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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3302700, member: 56859"]<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nektaneboeditedmedium-jpg.293734/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SYRIA, uncertain </b></p><p>3rd century CE</p><p>AE11, 4.4 gm</p><p>Obv: Ram leaping left, head reverted</p><p>Rev: Scales; countermark with helmeted bust right</p><p>Ref: Butcher 11 (uncertain northern Syrian mint); formerly attributed to Nektanebo II of Egypt (Weiser 1 Nektanebo II)</p><p><br /></p><p>Why am I dredging up this old coin now? Because today I was browsing a mail bid sale and I saw one of these and it was being touted as a coin of Egyptian pharaoh Nektanebo II. The listing says it and a gold stater are the only coins issued by an Egyptian pharaoh. The comparisons given were 20+ year old sales from when the Nektanebo fantasy was popular-- the comps were in the multi thousand dollar range!</p><p><br /></p><p>I was fooled by this coin five years ago and am still angry about it. Of course I should have done my own research rather than trusting the dealer but I was very new to ancient coins. I still make mistakes and sometimes make foolish purchases but at least now I know to always do my own research of a coin and its comparisons.</p><p><br /></p><p>The exact details of origin of these small ram/scales coins may be uncertain but from what I can tell now no one <i>really</i> believes they are from Egypt, much less from a pharaoh. Pretending otherwise certainly makes the coin more attractive though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>From a CNG listing:</p><p><br /></p><p>From a Forum Ancient Coins listing:</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking through ACsearch hits for "Nektanebo II" in reverse chronological order, the vast majority of recent sales are attributed as "Syria Uncertain" or "Uncertain Levantine". Only a few dealers are clinging to the Nektanebo story. The hammer prices now tend towards <i>two</i> digits, not four.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3302700, member: 56859"][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nektaneboeditedmedium-jpg.293734/[/IMG] [B]SYRIA, uncertain [/B] 3rd century CE AE11, 4.4 gm Obv: Ram leaping left, head reverted Rev: Scales; countermark with helmeted bust right Ref: Butcher 11 (uncertain northern Syrian mint); formerly attributed to Nektanebo II of Egypt (Weiser 1 Nektanebo II) Why am I dredging up this old coin now? Because today I was browsing a mail bid sale and I saw one of these and it was being touted as a coin of Egyptian pharaoh Nektanebo II. The listing says it and a gold stater are the only coins issued by an Egyptian pharaoh. The comparisons given were 20+ year old sales from when the Nektanebo fantasy was popular-- the comps were in the multi thousand dollar range! I was fooled by this coin five years ago and am still angry about it. Of course I should have done my own research rather than trusting the dealer but I was very new to ancient coins. I still make mistakes and sometimes make foolish purchases but at least now I know to always do my own research of a coin and its comparisons. The exact details of origin of these small ram/scales coins may be uncertain but from what I can tell now no one [I]really[/I] believes they are from Egypt, much less from a pharaoh. Pretending otherwise certainly makes the coin more attractive though :rolleyes:. From a CNG listing: From a Forum Ancient Coins listing: Looking through ACsearch hits for "Nektanebo II" in reverse chronological order, the vast majority of recent sales are attributed as "Syria Uncertain" or "Uncertain Levantine". Only a few dealers are clinging to the Nektanebo story. The hammer prices now tend towards [I]two[/I] digits, not four.[/QUOTE]
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