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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2788951, member: 56859"]Not silly at all <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a coin neither I nor Zumbly won but that we both wanted for a similarly "silly" reason (a hand grasping/squeezing a snake in a most unusual hold-- so wonderfully strange!). Based on the eye-popping hammer, at least two other people wanted it <i><b>very</b></i> badly!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=3508&category=74098&lot=2917173" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=3508&category=74098&lot=2917173" rel="nofollow">NAC 100 part II, lot 1526</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://sixbid.com/images/auction_images/3508/2917173l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>Estimate:</b> 250 CHF | <b>Starting price:</b> 200 CHF </span><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Price realized:</span></b><span style="color: #ff0000"> 3'750 CHF </span></p><p>L. Roscius Fabatus. Denarius serratus 64, AR 3.91 g. Head of Juno Sospita r.; behind, hand with snake and below neck truncation, L ROSCI. Rev. Girl standing r., facing serpent; in l. field, hand with snake. In exergue, FABATI. Babelon Roscia 3. Sydenham 915. RBW –. Crawford 412/1 and symbols pl. LXIX, 19.</p><p>Light iridescent tone and about extremely fine[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2788951, member: 56859"]Not silly at all :D Here's a coin neither I nor Zumbly won but that we both wanted for a similarly "silly" reason (a hand grasping/squeezing a snake in a most unusual hold-- so wonderfully strange!). Based on the eye-popping hammer, at least two other people wanted it [I][B]very[/B][/I] badly! [URL='https://sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=3508&category=74098&lot=2917173']NAC 100 part II, lot 1526[/URL] [IMG]https://sixbid.com/images/auction_images/3508/2917173l.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#0000ff][B]Estimate:[/B] 250 CHF | [B]Starting price:[/B] 200 CHF [/COLOR][B][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]Price realized:[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#ff0000] 3'750 CHF [/COLOR] L. Roscius Fabatus. Denarius serratus 64, AR 3.91 g. Head of Juno Sospita r.; behind, hand with snake and below neck truncation, L ROSCI. Rev. Girl standing r., facing serpent; in l. field, hand with snake. In exergue, FABATI. Babelon Roscia 3. Sydenham 915. RBW –. Crawford 412/1 and symbols pl. LXIX, 19. Light iridescent tone and about extremely fine[/QUOTE]
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