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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2290468, member: 56859&quot;]You are not alone <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up a nice Roman Republican at auction and have no memory of bidding, although I do recall the auction and another coin or two I won from the same session.&nbsp; It is a lovely coin and I&#039;m glad I got it, whatever the circumstances <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_248654562c684705acf39ffdf771e233.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_496,q_75/ae43f8_248654562c684705acf39ffdf771e233.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, Anonymous </b></p><p>Rome, 115-114 BCE</p><p>AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.91 g, 10 h</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind, ROMA below (off flan)</p><p>Rev: Roma, helmeted, seated on two shields, holding spear before her, she-wolf standing right at her feet, head turned back, sucking Romulus and Remus. In left and right fields, two birds flying towards her.</p><p>Ref: Crawford 287/1</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, once I was watching a live auction while logged in and accidentally clicked bid.&nbsp; I was moving the pointer to the click on something else.&nbsp; The screen scrolled just as I was clicking and the click landed on the bid button.&nbsp; I won before I even saw what it was.&nbsp; Fortunately it wasn&#039;t terribly expensive but I did not want it and have already sold it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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