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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7812676, member: 91461&quot;]Guess what came in the mail...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342478[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;m still kicking myself for missing the first half of this auction. Someone had posted about it starting at noon EST and my brain decided to forget the EST!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Only one of my prebids withstood yalls onslaught</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342472[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, the one that made it was a beautiful rarity that I was and still am VERY excited about:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342480[/ATTACH]</p><p>LUCANIA, Thurium as Copia (193-150 BCE) AE As. 9.40g, 22mm.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Janus</p><p>Rev: COPIA in right field; Cornucopia, caduceus and I (mark of value) in right field.</p><p>HN Italy 1935. Very rare. cf. CNG E-Auction 374, 11.05.2016, lot 9 (hammer 260 USD); same dies as NAC Auction 84, 20.05.2015, lot 564 (hammer 2250 CHF)</p><p>Very rare and in fine style.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the CNG coin</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342483[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And the NAC from the same dies as mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342481[/ATTACH]</p><p>Wonderful examples, but so is mine and at a fraction of the cost and from a CT friend<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few more that I didn&#039;t have room for at the top of the thread.</p><p>Another super cool artistic style of Herakles:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342487[/ATTACH]</p><p>PHRYGIA, Abbaitis, 2nd c. BCE, AE Dichalkon. 4.19g, 18mm.</p><p>Obv: Head of youthful Herakles to right, wearing lion’s skin headdress.</p><p>Rev: MVΣΩN / ABBA; Lion skin draped over club; all within wreath.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 5</p><p>Scarce</p><p><br /></p><p>An RR from the year before it would hit the fan and all hell would break loose thanks to Tiberius Gracchi!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342493[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;And with some great detail all things considered:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342488[/ATTACH]</p><p>M. Marcius Mn.f, issued 134 BCE, fourrée denarius. 3.07g, 17.5mm.</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Roma to right, wearing earring and pearl necklace; behind, modius; below chin, mark of value.</p><p>Rev: M MAR-C / RO-MA; Victory driving biga galloping to right, holding the reins in her left hand and a whip in her right; below, splitting the inscription, two grain ears.</p><p>Crawford 245/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>An Augusta my collection was lacking. And in hand she really is twice as good looking... and that Patina<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342489[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aelia Flaccilla (383 - 388) AE2. Constantinople, 5.20g, 22.5mm.</p><p>Obv: AEL FLACCILLA AVG, Bust right, with elaborate head-dress, draped, necklace, and mantle.</p><p>Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Emperor, head right, standing facing, arms folded on breast, cross in right field, CONSⲈ in ex.</p><p>RIC IX Constantinople 82</p><p>From the JB (Edmonton) collection</p><p><br /></p><p>And to top it all off a surprise<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />and another rarity ta boot<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342486[/ATTACH]</p><p>CAPPADOCIA, Caesarea: Hadrian (117-138) AR Drachm, issued 128-138. 2.94g, 17mm.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head right</p><p>Rev: ΥΠATOC Γ Π-ATHΡ ΠAT, Mount Argaeus surmounted by a statue of Helios, holding globe and sceptre.</p><p>RPC III, 3119, S 263a, Metcalf Conspectus 106, Ganschow 184b</p><p>Rare! (only 2 specimens in RPC)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m just humbled and appreciative to [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaasssssssse tell me AMCC4 is around the corner<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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