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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3231348, member: 51347&quot;][USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] , WELL DONE!&nbsp; Nice IVDAEA CAPTA!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Wow!&nbsp; Great deal, that&#039;s KILLER!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, ALL my coins are bargains to me!&nbsp; I try to set my price in my mind, bid accordingly.&nbsp; If I win, I am happy (yeah, sometimes costs may be high, but it was a coin I really wanted!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I really enjoy this one as a great bargain... it is in an eclectic collecting niche I really enjoy, it is a fantastic provenance, it hammered WAY lower than my expectation and research, and it is 1 of 2 known (mine being the only privately held.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]843881[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Etruria, Populonia</b></p><p>2-½ Asses 3rd century BCE, AR 0.85g</p><p>Obv: Radiate female head r.; behind, CII.</p><p>Rev: Blank.</p><p>Ref: EC 104 (misdescribed, Female head with an Attic helmet). Historia Numorum Italy 179.</p><p>Comments: Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known.</p><p>Dark patina and about very fine</p><p>Ex: From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, this is a SESTERTIUS![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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