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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3711447, member: 96898"]This thread deserves a bump. I went to the show today and definitely didn't regret it: although most of the dealers do, of course, US coins, there are enough ancient stalls to spend two or three pleasant hours looking at some wonderful material and talk coins. If you're in the area and don't have any weekend plans yet, you should consider going!</p><p><br /></p><p>I brought home five coins and a book, and am most happy my purchases:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]994589[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]994590[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Faustina I sestertius came from [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER], who brought a great tableau of Greek and Roman coins for sale as well as parts of his very impressive private collection. I had been searching for a Faustina I to accompany my Faustina II sestertius for a while. In Ken's pick box, I found the Amisos AE, which actually has pretty impressive facial detail on the Aegis and Nike, and deserves better pictures in the future. Ken gave me a great deal on the two coins, and also threw in the Chinese cash coin. This one will be a challenge to attribute. Western Han dynasty, I have heard? It was a true pleasure meeting you, Ken – thanks also for letting me look at your collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1/16 Taler on the upper left will not find many fans in this forum. Yet, my medieval interest occasionally branches out into the early modern period. In addition, this coin was minted in the region I am originally from. I probably overpaid a little, but this coin also is not too common in attractive condition. The dealer I bought it from had a fine selection of medieval and early modern coins – a field that was unfortunately otherwise mostly missing at this show.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Gordian III antoninian was a spontaneous buy from an ancients dealer I hadn't bought from befoer. I generally like Hercules reverses, and this one spoke to me. The coin has pretty much all face, beard and club detail on Hercules left, and it came at what I consider a fair price.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a more general note, though I very much enjoy going to coin shows, I tend to be slightly annoyed by the habit of some dealers to extremely overprice ancient coins on their price tags. It seems only fair if a dealer states an initial price that allows him to go down 10–20% for good customers. Yet, pricing a coin at four times what the dealer can reasonably expect to get feels to me like someone is trying to diddle buyers who simply don't know better. Am I the only one who is bothered by this?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3711447, member: 96898"]This thread deserves a bump. I went to the show today and definitely didn't regret it: although most of the dealers do, of course, US coins, there are enough ancient stalls to spend two or three pleasant hours looking at some wonderful material and talk coins. If you're in the area and don't have any weekend plans yet, you should consider going! I brought home five coins and a book, and am most happy my purchases: [ATTACH=full]994589[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]994590[/ATTACH] The Faustina I sestertius came from [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER], who brought a great tableau of Greek and Roman coins for sale as well as parts of his very impressive private collection. I had been searching for a Faustina I to accompany my Faustina II sestertius for a while. In Ken's pick box, I found the Amisos AE, which actually has pretty impressive facial detail on the Aegis and Nike, and deserves better pictures in the future. Ken gave me a great deal on the two coins, and also threw in the Chinese cash coin. This one will be a challenge to attribute. Western Han dynasty, I have heard? It was a true pleasure meeting you, Ken – thanks also for letting me look at your collection. The 1/16 Taler on the upper left will not find many fans in this forum. Yet, my medieval interest occasionally branches out into the early modern period. In addition, this coin was minted in the region I am originally from. I probably overpaid a little, but this coin also is not too common in attractive condition. The dealer I bought it from had a fine selection of medieval and early modern coins – a field that was unfortunately otherwise mostly missing at this show. The Gordian III antoninian was a spontaneous buy from an ancients dealer I hadn't bought from befoer. I generally like Hercules reverses, and this one spoke to me. The coin has pretty much all face, beard and club detail on Hercules left, and it came at what I consider a fair price. On a more general note, though I very much enjoy going to coin shows, I tend to be slightly annoyed by the habit of some dealers to extremely overprice ancient coins on their price tags. It seems only fair if a dealer states an initial price that allows him to go down 10–20% for good customers. Yet, pricing a coin at four times what the dealer can reasonably expect to get feels to me like someone is trying to diddle buyers who simply don't know better. Am I the only one who is bothered by this?[/QUOTE]
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