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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3605054, member: 87404&quot;]This last CNG eAuction wasn&#039;t my first time bidding in an auction of theirs, but it was my first time winning! It was a pretty easy process and they arrived yesterday.</p><p><br /></p><p>I felt I did pretty good, with both my winning bids closing at about 75% of the estimate, and am very pleased with the results.</p><p><br /></p><p>In hand, I&#039;m really impressed with this first coin: it&#039;s crispness, it&#039;s weight and size, and it&#039;s history (I find the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-mamertinoi-sons-of-mars-or-mamertines.324371/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-mamertinoi-sons-of-mars-or-mamertines.324371/">Mamertine mercenaries, their history, and their role in the Punic skirmishes</a> fascinating).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]965124[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Sicily, Messana, The Mamertinoi</b></p><p><b>Circa 288-278 BC, AE Quadruple Unit</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: APEOΣ, Laureate head of Ares right; helmet head behind.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: MAMEP-TI-NΩN, Bull butting left.</p><p><b>References</b>: Särström Series I, Group A; Calciati I pg. 91, 1; SNG ANS 399; SNG Copenhagen 428; SNG Morcom 623</p><p><b>Size</b>: 27mm, 17.51g</p><p><i><b>Ex</b>: CNG Auction 447, Lot 20 (7/3/2019);</i></p><p><i>CNG Mail Bid Sale 67, Lot 287 (9/22/2004);</i></p><p><i>From the Tony Hardy Collection</i></p><blockquote><p><br /></p><p>It goes really well with my smaller Double Unit that I already had in my collection:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190302_123614752.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Sicily, Messana, The Mamertinoi</b></p><p><b>Circa 288-278 BC, AE Double Unit</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: APEOΣ, Laureate head of Ares right; spear head behind.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: MAME-P-TINΩN, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt.</p><p><b>References</b>: SNG ANS 401; Calciati I pg. 91, 2</p><p><b>Size</b>: 22mm, 8.0g</p><p><br /></p><p>There was the <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=384381" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=384381" rel="nofollow">big brother to this coin</a> in the lot following the one I won, but I chose to go after one with a different type of reverse.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Though my second coin isn&#039;t as crisp and easy-on-the-eyes, it&#039;s no slouch in the history department.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]965125[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Carthage, Libyan Revolt</b></p><p><b>Circa 241-238 BC, AE Half Shekel</b></p><p><b>Mint on Sardinia</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Wreathed head of Tanit left.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Three grain ears; inverted crescent above.</p><p><b>References</b>: MAA –; CNP 696a; SNG Copenhagen 252 var. (pellet below crescent).</p><p><b>Size</b>: 20mm, 3.18g</p><p><i><b>Ex</b>: CNG Auction 447, Lot 44 (7/3/2019)</i></p><p><i><b>Notes</b>: After the First Punic War, Carthage, who was destitute with having to pay indemnities to Rome, was unable (refused?) to pay the mercenaries who fought on their behalf during that war. These mercenaries joined forces with Libyan settlements and revolted against Carthaginian control.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b><font size="5">Did you win a coin in the recent CNG Auction? Do you have a favorite CNG win? Do you have a coin related to these two new ones above? </font></b></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="6">Let&#039;s see &#039;em! </font></b></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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