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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 7873613, member: 97383&quot;]It seems that when ever there is a bump in the coin market, coins that sold in the past, and sometimes not long ago, suddenly reappear for sale again <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. There is only one explanation for this, collectors looking for a profit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Collectors aren&#039;t the only ones doing this, dealers &amp; auction houses are doing the same thing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The world-wide Covid 19 pandemic has obviously created more interest in the ancient coin market &amp; many of us are chagrined at the rising prices <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. One coin that caught my attention recently is pictured below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1356817[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Antioch-Syria, Caracalla as Augustus, AD 198-217 (struck AD 204). Reverse: Eagle with talons gripping a thigh bone of a sacrificed animal. AR Tetradrachm: 12.59 gm, 28 mm, 11 h. Prieur 190 (this coin), McAlee 664. <i>Ex Michel Prieur Collection, purchased from Baldwin&#039;s in 1991.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>This coins recently sold at <b>CNG Coin Shop</b> for $2,250.00. Prior to that it was auctioned by <b>Fritz Rudolf Kunker GmbH &amp; Co. KG</b>, Auction 333, lot 1114, March 16, 2020, for 1,100 Euros. Prior to that it was auctioned at <b>CNG 111, Lot 534</b>, for $1,150.00 on May 29, 2019. I wouldn&#039;t be surprised to see this coin reappear in a <b>NGC </b>slab at another auction house in the near future.... [/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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