The first person to mention a
Salonina coin of
Philippopolis with Aphrodite
reverse ("walking with
hands extended") was
Vaillant in
his Num. Graeca,
Vol I. p. 187, citing the N. Jos. Foucault
collection.
This reference was copied by
Mionnet (Supp II, 1634)
and that was copied by
Moushmov which was copied by Ivan
Varbanov....
The same thing is
still happening today. One seller - not just new sellers on e.g. biddr, but even ones you have come to rely on for accuracy - gets a city or reference wrong, it lands on
CoinArchives or
ACsearch, another seller sees the coin, can't be bothered to check for himself and repeats the error. Seller 3 sees the two previous entries, thinks, "that must be correct" and repeats it. Then when I add one of those coins to
wildwinds with the correct reference, I'm the one who gets emails saying that I have made a mistake because Bloggs & Co and Smith Co. Ltd both have it as [wrong reference]....