Hello, Nice to look at all the coins, but 150K....well probably it is worth. https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1354&lot=44
yes, for sure....but..........pjiiiiiuuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiiiiiii I love all the greek coins they show, some I have never seen before crazy...real art.
Also that Adrew Wayne collection? if I was in the UK I went out every weekend with my MD...Is he related to Batman?
I can't imagine anyone paying $150,000 for this. $250,000 strikes me as more realistic. We will see. Of course it is only a drachm and people with money prefer larger coins even if they are more common. If you read the text, you will see it was sold off as a duplicate in 1910 so perhaps it will go as a bargain being documented as second rate. For the rest of us, Antiquanova has a version for $6: http://www.antiquanova.com/Naxos-Didrachm-Greece-461-430-BC-tin-replica-coin-d23.htm
Actually we've done it often enough, including a Priapus thread. As long as the discussion remains about numismatics and history, the mods seem to be fine with it. Start making penis jokes and I'm pretty sure you'll get yourself censored.
Why is $150K hard to imagine? It's a very sought-after coin. The OP coin realized $170,000 (+ buyer's premium) this morning. The highest estimated coin ($750,000) in today's Triton brought $800,000 + buyer's premium: https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1354&lot=420
150K is not so hard to imagine, I work daily with huge amounts, but it is only in the end only metal( just joking). Lost just now a coin I really wanted, well that happens....
You know, I sometimes think to myself, even if I was a multi-millionaire, would I be willing to spend 200k on a coin? And the answer is always HELL YES.
imagine if Roman Abramovich was an ancient coin collector instead of soccer fan, it'd be end of the hobby for the rest of us. We're kinda lucky there aren't a lot of super wealthies that are into this.
The bidding on the pricier coins is fun to watch. Bid cards raised for $25k-50k increments.........I made sure I did not flinch during those coins.
Seriously, this coin was a huge bargain at $800K plus buyer's fee. The Gasvoda coin, which has a noticeable obverse double-strike (see below), went for $938K not including buyer's fee at NAC in October 2015, and to my eye, the above coin is better.
Lucky I am, not to have bid on that aureus : knowing there's another one somewhere would have spoilt the pleasure Q
Lets not miss the point that enables me to enjoy my form of the hobby as I practice it. The market does not always reflect the interest I would have in a particular coin. The $800k aureus may be wonderful to someone but will bring little pleasure if he is bemoaning the fact he had to settle for that reverse instead of the one he really wanted. I posted a list of my 100 favorite coins and it is not identical to my 100 most expensive coins. We each will collect as we choose and enjoy or despair as we must. I did not miss a single thing in Triton. Neither would I trade my entire collection for the 10th highest realization coin in it. Don't tempt me with the $800k one. I might have trouble maintaining my principles and give up a coin I bought for $6 that I would really miss and could not so easily replace.
