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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 3817309, member: 90666&quot;]series: PAVLLVS LEPIDVS, LIBO SCRIBON, M.PISO, M.LEPIDVS, M.SCAVR C.HYPSAE, C.SERVEIL, C.CONSIDI, PHILLIPVS , FAVSTVS, C.MEMMI, Q.CASSIVS, P.FONTEIVS, P.CRASSVS, A.PLAVTIVS, BRVTVS</p><p>The Tyrannicides Brutus and Cassius make their first appearance in this tray, alongside the son of the First Triumvirate Crassus who was to die at Carrhae in 53 BC; the younger Crassus served under Julius Caesar in Gaul</p><p><br /></p><p>some notable coins:</p><p>- RRC 418/2b Piso Frugi is ex Leo Benz and Alfred Page 1933 Parisian Amateur collections</p><p>- RRC 419/1d has legend M.LEPIDVS / AN.XV PR.H.O.C.S. refers to a 15 year old ancestor of the moneyer who killed an enemy and thereby saved the life of a citizen when serving in the army at that young age. Since the type comes with or without this legend, it&#039;s best to try get an example with the legend that reflects this great story</p><p>- RRC 419/2 with turreted City of Alexandria = Cohen 1857 pl.1 Aemilia 7 (this coin) = Babelon 1885 p.128 Aemilia 24 (this coin) = E.E. Clain Stefanelli, Life in Republican Rome on its Coins, 1999, p.43 (this coin) = Banti AEMILIA 87 (this coin)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016827[/ATTACH]The engravings were done by Dardel, and comparison of a lot of examples of Dardel&#039;s where the match is certain because a Paris collection coin was involved, one sees Dardel often brought legends that are half-off flan onto flan as in the case of M.LEPIDVS, and tried to correctly represent the intersection of circle or dot borders with coin edges, but otherwise shape of flan - as hand drawn - is not always quite perfect. This coin and picture share many matching elements including the flan bulges, the border intersections and of course matching dies as seen by the arrangement eg of the letters of ALEXSANDREA. Additionally nice that Clain-Stefanelli illustrated the coin in her book.</p><p>- RRC 422/1, Doug Smith mentioned he has my prior coin; though more worn than Doug&#039;s, I like the provenance of my new example: I was told it was from a 1950s-60s English coll. then found it in two places, Gerhard Hirsch (26 Oct.1954) lot 7 = Banti Aemilia 13 (this coin). I also like its centering and completeness, surfaces and strikes</p><p>- RRC 424 with Temple of Venus at Eryx comes from a 1970 Glendining&#039;s sale. Polybius says</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>Eryx is a mountain on the sea on that side of Sicily which looks towards Africa. It is situated between Drepana and Panormus, or rather it is adjacent to Drepana, on the borders, and is much the biggest mountain in Sicily after Etna. On its summit, which is flat, stands the temple of Venus Erycina, which is indisputably the first in wealth and general magnificence of all the Sicilian holy places. The city extends along the hill under the actual summit, the ascent to it being very long and steep on all sides.</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>- RRC 426/2 Hercules and Diana with moon and stars comes from a 1950s M&amp;M FPL: interesting that over 60 years later it has hardly toned despite having perfect surfaces. Makes one wonder how old the collection provenance of coins which HAVE toned deeply</p><p>- RRC 427/1 Memmius with trophy is another case where I bought from &quot;a collection composed of specimens collected by the collector during the 50s and 60s and purchased from the major merchants of the time&quot; and later found a 1950s German provenance. When there are provenance hints such as this in coin sales, I later find a remarkably high proportion of coins in catalogues from the era. ALSO, if I have or am aware of one or two coins with old provenance in a given sale, there tends to be a high chance of finding old provenances from other coins in the same sale. This is part of my techniques for finding provenances - I buy coins more likely to have them in the first place</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016825[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1016826[/ATTACH] </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/48985019486/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/48985019486/" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_rome/48985019486/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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