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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2307001, member: 76111&quot;]I&#039;m a provenance hound and find that searching for old provenances significantly extends the enjoyment of the original &quot;hunt&quot; for any coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have 3 coins in Triton, but one has a really cool pedigree from a very significant auction of a benchmark Roman Republican coin collection owned by Joseph Martini of New York and sold by the famous auctioneer Rudolpho Ratto in 1930.&nbsp; It was a benchmark sale for the series, 3 years before Haeberlin, with 40 high quality plates filled with all sorts of high quality coins and rarities in all metals.&nbsp;&nbsp; I found this pedigree, lost to history, while going through the sale plates in my personal library.&nbsp; I bought the coin in 2009 from Hess Divo but upgraded it earlier this year.&nbsp; Really, I never expected to upgrade it as it is a beautiful coin with a nicely centered strike for the issue and truly sumptuous old cabinet tone.&nbsp; I hope it goes to a home with someone who appreciates it as much as I have.&nbsp; It&#039;s been a favorite.</p><p><br /></p><p><u><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=300580" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=300580" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=300580</a></u></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hess Divo AG Auction 314, May 4, 2009 Lot 1434;&nbsp; J. Vinchon, Paris (Hôtel Drouot) December 9-10 1983, Lot 241;&nbsp; Rodolpho Ratto, Collection Joseph Martini of New York, February 24, 1930, Lot 548 (est 20 Swiss Francs).</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]464348[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Martini Plate Pictures from 1930.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]464363[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus AR Denarius (3.85g). Military mint travelling with Pompey, 49 BC. Facing head of Medusa in center of triskeles with grain ear between each leg / Jupiter standing facing, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle in lreft; LENT MAR upwards to left, COS upwards to right, (NT and MAR ligate). Crawford 445/1b; Sear 4; Sydenham 1029; Cornelia 64a[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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