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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 3814899, member: 90666&quot;]series: P.GALB, C.HOSIDI, C.PISO FRVGI, M.PLAETORIVS CESTIANVS, Q.POMPONI MVSA, L.TORQVAT, L.ROSCI, L.CASSI, L.FVRI </p><p><br /></p><p>some notable coins:</p><p>- RRC 410 Pomponius Musa, I have a rather good run of these including Hercules Musarum, Clio, Meplomene, Terspichore, Erato, Urania, Thalia and Polhymnia. For arguments as to why the Muse with square bottomed lyre and flower behind obverse head is always always always Erato and never Terpsichore see Phil Davis in &quot;Fides&quot; (Essays Witschonke) but also almost every antiquarian author on same subject; some Victorian prude took a completely wrong turn by putting it about that the irrelevant position of an arm mattered more than the type of lyre and the related flower symbol just because Victorians didn&#039;t like the idea of Erato being on Roman coins except in error!</p><p>- Melpomene is ex Eton College collection (cf. Thackeray 1882 tho this coin isn&#039;t specifically listed). Terpsichore is ex Sally Rosenberg in 1928. Erato is ex Haeberlin, Cahn-Hess 1933. Urania is ex a collection formed in the 1960s or earlier housed in Clarke boxes made from 1916 onwards: the surfaces of this coin is a bit scrappy but it is exceptionally complete for the type and holds promise of possibly great provenance</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016561[/ATTACH] </p><p>- finally Polhymnia is ex Stack&#039;s Nov.1967 Hall Park McCullough (1872-1966) coll., a venerable US collection of Roman Republican coins</p><p>- RRC 407/2 Hosidia (small flan type) is ex Ben Merison, Wellingborough, UK who purchased this coin directly from the descendants of Benjamin Nightingale; the ticket being from 1940s appraisal of the collection. Benjamin Nightingale was a wine and spirit merchant at 17 Upper Stamford Street, London. He was born in 1806 and died on March 9th, 1862 and was a well known Antiquarian and was a member of the Numismatic Society of London.</p><p>- RRC 408 Caius Piso Frugi with apothecary symbol behind head is ex Ars Classica XI in 1925</p><p>- RRC 409/2 with Cybele has an unrecorded symbol on reverse - an Awl. The symbols on this issue have been well studied and recorded e.g. by Charles Hersh, Babelon, Crawford etc and a new symbol is unusual</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016569[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1016570[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Details of the coin types and their provenances are listed below the Flickr image here:</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/48981338868/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/48981338868/" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/48981338868/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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