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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8242863, member: 26430&quot;]I love it! Great blog post and topic and coin. Dattari is such a fascinating collection (and one of my favorites, since there are so many -- including many affordable tetradrachms!). It also gives us a lot of insight into antiquities trade from the late-19th to mid-20th century (incl. his daughter).</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s amazing to think the vast majority of his coins, including many new types, were unknown before Savio&#039;s 1999 volume (and hundreds more until the 2007 edition). Without those manuscripts, there could still be hundreds of types that remain totally unknown today. (Many RPC entries, for example, cite only Dattari specimens.)</p><p><br /></p><p>This one, for example: I don&#039;t believe there are any other published examples,&nbsp; and only became known in 1999 from Dattari&#039;s pencil rubbing, then cited by Emmett (3101.7) in 2001 based on the rubbing (and now <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10362" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/10362" rel="nofollow">RPC Online Temp no. 10362</a>), but would otherwise be unknown. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen at least one author develop a theory about the Elpis coinage of Severus Alexander based on the belief that it began in Year 10, unaware of this Year 7 example (though <a href="https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/18729" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/18729" rel="nofollow">Matthies 2014</a> should&#039;ve had time to find it). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451184[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1451185[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It must&#039;ve also passed through HJB&#039;s possession and one other dealer&#039;s (their tags came with the coin) before arriving at CNG recently, though I&#039;ve been unable to find another photograph or record of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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