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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 6452707, member: 57495"]Excellent writeup on Elpis/Spes, Curtis! It was a coin I thought belonged in your collection and I'm happy to see it there. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I found that tag particularly interesting because of all the different hands that contributed to it using different pens and pencils (I didn't add my own scrawl, incidentally). I especially like the "(<i>why??</i>)" and wonder what was being referred to. I believe that was added by the Gemini XIII cataloger who worked on that particular section of the sale. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one of your coin's lotmates, another ex Dattari A-Pi tetradrachm with an Elpis reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257146[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>Billon Tetradrachm. 12.82g, 22.9mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 11 (AD 147/8). Dattari-Savio Suppl. pl. 14, 11 (<i>this coin</i>); Emmett 1383.11; RPC Online 13608 (<i>this coin cited</i>). O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: L ENΔEKATOV, Elpis standing left, lifting hem of skirt and holding flower.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.424); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 6452707, member: 57495"]Excellent writeup on Elpis/Spes, Curtis! It was a coin I thought belonged in your collection and I'm happy to see it there. :) I found that tag particularly interesting because of all the different hands that contributed to it using different pens and pencils (I didn't add my own scrawl, incidentally). I especially like the "([I]why??[/I])" and wonder what was being referred to. I believe that was added by the Gemini XIII cataloger who worked on that particular section of the sale. Here's one of your coin's lotmates, another ex Dattari A-Pi tetradrachm with an Elpis reverse. [ATTACH=full]1257146[/ATTACH] [B]ANTONINUS PIUS[/B] Billon Tetradrachm. 12.82g, 22.9mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 11 (AD 147/8). Dattari-Savio Suppl. pl. 14, 11 ([I]this coin[/I]); Emmett 1383.11; RPC Online 13608 ([I]this coin cited[/I]). O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: L ENΔEKATOV, Elpis standing left, lifting hem of skirt and holding flower. [I]Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.424); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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