I just lost out on a few coins at auction and thought it would be fun to see what others bid on but did not win. Only one rule for this thread: You must have actually bid on the coin you are sharing. It can’t just be a coin you saw at an auction and liked.
My wife nearly fainted when I admitted to having bid 50K (my auction limit with Stacks). I hurriedly told her that it would end up over 6 figures thereby saving my marriage--if not my life! It realized $138000 so for once she had to admit I was right.
I get in trouble every time I go to the ancients forum. I once saw a tetradrachm with Alexander’s bust with a lion headdress that I thought was the sexiest coin ever…… So I get my weekly Heritage email… And there it is. It was perfect. A bold and well centered bust. So I immediately put in what I thought was a strong bid for the coin. I started bragging and sent a text to @lordmarcovan and he very gently let me know I had put a tetradrachm size bid in for a drachm…. Or about a dime sized coin. Well phooey. I can’t see a dime without a loupe these days….. The coin Gods were looking out for me and someone outbid me by twenty bucks at the last minute… Whew!! Next time I will study before I bid…. Yeah, sure!
You still wouldn’t have done so bad on that, Randy. That’s a heckuva nice looking Alexander the Great drachm. While you overlooked the fact that it was a smaller denomination, you were right on target with the eye appeal. Which is #1 in my book. Some of the posthumous tetradrachms are really impressively large, though, if you want a big ‘un. Just note the mm diameters in the auction descriptions.
Upper estimate 150 Euros. My bid 850 Euros. Sold for 1000 Euros Upper estimate 150 Euros. My bid 1500 Euros. Sold for 2100 Euros These are Early Dated coins from Austria.
