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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2855640, member: 57495&quot;]Congrats on the win.&nbsp; I had a field day bidding on the Naville auction today... and came away with zilch <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":meh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; My batting average with ex Dattari coins at Naville has been abysmally low, which is unfortunate because they often have a few very interesting examples in each auction.&nbsp; It&#039;s fun enough to look, I suppose... my favorite today was Lot 241, the Trajan drachm with the Egyptian barge in a temple.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up having to look elsewhere for Dattari collection coins.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one of my ex Dattari A-Pi plate coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678855[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>Billon Tetradrachm. 12.71g, 22.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 5 = AD 141/142. Dattari-Savio pl. 108, 8094 (this coin); Emmett 1362.5; RPC Online 14246 (2 spec., this coin cited). O: Laureate head left. R: L-E, Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow. </p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.513); Ex Dattari Collection</i></p><p>Notes: Rare left-facing bust for this type<i></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]678856[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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