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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 5987308, member: 86498&quot;]In 2016 sometime after I decided to change my collecting focus I came to the conclusion that I had to replace three of my tetradrachms from the mint of Syracuse They being Boehringer 315, 525, and 604 respectively. I was not concerned by replacing the exact die combination but getting one that was more or less from the same period of time. In the end, I bought some four tetradrachms starting with a B 515 and then getting much later a 85, a 438, and a 571. During this period I tried to acquire a number of these coin and was consistently out bid. Except for the 515 all the remaining coins came to me in 2020. What was interesting is that in the case of this coin, I thought I got it at a very good price. </p><p>&nbsp;Syracuse Ar Tetradrachm 480-475 BC Time of Gelon I Obv. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right. Rv, Head of Arethusa right wearing pearl diadem. HGC 1396 Boehringer 85 17.36 grms 25 mm Purchased NAC Auction 120 Lot 264 6 October 2020. Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1244111[/ATTACH] I know another CT er bought a Syracuse Tetradrachm from this auction as well This coin cost me less than many that I had attempted to purchase before. Ever since I started this project I might get maybe 5% of the coins that I bid on. So getting outbid is nothing new for me. I enjoy the hobby. It is fun to get a coin that I have been looking for for a while, and I get a great deal of satisfaction that when I am the underbidder on a coin at least I will &quot;Make him pay&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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