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<p>[QUOTE="Silphium Addict, post: 6615385, member: 116882"]I felt fortunate to get two coins from Larry Adams' collection in CNG 100. Here is one with additional provenance:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1266936[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage AV 1/4 stater 350-320 BC 2.34 gm 11 mm</p><p>O: head Tanit left</p><p>R: palm tree</p><p>J&L 116.1 (this coin)</p><p>So, also from collection of RB Lewis, who co-authored <i>Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins </i>with Kenneth Jenkins. It was also from the Stevenson brothers' ancient gold collection auctioned in CNG XXVI 1993.</p><p>To me, one of the highlights of going to a coin show was seeing Larry at the CNG table. He was always very friendly and took the time to talk to other collectors. Many time we had long discussions, sometimes about our common employer (different groups) but always about coins. One of his passions was Carthaginian AV/EL coins and he had the most complete private collection I knew of, so I was very pleased to get this coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Silphium Addict, post: 6615385, member: 116882"]I felt fortunate to get two coins from Larry Adams' collection in CNG 100. Here is one with additional provenance: [ATTACH=full]1266936[/ATTACH] Carthage AV 1/4 stater 350-320 BC 2.34 gm 11 mm O: head Tanit left R: palm tree J&L 116.1 (this coin) So, also from collection of RB Lewis, who co-authored [I]Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins [/I]with Kenneth Jenkins. It was also from the Stevenson brothers' ancient gold collection auctioned in CNG XXVI 1993. To me, one of the highlights of going to a coin show was seeing Larry at the CNG table. He was always very friendly and took the time to talk to other collectors. Many time we had long discussions, sometimes about our common employer (different groups) but always about coins. One of his passions was Carthaginian AV/EL coins and he had the most complete private collection I knew of, so I was very pleased to get this coin.[/QUOTE]
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