My best provenance

Nice looking one!


This was the tag that came with mine.

 

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What was the coin RG? @randygeki

 

Probably be nice if I post it



Roman Republic, M. Volteius M. f., 78 B.C., Ancient Counterfeit, Ex John Quincy Adams Collection
Fouree silver plated denarius, cf. RSC I Volteia 4 (official, Rome mint, 78 B.C.), Fair, illegal mint, weight 2.881g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, c. 78 - 40 B.C.; obverse laureate helmeted head of Attis right; reverse Cybele seated in chariot drawn by two lions; with a John Quincy Adams Collection tag from the Stack's Sale

Ex John Quincy Adams Collection, 6th President of the United States, and His Descendants, ex Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, ex Stack’s Sale , 5-6 March 1971. lot 907 ? ex Forvm

 

I do try to find pedigreed examples wherever possible, and I've managed to amass a fair number of well-known pedigrees. To avoid taking over the thread, I'll post this Zeus Lampsakos stater, which is pedigreed to the collection of a Russian prince from the late 1700s and plated in several reference guides:

 

I hope the group does not mind me posting results of my hunting. I e-mailed Stack's Bowers and the Mass Hist Society. I received the following note from SB. Pretty much what Doug said.
I read that the MHS photographed the collection. I am hoping they have a pic of the coin, but I am guessing the chances are low.

Hello,

I was able to track down the catalog you were referencing, and unfortunately the catalog does not illuminate to much information other than what you already have on the piece. The lot description merely states the three coins are attributed to the moneyer C. Vibius Varus, each of the three coins in the lot are described in brief, with the coin you purchased mentioned as: Denarius. Bust of Minerva right; Reverse: Hercules standing left. Syd-1140, RARE. Choice Very Fine. The group of three coins are not imaged in their catalog, and the prices realized for the group was $75.

I hope this helps, also the lot was Number 624 in the catalog.

Best regards,

CC

Numismatist | Stack’s Bowers Galleries

 

The only RR coin I have provenanced to the ground is:
Roman Republic, Anonymous Quinarius
Mint - Luceria, 211 - 208 BC
Obv - Roma with Phrygian helmet
Rev - Dioscuri r, below - L, In Ex - ROMA
Cr 97/2
I read the tag, bought the book and found a pic of my coin!

 

Sweet coin & tags!!!!!!
I'll bend our forum rules and post a modern coin with a kind-of sort-of old provenance. I got this coin in 2006.
Ex Eliasberg Estate:
Edouard Frossard's New Jersey Collection sales, March 8-9, 1898; J.M. Clapp, Clapp estate, 1942 to Louis Eliasberg, Sr.; Louis Eliasberg Sale, May 20-22, 1996, Bowers and Merena; 2006 to aka: Collect89.

 

Nice! Hey in the U.S. section that's not a modern!