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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3714922, member: 83845"]Excellent coins with stellar provenance. Nice job.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two coins that spent several decades together in the Stoecklin Collection that have been reunited in my collection after being sold in separate auctions. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]995868[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt</font></p><p><font size="3">Ptolemy I Soter, (305-282 BC)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, struck ca. 300-285 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 26 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 14.13 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck. Δ behind ear</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt. P above monogram ΠΑΡ</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Noesje 41-42. SNG Copenhagen 70-71. Svoronos 255</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex W.F. Stoecklin, Ex Karl Steiner (1940s), signed by Delta.</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]995869[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Commodus (AD 177-192)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 192</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 17 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 2.66 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: L AEL AVREL COMMA VG P FEL; Commodus bust right wearing lion skin on head.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: HER-CVL RO-MAN AV-GV; Club in wreath</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC III 251, Scarce</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex W.F. Stoeckin Collection. Acquired in the 1960s from Prof. L. De Nicola in Rome</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3714922, member: 83845"]Excellent coins with stellar provenance. Nice job. Here are two coins that spent several decades together in the Stoecklin Collection that have been reunited in my collection after being sold in separate auctions. [ATTACH=full]995868[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt Ptolemy I Soter, (305-282 BC) AR Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, struck ca. 300-285 BC Dia.: 26 mm Wt.: 14.13 g Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck. Δ behind ear Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt. P above monogram ΠΑΡ Ref.: Noesje 41-42. SNG Copenhagen 70-71. Svoronos 255 [I]Ex W.F. Stoecklin, Ex Karl Steiner (1940s), signed by Delta.[/I][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]995869[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Empire Commodus (AD 177-192) AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 192 Dia.: 17 mm Wt.: 2.66 g Obv.: L AEL AVREL COMMA VG P FEL; Commodus bust right wearing lion skin on head. Rev.: HER-CVL RO-MAN AV-GV; Club in wreath Ref.: RIC III 251, Scarce [I]Ex W.F. Stoeckin Collection. Acquired in the 1960s from Prof. L. De Nicola in Rome[/I][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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