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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3606340, member: 98035"]Nice scores! They usually have some great Greek material, but it also rarely goes cheap!</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my favorite coins were CNG wins. Probably my top few offhand:</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexander the Great Lifetime AR Tetradrachm, Tarsus mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]965377[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pupienus AR Antoninianus, CARITAS MVTVA AVGG</p><p>[ATTACH=full]965380[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Balbinus AR Antoninianus, CONCORDIA AVGG[ATTACH=full]965381[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably shouldn't give away my secrets, but I have always enjoyed their job lots at the end of their e-auctions. Not quite as nice as the coins in Leu or Nomos lots, but rarely do you end up with lots of garbage. Some of my favorite finds:</p><p><br /></p><p>Aulerci Cenomani AR Quinarius? A very rare transitional style; neither naturalistic, nor abstracted to the point of geometric shapes.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]965538[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>An incredibly crisp Standing Caliph fals</p><p>[ATTACH=full]965542[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A rare Hyrcodes obol from Soghd with a horse reverse[ATTACH=full]965543[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A massive Ptolemy IV (Two of the same in the lot; sold one for more than the entire lot itself)[ATTACH=full]965547[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A Yazgard III drachm of fine style from the year the Sassanian empire ceased to exist</p><p>[ATTACH=full]965548[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3606340, member: 98035"]Nice scores! They usually have some great Greek material, but it also rarely goes cheap! Some of my favorite coins were CNG wins. Probably my top few offhand: Alexander the Great Lifetime AR Tetradrachm, Tarsus mint [ATTACH=full]965377[/ATTACH] Pupienus AR Antoninianus, CARITAS MVTVA AVGG [ATTACH=full]965380[/ATTACH] Balbinus AR Antoninianus, CONCORDIA AVGG[ATTACH=full]965381[/ATTACH] Probably shouldn't give away my secrets, but I have always enjoyed their job lots at the end of their e-auctions. Not quite as nice as the coins in Leu or Nomos lots, but rarely do you end up with lots of garbage. Some of my favorite finds: Aulerci Cenomani AR Quinarius? A very rare transitional style; neither naturalistic, nor abstracted to the point of geometric shapes. [ATTACH=full]965538[/ATTACH] An incredibly crisp Standing Caliph fals [ATTACH=full]965542[/ATTACH] A rare Hyrcodes obol from Soghd with a horse reverse[ATTACH=full]965543[/ATTACH] A massive Ptolemy IV (Two of the same in the lot; sold one for more than the entire lot itself)[ATTACH=full]965547[/ATTACH] A Yazgard III drachm of fine style from the year the Sassanian empire ceased to exist [ATTACH=full]965548[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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