[Posted July 23rd, 2009]
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An interesting story only because of its location in Elgin (yes – I know that Lord Elgin’s house was not actually in Elgin). A local museum wants artefacts returned, or compensation for artefacts that are being held onto by a national museum that they were sent to for research purposes.
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Museums Squabble Over Treasure Coins
By Richard Giedroyc, World Coin News
July 20, 2009
Usually the British treasure trove laws work favorably to protect the amateur finder, professional archaeologists and museums that may become involved in any find. I said, “Usually.”
In recent years, all sorts of artifacts have been found in a field at Clarkly Hill in Burghead, Scotland, by people with metal detectors. Among the many artifacts are some Roman coins, two gold finger rings believed to date from the fifth and the 12th centuries, a gold earring believed to be Roman, and some odd and curious or primitive gold ring money understood to date from the Bronze Age.
The items are by law to be submitted to a museum for study and evaluation. Depending on the significance of a find and the circumstances under which it was lost or intentionally buried, the finder may eventually either receive the artifacts or their value. The Clarkly Hill finds have been sent to the Elgin Museum in Moray, the Elgin Museum in turn sending the coins and other artifacts to the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh for additional examination. Unfortunately, this is where something has gone amiss.
Elgin Museum Curator David Addison is quoted in the May 25 issue of The Press and Journal newspaper as saying he will “kick up a stink” if the NMS doesn’t start returning the artifacts, most of which at the time this article is being written had not been returned.
Under the rules of engagement, museums can bid on artifacts and coins once the artifacts and coins have been evaluated. Exceptionally rare coins and artifacts can be kept by the NMS to complete its collection. This appears to be the position of the NMS regarding the Clarkly Hill finds.
Addison is not taking the news lying down. He told the newspaper, “The way I see it we’re trying to tell a story here and if pieces of Moray don’t end up in Moray there’s no way we can do that.”
Although The Press and Journal story doesn’t indicate if the NMS is listening to Addison or not, the Elgin Museum has established a fund-raising campaign to raise funds to buy back the coins and artifacts. The Elgin Museum plans to form a collection the museum will title Burghead. So far the Elgin Museum has received £2,100 in donations from museum members, as well as an additional £60 in public donations.
It is possible that by “kicking up a stink” the national museum may have begun to listen. According to the newspaper, a group of nine ancient Roman coins found in the area were recently returned. The coins had been found in the 1960s and had only recently been turned over to the Elgin Museum.
While things have been turbulent in Scotland, in England it has been a different story. About 30 years ago, a hoard of 59 gold unite or “jacobus” coins of King James VI of Scotland were found by a builder digging foundations for a block of houses in Chipping Norton. The coins were struck following the king’s becoming the first Stuart king of England in 1603.
The builder failed to disclose the find, giving them instead to his grandson who is now 39, married, and anxious to sell them. The grandson has jumped through all the appropriate hoops, including having the British Museum examine the coins, resulting in permission to sell them at auction June 9 through Morton and Eden in London. The two rarest coins were purchased by the British Museum, which plans to display them.
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[Posted July 23rd, 2009]
July 20, 2009
Posted by John Dale
Production of gold coins for circulation in the United States ended in 1933. Though the Mint continued to strike eagles and double eagles through the last days of the Hoover Administration – hundreds of thousands of each – a new President transformed the nation’s money and banking systems.
On April 5, 1933, just a month after Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in, he signed Executive Order 6012, which drastically reduced the amount of gold Americans could own, barring exceptions for professional or numismatic purposes (the latter exception thanks to then-Secretary of the Treasury William H. Woodin, himself a coin collector).
In conjunction with the executive order, the Treasury halted the release of gold coins from the Mint and its own stores; millions of coins, mostly double eagles, were melted later in Roosevelt’s tenure. This included almost the entirety of the 1933 mintages, which were held back from release while there were coins of earlier dates still awaiting distribution. There is considerable controversy over whether the 1933 double eagle was ever officially issued and thus legal to own, enough to fill two nonfiction books and many hundreds of pages of legal documents arguing both sides. Even today a court battle over a set of 10 1933 double eagles is ongoing.
