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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2481505, member: 56859&quot;]Fantastic!&nbsp; I&#039;m glad you were reunited.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also picked up a great coin in the new HJB auction.&nbsp; I was entering my check card number as quickly as possible while fearing other customers were doing the same!</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the thread theme, I&#039;ve shared the story many times but it definitely qualifies!&nbsp; It is nearly miraculous that I managed to get the bid through.&nbsp; The same problems I had may have also prevented it from selling higher, and it hammered for just one increment below my max.&nbsp; Phew!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a long tale, so rather than recapping it here is the full version:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/arethusaxs-jpg.319081/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BCE)</b></p><p>struck 310-305 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm</p><p>Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?)</p><p>Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram</p><p>Ref: Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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