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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 8328970, member: 83175&quot;]I&#039;m not sure why people keep posting Republican denarii when the original poster refers to coins from 27 BC onwards!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the last 20 denarii I&#039;ve bought, or at least listed on Tantalus, are Republican; however, number 21 is an Imperial coin - a Severus Alexander denarius:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_SeverusAlexander_.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_SeverusAlexander__1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG - Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped right</p><p>Rev.: PROVID DEORVM - Providentia, draped, standing left, holding wand in right hand over globe and sceptre in left hand</p><p>Mint: Antioch (222-235 AD)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 2.82g / 19mm / 12h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>RIC 294</li> <li>RSC 495a</li> <li>BMC 1061</li> </ul><p>Acquisition: ACR Auctions Online auction E-Live Auction 105 #2301 21-Oct-2021</p><p><br /></p><p>The odd thing about this coin is that I had no recollection of bidding on it (or on a Gordian III sestertius in the same auction).&nbsp;&nbsp; It was cheap, at least and I think I did actually throw in a few lowball bids one night and forget about them!</p><p><br /></p><p>That reminds me of another case where a dealer used a bid sheet from October 2021 for an auction in January 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp; I had made 7 bids through biddr for the October auction and won nothing.&nbsp;&nbsp; In January, I received an email saying I&#039;d won something in their latest auction.&nbsp;&nbsp; I found this surprising as it wasn&#039;t a coin I&#039;d have had much interest in (Alexander drachm - I have one or two of them already which is enough for me as they&#039;re not exactly RR) and I&#039;d no record of any bids.&nbsp;&nbsp; When I inquired as to where the bid had come from, they sent on the biddr bid sheet from October - as it had the auction number and date, it was clearly an error and resolved.&nbsp;&nbsp; However - while I&#039;d only won one lot, assuming all the bids were processed for that auction I believe I would have been the underbidder on one or more other lots.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if they retracted my imaginary bids and awarded the lots at lower prices...</p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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