I would not have purchased this very worn
hemidrachm if it wasn't for the fact it
had a 'coolness' factor for being a
Dattari-Savio plate coin. Another contributing factor is that I recently acquired the 1999 edition of the esteemed reference.
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-168840It's not a bad coin, but it would be pretty unremarkable without the
provenance.
I have vented my frustration before concerning the difficulty in using
Dattari-Savio for attributions - the photo below of the plate in question is one reason why. The plate coin is unlabelled and out of sequence, it took some imaginative skills to match it up with my specimen (the plates are just rubbings after all!). Lacking an
index or proper
catalogue,
Dattari-Savio is a really tough reference to use ... even for matching up your
plate coins!
