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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8253876, member: 19463"]<a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t53705966/f16.item.r=Property%20of%20the%20Royal%20United%20Service%20Institution" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t53705966/f16.item.r=Property%20of%20the%20Royal%20United%20Service%20Institution" rel="nofollow">https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t53705966/f16.item.r=Property of the Royal United Service Institution</a></p><p>Matching or not, that is one interesting lot. Then a Nero Ostia sestertius in 'very excellent condition' did not rate a solo listing??? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/isabella_d_este" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/isabella_d_este" rel="nofollow">https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/isabella_d_este</a></p><p>At the bottom of this link, it is mentioned that Isabella d'Este left 12,000 letters so with a little reading you might find mention of coins. Match or not, that is a gorgeous strike of the silver countermark on smooth green patina. I would say the countermark is worth many times the base coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8253876, member: 19463"][URL]https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t53705966/f16.item.r=Property%20of%20the%20Royal%20United%20Service%20Institution[/URL] Matching or not, that is one interesting lot. Then a Nero Ostia sestertius in 'very excellent condition' did not rate a solo listing??? [URL]https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/isabella_d_este[/URL] At the bottom of this link, it is mentioned that Isabella d'Este left 12,000 letters so with a little reading you might find mention of coins. Match or not, that is a gorgeous strike of the silver countermark on smooth green patina. I would say the countermark is worth many times the base coin.[/QUOTE]
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