Any one win at the CNG 495 today ?

Just wondering if anyone picked anything up at CNG today.

 

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I did, got this lovely lady:

 

It's good to see many of your coins did well, @bcuda. The Hannibal, the tribute penny, the two Caligulas, the Commodus as Hercules, the Mamaea, and the Julian II bull alone must have netted you a tidy profit! Hopefully you're not being dinged too much commission for the lower value items.

 

I picked these up - 3 of people i don't have yet, and 1 that i do, but liked this coin (commodus).

 

No luck today. Got outbid on all 3 coins.
Hope better luck tomorrow and next week.

 

I finally won my Athenian owl today. I'd placed at least 15 bids in the last 11/2 year but always ended up second, or worse. So, as you can imagine, I'm sitting here with a stupidly happy grin on my face as I write. The coin is flawed in many ways, yet it charms me. Warts, cracks, edge splits, and flan flaws; what could possibly go wrong?
Usually, I'd post it, but want to see this one in hand first before showing it.

That's a very nice Larissa, @kazuma78! I read in another thread it's your first auction win of the year. Seems to me, it was well worth the wait!

 

No bids, no wins. Still trying to replenish the piggy bank after
their last sale with all of the Early Dated pieces.

 

Nothing exciting - I snagged the lot of British decimal proof sets at my max bid, but was outbid on everything else

 

Sure did! Though I had the inside tip on some of these beauties coming to market
I was fortunate enough to win 3 of 7 marks
2 of which I'm proud to say are ex bcuda (El iberico)

IBERIA, Gadir. Circa 150-100 BC. Æ Quarter Unit (17.5mm, 2.04 g, 6h). Head of Melqart left, wearing lion skin; club over shoulder / Dolphin over trident left. ACIP 681. Earthen dark green patina, area of weak strike on reverse. VF.

From El Iberico Collection.

Funny enough, you had just upgraded your version of this coin if I recall correctly. And I just upgraded my busted piece with one of yours


IBERIA, Kastilo. Early 2nd century BC. Æ As (31mm, 26.02 g, 9h). Diademed head of male right / Griffin standing right, raising forepaw; to right, star above forepaw, KO (in Iberian) below. ACIP 2113. Earthen green-brown patina. Good Fine.

From El Iberico Collection.

And lastly, I finally won an ancient die!!! Possibly an ancient forgers. It's a very unique item that I plan on writing up when I've recieved and know more.
For starters, does anyone have a copy of, New York Sale XI (11 January 2006), lot 374?

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Forger’s PB impression or die for a sestertius (35mm, 53.60 g, 12h). Copying a Rome mint issue of AD 161. CONSECRATIO, four-tiered funeral pyre topped by facing quadriga; S C in exergue; all in incuse and retrograde. Cf. RIC III 1266; cf. Banti 75 (for official strike). A few scratches on reverse, spot of roughness. VF.

From the WD Collection, purchased from David Vagi, January 2007. Ex New York Sale XI (11 January 2006), lot 374.

When a counterfeiter prepared his dies, he could either engrave them himself, in a style easily to be distinguished from official mint issues, or he could use a genuine, mint-issued host coin. He would then impress this design into a piece of piece of metal and affix it to the iron die-shaft. This object may represent a counterfeiter’s first attempt, a practice strike in lead, as lead is generally too soft a metal for striking coins.

 

@Ryro congrats my friend you did good ! The pictures done by CNG are pretty sad for an auction house that relies on selling coins to make money, the majority of the coins listed of mine I had better pictures than they did. Here is one of my pictures of a coin you won compared to CNG that you won and you got it for a hell of a price !
Mine


CNG

 

Here's the NY Sale XI catalog listing:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=278472

 

WoWiE! I was excited before. Now I'm THRILLED
Their pics really didn't due the coin justice... do you happen to have your photo of the Melqart dolphin that I could mooch as well?
I was tempted to upgrade on my Melqart tunnies:

(Which is much needed)

But figured I'd hold out on some of yours that my collection lacked... like these tunnies underneath 2 tons of TNT, I was blown out of the water
Great stuff @bcuda. I hope you saw some good yields on your sales

Ps, thanks so much @Khaghogh! Not much new information in the listing unfortunately. Though it had an estimate of $900, which is right around what I assumed it would sell for in this sale. I wonder what it sold for in that auction back in 06?

 

I wonder who WD is

 

I wouldn't have had any clue until your post!

 

I placed a pre-snipe bid on just one lot, and came out on top. I've wanted a portrayal of the ship known as Corbita in the 1st century, and this coin fits the bill. (On at least one of Paul's voyages as recorded in Acts, this is the likely type of vessel on which he travelled.) I've had successful experiences removing the "couple spots" mentioned in the listing, and since I suspect those spots helped keep the hammer price down they are not overly concerning.

Nice portrait! And the obverse legend is 95% complete even though the first 40% is a bit faint. But it was the reverse Corbita I was wanting, and I'm pleased with it for this price range. The dolphins in the waves are a nice bonus.
https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-2WB2SA/egypt-alexandria-nero-ad-54-68-bi-tetradrachm-235mm-1282-g-12h-dated-ry-13-ad-6667

 

Nice. Here's my poor mans example"

NERO
AR Billon Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: ΝΕΦΡΑ ΚΛΑΒ ΚΑΗς ΣΕΜΠ, Radiate head left, wearing aegis; L IΓ to left below chin (Reginal year 13)
REVERSE: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΦΌΡΟς, Galley sailing right, dolphins below
Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 66/7 AD
12.5g, 23mm
Emmett 121

 

I know who David Vagi is but I don't know WD. Could you enlighten me on who it is?

 

To quote Obi-Wan, "Of course I know him. He's me."