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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7659587, member: 85693"]Nice catch...I wondered why those dropped off my watch list as sold! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They seem to be jewelry specialists, but for over a year now they have been selling a lot of ancients, said to be from a local estate. They have provided excellent service and I have been quite happy. They price things around $10-25 and some of it is really junky LRB. But they sell some great stuff too. </p><p><br /></p><p>Than being said, not sure I'm real happy about you discovering one of my favorite sellers (with really dark photos)...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...awww, I'll get over it...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Congratulations. </p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] notes above, yep, that was my post and from the same seller (the second one required extensive CT member help, as noted): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316721[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Aurelian</b></p><p><b>Year 4 (LΔ) (272-273 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint</b></p><p>A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIA NOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right / eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak, Δ over L in left field, star in right field.</p><p>Milne 4381-2; Emmett 3922.4.</p><p>(10.80 grams / 20 x 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316722[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Egypt Potin Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>Aurelian</b></p><p><b>Year 5 (LE) (273-275 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint</b></p><p>AVT KΛD AVΡHΛIANOC CEB laureate and cuirassed bust right / eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak, E over L in left field, star in right field.</p><p>Milne 4416; Emmett 3922.</p><p>(6.69 grams / 20 x 19 mm)</p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b></p><p>I found no other examples of this online (acsearch, etc.). Posted on Coin Talk, members [USER=77226]@Orange Julius[/USER] & [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] attributions:</p><p>Milne 4416; Emmett 3922;</p><p>Curtis 1766; Dattari 5471-5472).</p><p>K & G 106.46 [Kampmann, Ursula & Granschow, Thomas, Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria (2008) p. 332.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's some big Imperials/Provincials I got for cheap last year from this seller: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316723[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7659587, member: 85693"]Nice catch...I wondered why those dropped off my watch list as sold! :jawdrop: They seem to be jewelry specialists, but for over a year now they have been selling a lot of ancients, said to be from a local estate. They have provided excellent service and I have been quite happy. They price things around $10-25 and some of it is really junky LRB. But they sell some great stuff too. Than being said, not sure I'm real happy about you discovering one of my favorite sellers (with really dark photos)...:shifty:...awww, I'll get over it...:). Congratulations. As [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] notes above, yep, that was my post and from the same seller (the second one required extensive CT member help, as noted): [ATTACH=full]1316721[/ATTACH] [B]Aurelian Year 4 (LΔ) (272-273 A.D.) Alexandria Mint[/B] A K Λ ΔOM AVPHΛIA NOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right / eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak, Δ over L in left field, star in right field. Milne 4381-2; Emmett 3922.4. (10.80 grams / 20 x 19 mm) [ATTACH=full]1316722[/ATTACH] [B]Egypt Potin Tetradrachm Aurelian Year 5 (LE) (273-275 A.D.) Alexandria Mint[/B] AVT KΛD AVΡHΛIANOC CEB laureate and cuirassed bust right / eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak, E over L in left field, star in right field. Milne 4416; Emmett 3922. (6.69 grams / 20 x 19 mm) [B]Attribution Note: [/B] I found no other examples of this online (acsearch, etc.). Posted on Coin Talk, members [USER=77226]@Orange Julius[/USER] & [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] attributions: Milne 4416; Emmett 3922; Curtis 1766; Dattari 5471-5472). K & G 106.46 [Kampmann, Ursula & Granschow, Thomas, Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria (2008) p. 332. Here's some big Imperials/Provincials I got for cheap last year from this seller: [ATTACH=full]1316723[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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