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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2250555, member: 56859&quot;]Oh, in my excitement over your fabulous coin I didn&#039;t see your request to post our coins with interesting pedigrees.&nbsp; Here are some my best pedigrees and provenances:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Gallienus</b></p><p>year 13, CE 265/6</p><p>tetradrachm, 21 mm, 9.1 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp;&nbsp; AVTKΠΛIKΓAΛΛIHNOCCEB; eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak, palm over shoulder; L IΓ across field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 3806(13), R1</p><p><i><b>Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 88.203 (accessioned 1888); Benjamin Pierce Cheney Collection</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_cf0a4cb8819a4227958adff7b6c93c43.jpg_srb_p_1000_522_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></i></p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos</b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.</p><p><b><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></b></p><p><b><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></b></p><p><b><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_4136c68fe9db40fb96179a01c3524050.jpg_srb_p_1000_521_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></b></p><p><b>THESSALY, The Oitaioi</b></p><p>167-146 BC.</p><p>AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.30 g, 1h)</p><p>Herakleia Trachinia mint</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Lion’s head left, spear in its jaws</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; OITAI downward to right, ΩN downward to left, Herakles standing facing, holding club in both hands</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Valassiadis 9; BCD Thessaly II 494 (same obverse die)</p><p><i><b>Ex Bill Dalzell (CT&#039;s Ardatirion), March 2015</b></i></p><p><i><b>Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 290), lot 57</b></i></p><p><i><b>Ex Peus 384 (2 November 2005), lot 199</b></i></p><p><i><b>Ex Vinchon (20 May 1959), lot 483</b></i></p><p><i><b>Ex M. Ratto 11 (16 May 1935), lot 239</b></i></p><p><i><b>Ex R. Ratto (4 April 1927), lot 1023</b></i></p><p><i><b>Ex Naville-Ars Classica V (18 June 1923), lot 1764</b></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_d855603d028f48109ac7be28a71bc0dc.jpg_srb_p_1000_497_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC</b></p><p>AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・J above</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; ・J above</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Crawford 320/1</p><p><i><b>Ex RBW Collection</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_50da028ede1942328a8e49d2862e9ea7.jpg_srb_p_1000_533_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </b></i></p><p><b>AKARNANIA,&nbsp; Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy)</b></p><p>3rd century BCE </p><p>Æ (20mm, 6.38 g, 10h)</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate head of Zeus right; API below</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; head of river-god Achelӧos left; trident head above, monogram to left. Ref:&nbsp; BCD Akarnania 32; HGC 4, 736</p><p><i><b>From the collection of Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha (1833-1906)</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p>I recently picked up another coin with a fun pedigree, <b>ex Jed Clampett</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Buddy Ebsen was an avid coin collector.&nbsp; Although he mostly acquired US coins and commemoratives, he did have a few ancients and now I have one of them.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have it in hand yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like many of us, I also have several ex-BCD coins but since his collection is massive, I won&#039;t post them here.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>If AncientJoe sees this thread we&#039;ll have a jaw-dropping display of amazing coins with fantastic pedigrees.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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