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Old Auction Catalogue Madness!
Carausius:
vrtsprb, I posted in response to your PM here:
www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=116064.0
vrtsprb:
--- Quote from: Carausius on July 11, 2018, 10:54:26 am ---vrtsprb, I posted in response to your PM here:
www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=116064.0
--- End quote ---
Thanks.
In meantime, I've actually found that particular Ratto catalogue at BnF.
What threw me is that RIC V.2 refers to the Morcom sale as 1927 (print date), not the actual Ratto February 8, 1928 date.
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orfew:
A few weeks ago I bought an auction catalogue from Forum. I had been looking for a copy for about 1 year. Lucky for me Joe had a copy and posted it for sale. The catalogue arrived and my coin was pictured and described. The catalogue was Vecchi 13 September 1998. The coin was lot 757. RIC II part 1 mentions this sale in reference to my coin. Until recently my coin was the only one known. A few months ago @David Atherton also found one.
My sincere thanks to Joe for the catalogue.
Here is the coin.
Vespasian (69-79). AR Denarius (18.08mm, 3.50g, 6h). Rome, AD 75.
Obv: Bare head l. R IMP CEASAR VESPASIANUS AUG
Rev: Pax seated l., resting l. elbow on throne and holding branch.
PON MAX TRP COS VI
RIC II 773 (this coin); RSC –. Extremely Rare variety, near VF.
Ex Vecchi sale 13, 1998, 757.
Ex: St Paul Antiques auction 7 Lot 285 June 11, 2017
Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database.
Carausius:
Wonderful, Andrew. Congratulations on a rare coin and terrific provenance. The Vecchi series of sales from the 1990s are wonderful catalogues including some excellent specialist collections (Roman Republican bronzes in Vecchi 3; Augustus in Vecchi 9). I'd recommend buying more of this series if you've got the room.
orfew:
Many thanks Michael for the kind comments. At the moment I am just trying to collect catalogues where I have coins listed or pictured.
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