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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8072004, member: 110350&quot;]Thanks Al (and everyone else). I think I was quite fortunate that I happened to see the current HJB Buy or Bid Sale (still open for a another couple of days!) within an hour or two of when it first &quot;went live&quot; back in September, and that the Aspendos stater was near enough the beginning (Lot 132) that I found it almost immediately. And took the time to watch that video, given how mediocre we all know HJB&#039;s photos are. I bought it right away, because I don&#039;t think it would have lasted another 24 hours. Yes, the price was $600, which was a lot for me, but if an Aspendos stater in that condition were to be sold in a regular auction these days, I strongly suspect that it would go for quite a bit more.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to thank HJB and Aaron Berk for sticking to this format: I read a comment of his not too long ago in the Ancient Coin Sales Facebook group that one of the reasons they do so is to give ordinary collectors (like me!) the same chance at buying really nice coins that the wealthy have -- something that just isn&#039;t possible in regular auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the two solidi, once I had the Arcadius, how could I resist his even more feeble brother, especially with a Sear Certificate accompanying him? (Not that I necessarily believe the story that when he heard about the sack of Rome in 410, he panicked because he thought people were talking about his pet chicken with that name.)&nbsp; I would love now to buy a solidus of their father Theodosius I, but for whatever reason they seem considerably scarcer, and more expensive, than those of other emperors from that period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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