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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 6556033, member: 84744"]Crazy prices in this auction for sure. But as a few others have noted, there was the occasional bargain too. I think this lovely portrait of Plotina went low (to me! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) for only 95 CHF:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1263184[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>LYDIA. Thyateira. <i>Plotina</i>, Augusta, 105-123.</b> 1/3 Assarion (Bronze, 16 mm, 2.13 g, 6 h). ΠΛΩΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ Draped bust of Plotina to right. <i>Rev.</i> ΘΥΑ/ΤЄΙΡΗ/ΝΩΝ within laurel wreath. RPC III 1829. SNG München 628.</p><p><br /></p><p>The nearest comparable example on acsearch sold for the equivalent of nearly 300 USD in 2019.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another provincial I picked up for what I thought was a very reasonable price (100 CHF):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1263185[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHRYGIA. Hierapolis.</b> Triassarion (Bronze, 26 mm, 11.49 g, 7 h), circa 2nd century. ΖЄVϹ ΤϷΩΙΟϹ Diademed head of Zeus Troios to right. <i>Rev.</i>ΙЄϷΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Apollo standing front, head to right, holding lyre in his left hand and plektron in his right. BMC 39-40. RPC IV.2 online 2046.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 6556033, member: 84744"]Crazy prices in this auction for sure. But as a few others have noted, there was the occasional bargain too. I think this lovely portrait of Plotina went low (to me! :cigar:) for only 95 CHF: [ATTACH=full]1263184[/ATTACH] [B]LYDIA. Thyateira. [I]Plotina[/I], Augusta, 105-123.[/B] 1/3 Assarion (Bronze, 16 mm, 2.13 g, 6 h). ΠΛΩΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ Draped bust of Plotina to right. [I]Rev.[/I] ΘΥΑ/ΤЄΙΡΗ/ΝΩΝ within laurel wreath. RPC III 1829. SNG München 628. The nearest comparable example on acsearch sold for the equivalent of nearly 300 USD in 2019. Another provincial I picked up for what I thought was a very reasonable price (100 CHF): [ATTACH=full]1263185[/ATTACH] [B]PHRYGIA. Hierapolis.[/B] Triassarion (Bronze, 26 mm, 11.49 g, 7 h), circa 2nd century. ΖЄVϹ ΤϷΩΙΟϹ Diademed head of Zeus Troios to right. [I]Rev.[/I]ΙЄϷΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Apollo standing front, head to right, holding lyre in his left hand and plektron in his right. BMC 39-40. RPC IV.2 online 2046.[/QUOTE]
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