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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3703590, member: 97383"]John, Your beautiful solidus is from a rare mint with a rare reverse type, & the price of $1,080.00 was an absolute steal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! Seeing your coin triggered an old memory I have to share with <b>CT</b> members. The coin pictured below I bought from a FL dealer many years ago in a <b>ICG</b> slab. It was graded simply "MS 65". This coin is the most common of all the gold coins struck in the reign of Theodosius II, & despite that I paid $750.00 for the coin even with the doubling on the reverse <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Shortly after I bought the coin I discovered the FL dealer got the coin at auction for $450.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Several years later another coin similar type appeared at a Harlan J. Berk, bid or buy sale, & his example was perfectly struck without the doubling on the reverse side, see photos below. I ended up with the Berk example & decided to get rid of the <b>ICG</b> example. So I sent the coin to Heritage Auctions with the instructions of sending the coin to <b>NGC</b> for re-slabbing & for them to put it in their Jan. 7, 2018 auction. The coin sold for a shocking $3,840.00 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]992776[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]992777[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]992778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]992779[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3703590, member: 97383"]John, Your beautiful solidus is from a rare mint with a rare reverse type, & the price of $1,080.00 was an absolute steal :D! Seeing your coin triggered an old memory I have to share with [B]CT[/B] members. The coin pictured below I bought from a FL dealer many years ago in a [B]ICG[/B] slab. It was graded simply "MS 65". This coin is the most common of all the gold coins struck in the reign of Theodosius II, & despite that I paid $750.00 for the coin even with the doubling on the reverse :jawdrop:. Shortly after I bought the coin I discovered the FL dealer got the coin at auction for $450.00 :mad:. Several years later another coin similar type appeared at a Harlan J. Berk, bid or buy sale, & his example was perfectly struck without the doubling on the reverse side, see photos below. I ended up with the Berk example & decided to get rid of the [B]ICG[/B] example. So I sent the coin to Heritage Auctions with the instructions of sending the coin to [B]NGC[/B] for re-slabbing & for them to put it in their Jan. 7, 2018 auction. The coin sold for a shocking $3,840.00 :eek:! [ATTACH=full]992776[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]992777[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]992778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]992779[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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