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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4681994, member: 56859&quot;]Congrats, Orfew!&nbsp; I know pedigree and appearances don&#039;t matter to many but I am usually willing to pay a premium for such things and enjoy that bit of added modern history <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do indeed love love love that coin!! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have bunches but will refrain from the Dattari parade although I will include a couple of Alexandrians.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s something from [USER=78411]@Nicholas Molinari[/USER]&#039;s <b>Potamikon</b>.&nbsp; Even though it&#039;s silver and the first volume covers bronze, it&#039;s in there... because it&#039;s such an awesome little coin, surely <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252525252Fmedia%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%2525252525252Fv1%2525252525252Ffit%2525252525252Fw_1702%2525252525252Ch_1064%2525252525252Cq_90%2525252525252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%252525252526hash%25252525253Df8a3a1f91b7b1fdfc37607a9baae58f3%2525252526hash%252525253D75165a6384d6fcfb7bc592c9596745a9%25252526hash%2525253D38b7d5af62cd46b84bc8fafa14394fcc%252526hash%25253D69164ce0a2492a0ea294136a8a93f1b6%2526hash%253Dae7142fa58cb3e7ac1f660bb775b0f31%26hash%3D200d7b8c25d4829494f49b1dd36a9b8d&amp;hash=f00e4ad265c3dd8beeb49f8d62ecf238" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos</b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: 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: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref: <b><i>Potamikon</i>, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin)</b>; 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><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianagathodaemononhorse-rt-jpg.759269/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian.</b> Regnal year 10, CE 90/91. Æ diobol (25mm, 10.86 g, 12h). AVT KAICAP ΔΟ ΜΙΤ CEB ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head right / Agathodaemon serpent, wearing the skhent crown (emblematic of upper and lower Egypt), on horseback galloping left; L I (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&amp;G 24.109; RPC II 2585; SNG Copenhagen 214; Emmett 277.10 (R5).</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex West Coast/Lloyd Beauchaine Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 41, 19 March 1997), lot 1110; Classical Numismatic Review Vol. XVI, No. 1 (January 1991), lot 316; Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (18 October 1990), lot 2365.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Appearances: <b>Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 39 (this coin)</b>. <b>Obverse illustrated in Emmett as the header for the Domitian section, p. 24 (this coin)</b>; <b>fully illustrated in Emmett, p. 26 (this coin, discussing the unusual reverse)</b>.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcusaureliusdiobolserapisfoot-rt-jpg.867370/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>AE diobol, 22.8 mm, 8.33 gm</p><p>RY 17 (176/7 CE)</p><p>Obv: MAVPHΛIOCANTωNINOC; laureate head right</p><p>Rev: right foot and ankle (of a statue of Serapis?), pointing right; draped bust right of Serapis above, wearing kalathos; LI[Z] in right field</p><p>Ref: Dattari (Savio) 3516; <b>Emmett 2254.17 (this coin illustrated, p. 96)</b>; <b>K&amp;G 37.411 (this coin illustrated)</b>. Extremely rare. None in CoinArchives.</p><p><i>Ex WRG Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Part II, Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 130.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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