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Message:: [QUOTE="4to2centBC, post: 2852147, member: 76181"]Yes. It's a first for me. Like I said, mixed blessing. I liked the cool factor and it checked off a lot of boxes for me. I stomped on it at the end and was surprised to see that someone else was stomping simultaneously...but with a much bigger foot. However, I had placed a bid on a later lot and I did not know if I would win it. Not as cool, but I have been looking for a nice one of these for a decade (below.) I finally grabbed one. It cost me less than my high bid by several hundred, so I guess that is a win of sorts. I decided to live with a bit of a flat strike and that nick on the jaw, in order to get a well centered obv with a strong helmet and crest. I hope the toning is as good as they describe. I think it might be.[ATTACH=full]677096[/ATTACH] IONIA, Herakleia ad Latmon. Circa 140-135 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.95 g, 9h). Stephanophoric type. Helmeted head of Athena right / Club; below, owl flanked by two monograms; all within oak wreath. Lavva, Silberpragung, Group I, 3 to 5 var. (V3/R [unlisted rev. die]); SNG von Aulock 1978; SNG Copenhagen ; BMC 71 (same dies). Near EF, attractively toned, area of flat strike.  Ex Weil (22 January 2013), lot 15[/QUOTE]