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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2472877, member: 76194&quot;]Lots of rotten luck this time around on Agora Auctions. All my Roman Republic bids were surpassed, and the last one which I thought for sure would be mine, ended up getting Clio&#039;d with 2 seconds remaining. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did Clio this though off of someone else&#039;s hands with 1 second remaining, and I know he was watching me do it live, because he Clio&#039;d someone else just before I Clio&#039;d him. I think with auction fees and shipping, this will come out to $98, which i think is reasonable given the superb portrait of Commodus.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it&#039;s not the prettiest coin, edges a little ragged, some deposits on the reverse, and the reverse being struck with worn dies approaching the end of their lives, but I think the portrait is pleasant enough to forgive any shortcomings the coin may have.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you were the person I Clio&#039;d with 1 second remaining...I&#039;m sorry. I didn&#039;t recognize anyone from this forum based on the bidder&#039;s handle, but you never know.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is this world coming to when a Clio gets Clio&#039;d? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I don&#039;t know, but it sure made me feel better about the rotten luck I&#039;ve been having.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]520542[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4"><b>Lot 59-202. Commodus. A.D. 177-192. AR denarius. Rome mint, struck A.D. 179. </b></font></p><p>Commodus. A.D. 177-192. AR denarius (18.0 mm, 3.47 g, 12 h). Rome mint, struck A.D. 179. L AVREL COMMODVS AVG, laureate head right / TR P IIII IMP III COS II P P, Victory seated left, holding patera and palm. RIC 666; BMCRE 801; RSC 775.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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