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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1990683, member: 44357&quot;]Coins from the Boscoreale hoard of Roman aurei are my favorite pedigree. To have been buried under the ash from Mt. Vesuvius for 1,800 years is an incredible link to history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tracking more modern pedigrees usually takes a great deal of persistence and a fair amount of luck. I&#039;ve been digging through catalogs recently and have uncovered long pedigrees for some of my coins which were sold with no pedigree.</p><p><br /></p><p>One example is my Vespasian Boscoreale aureus. It was in an NGC holder when I bought it, with no detail as to where it came from. I luckily managed to stumble upon some leads and have now completed the pedigree back to ancient Rome from the Boscoreale hoard.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/Vespasian_zps7a0e18ca.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Calico reference guide plate coin (number 604)</i></p><p><i>Ex. CNG Auction 78, lot 1744 (May 2008) </i></p><p><i>Ex. HD Rauch Auction 75, lot 360 (May 2005)</i></p><p><i>Ex. Lanz Auction 70, lot 166 (Nov 1994), the collection of Margaretha Ley, one of the most famous and successful personalities in the world of fashion</i></p><p><i>Ex. Leo Biaggi de Blasys (coin 306)</i></p><p><i>Ex. Bank Leu Auction 30, lot 326 (Apr 1982)</i></p><p><i>Ex. Auktion Glendining (Jan 14, 1953), lot 22</i></p><p><i>Ex. J.C.S Rashleigh collection (formed ca. 1920)</i></p><p><i>Ex. Boscoreale Hoard of 1895</i></p><p><br /></p><p>It is believed that the coins of the Boscoreale hoard belonged to Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, a wealthy merchant who was the highly successful son of a freed slave. He owned <i>Villa Pisanella,</i> a popular wine producing villa rustica on the south eastern slopes of Vesuvius near the modern-day village of Boscoreale.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also sold unpedigreed was my aureus of Octavian. I&#039;ve since found it as the plate coin in many reference guides and important collections:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/Octavian_zps54c2ef9b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>“The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators”</b> (page 242, coin number 394)</i></p><p><i><b>“Gold Coins of the World”</b> (page 41, 7th edition)</i></p><p><i><b>“Ancient Coin Collecting III (page 43) and Ancient Coin Collecting (page 20)”</b> by Wayne G Sayles, 2nd Edition</i></p><p><i><b>&quot;Julius Caesar and His Legacy&quot;</b> – (full page image on xv and as coin 23, published by NFA in 1991)</i></p><p><i><b>“Leo Biaggi de Blasys’ Complete Collection of Roman Gold”</b></i></p><p><i><b>&quot;Hunter Collection&quot;</b> - Ira and Larry Goldberg</i></p><p><i><b>&quot;Ex. Jameson Collection&quot; </b>(assembled ca. 1913)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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