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<p>[QUOTE="Bob L., post: 8356590, member: 56976"]Nice pickup, Parthicus. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin prompts a memory about an encounter with a coin - I've thought about it many times through the years and have often wondered if I should have handled it differently (by ignoring my morals). I remember going through a large lot of unidentified Parthians that a VCoins seller - a friend - was giving me first shot at some years ago. I came across an S.42.1 - an Orodes II drachm with the same type of Nike depiction on the obverse as the S.56's above . But, of course, S.42's with this iconography are much rarer and more valuable than the 56's. I could have gotten it for any offer since my buddy didn't know how special it was. I was loading up on common drachms for, like, $30-$40 each, from his lot. Instead of giving him a pittance and walking away with the coin, I gave him the proper ID and told him of its value. He subsequently sold it through his VCoins store for a decent amount. </p><p><br /></p><p>Every time I have thought about this since then, the little devil on one of my shoulders laughs at me and tells me I was a fool that day. He's glad you posted your coin so that he could laugh at me yet again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bob L., post: 8356590, member: 56976"]Nice pickup, Parthicus. Your coin prompts a memory about an encounter with a coin - I've thought about it many times through the years and have often wondered if I should have handled it differently (by ignoring my morals). I remember going through a large lot of unidentified Parthians that a VCoins seller - a friend - was giving me first shot at some years ago. I came across an S.42.1 - an Orodes II drachm with the same type of Nike depiction on the obverse as the S.56's above . But, of course, S.42's with this iconography are much rarer and more valuable than the 56's. I could have gotten it for any offer since my buddy didn't know how special it was. I was loading up on common drachms for, like, $30-$40 each, from his lot. Instead of giving him a pittance and walking away with the coin, I gave him the proper ID and told him of its value. He subsequently sold it through his VCoins store for a decent amount. Every time I have thought about this since then, the little devil on one of my shoulders laughs at me and tells me I was a fool that day. He's glad you posted your coin so that he could laugh at me yet again.[/QUOTE]
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