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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nvb, post: 7874192, member: 99531&quot;]Good observation and worthy of a thread.. I’ve noticed this quite a lot over the years</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I more or less agree with this assessment.. auction houses/dealers/flippers scooping up deals for resale, the coin being underwhelming in hand, or perhaps the buyer feeling uneasy about the authenticity and returning the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] Upgrading is absolutely another valid reason <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Over the last 24 months I’ve purchased 3 of the following type - only to part with 2 of them since</p><p><br /></p><p>The one I kept: <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/silenos-obv-jpg.1063296/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media.biddr.ch/media/img/auction_lots/875/924234.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>MACEDON UNDER ROMAN PROTECTORATE</b>.</p><p>Ae (Circa 142-141 BC or 167-165 BC). Thessalonika.</p><p>Obv: Facing head of Silenos, wearing ivy wreath.</p><p>Rev: MAKE / ΔONΩN.</p><p>Legend in two lines; D above; all within ivy wreath.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 1324-6; BMC 55; HGC 3.1, 1117.</p><p>Weight: 11.25 g.</p><p>Diameter: 24 mm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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