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Message:: [QUOTE="Harry G, post: 7767715, member: 105282"]A couple for me. This coin came up on eBay about 3 years ago, and sold for about £40. It's an extremely rare double antoninianus of Carus/Carinus in poor condition. However, it's the only time I've seen it come up for sale (at least at an affordable price). I didn't buy it because I wasn't very experienced at the time, and £40 was waaay out of my budget back then<img src="https://en.numista.com/forum/images/miniatures/5bc1d7d17c48e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://en.numista.com/forum/images/miniatures/5bc1d7d71f981.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> This one came up about 3 months ago in a large lot of about 70 coins on eBay. I am still a bit sore about not winning it, as it is a very nice condition antoninianus of Carausius with his bust left holding spear and shield (although I do now have a very poor condition one with Carausius bust left holding an eagle tipped sceptre). The lot sold for £300, which is a lot of money, but I could probably have made most of it back by reselling the coins in the lot that I didn't want. Look at the detail on that shield... [ATTACH=full]1331900[/ATTACH] And finally a coin I made a post about recently. Another eBay coin, and an extremely rare antoninianus of Carausius with the four seasons reverse. It sold for £500, but was cleaned up and sold by Roma a few months later for £2400 eBay:[ATTACH=full]1331901[/ATTACH] Roma:[ATTACH=full]1331902[/ATTACH] That's quite depressing, so I'll share a few of the bargains I've bought on eBay over the years. 2 Dacia antoniniani of Aurelian. These came in a lot of 100 similar condition coins for £260 in total, and I didn't notice these were in here until I was in the process of listing them on eBay (after keeping the coins I wanted). I've since cleaned most of the green stuff off[ATTACH=full]1331903[/ATTACH] Barabarous antoninianus of Carausius, she-wolf reverse. It was suggested I contact Sam Moorhead of the British Museum, and he said he'd illustrate it in his upcoming RIC. £20 on eBay[ATTACH=full]1331904[/ATTACH] My most recent bargain, an extremely rare follis of Decentius. £12 on eBay. I'm currently selling it at Roma, as it doesn't fit in my collection (but I'll use the money to buy coins that I do actually want lol). It's <a href="https://www.romanumismatics.com/249-lot-1190-decentius-as-caesar-bi-centenionalis?arr=0&auction_id=0&box_filter=0&cat_id=&department_id=&exclude_keyword=&export_issue=0&gridtype=listview&high_estimate=0&image_filter=0&keyword=decentius&list_type=list_view&lots_per_page=100&low_estimate=0&month=&page_no=1&paper_filter=0&search_type=&sort_by=lot_number&view=lot_detail&year=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.romanumismatics.com/249-lot-1190-decentius-as-caesar-bi-centenionalis?arr=0&auction_id=0&box_filter=0&cat_id=&department_id=&exclude_keyword=&export_issue=0&gridtype=listview&high_estimate=0&image_filter=0&keyword=decentius&list_type=list_view&lots_per_page=100&low_estimate=0&month=&page_no=1&paper_filter=0&search_type=&sort_by=lot_number&view=lot_detail&year=" rel="nofollow">this one</a> if anyone's interested <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH=full]1331905[/ATTACH] And probably my favourite (and the "best" coin in my collection) is this antoninianus of Vabalathus, sole reign. It cost £30 on eBay[ATTACH=full]1331907[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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