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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 4491029, member: 15481&quot;]I’ve been waiting anxiously for this Sundays Zevs auction.</p><p>I had some coins on my watch list, and one in particular: I was pretty much set for finally getting a silver denarius of Caligula. Zevs offered a pretty beaten up drachm from Caesarea, Cappadocia, one that I considered could be in my buying range, which would be around 500$.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Zevs auctions are fun, I think. With all lots starting at 1£, you can sometimes make good buys. As my lot was #441, I warmed up with a little bargain hunting. I got this AE21 for 18£, and I’m happy to pay that price for this portrait of Zevs:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114391[/ATTACH]</p><p>Syria, c. 2nd Century BC, AE , Seleukeia Pieria</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus to right</p><p>Reverse: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ / ΤΩΝ ΕΝ ΠΙΕΡΙΑΙ Thunderbolt; below, monogram above; all within wreath</p><p>Reference: BMC 10-13&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up three more coins under 20£, but all my watched lots before Caligula went higher than I wanted to go. Had to keep my powder dry for that drachm. I actually hope some of the Domitian provincials went to some of the Flavian Fanatics on this board. There were some nice ones there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, finally lot 441 came. A quite ugly coin. I got more competition than I hoped for, but that’s how it is with silver coins of the mad emperor. They just never go cheap, not this time either. I was high bidder with 320£. I’m very happy with it, although I went 20£ over my limit.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114390[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, I know. Not much to brag about. And I don’t even have the coin in hand yet. I should keep it down. But this is a great day for me as a coin collector, and I just want to share the excitement. If the coin gets lost in the mail, at least I’m happy today.</p><p>This is my ugly duckling <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(For those unfamiliar with that beautiful story by H.C. Andersen, here it is:</p><p><a href="http://hca.gilead.org.il/ugly_duc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://hca.gilead.org.il/ugly_duc.html" rel="nofollow">http://hca.gilead.org.il/ugly_duc.html</a> )</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you have a similar story, or an auction purchase that made you happy today? Please share![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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