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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4241486, member: 51347&quot;]Hello everyone.&nbsp; I was checking a few of my past auction wins, and noted that I had a couple from the Eucharius Collection.&nbsp; I had not really studied this provenance, but was fascinated the more I delved into it.&nbsp; It was a collection from a Nobel Laureate who was focused on Roman Republic coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr. Murray Gell-Mann was an American Physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his work in Elementary Particle Physics theory.&nbsp; He coined the term &quot;Quark&quot;.&nbsp; He recently passed 19-May-2019, at 90 years.&nbsp; Incredible man.&nbsp; I feel incredibly honored and blessed that I own a couple historical coins from his personal collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>A &quot;wow&quot; moment for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083251[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an article in Wikipedia that is a nice overview of this incredible individual:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Gell-Mann" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Gell-Mann" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Gell-Mann</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of mine</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2017-1-14_17-20-31-png.574848/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Marsic Confederation</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Bovianum(?) mint, 89 BCE.</p><p>3.93g, 20mm, 3h</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Italia left, VITELIV = ITALIA in Oscan script</p><p>Rev: Soldier standing facing, head right, foot on uncertain object, holding inverted spear and sword, recumbent bull to right facing; retrograde B in exergue.</p><p>Ref: Campana 122 (same dies); HN Italy 407</p><p>Ex: Eucharius Collection.</p><p>Ex: Roma Auction 11, Lot 607</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1083246[/ATTACH]</p><p>Anonymous AR Heavy Denarius - Didrachm.</p><p>Rome, circa 265-242 BCE. (first AR coin struck in Rome)</p><p>6.55g, 18mm, 6h.</p><p>Head of Roma right, wearing Phrygian helmet, cornucopiae behind /</p><p>ROMANO, Victory standing right, attaching wreath to long palm, YY in right field.</p><p>Tariffed at 10 Asses</p><p>Sear 25; Crawford 22/1; RSC 7.</p><p>Very Fine.</p><p>Ex: the Eucharius Collection</p><p>Ex: Roma Auction 11, Lot 541</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I saw on ACSearch that there are over 500 coins from the Eucharius Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><font size="6"><span style="color: #b30000">Please post any coins from the Eucharius Collection that you have captured!</span></font></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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