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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8153844, member: 56859&quot;]No aurei for me (yet?) but I have several with interesting or old provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffit%252Fw_800%252Ch_400%252Cq_75%252Fae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg%26hash%3Ddc61989f12efa0d49d00c939d2b9e9be&amp;hash=049236db9712d67aaffcdb1478d142bd" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy III</b></p><p>285-246 BCE</p><p>AE48 mm, 91.8 gm</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Zeus Ammon right</p><p>Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt looking right, wings partly spread, E monogram between eagle&#039;s legs</p><p>Ref: Sear 7782, Svoronos 446</p><p><i>ex Professor James Eaton Collection (1834-1897)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianagathodaemononhorse-rt-jpg.759269/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian.</b> Regnal year 10, CE 90/91. Æ diobol (25mm, 10.86 g, 12h). AVT KAICAP ΔΟ ΜΙΤ CEB ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head right / Agathodaemon serpent, wearing the skhent crown (emblematic of upper and lower Egypt), on horseback galloping left; L I (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&amp;G 24.109; RPC II 2585; SNG Copenhagen 214; Emmett 277.10 (R5).</p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex West Coast/Lloyd Beauchaine Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 41, 19 March 1997), lot 1110</i></p><p><i>Classical Numismatic Review Vol. XVI, No. 1 (January 1991), lot 316</i></p><p><i>Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (18 October 1990), lot 2365.</i></p><p><i><b>Appearances:</b> </i></p><p><i>Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 39 (this coin)</i></p><p><i>Obverse illustrated in Emmett as the header for the Domitian section, p. 24 (this coin); fully illustrated in Emmett, p. 26 (this coin, discussing the unusual reverse).</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_cf0a4cb8819a4227958adff7b6c93c43.jpg_srb_p_1000_522_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos.</b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref: HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.</p><p><i>ex <b>MoneyMuseum</b>, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex <b>Athos Moretti collection</b>, #482, unpublished manuscript.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_35ecbe1ac96d4784bbb7e605d7cf300c.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffit%25252Fw_1702%25252Ch_1064%25252Cq_90%25252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%25252Fae43f8_35ecbe1ac96d4784bbb7e605d7cf300c.jpg%2526hash%253D49c457e10a0c724e7f92bca8ddeae39f%26hash%3D3a1823a056f1de6e070e3fc42cafe440&amp;hash=57ffef529fdb942d1915ee2d7ab32316" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF BOSPORUS, Sauromates II</b></p><p>Bosporan Era 495 (CE 198/9)</p><p>EL stater, 19 mm, 7.72 gm, 12h</p><p>Obv: BACIΛЄωC CAVPOMATOV; diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right</p><p>Rev: laureate head of Septimius Severus right; pellet to right; ЄЧV (date) below</p><p>Ref: Frolova p. 177 and pl. XXXIII, 9-10 (same dies as illustrations); Anokhin 576a; MacDonald 506/2</p><p><i>ex Dr. <b>Lawrence A. Adams</b> collection</i></p><p><i>ex <b>Buddy Ebsen</b> Collection (Superior, 7 June 1987, lot 4114)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Not sure I loved Ebsen the man but I loved his character Jed Clampett <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/augustusclampett-captioned-jpg.447675/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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