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Not Jourdan but Jameson? - Collection R. Jameson Tome 1

Any comments on the heavy toning on this 1891 crown? I was wondering how would it get that dark even colour on both sides? Or has it been treated somehow?

Jameson 1004 to 1008 are all Poseidon, so maybe a misreading or misattribution?

Regarding David's post, I could go with Jameson too. You often see important sales of a similar coin referenced on tickets, but that doesn't always mean it was from that collection. Just look at the references of many lots in current sales to see things such as Brooker xxx same dies for Charles I, Adams for pennies, Schneider for hammered gold etc. The collection referenced is usually one of the major sales for the material in question. Unfortunately however, sometimes these get incorporated into the provenance of a sale lot, leading to ongoing confusion when checking and confirming a provenance. I got caught out recently on that very point. Mea culpa for not checking thoroughly in advance. Note that Jameson died in 1942 and the collection was sold post mortem, but the ticket says SPK 1941, i.e. it predates this. PTO means please turn over. TPP is T/-/- and looks to be a purchase price code in pounds shillings and pence. i.e T represents a number of pounds and the dashes zero shillings and pence. I'd say they are by a different hand. Although the M is similar, the P is completely different. The R is a bit misleading as it is a conjugated A&R (for silver) on the ticket in question. The lack of sale price would imply a coin sold before being priced and on the list and so a Spink ticket cannot be ruled out, but I don't think it is. The other ticket references the Sydenham sale at Glens in Dec. 1941, but I don't have this catalogue, nor the Nov. 1948 sale to check who bought what. Send Chris Perkins a PM to get approved. He doesn't pop by that often.

If I found a Harry and Megan 50p I would just use it, even if it was worth more. Terrible people.

Can't help with the 1941 circular. I would assume the ticket is by the person who bought the coin from Spink in 1941 with his price code. Spink stock numbers at the time were numerically incrementing and carried over from year to year, so 1943 for example had stock numbers in the 17000 range and more likely to be recorded on a Spink ticket. IMO the SPK would be superfluous if it's a Spink ticket and would expect the selling price to be given. Codes are usually used for purchase cost. Below 277-239 could read AR 4 DCS? Silver Tetradrachm? Then Cat(alogue) Jourdan 1009? Searching Jourdan brings up CNG's Richard A Jourdan sale in 2020 and appropriate material, but nothing as described on the ticket. Presumably a different Jourdan sale or is Jourdan an old reference book? I'm not familiar with ancients collections past sales, so can't help with catalogues or names.