NAC: Less than 100 Lots Away!

Wow, AJ, usually, when we say that we’re glad a coin went to someone in the CT family, the coin is not an EID MAR denarius! I did a little fist pump when I read your post. Congrats on the fantastic score!

 

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How terrific is that! What a great thing to share with your CT correspondents. Congratulations.

 

Congratulations!! I echo the sentiment of another in never imagining a coin like this would pop up on the CT forum! Hopefully your heart-rate is back to normal! If you have any career advice for us commoners to follow so hopefully one day we can dream to bid on such coins please pass it along haha

 

Wow, congrats @AncientJoe ! Very excited for you!

 

While I feel the same way, AJ is not just a member of the CT family. He is a collector who has shown regularly what I call a proper respect for the subject and the coins. While it certainly is an expensive coin, it will not, IMHO, be the crown jewel of the collection. Joe has several coins of finest art and great interest. EID MAR is just the one that draws interest from more people. Most of all, I am just glad that the buyer was not some billionaire who would mount it as a tie tack.

We will be looking forward to 'proper' photos.

 

Thanks Doug! I appreciate the kind words. And yes, if I ever put together a catalog, it wouldn't be the cover coin.

I have a couple new coins on the way which represented far rarer opportunities to acquire - those also got my heart pounding for fear of being outbid and never having another chance at it (despite costing a fraction of an Eid Mar, one has to have limits). The Eid Mar is a great type but, if I've owned two in five years, it's certainly not an impossible coin to find.

That said, I should start just placing book bids and sleeping through early morning auctions to save the stress.

 

I have no problems with the idea of live auctions and no problems with book bids. I would, however prefer that auctions would be one or the other and not a confusing mix of both. In the old days, those who could not attend in person could employ a bidding agent for 5% or so or phone in bids that would, today, be placed 'live online'. The idea of auctions is that the person willing to pay the most should win but the current situation favors the person with best Internet skills.

I hope someday to see your book.

 

Not even funny......................yeah it is. Congratulations @AncientJoe

 

AJ:
ULP!

Just great!
Pete

 

@TIF notwithstanding, I've never watched bidding in a purely recreational capacity before. That was fun. @AncientJoe, congratulations ...and (cf. @Alegandron) best with getting past any attendant spike in your blood pressure.

 

Congratulations! I'm happy for you and glad a member of CT won that gem. We all await your thread and posting.

 

Very interesting. Congrats

 

Congratulations! I had no idea that you collect at that level. Amazing!

 

@DonnaML have you not seen @AncientJoe s web site?

 

Congratulations @AncientJoe

The nice side : knowing personnaly the person who bought it, makes it closer. Not that I'm feeling like an "almost owner", but some feeling like that, well, you know what I mean.

I do really hope that buying this coin will not distract you from buying the Roma aureus too : from the minute I saw it, I knew it should be in your collection !

Anyway, thank you so much for sharing with us plebeians your amazing collection

Q

 

Thanks! Alas, the aureus is definitely out of my reach unfortunately!

 

Congratulations for this fantastic acquisition !
I can't wait to see a stunning photo of it on your website.
I wonder by curiosity if at this price level you can negotiate the fees... a $75K commission seems so insane for a single coin.

 

No. Do you have a link?

 

Here you go (outdated by a handful of recent purchases and woefully behind on writeups but it's been a busy last many months!) https://www.colosseocollection.com/p444364358

 

I wish! But, buyer's fees go to pay for the auction house's overhead and staff and are the same regardless of the hammer price.