Ex G. Dattari Collection, No. 2376, this coin illustrated in his 1901 catalog on plate XXIII (reverse only) & in the 1999/2007 Dattari-Savio catalog on pl. 116.

This coin ex Hugh George Goodacre (1865-1952) Collection = Goodacre (1933/1957) Handbook p. 312, No. 3 (this coin illustrated) = Goodacre (1931, NC) “Notes on Some Rare Byzantine Coins" no. 7 (John I Vatatzes) & pl. XI, no. 11 (this coin illustrated) = Goodacre (1938, NC) “The Flat Bronze Coinage of Nicaea” p. 159, no. 1A (this coin illustrated).

Possibly the de Saulcy (1842, RN) no. 7 specimen & one of the Sabatier (1865) models for nos. 11 & 12 (same drawing of obv., the other probably being the Karl Egon specimen = DOC 56.1 = Hendy 34.1).

ex Mazzini coll n 76

ex Ratto fpl 1964 n 9

ex Münz Zentrum 64, 15.04.1988 n 5

This coin = HNO 238.8 (primary illustration) = Lanz 131 (27 Nov 2006), Lot 29, ex Slg. Erich Karl

The coin is misattributed; it is RIC III 1198(a); BMCRE 1603; Cohen 270.

Ex Sammlung Franz Trau, Gilhofer & Ranschburg / Adolph Hess, Auction, 22nd May 1935, lot 2623.

Ex Hirsch XLI (1964), Los 360.
Ex Hess XII (1913), Los 1512.

= Mario Ratto 1 (4 June 1931), Lot 162

Arghun.

Also = CNG EA 376 (15 Jun 2016), Lot 217

Stolen from the stock of R. Gladdle in 2024; current whereabouts unknown; a reward is offered for information leading to seizure.

Sorry but DIDI made me laugh :-) should be DIVI of course.

Yes weight must be off...my sample weights 11.45g

This is the specimen cited in BMCRE 2171 n. -- Riechmann Sale (Max von Bahrfeldt) 18 September 1922, lot 733.

They are copies made for Bergen Privatbank in 1955 for their 100 anniversary. This is documented by other examples found in tankards given away as gifts, They all have this coin in the lid. Die studies also show that these are not indenticall to other - genuine examples - of the half speciedaler 1855. The portrait is to shallow engraved. The hair is not correct. The letters in the legends are of a different type. The 55 in 1855 is not any way like the 55 in the originals. The axe blade is engraved in a different manner than the original. Even the silver alloy is different from the originals. How these made it into a NGC holder is a mystery.

This reverse illustrated = Keith Emmett (2001), Alexandrian Coins, p. 118A, E500(15).

This reverse illustrated = Keith Emmett (2001), Alexandrian Coins, p. 118A, E500(15).

Coin is authentic, the dies are transfer die copied from authentic coins

Ex Lanz 159 (8 Dec 2014), Lot 238

This coin is of the wrong style and has been tooled, the C was added to an as of a different issue.

This coin is of the wrong style and has been tooled, the C was added to an as of a different issue.

250 Kurush ist Fb 209 und nicht 208!

This coin illustrated on p. XIII of The Celator vol. 1, no. 5 (Oct/Nov 1987), in the cover article (pp. I & XII-XIV), "Greek and Roman influence: Coins of Roman Egypt combine many cultures," by Dennis Kroh.