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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2758861, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Well, this is my 4th and final CNG-score from last Wednesday&#039;s auction ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">This last minute pickup was definitely a random &amp; thrifty purchase!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The initial estimate for this cool coins was $150 =&gt; so I swooped-in at the last second to snag it for an opening-bid steal =&gt; <b>$90 Hammer</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Not only do I love this sweet animal-combo coin, but it is also my first &quot;Capricorn&quot; example (*tick*) ..... so yah, this was a no-brainer (I wanted this coin!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Sure, the green spots are a bit concerning, but the fact that Ardy mentioned some &quot;encrustations&quot; made me fell a bit more at ease about pulling the trigger (I don&#039;t mind hard green crusties at all ... ummm, but it&#039;s the powdery ones that give me the creeps) </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... anyway ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; I love this new score and I&#039;m hoping that you dudes will love it as well</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">CYPRUS. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ16</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Time of Augustus(?), 27 BC-AD 14</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 16 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 2.64 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Capricorn right; above, six-pointed star</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Scorpion; six-pointed star to right</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Amandry, Julio-Claudien I, Group 6; RPC I 3916 and Suppl. 3916 note</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Other: 11h … VF, brown patina, some encrustation</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]633569[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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