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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 5152863, member: 110226"]Those are two really nice coins. I do especially like the obverse of your second coin - a wonderful portrait, sensitively rendered.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had some success bidding on an Athens tetradrachm (oh no, not <i>another</i> one!), an imitation of the Tigranes II tetradrachm:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="5"><img src="https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/16637.15.4_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></b></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">K<font face="Arial">ings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' Imitative AR Tetradrachm. Samosata(?), after circa 69-66 BC. Draped bust to right, wearing Armenian tiara with five peaks and emblazoned with star between two eagles; bead and reel border around / [BA]ΣIΛEOΣ TIΓPANOY, Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rock pile, holding palm frond, river god Orontes swimming to right below; TP monogram to inner right; all within laurel wreath. ACV 35; CAA 24-25; Kovacs 123 (same obv. die). 15.31g, 27mm, 12h.</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Arial">Near Very Fine.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5">And an Æ 30mm of Mysia, Kyzikos (nice patina and strike):</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><img src="https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/11710.2.2_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5">Mysia, Kyzikos Æ 30mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Circa 3rd century AD. KVZIKOC, diademed head of Kyzikos to right / KVZIKHNΩN NЄOKOPΩ, two serpent-entwined torches. Cf. SNG France 606-15. 15.47g, 30mm, 6h.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5">Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5">Oops! I forgot to post the Athenian tetradrachm. The Starr and archaic tetradrachms did quite well, especially factoring the 20% buyer's fee. Other tetradrachms did not make their estimates. I imagine many were purchased by dealers. Still, some mass production examples realized very healthy prices, particularly if they met, or came near to meeting the all-important "full crest" criterion.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5">There was one curious lot, 197, which was described as being unusually lightweight at 17.01 grams, which I don't consider as being lightweight at all - very strange. The hammer price for that lot was £800.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5">Here's my lot:</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><img src="https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/16637.16.4_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5">Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31. 17.20g, 24mm, 11h.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5">Good Extremely Fine.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 5152863, member: 110226"]Those are two really nice coins. I do especially like the obverse of your second coin - a wonderful portrait, sensitively rendered. I had some success bidding on an Athens tetradrachm (oh no, not [I]another[/I] one!), an imitation of the Tigranes II tetradrachm: [B][SIZE=5][IMG]https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/16637.15.4_1.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=5] K[FONT=Arial]ings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' Imitative AR Tetradrachm. Samosata(?), after circa 69-66 BC. Draped bust to right, wearing Armenian tiara with five peaks and emblazoned with star between two eagles; bead and reel border around / [BA]ΣIΛEOΣ TIΓPANOY, Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rock pile, holding palm frond, river god Orontes swimming to right below; TP monogram to inner right; all within laurel wreath. ACV 35; CAA 24-25; Kovacs 123 (same obv. die). 15.31g, 27mm, 12h. Near Very Fine.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5] And an Æ 30mm of Mysia, Kyzikos (nice patina and strike): [IMG]https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/11710.2.2_1.jpg[/IMG] Mysia, Kyzikos Æ 30mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Circa 3rd century AD. KVZIKOC, diademed head of Kyzikos to right / KVZIKHNΩN NЄOKOPΩ, two serpent-entwined torches. Cf. SNG France 606-15. 15.47g, 30mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare. Oops! I forgot to post the Athenian tetradrachm. The Starr and archaic tetradrachms did quite well, especially factoring the 20% buyer's fee. Other tetradrachms did not make their estimates. I imagine many were purchased by dealers. Still, some mass production examples realized very healthy prices, particularly if they met, or came near to meeting the all-important "full crest" criterion. There was one curious lot, 197, which was described as being unusually lightweight at 17.01 grams, which I don't consider as being lightweight at all - very strange. The hammer price for that lot was £800. Here's my lot: [IMG]https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/16637.16.4_1.jpg[/IMG] Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three olive leaves above visor and spiral palmette on bowl, round earring with central boss and pearl necklace / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31. 17.20g, 24mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine. [/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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