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<p>[QUOTE="Andrew McCabe, post: 3717939, member: 90666"]I don't always know exactly what I have. Today, I bought the lower coin from this die matched pair at retail. I thought it splendid for a Roman Republican bronze, and it comes from an Astarte sale in 2004 as you can see (that's not today's sale picture but from a die study database that has been assembled by Richard Schaefer). It cost £135 and I moved very fast on it as that's very inexpensive for that quality. After acquisition, I then looked to my records and found that I already own the … die matched coin above it! from a Vecchi sale 3 in 1996. Until the newbie arrives I don't even know which is the better coin. Actually I am really happy with both.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]996585[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm always acquiring bits and bobs, coins that attract me, coins to study, coins that might have a good provenance, mostly around the $100 level. That's totally separate from, or parallel to, my process of gradually upgrading a large low condition collection into a small high quality collection. Even when the day comes when I've decided never again to spend four figures on any coin, I'll still be buying and savouring coins like the Marcus Marcius Manius Filius Triens I bought today. Never going to stop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew McCabe, post: 3717939, member: 90666"]I don't always know exactly what I have. Today, I bought the lower coin from this die matched pair at retail. I thought it splendid for a Roman Republican bronze, and it comes from an Astarte sale in 2004 as you can see (that's not today's sale picture but from a die study database that has been assembled by Richard Schaefer). It cost £135 and I moved very fast on it as that's very inexpensive for that quality. After acquisition, I then looked to my records and found that I already own the … die matched coin above it! from a Vecchi sale 3 in 1996. Until the newbie arrives I don't even know which is the better coin. Actually I am really happy with both. [ATTACH=full]996585[/ATTACH] I'm always acquiring bits and bobs, coins that attract me, coins to study, coins that might have a good provenance, mostly around the $100 level. That's totally separate from, or parallel to, my process of gradually upgrading a large low condition collection into a small high quality collection. Even when the day comes when I've decided never again to spend four figures on any coin, I'll still be buying and savouring coins like the Marcus Marcius Manius Filius Triens I bought today. Never going to stop.[/QUOTE]
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