The legal-tender status of the 1933 eagles, however, is not in doubt, and the few known survivors, such as this MS65 example in Heritage’s upcoming August Los Angeles U.S. Coin Auction, are eagerly sought-after. Not only are they rare, with only 30 to 40 pieces known according to the catalog description, but they also represent the end of the circulating gold coin, not only in the United States but throughout much of the Western world; in response to the Great Depression, a number of European nations, including the United Kingdom, moved off the gold standard in 1931 or 1932.
For a coin of such quality as this Gem, aesthetics cannot be overlooked, either. From the sharp strike to the vibrant luster and the nuanced colors that enliven each side, every facet of the piece reinforces its aura of beauty. That beauty has entranced a series of prestigious owners, including Phillip H. Morse and Jim O’Neal. Ownership of any 1933 eagle has long been a sign of an advanced collection, and possession of a Gem such as the present piece especially so. With the auction of this lot, the final Saint-Gaudens eagle could be the final addition to a memorable collection of the series… or it could be just the beginning.
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[Posted July 23rd, 2009]
Posted in Biblical Coins tagged Ancient Coins, Bible, Biblical Coins, Christianity at 5:47 pm by biblicalcoins
I was able to obtain a copy of Biblical Numismatics by Shirley Barr Page. It was printed in 2001. In her introduction she notes that she became interested in Bible coins after reading Florence Banks’ book, Coins of Bible Days that I posted on 6/18/09.
This is a very large coffee-table style book that is filled with color photographs with each coin greatly enlarged. It is divided into three sections: Old Testament Period; Intertestamental Period and New Testament Period. The overall style is clear: a coin is presented and quickly described and then placed in historical context. Each coin becomes a story in itself so you can easily just jump around the book reading “short stories.”
The first section – The Old Testament Period- also contains a section on artifacts. You can see various oil lamps and stone shekel weights. These items can often also be obtained through coin dealers at prices similar in range to what you would pay for ancient coins. So if you begin a collection of Biblical Coins you can easily add an artifact or two without having to travel to Israel!
The Intertestamental Period- by making this a separate category it opens up a wide range of coins. This section will contain Greek coins, Phoenician coins, Seleucid Kingdom coins and Ptolemaic Dynasty coins. The depth of this section is a real highlight of this book because you get an understanding of the larger world at the time.
The New Testament Period- Here we have coins of the Herodian Dynasty, Procurators of Judea, the Roman Empire and the Revolt of the Jews coins. This section closes with coins in the lifetime of Jesus Christ. Following this last section there are a number of color plate pages showing even more examples of some of the coins already described.
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[Posted July 20th, 2009]
Someone asked:
What are all the ways that you can invest in gold? Can I buy gold in my IRA?
On the Communism Channel, when they usually joke about buying gold, they usually refer to the stock of gold mining corporations. Gold mining stocks should underperform physical gold for the same reason as the overall stock market, via the Principal-Agent problem. You can’t prevent the CEO from paying himself a huge salary and bonus, granting himself and his friends options. Further, many gold mining stocks short sell future production. They actually would lose money and be subjected to margin calls, if the price of gold sharply rises.
Allegedly, some of the banksters have huge naked short positions in gold. They want gold to be discredited as an investment so that paper investments are attractive. They are bailed out by central banks, who sell off a huge amount of gold every time the price rises substantially.
If you buy a gold future and take delivery, then allegedly there is a specifically-numbered bar in the COMEX warehouse that belongs to you. You don’t know if the COMEX isn’t secretly practicing fractional reserve banking, by issuing more receipts than physical gold is in their vault. In a SHTF scenario you probably won’t able to get your gold, if it’s in the COMEX warehouse. This is important, because the financial system may collapse in the next 15-20 years. You also have the right to take actual physical delivery of your gold if you buy a gold future. The COMEX charges an annual storage fee and a fee to people who take delivery.
With GLD and SLV, you don’t have the right to redeem your shares for gold. However, professional market makers have the right to create/destroy shares of GLD by giving/receiving gold and gold futures. This guarantees that the price of GLD and SLV should track physical metal minus the fund management fee. Again, you will lose your investment in GLD and SLV when the financial system collapses.
