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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1787305, member: 56859&quot;]Well this is scary.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was looking through my bookmarked receipts and noticed that I hadn&#039;t yet received a package of three coins purchased at auction last month.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I always bookmark my purchases right afterwards.&nbsp; Unfortunately, this auction house does not have static addresses and the three coins bookmarked now show the current auction&#039;s lot number XXX.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The receipt just listed this as &quot;Anonymous AR denarius&quot;.&nbsp; Hmm.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The auction house does not have archives.&nbsp; Sixbid does though-- I just realized that today.&nbsp; I found the lot number and the coin.&nbsp; I have no idea why I bought it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been shopping hard for coins pertaining to a very specific collection I&#039;m working on.&nbsp; This does not fit the bill.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t even have it on my watch list at Sixbid.&nbsp; It&#039;s not on any of my &#039;want&#039; lists.&nbsp; Yet I bought it.&nbsp; And probably paid too much for it since I hadn&#039;t even researched it for comparisons.&nbsp; It&#039;s a lovely design but I don&#039;t even know anything about this coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I guess I was in a bit of a coin buying frenzy that week.&nbsp; Scary.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;d better slow down and be more careful.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]287568[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Roman Republic, Anonymous AR denarius.</p><p>Rome, 115-114 BC</p><p>20 mm, 3.91 g, 10 h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind, ROMA below</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Roma, helmeted, seated on two shields, holding spear before her, she-wolf standing right at her feet, head turned back, sucking Romulus and Remus.&nbsp; In left and right fields, two birds flying towards her.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Crawford 287/1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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