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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2481713, member: 4298&quot;]Fantastic coin [USER=76111]@Carthago[/USER], I wish my example of the same were half as good as yours</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0010-069d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus </b> Rome mint, 62 BC</p><p>PAVLLUS - LEPIDVS {CONCORDIA] diademed and draped bust of concordia right</p><p>Trophy with Lepidus Paullus on the right and three captives on the left (king Perseus of Macedon and his sons). TER above and PAVLLVS at exergue</p><p>4.00 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV # 366, RSC, Aemilia # 10</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for a &quot;<i>coin that you&#039;ve snatched from the jaws of defeat</i>&quot;, I do have an example that stands out in my mind, although not ancient but medieval</p><p><br /></p><p>As some of you may know, I do collect coins from the principality of Dombes <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). Gold coinage of this principality, apart from a half pistole and a pistole of Louis II de Montpensier, both minted in 1578, is exceedingly rare. When Mr Jean Paul Divo&#039;s <i>Numismatique de Dombes</i> has been first edited in 2004, I jumped on it as soon as it&#039;s been available. Out of many rarities, a coin caught my interest : # 64 in the book ; a pistole minted for Francois II de Montpensier in 1587. Not only was it the only gold coin for this prince, but also the only year of issue, and Mr Divo wrote &quot;unicum&quot; (the only known example had been sold with the Claoué collection in 1993)</p><p><br /></p><p>Two years after, the magnificent Couchard collection was offered at auction, and a second example of this coin popped up, better by far as to it&#039;s strike and conservation. Of course I bid on it but was laaaargely outbid, being probably a bit tender for such a battle at this time. I had to admit this coin would never be part of my collection. After that, the same example has been sold (or unsold, God only knows) two times in the following years.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2010, I inherited some money from my grand mother (after he had hesitated for a while since she had sadly passed away, my father decided himself to sell her house, and he eventually shared the money with my sister and me). One month later, the same coin popped up again at auction, and, cherry on the cake, a friend of mine was coorganizer of the sale. So I had a man in the place, who could do the bidding on my behalf. I got the coin 100 € below my maximum....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]523981[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="4"><b><a href="http://monnaiesdeladombes.blogspot.fr/2009/07/francois-ii-de-montpensier-1582-1592.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://monnaiesdeladombes.blogspot.fr/2009/07/francois-ii-de-montpensier-1582-1592.html" rel="nofollow">Francois II de Montpensier (1582-1592)</a></b></font></p><p>Pistole, or - 1587</p><p>+ FRANCIS . P . DOMBAR . D . MONTIS . M . Ecu de Bourbon couronné</p><p>+ DNS . ADIVT . ET . REDEM . MEVS . 1587 Croix feuillue</p><p>6.30 gr - 28 mm</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes # 64,&nbsp; Mantellier # 37, Poey d&#039;Avant # 5135, Friedberg # 124</p><p><br /></p><p>Q</p><p><br /></p><p>PS : and of course, this coin, everytime I look at it, reminds me of my grand mother and of my father&#039;s generosity, which is even better than just a coin !![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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