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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24867907, member: 26430&quot;]Splendid group of coins. I enjoy the combination of interesting historical types, notable provenances, and overall attractiveness. That is more-or-less the combination I aim for. </p><p><br /></p><p>(I always choose an attractive-but-worn-with-interesting-object-biography coin over one in better condition without. Coins that tell a story both about the ancient world and how it&#039;s been understood in the modern.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I remembered that wonderful Augustus Den. recently when I bid (successfully) on a Nero/Agrippina Jr Drachm -- my first from the Niggeler Collection</p><p>&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7736354" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7736354" rel="nofollow">this coin but more recent sale</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>Love that Levis-Stoecklin Caligula Denarius! I have a long-term (years/decades) goal of collecting at least one coin from each of the Naville Ars Classica catalogs. (So far ~1/3 or 1/4 of the way.)</p><p><br /></p><p>That Arethusa is one of my favorite reverse dies of the Syracuse &quot;Second Democracy&quot; Tetradrachms. I really love the eyelashes (an unusual feature). <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2333607" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2333607" rel="nofollow">Mine was sold as Boehr 540 (V275/R378)</a>, but is a different obv., seemingly unique die combo. Given the old tone I figured I&#039;d find some old provenance eventually, but 9 years on, no luck:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595505[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I dont have a Graham-Tinchant coin yet, but I love the catalog. This is my copy, <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Richard%20J.%20Graham%20Collection" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Richard%20J.%20Graham%20Collection" rel="nofollow">pictured in the Numiswiki article</a>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1595506[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I really like them all![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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