Share your Kenneth W. Dorney Auction results

There was a Ken Dorney Auction today. Did you participate? What did you win and which coins got away? Please feel free to share.

I bid on and won this one because I only had one sestertius in my collection, and sometimes one just won't do. It also looks like it has a lovely dark patina and it's a nice portrait of Severus Alexander. Plus one can never have too many Sol reverses. I freaking love Sol reverses.


Severus Alexander, 222 - 235 AD
AE Sestertius, Rome Mint, 30mm, 20.87 grams
Obverse: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus right.
Reverse: P M TR P XI COS III P P S C, Sol standing left raising hand and holding whip.
RIC525

 

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Hi,

I bought 5 coins actually, even if I regret not buying the Carthage one and a greek silver one. I especially love the first one (a greek coin).

Here's my results :

 

Why has his account here been disabled?

 

0/2 today. I was outbid on the Aelius and the Maximinus I. Impossibly for me to fallow the auction live this afternoon...

 

Nice one, @Sallent ! I got a sestertius, too! For my T-Bone collection:


Trebonianus Gallus, AD 251-253.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 19.26 g, 29mm.
Rome mint, 3rd officina, 1st emission, AD 251.
Obv: IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: SALVS AVGG S C, Salus standing right, feeding serpent which she holds in both arms.
Refs: RIC 121a; Cohen 115; RCV 9678; Banti 31; Hunter p. cvi.

 

Nice pick-ups. Anyone know how you can get on the list for one of his auctions? I don't think I heard about this one. Or if I did I forgot.

 

There is an “auction listings” here on Coin Talk and if you are registered on Biddr, they will notify you MANY times a week about the upcoming auctions..

 

Well to be honest there are not many auctions from him. I think the last one was 6 months ago (maybe more) something like that. So you need to be really careful about that !!

And for the rest ocatarine is right

 

He has been banned. I have no idea why.

 

I landed two Severan dynasty coins. Excited to add them to my collection.

 

Lovely! Including one with Elagabalus and a "horn" on his head!

 

Wow, I didn't even notice. That's sad.

 

Very nice sestertius of Severus Alexander.

 

That’s strange. Are we sure he’s banned? I cannot tell by looking at his profile. Seems active currently.

 

If you do a search and start typing his name, it does not autofill. If you search for him in the members tab, he's not there. If you come across a post of his and click his avatar, the "Start a Conversation" link isn't there. All of this adds up to his account being deactivated. That's unfortunate .

 

That is hard to believe for such a polite guy...

 

I placed pre-bids on 9 different lots and won one (below). I know nothing about this coin beyond was what listed in the auction, I just thought it was a really interesting obverse:

Thessaly, Gyrton, 340 - 330 BC
AE Dichalkon, 19mm, 4.15 grams
Obverse: Bare male head of the hero Gyrton right, in front of and next to head and neck of bridled horse.
Reverse: Head of the nymph Gyrton left with hair in a roll and wearing pendant earring.
BCD Thessaly II 83.4 ex BCD Collection, with his tag.

 

I completely forgot about this auction. I think a lot went rather cheaply

But I couldn’t afford to bid anyway with my targets and rent coming up

 

Oh, I see now. Thanks for pointing that out. That really does stink. He’s always very helpful and pleasant. Hope he’s back soon.

 

Ken. Gone? ... NO! He is such a huge asset to this forum.