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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1803482, member: 57495&quot;]Firstly, I should probably say Hi to everyone reading since this is my first real post on this board since joining last week.</p><p><br /></p><p>But TIF, I have to just jump in and say... </p><p><br /></p><p>That Gorny &amp; Mosch lot auction was BRUTAL!&nbsp; Ditto whatever you said about all the planning, and said planning going kaput.&nbsp; I had narrowed it down to a few of the smaller early-mid Roman Imperial silver/bronze lots, but once I saw how the Greek lots were going, I was practically wincing even before the opening bids for my lots came up on the screen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The single lot I ended up winning came right up to my budget and was apparently so unloved it &#039;only&#039; went for twice the estimate.&nbsp; And to be honest, even the visible coins in that lot weren&#039;t what you&#039;d call pretty.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ll see if they were worth it when they eventually make their way to me here in Singapore.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Coincidentally, I did also get myself a pig (with bonus piglets) at the auction.&nbsp; It&#039;s a type I&#039;ve been wanting for some time, but alas, mine doesn&#039;t fly : </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]293400[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE as (11.04g)</p><p>140 - 144 AD, Rome, RIC 733, Cohen 450</p><p>O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right </p><p>R: IMPERATOR II S-C, great white sow seated under a holm oak suckling three little piggies, another one in front of her, SC in ex.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>And now, lest you think this sleep&#039;s idle fancy, you’ll find</i></p><p><i>a huge sow lying on the shore, under the oak trees,</i></p><p><i>that has farrowed a litter of thirty young, a white sow,</i></p><p><i>lying on the ground, with white piglets round her teats,</i></p><p><i>That place shall be your city, there’s true rest from your labours.</i>&quot;</p><p>- Virgil, The Aeneid </p><p>Book VIII : 26-65 Aeneas&#039;s Dream </p><p><br /></p><p>It was my first G &amp; M auction and I really enjoyed watching all the beautiful coins come up on my screen, even if almost all were way above what I could stomach and afford. </p><p><br /></p><p>Z.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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