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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3317611, member: 97383&quot;]About 16 years ago I bought a beautiful Ptolemaic tetradrachm at a coin show in Rochester, NY, pictured below (not slabbed at the time). The coin was attributed to Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180-145 BC, &amp; cost me $400.00. At the time I knew virtually nothing about Greco-Egyptian coinage &amp; sent the coin to David Sear in 2004 for his more detailed certificate of authenticity. The coin came back with a wealth of information &amp; he attributed the coin to the &quot;Aradus Mint (?)&quot; in Phoenicia, with the &quot;date 92 of the Aradian era = 168-167 BC.&quot; He graded the coin &quot;good EF, an outstanding example of this scarce and interesting dated series&quot;, with no mention of <b>horn silver</b>. About 7 years ago I decided to liquidate most of my Greek coins &amp; focus on Roman coins so I sent this coin to NGC for slabbing &amp; it came back labeled <b>horn silver,</b> much to my surprise <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The coin went to a Heritage auction where they made no mention of <b>horn silver</b> in the description &amp; the coin sold for $2,185.00. I never saw anything on the coin that resembled <b>horn silver</b>, neither did David Sear, or David Michaels from Heritage. What do CoinTalk members think, <b>horn silver </b>not ?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]879568[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]879569[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]879570[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]879571[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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