If you have at least $100k to invest, then you’re probably better off buying a gold future and taking delivery than buying GLD. $100k is approximately 100 ounces of gold, which is the delivery unit for a gold future. The delivery unit for a silver future is 1000 ounces of silver, approximately $15k.
In a 401(k), you probably are SOL if you want to invest in gold or silver. Your best bet is to wait until you switch jobs and then roll it over into an IRA.
If you have an IRA, the simplest way is to get a brokerage option and buy GLD or SLV. Alternatively, there are some custodians that hold physical gold for you. However, they charge higher fees. In a SHTF scenario, you may not be able to withdraw your gold.
The primary benefit of IRA investing is tax-deferred gains. That is irrelevant if you are investing in gold or silver. There is no dividend that you would owe tax on. If you know someone who will buy gold from you off-the-books in exchange for slave points or other goods and services, then there’s no advantage to owning gold in an IRA. Just take physical delivery.
Buying gold in an IRA is silly, because there’s no tax advantage. You get the same advantage if you take physical delivery and later sell off-the-books. If you have savings already in an IRA, you might as well buy GLD and SLV for now. I’m seriously considering cashing out my IRAs and paying the early withdrawal penalty. If I could solve the "safe place to store my metal" problem, I’d probably do it.
If you want to guard against a SHTF scenario, you might be better off taking the money out of your IRA, paying the early withdrawal penalty, and buying gold. However, I’m not 100% sure that the State will collapse in the next 20 years. As a hedge, I’ll keep my State paper investments while all future investments will go toward physical gold and silver. I figure that, if the financial system collapses, I’ll lose my State paper investments but I’ll benefit from having a freed market.
If buy gold and take physical delivery, I see no reason to pay extra for American Eagles. Just buy generic rounds or bars. Try to pay the smallest possible premium to the "official" spot price.
I never understood why some people whine "The banksters are manipulating the price of gold, keeping it artificially low." If you believe this to be true, then buy gold and take physical delivery. Appreciate the discount that you are getting on your gold purchase!
That isn’t always possible. When the price of gold was very low last year, a lot of online dealers had no inventory! As long as it’s possible to buy a gold future and take delivery, then the "official" price of gold should be close to the price at which you can buy gold coins and bars. You should expect to pay more than the "official" price of gold when you buy, due to transaction costs.
One of my agorist business ideas is "create a gold/silver/FRN barter network". That’ll make it easy to buy gold and silver. Suppose you have an agorist business generating $2k of income each month, in excess of your living expenses. With an agorist gold/silver/FRN barter network, you could use the network to invest this surplus in gold or silver. An agorist can’t deposit cash in his checking account, due to the State/IRS reporting requirement.
As the counter-economy grows more sophisticated, a free market banking system is desperately needed. A trustworthy agorist banking system would be a valuable way for agorists to protect their savings from theft by State agents.
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[Posted July 11th, 2009]
 When Clare Murton, a volunteer at St Agnes Museum, was sorting through the large amount of material that had been given to the Museum by the family of Dr Whitworth, one of five generations of doctors in general practice in St Agnes, she came upon a piece of paper which had a sealing wax impression of a Roman coin, together with the following account written by Dr Whitworth in 1910: ‘In 1910 Mrs John Tonkin of Carn Golla picked up in a field recently enclosed from the Common, which had just been scuffed or harrowed, a Roman gold coin the size of a half-sovereign, bright and in perfect preservation …’
Clare sent an image of the impression to the British Museum to ask if they could identify the coin and her message reached Roger Bland of the Department of Portable Antiquities & Treasure. He was very excited by it as he recognised it as an impression of a gold coin of the Roman emperor Julian (AD 360-63) which was known to have been found at St Agnes in 1910, although the coin itself had long since been lost and no detailed description of it survived. The coin proved in fact to be a new variety minted at Lyon in France between AD 361 and 363.
Even more intriguingly, Roger was able to link this discovery with the record of another find of Roman gold coin of Valentinian I, emperor immediately after Julian, between AD 364 and 375, which was recorded as having been found at St Agnes in 1680. It would be a great coincidence for two coins made nearly at the same time to have been lost by accident in the same area and it is more likely that the two coins were buried together and so form a hoard.
