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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3524237, member: 80783&quot;]A member of the German forum indicated that the first collector of those two coins (the one who used the ink pen and the pencil) was likely living in former East Germany, hence the &quot;M&quot; - West Germans would have written &quot;DM&quot; (for Deutsche Mark), and that he would have likely bought these two coins in Bulgaria.</p><p>He may have noted the catalogue or auction (?) data from Vienna and Zürich just for reference to similar pieces because he did not have access to RIC, Cohen, Sear or Kankelfitz (German pre-Kampmann catalogue) behind the iron curtain.</p><p>The second owner added Kampmann reference numbers with a biro pen, so he was likely collecting after 1989. His hand writing is also on the tickets that came with the genuine other nine coins in the lot, so it was probably him or his heirs that gave his amateur collection to the auction house.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile I decided to only keep Tiberius, Titus, the second Severus Alexander, and the two casts, so I took the other five out to the local flea market on Sunday with some other surplus bronzes and my mom´s German silver coins (a neat alternative to eBay - everything sold in a couple of hours without the hassle of writing, packaging and the mail).</p><p>They made nice conversation pieces and help a hand full of people new to the hobby and roman history to enter the &quot;dark side&quot; now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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