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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26317690, member: 92212&quot;]First, enjoy your respite from your deep dive into Medieval coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congrats on the new coin.&nbsp; Full, complete legends are always a pleasure to see on any ancient coin.&nbsp; I particularly like the reverse&#039;s complete device and legend, with a <u><b>full</b></u> circular border.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just did an Internet search. It turned up many hits. I don&#039;t have time to peruse the info the links lead to.&nbsp; I&#039;m just passing them along. However, I couldn&#039;t avoid realizing though that he recently passed. Also, you may want to ask HJB what info they have on him since I noticed in the process of doing this that they listed 75 coins from his collection in an auction. FYI, there were more links I did not &quot;cut &amp; paste&quot; for this post, but these links below look like they will go a long way toward answering your question...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-macdonald-a43897158" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-macdonald-a43897158" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-macdonald-a43897158</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pantagraph/name/david-macdonald-obituary?id=58043102" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pantagraph/name/david-macdonald-obituary?id=58043102" rel="nofollow">https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pantagraph/name/david-macdonald-obituary?id=58043102</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=macdonald&amp;srsltid=AfmBOorPXT39eeR8s_Er5b0nwazR9GG0HRvREbIbYxZbQ9q1UhESeBaE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=macdonald&amp;srsltid=AfmBOorPXT39eeR8s_Er5b0nwazR9GG0HRvREbIbYxZbQ9q1UhESeBaE" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=macdonald&amp;srsltid=AfmBOorPXT39eeR8s_Er5b0nwazR9GG0HRvREbIbYxZbQ9q1UhESeBaE</a></p><p><br /></p><p>See the author info in this CNG listing:</p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=62255" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=62255" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=62255</a></p><p><br /></p><p>See the seemingly VERY interesting article on pg. 15 of this newspaper:</p><p><a href="https://videttearchive.ilstu.edu/?a=d&amp;d=vid19950126-01.2.44&amp;e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://videttearchive.ilstu.edu/?a=d&amp;d=vid19950126-01.2.44&amp;e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------" rel="nofollow">https://videttearchive.ilstu.edu/?a=d&amp;d=vid19950126-01.2.44&amp;e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Scroll down to see the June 2, 2025 post here:</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PtolemyBronze/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.facebook.com/PtolemyBronze/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/PtolemyBronze/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This article speaks mostly to his numismatic life here:</p><p><a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n28a05.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n28a05.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n28a05.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT:</p><p>p.s.: <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I just realized one of the far too many numismatic library books I have on my shelves but have not yet read is by David MacDonald.&nbsp; I&#039;ll let your post be the catalyst to my reading it: <u>Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory</u>.&nbsp; (Its Foreword section was written by Harlan J. Berk.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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