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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2418553, member: 75525&quot;]I seldom bid in CNG auctions. They have good coins, but the prices also seem high. Today, I broke with tradition and bid on a coin (yes I stole the pic from the CNG web site cause I did not win). The coin was below estimate ($100) until a couple of minutes before close, so I bid twice the estimate and had the high bid until 2 seconds and wahla, the coin sold for 3.2 times estimate. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]500745[/ATTACH] </p><p>Anonymous Victoriatus, Spearhead.&nbsp; </p><p>Mint in southeast Italy, 211-210 BC</p><p>Laureate head of Jupiter right / Victory standing right, crowning trophy; upright spearhead between. VF, toned.</p><p><b>Overstruck (on a denarius?).</b></p><p>19mm, 3.28 g, 6h</p><p>Crawford 83/1a;</p><p>Sydenham 223;</p><p>RBW 336;</p><p>RSC 24m.</p><p>From the RBW Collection. Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 88, 23 November 1998), lot 72; Rauch 28 (18 January 1982), lot 136.</p><p>CNG e-auction 374, Lot: 424, 5/11/16</p><p>Estimate $100; Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. </p><p><br /></p><p>I read the CNG description and saw, “Overstruck (on a denarius?)” and thought neat! Then I looked at the weight and noticed 3.28 grams, low for a pre 210 BC denarius. A quick glance at pre-spearhead denarii and the coin would have been exceptionally low =&gt; the overstrike was on a smaller coin. When you look closer, the coin looks to be a double strike. The obverse is rotated little from the original. The top reverse strike looks to be rotated about 170 degrees from the original.</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked through Steve Brinkman’s web site and did not find a better fit. What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Victoratii.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/AnonymousVictoriatii.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/AnonymousVictoriatii.html" rel="nofollow">http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/AnonymousVictoriatii.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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