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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 8154063, member: 83845"]Beautiful coin [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] .  Congratulations. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> No aurei for me yet but here are a few provenances I really like.[ATTACH=full]1422615[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1422614[/ATTACH]Egypt, Alexandria Antoninus PiusBI Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, RY 11 = AD 147/8. Dia.: 24 mmWt.: 13.81 gObv.: ANTωNEINOC CEB EYCEB, Laureate bust rightRev.: L ENΔEKATOV, Elpis standing left, lifting hem of skirt and holding flowerRef.: Dattari-Savio pl. 111, 8160 (this coin illustrated); Emmett 1383.11; RPC Online IV temp #13607 (this coin cited).Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.511); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (1853-1923); Ex zumbly Collection [ATTACH=full]1422616[/ATTACH]Roman RepublicanQ. Cassius Longinus, moneyerAR Denarius, Rome mint, struck 55 BCDia.: 20.2 mmWt.: 3.95gObv.: Head of Libertas right, wearing hair collected into a knot, decorated with jewels, and falling down neck, and wearing single-drop earring and necklace of pendants; LIBERT upward to left, Q • CASSIVS downward to right.Rev.: Temple of Vesta, circular, surmounted by figure holding scepter and patera, flanked by antefixes; curule chair within; urn to left, tabella (voting tablet) [inscribed AC (Absolvo Condemno)] to right.Ref.: Crawford 428/2; Sydenham 918Ex Prof Dr Hildebrecht Hommel Collection, acquired from Hirsch, Auction 63 (July 1969), lot 2454; Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., Auction 422 (April 26, 2018), lot 424 (part of); Ex Kölner Münzkabinet Auction 109, Lot 360 (November 16, 2018); Ex Minotaur Coins [ATTACH=full]1422617[/ATTACH]Roman EmpirePhilip I the Arab (AD 244-249)AR Antoninianus, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 245Dia.: 23 mmWt.: 4.36 gObv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust rightRev.: ADVENTVS AVGG; Philip on horseback left, raising right hand and holding spearRef.: RIC IV 26bEx arnoldoe Collection; Ex David Kallai (ca. 1908-1924); Ex AMCC 2, lot 194 (Nov. 9, 2019) [ATTACH=full]1422618[/ATTACH]Roman EmpireSeverus AlexanderAR Denarius, Antioch mint, struck ca. AD 222-235Dia.: 18 mmWt.: 3.35 gObv.: IMP C AVR ALEXAND AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust rightRev.: PROVID DEORVM; Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and sceptreRef.: RIC 294Ex arnoldoe Collection, Ex Otto Helbing Nachfolger 86, Lot 1585 (Nov. 25, 1942) [ATTACH=full]1422619[/ATTACH]Roman EmpireJulian II, AD 360-363AR Siliqua, Lugdunum mint, struck ca. AD 360-361Wt.: 2.23 gDia.: 18 mmObv.: FL CL IVLIA NVS P P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust rightRev.: VICTORIA DD NN AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frondRef.: LVG. RIC VIII 212; Lyon 259; RSC 58†c, IRBCH 1424Ex Harptree Hoard (1887)[/QUOTE]

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