Anyone going to be bidding on the Naville auction tomorrow?

Oooh, you won that coin?! It's a gorgeous little thing and was on my bid list but I wasn't realistic about the price . Also, I got the start time wrong and didn't tune in until lot ~100 . There were some decent Tarentum dolphin rider coins which sold for low prices. Drat!!

Actually, for many of the lots I thought the bidding was weaker when compared to their prior auctions. Many coins sold at low prices and many were unsold. Of course, the most desirable of the lots brought strong prices...

 

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I viewed in person and decided not to bid on dolphins after seeing in hand. Not as good as I'd hoped. Differences always interesting. Some of the Republicans better in hand, but not enough better for me to bid enough to win.

 

How fortunate to be able to view an auction in person!! I had wondered about the surfaces of those Tarentum nomoi (is the correct plural?). The relatively low hammers must reflect those surfaces. I'd probably have bid on one of them though had I not mistaken the start time.

 

That's what I tell myself every time I lose a bid.

 

RIP

 

Yes. Nomos is one of those Greek words (there are many) with meanings hard to translate and very tied to the context of the usage. The most common use was 'law' but we get 'legal portion', 'fair share' and anything that suggests appropriateness. It is an archaic word which fathered noummos and nummus from which we get numismatic. Greek was the major language of the Mediterranean for many, many centuries and being able to speak it correctly was, in many circles, how you could tell the good guys from the others. Anything that wide spread over time and space will 'develop' or change rules quite a bit. I will never forget my favorite professor of Greek explaining why he had no use for New Testament Greek in terms that would not go well with our moderators. He was a fan of the 5th century BC poets and saw everything that followed as unfortunate.

 

I started out unrealistic, did a little research, and realized it was hard to find. With the provenance, I felt that it was a winner. Paid too much, BUT, I love that little gem. It fits well in what I enjoy in my collection. One day I may go after Tarentum, but the allure of an extinct World Empire is pretty cool...

LOL, and, umm, THANK you @TIF for missing the first 100 lots... I did not need any more competition, especially when I was in the MOOD to win it... I was on one of my Search-and-Destroy missions...

 

Then you will love those of us who missed the entire auction! It is a very busy auction month....

 

I'm sure you're right, I didn't watch much of it; none of the Dattari lots, for example. I just know that most of my RR and RI targets went for more, often significantly more, than I was willing to pay! But I also tried to be cheap.