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<p>[QUOTE="Silphium Addict, post: 7792832, member: 116882"]You got a nice example of an interesting and uncommon coin. One of the earliest from Emporion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337772[/ATTACH] </p><p>Spain, Emporion</p><p>AR obol 510-480 BC 0.80 gm. 12 mm</p><p>O: man-faced bull protome left</p><p>R: crude incuse punch</p><p>ACIP 2</p><p><br /></p><p> As far as rarity, not sure where Villaronga got his estimates but he did collect images of specimens. He listed 7 (6 of these from the Emporda hoard) in "La Troballa de l’Emporda" <i>Acta Numismatica</i> 33:15-46 2003. ACsearch has over a dozen others, but they are still uncommon.</p><p> The Turiaso collection had some rare and nice coins. I got some but not as many as I wanted! When I looked specifically at the Emporion obols, there were some specimens that I think were from the Emporda hoard but not included in Villaronga's study. Your coin was not included in the Emporda hoard article and not in previous sales on ACsearch. I think it's possible the collector might have obtained some unpublished coins from the hoard, maybe even yours. I have no way to substantiate this unless Ibercoin has some records of where and when Turiaso obtained these coins. They do not have provenance information for other coins from the collection I asked about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Silphium Addict, post: 7792832, member: 116882"]You got a nice example of an interesting and uncommon coin. One of the earliest from Emporion. Here is my example: [ATTACH=full]1337772[/ATTACH] Spain, Emporion AR obol 510-480 BC 0.80 gm. 12 mm O: man-faced bull protome left R: crude incuse punch ACIP 2 As far as rarity, not sure where Villaronga got his estimates but he did collect images of specimens. He listed 7 (6 of these from the Emporda hoard) in "La Troballa de l’Emporda" [I]Acta Numismatica[/I] 33:15-46 2003. ACsearch has over a dozen others, but they are still uncommon. The Turiaso collection had some rare and nice coins. I got some but not as many as I wanted! When I looked specifically at the Emporion obols, there were some specimens that I think were from the Emporda hoard but not included in Villaronga's study. Your coin was not included in the Emporda hoard article and not in previous sales on ACsearch. I think it's possible the collector might have obtained some unpublished coins from the hoard, maybe even yours. I have no way to substantiate this unless Ibercoin has some records of where and when Turiaso obtained these coins. They do not have provenance information for other coins from the collection I asked about.[/QUOTE]
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