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<p>[QUOTE="Carausius, post: 3055485, member: 76440"]Me too. That's precusely why John Spring's book is so important. In my case, knowing which old catalogues have the most Roman Republican plates allows me to focus my catalogue purchases on those with high RR plate numbers which increase my chance of discovering an unknown provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I neglected to mention earlier: a catalogue library also permits me to confirm provenance refereces in dealer listings. Many times, a stated provenance is a breadcrumb trail to earlier provenances. Case in point: I bought the below Antony legionary denarius with a provenance to a 1982 Sternberg sale. Checking the Sternberg catalogue, I saw that the listing referenced this coin being illustrated in a 1975 book about Roman Ships. As the obscure book on Roman ships was not numismatic, I had a hunch that the author was likely the consignor to Sternberg. A friend had this Roman ships book and confirmed my coin was illustrated as being from the author's own collection. So now the provenance is: ex Sternberg XII (18 Nov 1982), Lot 512; ex H.D.L. Viereck Collection (bef. 1975). Common number legionaries rarely have early provenances because typically only the rarest of the type were illustrated in catalogues; that makes this common legionary a little uncommon!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]765469[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carausius, post: 3055485, member: 76440"]Me too. That's precusely why John Spring's book is so important. In my case, knowing which old catalogues have the most Roman Republican plates allows me to focus my catalogue purchases on those with high RR plate numbers which increase my chance of discovering an unknown provenance. One thing I neglected to mention earlier: a catalogue library also permits me to confirm provenance refereces in dealer listings. Many times, a stated provenance is a breadcrumb trail to earlier provenances. Case in point: I bought the below Antony legionary denarius with a provenance to a 1982 Sternberg sale. Checking the Sternberg catalogue, I saw that the listing referenced this coin being illustrated in a 1975 book about Roman Ships. As the obscure book on Roman ships was not numismatic, I had a hunch that the author was likely the consignor to Sternberg. A friend had this Roman ships book and confirmed my coin was illustrated as being from the author's own collection. So now the provenance is: ex Sternberg XII (18 Nov 1982), Lot 512; ex H.D.L. Viereck Collection (bef. 1975). Common number legionaries rarely have early provenances because typically only the rarest of the type were illustrated in catalogues; that makes this common legionary a little uncommon! [ATTACH=full]765469[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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