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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 24860808, member: 116882&quot;][USER=77704]@panzerman[/USER] Excellent and eclectic 2023 additions in your ongoing quest for gold coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>I meant to post this when you first posted about the Kyrene AV obol:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-in-noble-auction-win.408884/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-in-noble-auction-win.408884/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-in-noble-auction-win.408884/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>First, the bad news: This coin was misattributed and is actually part of a series - Naville 251-254 (None in <i>BMC Cyrenaica</i>). Some of the coins in the catalog are off center, but it looks the most like 253, especially the obverse. There is only one listed, from Bruder Egger auction 11/26/1909, lot 430. Here is the plate from HEIDI:&nbsp; <a href="https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19055#0053" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19055#0053" rel="nofollow">https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19055#0053</a></p><p>Here is Naville 252 (slightly different dies) from Boston MFA:&nbsp; <a href="https://collections.mfa.org/objects/3199/obol-110-stater-of-kyrene-with-head-of-zeus-ammon-struck?ctx=8624f830-7b4f-4ad0-a9cc-bacc656f32f8&amp;idx=47" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.mfa.org/objects/3199/obol-110-stater-of-kyrene-with-head-of-zeus-ammon-struck?ctx=8624f830-7b4f-4ad0-a9cc-bacc656f32f8&amp;idx=47" rel="nofollow">https://collections.mfa.org/objects/3199/obol-110-stater-of-kyrene-with-head-of-zeus-ammon-struck?ctx=8624f830-7b4f-4ad0-a9cc-bacc656f32f8&amp;idx=47</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison with the attribution by Noble, here is my example of Naville 233, <i>BMC</i> 215:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1594337[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kyrene AV obol 305-277 BC 0.73 g</p><p>O: head Zeus Ammon right</p><p>R: head Kyrene right; ΕΓ monogram lower left</p><p>Naville 233; <i>BMC</i> 215 (XX:17)</p><p><br /></p><p>The good news: Congratulations! You have an exceptional and well-centered example of this rare series, only 8 examples of the 4 die pairs. It would be nice if you could get any information from Noble about past collections or sale, but not likely if they did not include in the description.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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