Through the skill of the British Museum’s Facsimile Technician, Mike Neilson, it has been possible to make an electrotype copy of the coin and Roger Bland presented that to St Agnes Museum today.
Roger Bland said: “I am very grateful to St Agnes Museum for showing us this seal impression of a gold coin of Julian and am delighted to be able to present an electrotype replica of the coin to the Museum as part of the work that the British Museum’s partnership with other museums in Britain. The discovery of the seal impression of this coin among the papers of Dr Whitworth makes a fascinating story: not only is this coin a hitherto unpublished variety, but Roman gold coins are very rare finds from Britain: only 9 others are known from Cornwall and fewer than 700 from the whole country, so this is a doubly interesting find.”
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[Posted July 11th, 2009]
1) Custom duty up on gold bars
Proposal: Basic customs duty on gold bars bearing manufacturer’s or refiner’s engraved serial numbers and weight (expressed in metric unit) and gold coins has been increased by Rs 100 per 10 grams.
Impact:Imported gold bars and gold coins of 10 grams could be costlier by Rs 110 to Rs 125 per 10 grams
2) Custom duty up on gold ornaments
Proposal: Basic customs duty on gold ornaments (other than ornaments studded with stones and pearls) has been increased by Rs 250 per 10 grams.
Impact: Imported gold ornaments of 10 grams could be costlier by Rs 280 to Rs 320.
3) Silver loses sheen
Proposal: Basic customs duty on silver (in any form ie bars, coins, jewelry) has been increased by Rs 500 per kg.
Impact:Imported silver bars, coins and jewelry could be costlier by Rs 575 to Rs 625 per kg
4) Branded jewelry
Proposal: Branded jewelry (where brand name is embossed on the jewelry) has been exempted from basic excise duty
Impact: A Gili pendent costing approximately Rs 15,000 is likely to be cheaper by Rs 300.
5) Music may come dearer
Proposal: Excise duty on MP3/ MP4 or MPEG 4 players with or without radio/ video reception
Impact: A Sony Walkman 2GB mp3 player costing approximately Rs 3,990 is likely to be costlier by Rs 170. Further, an Apple i Pod touch 8GB with MPEG 4 player costing approximately Rs 12,000 could pinch your pocket by an extra Rs 500.
6) Car Care
Proposal: Excise duty on motor vehicles with engine capacity more than 1999cc has been reduced by Rs 5,000 per unit.
Impact: A car with capacity higher than 1999cc could cost less by Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,500.
7) Clear Sight
Proposal: Excise duty on contact lenses has been increased from 4% to 8%.
Impact: A Johnson & Johnson disposable contact lens available at approximately Rs 1,400 is now likely to be sold slightly at a slightly higher rate, say at Rs 1,450.
 Light a fire
Proposal: Excise duty on LPG stoves has been increased from 4% to 8%
Impact: A Jaipan double burner LPG stove worth around Rs 2,000 may be costlier by Rs 75 or so.
9) Sporty budget
Proposal: Basic customs duty is being fully exempted on snow skis and other snow-ski equipment, water-skis, surf-boards, sailboards and other watersports equipment.
Impact: A inflatable water raft costing around Rs 2,00,000 is likely to be cheaper by Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000. Happy skiing.
10) Artificial heart to cost less
Proposal: Basic customs duty on artificial heart (left ventricular assist device) is being reduced from 7.5% to 5%.
Impact: Artificial heart devices are likely to be retailed cheaper by 4% -5%
11) Service Tax on Plastic Surgery
Proposal: Service tax is levied on cosmetic surgery or plastic surgery service
Impact: Any cosmetic or plastic surgery (other than surgery to restore, reconstruct for body affected due to congenital defects, developmental abnormalities, degenerative diseases, injury or trauma) could be costlier by 10.3%.
12) Life Saving Drugs
Proposal: Basic customs duty on certain life-saving drugs is reduced from 10% to 5%. They will also be totally exempt from excise duty and countervailing duty.
Impact: Certain life-saving drugs used for the treatment of breast cancer, hepatitis-B, rheumatic arthritis etc could be cheaper by 7% to 15%.
