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<p>[QUOTE="SeptimusT, post: 3203044, member: 91240"]I love the idea of provenances, even if I don’t have very many coins with them. Even though the coins themselves already offer a fantastic connection to the past, the idea of knowing who handled them over the last hundred years or so adds to this even more and makes the coin in question that much more attractive to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER], I also have a Hommel provenanced coin, a denarius of P. Licinius Nerva. It’s a different type of card than yours came in, and only included the one. Maybe it is a later addition to his collection? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]829429[/ATTACH] </p><p>I also have some coins with old envelopes but no known provenance. One is this Augustus provincial from Corinth; the coin itself isn't very attractive, but I got it just because of the envelope. It is marked '1936' on the left, perhaps the year it was purchased by a previous owner. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]829433[/ATTACH] </p><p>I also have a Mithradates VI issue with an envelope from the same hand. I really wish I could put a name to it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]829434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SeptimusT, post: 3203044, member: 91240"]I love the idea of provenances, even if I don’t have very many coins with them. Even though the coins themselves already offer a fantastic connection to the past, the idea of knowing who handled them over the last hundred years or so adds to this even more and makes the coin in question that much more attractive to me. [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER], I also have a Hommel provenanced coin, a denarius of P. Licinius Nerva. It’s a different type of card than yours came in, and only included the one. Maybe it is a later addition to his collection? [ATTACH=full]829429[/ATTACH] I also have some coins with old envelopes but no known provenance. One is this Augustus provincial from Corinth; the coin itself isn't very attractive, but I got it just because of the envelope. It is marked '1936' on the left, perhaps the year it was purchased by a previous owner. [ATTACH=full]829433[/ATTACH] I also have a Mithradates VI issue with an envelope from the same hand. I really wish I could put a name to it. [ATTACH=full]829434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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