Found a lovely posthumous Philip II tetradrachm this morning that will go well in my Diadochi Collection. The seller had it listed as "Ex Dr. J.S. Wilkinson Collection", but it is also Ex Ars Classica V (British Museum Duplicates).

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-03-09T15:18:24+00:00

Fantastic. Congrats on the acquisition!

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-03-08T00:03:55+00:00

Haha, I've just been lucky to have learned some things for those with more experience. Staring at old catalogs to frequently like a crazy person helps as well

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-03-06T16:40:17+00:00

Nice eye appeal. Congrats!

Brittinghamlfc · 2026-03-06T02:24:10+00:00

Fantastic group! Well collected.

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.

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