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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26450803, member: 92212&quot;]This ACS search link will display 43 listings of the type:</p><p><b><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Vibo+Valentia+cornucopia+-lot+-lote&amp;category=1-2&amp;lot=&amp;date_from=&amp;date_to=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Vibo+Valentia+cornucopia+-lot+-lote&amp;category=1-2&amp;lot=&amp;date_from=&amp;date_to=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Vibo+Valentia+cornucopia+-lot+-lote&amp;category=1-2&amp;lot=&amp;date_from=&amp;date_to=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=1</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p>You can scroll through the descriptions for these 43 and harvest the most commonly used attributions cited for the type.&nbsp; (Just keep in mind of course that sales listings for attributions are not always correct.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Only a handful of the 43 have VALENTIA downward on the reverse&#039;s right-side. But the right-side positioning of VALENTIA itself does not seem to impact the value.&nbsp; Other than overall condition (as you mentioned), what <i>seems</i> based on this sampling to have some impact on the hammer price is the visibility/<u>clarity</u> of the &quot;bull&quot; symbol that appears on only right-sided VALENTIA issues.&nbsp; The butting bull is on the reverse&#039;s left side, as seen on these two examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>Sold for $150 in 2023:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1687381[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sold for $80 in 2014:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1687383[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Reality check: One example of lesser clarity than the 2 pictured above hammered at 10 GBP, and another example of lesser clarity than the 2 pictured above went unsold (without any bids) on a VERY optimistically stated 50 GBP minimum bid.</p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW: If this right-sided VALENTIA with a bull symbol has a separate catalogue number, I sure couldn&#039;t find it.&nbsp; But it does seem to deserve a distinct citation number -- whether just to designate it as a variety, or, as its own type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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