causia, CN. PLANCIVS before, AED. CVR. S. C. behind/ Rev. Cretan goat standing right, bow and quiver to left. RSC I Plancia 1, Crawford 432/1, Sydenham 933, Sear RCV I 396 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 17 at pp. 141-144, BMCRR Rome 3920. 18 mm., 3.82 g., 5 h. <i>Purchased from Eukratides Ancient Numismatics [Bradley J. Bowlin], Feb. 18, 2020. Ex. Davis & Clark, Paris, France, Jan. 27, 1975 (with “Certificat de Garantie” from Dr. Cahn, agreed expert, Basel, Switzerland.)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180653[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180654[/ATTACH]</p><p>This page is actually sewn together with its 2x2 cardboard holder, as well as two additional pages with very small photos of the coin, and even has a wax seal attached to the thread:</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1180657[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Has anyone ever heard of this dealer, or of the practice of providing a "Certificat de Garantie" based on the opinion of an "agreed expert"? I looked up Davis & Clark on Acsearch and found about 10 coins listed for which it was the dealer, all from 1974-1976. So it appears that at least as an auction company, it wasn't around for very long.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4891877, member: 110350"]I was recently contacted by Bradley J. Bowlin of Eukratides Ancient Numismatics, the dealer from whom I bought my Cn. Plancius Republican denarius (Head of Macedonia/Cretan goat) earlier this year. He kindly mailed me some documentation of the coin's provenance dating back to 1975; it came with the coin when he bought it and he found it again a while ago: Roman Republic, Cn. Plancius, AR Denarius, 55 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Female head (Macedonia [RCV, Crawford, & RRM II] or Diana Planciana [[I]RSC[/I]]) right, wearing causia, CN. PLANCIVS before, AED. CVR. S. C. behind/ Rev. Cretan goat standing right, bow and quiver to left. RSC I Plancia 1, Crawford 432/1, Sydenham 933, Sear RCV I 396 (ill.), Harlan, RRM II Ch. 17 at pp. 141-144, BMCRR Rome 3920. 18 mm., 3.82 g., 5 h. [I]Purchased from Eukratides Ancient Numismatics [Bradley J. Bowlin], Feb. 18, 2020. Ex. Davis & Clark, Paris, France, Jan. 27, 1975 (with “Certificat de Garantie” from Dr. Cahn, agreed expert, Basel, Switzerland.)[/I] [ATTACH=full]1180653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1180654[/ATTACH] This page is actually sewn together with its 2x2 cardboard holder, as well as two additional pages with very small photos of the coin, and even has a wax seal attached to the thread: [ATTACH=full]1180657[/ATTACH] Has anyone ever heard of this dealer, or of the practice of providing a "Certificat de Garantie" based on the opinion of an "agreed expert"? I looked up Davis & Clark on Acsearch and found about 10 coins listed for which it was the dealer, all from 1974-1976. So it appears that at least as an auction company, it wasn't around for very long.[/QUOTE]
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