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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2074988, member: 56859&quot;]I was given additional information about this coin&#039;s history from the gracious underbidder, one of the curators of this <a href="https://manfacedbullsar.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://manfacedbullsar.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Man-Faced Bull website</a>, Nicola Sisci.&nbsp; The coin was formerly in the collection of Athos Moretti <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Added provenance:</p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Per Nicola:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;482 is the catalog number from an unpublished manuscript of the Athos Moretti collection, compiled by Moretti himself with photos and notes. The manuscript was collected by Alberto Russo after Moretti&#039;s death, and consigned to Silvia Hurter to work for a publication. Unfortunately Hurter died before concluding the work, so the catalog is unfinished and has never been published, but there are copies in possession of scholars.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>He goes on to say, &quot;<i>...this coin is a great rarity of great beauty. </i></p><p><i>For this variant only three specimens are known (the other two in worse conservation), and the die coupling of yours is the unique known.</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>More good news... the other curator of that website, Nick Molinari, has been working hard on a comprehensive book about Man-Faced Bull coinage.&nbsp; He hopes to have it ready for publication by the end of the year.&nbsp; This coin will be included in the plates.&nbsp; Per Nick:&nbsp; <i>&quot;it is arguably the nicest I have seen (which includes all the varieties listed in an upcoming corpus of the type).&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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