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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24607419, member: 26430&quot;]I received my winnings from Naville Auction 81 today (7 coins total). Perhaps I&#039;ll post more from this delivery, but I was most excited about the coin below.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was published in the second-ever issue of <a href="https://social.vcoins.com/files/file/2-vol-01-no-02-april-may-1987/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://social.vcoins.com/files/file/2-vol-01-no-02-april-may-1987/" rel="nofollow"><i>The Celator </i>in 1987</a> (on the cover, below the fold, back when it was on newsprint). So I like that the coin is not only an artifact of antiquity, but of 20th century numismatic thought &amp; literature. (I&#039;m not sure if Wayne Sayles&#039; hypothesis about the coin&#039;s artistic inspiration held up, but even the scholarly false starts and dead ends are part of what&#039;s interesting about intellectual history &amp; &quot;object biography.&quot;)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1563707[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I also tried to buy it last year at CNG. Unfortunately -- or fortunately, as it turned out -- I lost out that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>But reappeared last month at Naville Numismatics&#039; Auction 81 (<a href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/navillenumismatics/browse?a=3512&amp;l=4056944" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/navillenumismatics/browse?a=3512&amp;l=4056944" rel="nofollow">Lot 205</a>). This time with no provenance or publication history. (Also ex Cederlind FPL 84 [Spring 1989], no. 65. CNG gave no collection history, but I wonder if it was part of Sayles&#039; coll. in 1987?) I got it for a vast discount from CNG&#039;s hammer. (For the opening bid, which was low).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Lot.aspx?LOT_ID=64314" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Lot.aspx?LOT_ID=64314" rel="nofollow">CNG&#039;s photo (e-515, 231)</a>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1563708[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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