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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3865049, member: 84744"]Aha! So that's where that coin went! I was your underbidder. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> When I saw it misidentified in the catalogue I thought I could maybe get it super-duper cheap. Afterwards I thought I should have gone higher, but now I'm glad I didn't. It went to CoinTalk family and no doubt you were prepared to push it to the max! I would have just cost you a good deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>But hrmm.... I'm thinking you are one of the reasons why it is becoming harder to cherrypick Byzantine material at this auction house! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (No worries, all in good fun! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>It is an incredibly odd coin; when I first saw it I wondered if it was some sort of coronation issue. Your point about the weight is well taken. Michael IX was crowned in 1294...</p><p><br /></p><p>I did pick up a scarce trachy from a few lots later:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022179[/ATTACH] </p><p>I love it that Michael VIII, who recovered Constantinople and founded the Palaeologan dynasty, is shown holding the city itself. Despite the double strike, the city is very clear on this example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3865049, member: 84744"]Aha! So that's where that coin went! I was your underbidder. :bucktooth::D When I saw it misidentified in the catalogue I thought I could maybe get it super-duper cheap. Afterwards I thought I should have gone higher, but now I'm glad I didn't. It went to CoinTalk family and no doubt you were prepared to push it to the max! I would have just cost you a good deal. But hrmm.... I'm thinking you are one of the reasons why it is becoming harder to cherrypick Byzantine material at this auction house! :shifty: (No worries, all in good fun! ;)) It is an incredibly odd coin; when I first saw it I wondered if it was some sort of coronation issue. Your point about the weight is well taken. Michael IX was crowned in 1294... I did pick up a scarce trachy from a few lots later: [ATTACH=full]1022179[/ATTACH] I love it that Michael VIII, who recovered Constantinople and founded the Palaeologan dynasty, is shown holding the city itself. Despite the double strike, the city is very clear on this example.[/QUOTE]
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