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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2520260, member: 56859&quot;]I have a handful of coins with provenances dating to the 1800s.&nbsp; Thirteen of them are from the collection James R. Eaton (1834-1897), a professor of mathematics, natural science, ancient languages, and theology.&nbsp; Those thirteen included eight Ptolemaic bronzes, three Roman Egyptian tetradrachms, and a low grade COL NEM. His coins didn&#039;t hit the market until 2013, when I bought this lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite of the group is this 48 mm Ptolemy II bronze, which needs a reshoot.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t know exactly when this coin was acquired by Eaton other than mid to late 1800s.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_480,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_c82ede35ff6a4bd7a48c6f48d755c974.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT,&nbsp; Ptolemy II Philadelphus</b></p><p>285-246 BCE</p><p>AE48 mm, 91.8 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate head of Zeus Ammon right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; eagle standing left on thunderbolt looking right, wings partly spread, E monogram between eagle&#039;s legs</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Sear 7782, Svoronos 446</p><p><i><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-ptolemyii-ae48" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-ptolemyii-ae48" rel="nofollow">ex Professor James Eaton Collection</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>This tetradrachm of Gallienus has a provenance from the same general time as my Professor Eaton coins.&nbsp; It belonged to Benjamin Pierce Cheney (1815-1895), former director of Wells Fargo and owner of the company that became American Express.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_512,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Gallienus</b></p><p>year 13, CE 265/6</p><p>tetradrachm, 21 mm, 9.1 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp;&nbsp; AVTKΠΛIKΓAΛΛIHNOCCEB; eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak, palm over shoulder; L IΓ across field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 3806(13), R1</p><p><i>Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 88.203 (accessioned 1888); <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-alexandria--gallienus-tet-yr13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-alexandria--gallienus-tet-yr13" rel="nofollow">Benjamin Pierce Cheney Collection</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>I like and am willing to pay a premium for coins with old, long, or interesting pedigrees.&nbsp; In addition to ex BCD and RBW, which many of us have, I own coins formerly belonging to <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/akarnania-federal-coinage--ae20" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/akarnania-federal-coinage--ae20" rel="nofollow">Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha</a> (1833-1906), <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/sicily-selinos--ar-litra" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/sicily-selinos--ar-litra" rel="nofollow">Athos Moretti</a>, <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/kings-of-bosporus-sauromates-ii" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/kings-of-bosporus-sauromates-ii" rel="nofollow">Buddy Ebsen, Lawrence Adams</a>, and others.&nbsp; A couple of my coins formerly belonged to museums (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Money Museum, Zurich).&nbsp; It&#039;s also fun to acquire coins formerly owned by CoinTalk friends.&nbsp; So far I have coins from [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER], [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER], and [USER=38987]@JBGood[/USER] (and maybe others; apologies if I&#039;ve left your name off the list).</p><p><br /></p><p>My most extensively pedigreed coin came from [USER=9204]@Ardatirion[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_4136c68fe9db40fb96179a01c3524050.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_521,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_4136c68fe9db40fb96179a01c3524050.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <b></b></p><p><b>THESSALY, The Oitaioi</b></p><p>167-146 BC.</p><p>AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.30 g, 1h)</p><p>Herakleia Trachinia mint</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Lion’s head left, spear in its jaws</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; OITAI downward to right, ΩN downward to left, Herakles standing facing, holding club in both hands</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Valassiadis 9; BCD Thessaly II 494 (same obverse die)</p><p><i>Private sale, Bill Dalzell, March 2015</i></p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 290), lot 57</i></p><p><i>Ex Peus 384 (2 November 2005), lot 199</i></p><p><i>Ex Vinchon (20 May 1959), lot 483</i></p><p><i>Ex M. Ratto 11 (16 May 1935), lot 239</i></p><p><i>Ex R. Ratto (4 April 1927), lot 1023</i></p><p><i>Ex Naville-Ars Classica V (18 June 1923), lot 1764</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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