A Founder and TWO Defenders of Res Publica Roma

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  1. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Well, c'mon down! We will pick up a few coins together! Of course, you and I pretty much collect the same, so we can only bid the prices up higher against each other! :)
     
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  3. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Think I've seen your coin before Alegandron...I'm glad it's in your hands! Wonderful write up!
     
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  4. ancientcoinguru

    ancientcoinguru Well-Known Member

    What a wonderful way to spend the weekend...at a coin show!
     
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  5. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Just got a Pompey As today! :) Sulla will be next! Almost had a great Sulla a week ago, but...outbid. :)
     
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    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Thank you for the kind words...
     
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  7. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    I want a Brutus as Consul! Nice! (Now I am whining...)
     
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  8. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Coin shows are my thrill and anguish all at the same time. I love them. I hate driving to them. I a couple weeks I have one in Fredericksburg VA which I really want to visit and there is a big bike race in Richmond guaranteed to mess up the traffic all day. When I go, I will buy coins. Sometimes I get nice coins that make my favorites list and sometimes I get the sort of thing I am embarrassed to report here. Overall, they remain my favorite way of buying coins. Let us know how Charlotte is as a show. When you say 'ancients' do they think you mean buffalo nickels? Bad sign!

    Required advertisement: Among my favorite pages are my reports on visiting coin shows. The prices are out of date now but the ideas still hold valid. Fell free to visit
    http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html
     
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  9. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Show is small, but there are a couple Ancients guys there. Picked up a Pompey As, an Uncia from the 2nd Punic War, and L Lucretius Trio (Winged Boy on Dolphin rev.) Not bad. Perry usually brings fresh items to the show, and has a wide range of good quality from Early Greece, RR, RE, etc. Great guy to deal with. LOL, when I DO run across Ancients at other dealers in NC, they usually state they get them from Perry...

    @dougsmit , I am seriously toying with invading Fredericksburg on your advice, as I understand there are few good Ancients there too.

    I was going to go to Gettysburg, but it is 9 hrs from me...
     
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  10. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Al, that Brutus/Ahala denarius has been on my list for ages, but finding one that shout's "please adopt me !!!" is very tough, and...sooo expensive !

    That's a very decent example you have, especially as aging gives the advantage of blurriness to scratches :D

    Q
     
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  11. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    I agree. Warren ensured the scratches were called out and were in the photos. When I received it (and I AM Near-Sighted!), I could not and cannot really see the scratches when in-hand! My wife set up my camera as a macro-mode, and I have noted it captures EVERYTHING on my coins. This Brutus/Ahala is a GREAT coin in hand! You virtually see NONE of the scratches with your eye. NO-ONE has that good of eyes to see the scratches like my camera does. :D I really like this coin!
     
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  12. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    I can see why you like it. I want it!!!! And you're right. The camera shows everything. Hey, I look at pics of me and wonder how that old ugly guy from my mirror gets in those pics every time.
     
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  13. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    LOL!!! Ditto...we ALL look like we are 20 years old...in our minds as well as our perceptions! :D My 80yo mother taught me that one when I asked her on her 75th as to how she felt!
     
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    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    LOL, yeah, but I am a PowerShopper whenever I go anywhere. I do NOT like shopping, however, I enjoy reviewing/looking at coins and a few other hobbies I approach. I drove 2 hrs., was at the show for a little over an hour. But, I surgical-strike my prey and then I am done. Kinda like the hunter/military approach 99% research/recon and stealth, 1% STRIKE. :)
     
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  15. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Best of luck AL and enjoy the show!!!

    By the way, I just increased my maximum bid on Republican Denarii of Sulla and Cassius!!! So we'll see what happens....
     
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  16. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Good luck MZ. I hope you get them.
     
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  17. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Thanks, Orfew......Maybe with a bit of luck, I will.
     
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  18. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    OH YEAH! Another show update: Since I really enjoy Roman Republic, I espied an Aes Grave! VG/FINE condition! Only $3,900...GULP... nope...nope.. Just like 1st Prez Bush said: "Nope, not gonna do that..." not now... But, me really liked that! Libral POUND, size of the palm of my hand! LOL.
     
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  19. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    :jawdrop::zombie::greedy::stop::rolleyes:
     
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    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    :jawdrop::zombie::greedy::stop::rolleyes:
     
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  21. Magnus Maximus

    Magnus Maximus Dulce et Decorum est....

    Some of us here are actually 20!:p ;)
     
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  22. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Yup! And like we talked about before: ENJOY IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!! :D

    NUTHIN wrong with being 20! I am plus 36 times enjoying it again! :D

    BTW, Great Avatar! Great play on the Russian name Laika dog!
     
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