Romismatist Posted March 6, 2023 · Member Share Posted March 6, 2023 Hello everyone, this diobol recently sold at auction; it is a diobol of Tarentum with Herakles on the obverse. These coins are scarcer than the usual ones with the head of Athena (for the complete compendium of the issues of this sizeable denomination from Tarentum. see the work I cited in an earlier Cointalk post here. Looking through my auction files, I noticed that the same coin sold in January 2022, but the surfaces of this coin appear significantly more scuffed up: It's pretty clear that it's the same coin, and that some of the scratch marks across the cheek and in the fields have been removed. What do you think? It doesn't really constitute tooling. It's a pity the patina has been removed along with some of the deposits, but the changes do make the obverse more aesthetically pleasing in my opinion. As a side note, it's interesting that the coin previously hammered for EUR 140 but only EUR 110 this time around. So if the seller was hoping to make some money in cleaning / improving the coin, it didn't happen... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay GT4 Posted March 6, 2023 · Member Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) I think it's just the lighting and photography. First pic has a much sharper focus. Edited March 6, 2023 by Jay GT4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieCollector Posted March 6, 2023 · Member Share Posted March 6, 2023 Yes, either smoothed or a... "flattering" photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romismatist Posted March 6, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 Thanks for your thoughts on this, @AussieCollector and @Jay GT4! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted March 6, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2023 @Romismatist I saw that selling this morning (EST) and wondered the same but maybe naively assumed that given the relatively low value it probably wasn't worth the effort. Btw, I l really appreciated this related book! I assume you were involved. It's a really helpful edition, either way. And yes I am one of those evil dust-cover removers (I save them though!) (I had tried to buy the Diobol one but couldn't find a way to on the publisher site.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romismatist Posted March 6, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 19 hours ago, Deinomenid said: @Romismatist I saw that selling this morning (EST) and wondered the same but maybe naively assumed that given the relatively low value it probably wasn't worth the effort. Btw, I l really appreciated this related book! I assume you were involved. It's a really helpful edition, either way. And yes I am one of those evil dust-cover removers (I save them though!) (I had tried to buy the Diobol one but couldn't find a way to on the publisher site.) Hello @Deinomenid, Yes, I was involved in this book. It is the first of three (the other two are still in production). You can find the related diobol publication at the publisher site here: https://www.edizionidandrea.com/. If you have any trouble, please PM me and I will see if I can help further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesiod Posted March 6, 2023 · Member Share Posted March 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, Romismatist said: If you have any trouble, please PM me and I will see if I can help further. There seems to be no checkout flow on the site, is the only way to buy the book to whatsapp the publisher and arrange it privately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted March 6, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2023 @HesiodThat was my problem too. I emailed them to ask and will report back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted March 7, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted March 7, 2023 @Hesiod I ordered one. Just email info@edizionidandrea.it and say the book and your location and they send you wiring instructions. They answered both emails from me promptly and the cost was 70e plus 20e postage to the USA plus 1e wise.com fee. Postage was the same to Europe or the UK . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesiod Posted March 7, 2023 · Member Share Posted March 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Deinomenid said: @Hesiod I ordered one. Just email info@edizionidandrea.it and say the book and your location and they send you wiring instructions. They answered both emails from me promptly and the cost was 70e plus 20e postage to the USA plus 1e wise.com fee. Postage was the same to Europe or the UK . Great, thank you! I'll send them an email to get my copy then, appreciate the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romismatist Posted March 8, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Hesiod said: Great, thank you! I'll send them an email to get my copy then, appreciate the info. Great! Glad everything worked out for you both! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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