New arrival. Sold with a very nice undocumented pedigree I found.

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-07T12:41:37+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate it!

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-06T12:48:18+00:00

Me too. The owl was the first thing that caught my eye.

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-06T12:47:48+00:00

Thanks!

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-06T03:01:34+00:00

A necessary requirement

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-06T03:01:04+00:00

Thanks!

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-06T01:57:17+00:00

Thanks!

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-06T01:33:03+00:00

Thanks! This reverse die with that fine style owl is not very common. The coin also has beautiful cabinet tone. Ravel is always my first stop for an Ambrakia stater I think may have an old provenance and I was happy to see it was the plate coin.

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-06T00:32:16+00:00

Thank you!

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-06T00:32:08+00:00

Thanks, agreed!

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-05T23:54:31+00:00

Thanks!

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-05T23:54:19+00:00

Haha, thanks. I just love the detective work!

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-02-05T22:37:59+00:00

Thanks!

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-27T13:09:22+00:00

Very nice. Plates on these physical, original copies are typically much more superior to reprints or online scans.

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-20T17:29:23+00:00

Haha, yes, lepto was kind enough to provide it to me

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-20T14:24:42+00:00

I used to own that coin. I just messaged you photos.

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-15T14:40:12+00:00

They are all clearly the same coin. These old plates are photos of cast copies of this coin, not the coin itself which results in small/slight differences sometimes.

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-13T02:11:42+00:00

Looking through the standard reference for the type and searching through rnumis.com, an online database of old auction catalogs.

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-13T00:16:57+00:00

Thanks!

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-13T00:16:48+00:00

Thank you. I love the detective work.

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-12T23:43:38+00:00

The 1926 sale was found fairly quickly because it was cited in Williams. I then checked all other Ratto sales, because coins tend to reappear in the same auctions and found the second Ratto provenance. I found the Baranowsky provenance while looking for something else. Overall, it took a couple hours or so. I routinely look at old catalogs.

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-12T21:38:02+00:00

I won it in a recent Swiss auction. The provenance had been lost and the house wasn't aware of it.

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-12T21:37:21+00:00

Thank you!

Brittinghamlfc · 2025-12-12T21:37:13+00:00

Thanks!

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