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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4558378, member: 110350"][USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] and [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], thanks again for confirming the correct Hristova & Jekov and Varbanov numbers. I found them in the CNG archive, in this description of a very similar coin -- in fact, I think it might be a die match on both sides -- sold in the Triton XII auction in 2009 for a price considerably higher than the price I paid Kirk Davis for my example, which probably isn't quite as nice, but isn't all that far off:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128456[/ATTACH] </p><p>However, even CNG got the AMNG number wrong: if you look carefully at the German-language description, AMNG 739 has Hermes standing right (which I've never actually seen); AMNG 740 is the correct reference.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Diadumenian.com website does seem to have at least one example of the same coin type -- see <a href="http://www.diadumenian.com/marcianopolis%20mac%20dia%205%20assaria%20hermes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.diadumenian.com/marcianopolis%20mac%20dia%205%20assaria%20hermes.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.diadumenian.com/marcianopolis mac dia 5 assaria hermes.html</a> -- but the description cites Hristova/Jekov 6.24.9.2, which has to be incorrect if "9" signifies Nike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4558378, member: 110350"][USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] and [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], thanks again for confirming the correct Hristova & Jekov and Varbanov numbers. I found them in the CNG archive, in this description of a very similar coin -- in fact, I think it might be a die match on both sides -- sold in the Triton XII auction in 2009 for a price considerably higher than the price I paid Kirk Davis for my example, which probably isn't quite as nice, but isn't all that far off: [ATTACH=full]1128456[/ATTACH] However, even CNG got the AMNG number wrong: if you look carefully at the German-language description, AMNG 739 has Hermes standing right (which I've never actually seen); AMNG 740 is the correct reference. The Diadumenian.com website does seem to have at least one example of the same coin type -- see [URL]http://www.diadumenian.com/marcianopolis%20mac%20dia%205%20assaria%20hermes.html[/URL] -- but the description cites Hristova/Jekov 6.24.9.2, which has to be incorrect if "9" signifies Nike.[/QUOTE]
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