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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 4596542, member: 39084&quot;]You&#039;ve done an excellent job in researching and presenting this topic.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I would agree in principle that misattribution from major auction houses is a bit of a disappointment, I&#039;m going to partially defend these as small, rather than major, disappointments.&nbsp; The volume of coins that go through major auction houses (NAC, CNG, etc.) in a year is enormous, and even those with the largest staffs would be hard pressed to recognize and research the level of subtlety that you&#039;ve so clearly and thoroughly presented here.&nbsp; I&#039;ve personally found small attribution errors in a few coins I&#039;ve won at these auctions and, admittedly, I&#039;m more surprised than disappointed when this happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, I could make the argument that uncovering these types of errors are more the province of private, amateur collectors than auction houses.&nbsp; Many of the collectors on this site have contributed to expanding the knowledge and information about ancient coins, despite the hobby&#039;s being an avocation rather than their profession.&nbsp; Congratulations on being one of those collectors!</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, I&#039;ve previously posted virtual trays of my 12 Caesars denarii and aurei if you haven&#039;t run across them yet:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/12-caesars-denarius-virtual-tray.303859/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/12-caesars-denarius-virtual-tray.303859/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/12-caesars-denarius-virtual-tray.303859/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/12-caesars-aureus-virtual-tray.303950/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/12-caesars-aureus-virtual-tray.303950/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/12-caesars-aureus-virtual-tray.303950/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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