ACCLA-Mike

Kudos to auction houses that actually remove the images of fake coins. At least they are acting in good faith in response to knowledgeable viewers. Some auction houses ignore input and those are what I think we should be more concerned about. But an open repository of rejected coins would definitely take it one level up...

Rasiel, Thank you so much for upgrading the server! You have built a fantastic resource that I use frequently and will now use more. Very useful for hunting down coins in my own collection but also for looking at other collections that were sold off on ebay.

Ed: This type is frequently seen with Sellwood's countermark iii - the Gondophares symbol - hence the "Eastern" epithet. Sellwood 91.9, 18 mm, 3.28 g. Mike

I see nothing wrong in dealers buying in other dealer's auctions as long as they don't get a professional discount on the vigorish (18-25% these days) since that obviously puts them at an unfair advantage.

Steve: There is some overlap but there are a few more Pegasi Auctions that are not on your list that were hosted on Agora and that are still available in their archives. Agora don't have direct links from their home page so I don't how stable the URLs will be in the future but you can see the list of available auctions on the right hand side: https://agoraauctions.com/pegasi/auction_archive Also, they have a few archived Spartan auctions, also run by Pegasi: https://agoraauctions.com/spartan/auction_archive I really appreciate your work on this, I find your well-ordered links to catalogs incredibly useful. Mike

Some of the Pegasi e-auctions were held on VAuctions. You could try doing a search using VAuctions' "advanced search" function, with the Archived Auctions (prior to September 2022) button selected. VAuctions has their own numbering system for Auctions so searching using Pegasi's auction number (137) doesn't work. Instead, try searching with the lot number and an appropriate keyword.

And no provenance provided. ☹️

Emperor Elagabalus is what she was. I'm happy that the Museum is provoking the public to ponder on how "history" has been written. The Museum should update it's own record though (and maybe get a better coin). They use "they" not "she" in the record for their solitary and quite crappy Elagabalus denarius. https://northhertsmuseum.org/north-hertfordshire-museum/collections/object-details/1882563/

Possibly. But the date is written month/day/year not/day/month year so perhaps more likely added in the USA?

FYI, Here is the link to the Fitzpatrick Museum's lists of Numismatic Auction Catalogues and Fixed Price Lists: https://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/library/salescatalogue/index.html

I love getting and seeing these old tickets! Ted Buttrey's old Fitzpatrick Museum's list of Numismatic Auction Catalogues and Fixed Price Lists includes this listing for a dealer in Düsseldorf named Kimpel operating in the 60s and early 70s. Your coin might well be from one of these lists. Perhaps the penciled in date is 9.22.67? KIMPEL, W., Düsseldorf, Germany Lists: {Small} have 1-43 1961: no 1, May; no 2, Dec; 1962: no 3, Apr; no 4, Nov; 1963: no 5, Mar; no 6, Jul; no 7, Oct; 1964: no 8, Jan; no 9, May; no 10, Sep; 1965: no 11, Mar; no 12, Aug/Sep; no 13; 1966: no 14, Mar/Apr; no 15, Summer; no 16, Oct/Nov; 1967: no 17, Feb/Mar; no 18, Jul; no 19, Sep; no 20, Dec; 1968: no 21, Mar; no 22, May/Jun; no 23, Aug; no 24, Dec; 1969: no 25, Mar; no 26, Jun; no 27, Sep; no 28, Dec; 1970: no 29, Mar/Apr; no 30, Jun/Jul; no 31, Oct; no 32, Dec; 1971: no 33, Mar; no 34, Jun/Jul; no 35, Sep; no 36, Dec; 1972: no 37, Mar; no 38, Jun; no 39, Sep; no 40, Dec; 1973: no 41, Apr; no 42, Sep 1974: no 43, Mar

Here are 3 examples from Bono Simonetta's collection that were published in his 1971 paper - Simonetta, B. 1971. Un interessante tesoretto di tetradrammi di Vologeses III. Rivista Italiana di Numismatica, 73: 57-62. pl. Simonetta numbers the King as Vologases III which is also the numbering re-adopted in the current Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum series. Sellwood 84.62 BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.26g, 12h). Dated ϘΥ [ΑΠ]ΕΛΛΑ[IΟΥ] = November 490 SE = November 178 CE. Sellwood 84.64 BI Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.09g, 1h). ϘΥ [Δ]ΥΣТ[ΡΟΥ = February 490 SE = February 179 CE. Sellwood 84.92 BI Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.16g, 1h). ΔϘΥ ΠΕΡΙΤ[ΙΟΥ] = January 494 SE = January 183 CE.

The tetradrachms and drachms circulated in different areas with most Parthian tetradrachms being minted in Seleukeia on the Tigris.

Parthia Phraates III (ruled about 70-57 BCE) Ekbatana mint, chalkous 2.30 g. 14 mm, 12 o'clock. Facing bust wearing medallion / Elephant standing R, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ around. Sellwood 35.18v (legend) Next a lion.

Parthian Empire Unknown king (Sellwood 1980); Sinatruces (eg. Morkholm 1980); Arsakes XVI (eg. Sunrise). Traxiane mint. Drachm, Silver, 3.96 g, 20 mm. Obv: Diademed bust L Rev: Archer seated R on a throne that (incorrectly) shows 3 legs, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΤΡΑΞΙΑΝΗ around. Ref.: Sellwood 30.22; Shore 142. Reverse die match to CNG 75 (May 23, 2007) Lot: 589. Next: Another eastern mint coin.