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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 2715644, member: 75641&quot;]Thanks Bing, Alegandron and Mat.&nbsp; I appreciate the compliments.&nbsp; I only posted about one third of my haul when I looked at how long the message was getting.&nbsp; But I was happy with what I found.&nbsp; I think I have some poor photography skills or just a crappy iPhone that is not the best for photographing large bronze coins.&nbsp; But that is the least of my worries.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I know you had to take off Alegandron, which is unfortunate.&nbsp; I hope the family stuff worked out okay at the minimum.&nbsp; But at least you made two very nice pickups.&nbsp; I really like seeing the left quadriga because you just do not see those that often.&nbsp; I also think that the Anthony/Octavian coin is really nice as well.&nbsp; The collection is sparse on the early years because of cost.&nbsp; I like to get coins at a good price yet still be nice and as most of you know that is hard when you are talking about Anthony and Octavian.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Bing: I agree with you in that the Septimius Severus and Vespasian are two of the favorites.&nbsp; Even amongst the others which are not shown.&nbsp; The SS is better in hand than my crappy pic shows and the flan crack which looks like the Grand Canyon in the picture is not even noticeable in hand.&nbsp; The Philip I is actually the nicest coin in terms of straight grade that I bought but I really only bought it because it was such a nice coin at such a cheap price from the dealer I was already buying a bunch of stuff from that I just said why not.&nbsp; The Ariarathes IV from Cappadocia was another example of finding a coin I wanted with a minor scratch and slightly rough surfaces for under 1/3 of the cost of similar coins I had seen elsewhere.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is by far the highlight of my year to go to this show.&nbsp; Even when ANA has had their shows in Chicago several years, this show has been my favorite of all the shows of the year by far.&nbsp; You just don&#039;t get the offerings or depth in the ANA for foreign/ancients and CSNS is no comparison even though I enjoy the show.&nbsp; Local shows, forget it.&nbsp; It&#039;s so much US stuff that I don&#039;t bother with a lot of shows anymore.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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