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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1820960, member: 56859&quot;]Guess my luck ran out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bid blind on another large mixed lot, this time from Stack&#039;s.&nbsp; No pictures.&nbsp; The description was</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>...which I apparently misinterpreted as containing <i>mostly Greek</i> bronzes... plus some Romans.&nbsp; I&#039;m not very interested in Romans bronzes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Received it today (took them over a week to get it in the mail, even though I paid within moments of receiving the invoice).&nbsp; Haven&#039;t looked carefully at anything, most have partial attributions (of which many aren&#039;t correct, at a mere glance), and there are <i><b>only 17 Greeks</b></i>.&nbsp; Most of the entire lot is in pretty bad condition, including the Greeks-- not the quality of coin I would ordinarily buy.&nbsp; There are probably a few of the Romans which are interesting or of more value, but overall, ugh.&nbsp; I really overpaid, since most of them aren&#039;t anything I would collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first thing I pulled out made my heart beat faster.&nbsp; A Galba sestertius. Then I looked at the enveloped.&nbsp; &quot;Fake&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]298940[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Of the Romans, most are Constantine-era or later.&nbsp; Blah.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guess I&#039;ll have to try to sell them, and I really didn&#039;t want to get into the coin selling business.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a few coins with some promise, but I wasn&#039;t really wanting to deeply study Roman Imperials right now.&nbsp; Sigh.&nbsp; Can&#039;t win them all I guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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