While doing some research on another coin I stumbled across this lot that sold back in 2012: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=582728 So cheap! So affordable! Such variety! But of course, Sixbid failed to automatically notify me of the lots existence, so here I am finding out a year later. The sad part is that I later (quite happily) purchased several coins from the group from a dealer for $30-$75 each. My bid would have blown him out of the water. ROME. 1st-3rd centuries AD. PB Tessera (22mm, 5,26 g, 12 h) Apollo standing facing, holding lyre Caduceus Rostowzew 2019 The moral of the story? Look at the auctions. And if you refuse to buy at auction because the coins are "too expensive," then you're a fool.
Ugh. The same thing happened to me at Heritage a few months ago. Very nice group of provincials - I was certain they would hammer at a price way over my budget so I didn't bid. A week later, I was organizing my watch list and kicking myself. The lot sold for a quarter of what I was willing to bid. Argh!