Source : ERNST & YOUNG
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[Posted July 6th, 2009]
After giving my dad some rare coins last Christmas, gold specifically , i am now thinking of investing on gold bullion for myself. Instead of spending money on senseless shopping , it sink into my mind that i should start saving and investing now. I searched through Monex Company, the site where i got the gold coins, and from there it seems that the gold price now is at good rate . I will call their customer service after i finished some of my tasks here at home. I would certainly like to inquire now , as i feel that this is the time for me to invest. I think aside from gold, they also have silver , any idea which has a better value now?
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[Posted July 6th, 2009]
What makes a good plot line for a story?
First I think you need interesting characters….people you can care about….people you are willing to invest a few minutes of your time with. Second, you need an interesting backstory…something going on in the background to move the story along …throw in a little true life to the characters and to the events of the back story and gee, you’ve got a genuine blockbuster.
That’s what I look for when I teach history standards. In and of themselves the standards can be a little boring. Teaching in a “just the facts ma’m” kind of format will more often than not lead to a room full of students with glazed over eyes and off task behaviors…doodling, throwing spit balls, reading ahead in the text, repairing make-up, etc.
I look for the details of history that will enthrall others, old and young alike, the quirkiness of history, the stuff of history that make it alive and worth remembering.
The Civil War is a historical topic full of facts and my Georgia teaching standards are quite clear as to what students should know when they tackle that test each April. The Civil War is also a historical topic that is jam packed with great backstories and wonderful, real characters that can be used to motivate students to delve deeper into the content and analyze the context of the times and the motivation behind all of the parties involved.
The story of the CSS Hunley is interesting not just from a naval and technological viewpoint, but since I have to consider my audience and what will drag them kicking and screaming to the historical roundtable, the story of the Hunley is a gem for any serious teacher of history.
Last week for my wordless post I presented the front view of a gold coins that seem simple enough at first glance, but oh….what a story these gold coins have to tell. Homeschooling Granny made a correct assumption that the coins I pictured were indeed the coins given to George Dixon by his sweetheart Queenie Bennett as he left for war.
Highlighting literature is an important part of my teaching style and the book The Story of the H.L. Hunley and Queenie’s Coin Edition 1. (True Story) by Fran Hawke and illustrated by Dan Nance (2004) is a wonderful story to share with history students from 9 to 90.
Throughout our great history men have gone off to serve our country and have received parting gifts from their loved ones. George Dixon was no different.
During the Civil War many soldiers received miniature paintings or photographs of their sweethearts, a handkerchief, scarf, or a tender love letter.
As he left in 1862 to join the 21st Alabama Regiment to serve under General P.G.T. Beauregard George Dixon’s sweetheart, Queenie Bennett, handed him a $20 gold coin. George instantly placed the coin in his pocket where he carried it into war. Can’t you see him sitting around a campfire at night pulling out the coin, turning it over and over in his fingers, thinking of Queenie….thinking of home?
What was given as a token of love actually served many more purposes. On April 6, 1862 at the Battle of Shiloh the coin actually stopped a bullet from injuring his leg. Dixon would have a lasting limp from the injury, but he survived because of the coin.
When he returned to Mobile he had the coin inscribed….Shiloh, April 6, 1862 My life preserver GED…and he continued to carry the coin in his pocket as a symbol of his love and devotion to Queenie as well as to commemorate his experience at Shiloh.
Dixon was unable to return to the battlefield, but continued to serve the Confederacy. He volunteered for another duty working with a new type of weapon the Confederacy was investigating….a new type of boat called a submarine. The Confederates hoped the submarines would allow them to bust the blockade that had blocked Charleston’s harbor as well as several other Confederate harbors.
At this point Fran Hawke’s book takes the interesting love story of Queenie and George and moves it to the sidelines a bit to tell the story of the Hunley. The text explains:
Learning and experimenting as they worked, the men molded iron plates into a sleek shape.
There would barely be room for eight or nine men, sitting on a wooden bench, turning the shaft that moved the propeller.
A long pole was affixed to the front of the submarine. It would hold an explosive, which would be jammed into the hull of an enemy ship.
