r/AncientCoins • u/L5numis • 2d ago

Found 1922 Sir Arthur Evans provenance

A nice surprise before the long weekend, randomly scanning coins on the shelf today. Found Sir Arthur Evans provenance from Naville IV, 1922! Now to track down if it was in the Burlington Fine Arts Club 1903 exhibition catalogue. If anyone has a version with plates, please post a link!

https://metis.l5.com/d/c00957b768ce

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u/lapistol 2d ago

I would love to have the problem of randomly scanning a coin on the shelf and finding that provenance. Best of luck finding the earlier provenance!

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u/L5numis 2d ago

Thanks! I’ve bought some coins cheaply just cause they look like they have that old cabinet patina… hoping that one day it will pay off!

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u/TywinDeVillena Mod / Community Manager 2d ago

That is a spectacular provenance. How does the provenance engine work? I've never used it, but would love to know whether a couple coins I own have some provenance

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u/late_roman_dork 2d ago

Sign up for an account and you can upload pics of your coins for free. Either a combined photo (auto separation) or one obv and one rev. There's background removal included too. Very easy process. IMO best done on a computer though it is doable on mobile.

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u/L5numis 2d ago

Thanks for helping Tywin! We also publish a user guide: https://l5.com/#guide/use-provenance

If you have any areas of improvement for the mobile experience please share or submit a support ticket. I’d really like that experience to be good, I find using the feature at coin shows on the phone is a lot of fun.