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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24826536, member: 26430&quot;]I was planning to sit out today&#039;s CNG e-Auction but couldn&#039;t pass this up. Don&#039;t mind admitting I got it for less than half my max bid.</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG &amp; the consignor (apparently) didn&#039;t recognize it as being from the Dattari (1853-1923) collection, published in the Dattari-Savio rubbings (DS 7999 on pl. 103) and plate coin in Figari-Mosconi #424 (<a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6242" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6242" rel="nofollow">according to RPC</a> III 6242 [this coin = specimen 33]), which republished the image from Kunst und Munzen 42, 1980, lot 78. (I can&#039;t find a copy of F-M, though I&#039;ve been trying desperately for years.)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Note</i>: Unusual reverse with something below / falling out of the patera? None of the other specimens seem to show that... Any idea what it is? Have only started looking into it...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589680[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Egypt, Alexandria. Aelius Æ Diobol</b> (24.5mm, 8.73 g, 12h), dated RY 21 of Hadrian (136/7 CE).</p><p><b>Obv</b>: Bareheaded and draped bust right, seen from the front.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: ΔHM • ЄΞOY C • VΠAT • B •, Euthenia(?) standing facing, head left, holding patera and grain ears.</p><p><b>Ref</b>: Dattari-Savio 7999 (this coin) = Figari-Mosconi 424 = RPC III 6242 (specimen 33, this coin); Emmett 1353.</p><p><b>Prov</b>: CNG 551 (29 Nov 2023), Lot 279; From the Rocky Mountain Collection of Alexandrian Coins, purchased from William M. Rosenblum; ex Giovanni Dattari (1853-1923) Collection; Kunst und Munzen 42, 1980, lot 78 .</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589681[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1589682[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite being a relatively pricey volume, my copy of Dattari-Savio 2007 has paid for itself multiple times over by now, as far as I&#039;m concerned. (I&#039;ve found &amp; bought several coins with lost Dattari provenances &amp; verified others.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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