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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2700690, member: 57495&quot;]That&#039;s nice group of coins for a mixed group and IMHO well worth the $34 average.&nbsp; I can see why they were first put up as individual lots, even if they didn&#039;t sell at their original over-optimistic prices.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The fact is that a beginner is going to have less ability at spotting what may be a good group lot, not to mention figure out what is a good price to pay for it.&nbsp; And, for those lots which don&#039;t come with pictures of both sides of all the coins, and may be incompletely described to boot, you really DO need to be a bit of gambler.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I love multiple coin lots myself and do think that they can be fun for beginners to work through and research, especially the more diverse ones.&nbsp; You can get lucky and score a decent overlooked lot or one with a few excellent sleepers, but more often than not, the old adage will hold true - you get what you pay for.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve shown this group before, one of the first mixed lots I purchased, but it is appropriate to the idea of the &quot;sight unseen&quot; lot as the auction picture showed only one side of 6 of the 14 coins in the lot.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve shown the original seller&#039;s pic and description before.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seller&#039;s pic </b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]607813[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Seller&#039;s description :</p><p><i>GREEK. Miscellaneous. Lot of fourteen (14) AR and Æ. Includes: Broad range of AR and Æ issues from Magna Graecia to Taxila. AR are drachms of Alexander III, Apollodotos I, and Azes, as well as a stater of Ambrakia. Coins Fine to VF.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I paid an average of $35 shipped per coin for this group of 14.&nbsp; Ironically, the &quot;stater of Ambrakia&quot; (not pictured) which tempted me into pay what I did for the lot turned out not to be that, so sometimes, even the sparse descriptions can be incorrect.&nbsp; In this case, it was actually a stater of Argos Amphilochikon, an even rarer mint for one of these &#039;Corinthian Colts&#039;, so I lucked out.&nbsp; In general, it was a great lot to get my feet wet with and I had a lot of fun attributing and researching it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been much less lucky with subsequent mixed lots, but that&#039;s really just the nature of the beast.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are all the coins in the lot: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]607812[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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