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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3196896, member: 56859&quot;]Nice pickup!!&nbsp; My first ex-Dattari was also a Tiberius hippo from Naville, the first ex-Dattari lot in their first sale which they were offered.&nbsp; It was a very good deal.&nbsp; Apparently most other bidders didn&#039;t notice when that section had started.&nbsp; Overall bidding increased exponentially shortly thereafter and I was shut out of almost everything.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tiberiusobolhippo-dattaricollection-rt-jpg.553274/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Tiberius</b></p><p>Year 5, CE 18/9</p><p>AE obol, 20 mm, 4.45 gm</p><p>Obv: bare head right</p><p>Rev: hippopotamus right; TIBEPIoY above; [L] E in exergue</p><p>Ref: Emmett 62.5, R1; Geissen 47; Dattari-Savio 102 (this coin); RPC 5082</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Matching coins to the pencil rubbings in Dattari-Savio can be difficult.&nbsp; Here&#039;s this coin&#039;s plate picture:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dattariplate-tiberiusobol-jpg.553303/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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