Then, of course, as stories often do the plot returns to love. After a couple of disasterous tests George shared with Queenie that he was going to request command of the Hunley. He felt certain that the South should use submarines. He stifled any fear Queenie might have regarding his safety by reminding her he carried her gold coin.
George convinced Gen. Beauregard by telling him, “Sir, the Hunley is still in perfect working order. It only sank because the other crews made mistakes…The submarine is temperamental, but she is not a death trap.”
Under George Dixon’s command the Hunley was finally ready to attack Union ships in Charleston Harbor on February 17, 1864.
The book continues with a discussion regarding how the Hunley attacked the 200-foot-long USS Husatonic, and how the Hunley tore a hole in the side of the Union ship and sank her.
Sadly, however, the Hunley never returned to port.
The Confederacy tried to keep the loss of the Hunley secret, hoping that the Union would fear more attacks. Any hope of ending the Union blockade ended with the missing submarine and Queenie’s George.
Over the years quite a few myths surrounded the Hunley and her disappearance.
PT Barnum, a late nineteenth-century circus owner, offered a reward of $100,000 to anyone who could find the Hunley for him to display in his traveling show.
More than 100 years after the Hunley disappeared, famed author, Clive Cussler, arrived in Charleston to begin his search for the submarine. He was a Civil War expert, an underwater archaeologist, and an author. “Shipwrecks,“ he liked to say, “are never where they are supposed to be.” Cussler and his team kept looking, on an off for 15 years.
The Hunley was finally located on May 3, 1995 but it was not raised until August 8, 2000.
The book goes on to detail the painstaking efforts the folks at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, South Carolina made to excavate the Hunley’s secrets…the propeller shaft, the crew’s bench, the men’s clothes, pipes, pocketknives, canteens, a wallet, a brooch, and a corked bottle. The remains of the crew members were also gathered for a proper buriel.
But what of Queenie’s gold coin?
Maria Jacobsen, the chief archaeologist sifted through the area where Lt. George Dixon would have sat. Through the mud she saw the glint of the lucky gold piece.
The coin is displayed today at the Hunley Exhibit at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center.
Fran Hawke’s book is a perfect addition to any history classroom and can be used with any age group. The story motivates students to learn more about the submarine by drawing them into the tragic love story of Queenie and George, by strategically interchanging the back story and the historical record back and forth in such a way you are totally unaware that you are learning something.
You can see both sides of the coin here.
The website for Friends of the Hunley can be found here
A picture of Queenie and more information can be found here
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[Posted July 6th, 2009]
 Indian Braille Coin
Louis Braille commemorative coins are published and circulate to show respect for the man for his revoluionary invention of ‘Braille‘, a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write the alphabets.
Braille Euro Coin
Braille coin usa
The braille coins are for the blind people and to not get mistaken on giving the wrong amount of money .
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[Posted July 6th, 2009]
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AR Obol, 8 mm, 0.55 g, Samaria mint before BCE 108
SC 2394 v., SNG Spaer 2763, CSE II 781
O: diad. hd of Antiochus IX r. with short curly beard, diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border.
R: BAΣI reading downward on r., [AN ΦI] reading upward on l. (off flan). Athena stg., l., holding Nike and resting hand on shield, spear behind, dotted border.
EX: Heritage World Coin Auction, Signature Sale 357 (9 September 2004) lot 12020 [Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos IX Kyzikenos. 114/3-96/5 B.C. AR obol (8 mm, 0.55 g). Uncertain southern mint, perhaps in Coele-Syria. Diademed head right / Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand, spear in left; shield resting against her. SNG Spaer 2763-4; G. Macdonald, "Seltene und unedierte Seleukidenmünzen," ZfN (1912), p. 89. Toned, good VF. Extremely rare.]
In Macdonald’s article from 1912, the type was considered “neu”, but as Arthur Houghton wrote in AJN 12 (2000) in his very interesting note “A Mint of Antiochus IX at Samaria-Sebaste?” that “…the author is personally aware of the existence of…at least sixteen obols, most of which have appeared in the last decade.”(p. 108)
Acquisition: 2009
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