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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 2808945, member: 24544&quot;]I believe as numismatists, provenance is as important to a coin as the correct attribution.&nbsp; I get frustrated when auction houses toss out old collector tickets and envelopes.&nbsp; I suppose this comes from my EAC collecting days, but I want to know the history of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>With ancients, that starts with where and when it was minted, why the imagery was choosen, and continues with where this specific coin has been in the intervening years.&nbsp; Was it a hoard coin found in Greece in 1987, or was it a coin that&#039;s been in collections since the 1860s.&nbsp; That&#039;s part of the history of the coin, and something that adds value for me, just as learning about why some Antoninus Pius sestertius with Felicitas have the cornucopia replaced with a Capricorn. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]656719[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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