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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8237336, member: 84744&quot;]Colts have been pricey lately (I&#039;m regretting not bidding more strongly a couple years ago!), but I agree, that&#039;s crazy!</p><p><br /></p><p>Another example: there were two of these very common Agathokles bronzes in the sale, both quite nice, but <a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/107" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/107" rel="nofollow">1400 CHF</a> and <a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/108" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/108" rel="nofollow">550 CHF</a>?&nbsp; Geez.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the more expensive one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449345[/ATTACH] </p><p>It sold for 850 CHF in 2020, also in Leu.&nbsp; Very obvious cleaning scratches and smoothing.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t get it.&nbsp; Well, actually, I think I do: uneducated collectors with plenty of money stashed in offshore tax havens, making life worse for the rest of us.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, except maybe for lower grade rarities, as [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] noted.&nbsp; I managed to snag this rare Festival of Isis coin for only 142 CHF:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449346[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Congrats, sounds like a great snag!&nbsp; Indeed, outside of Greek and Roman it&#039;s easier to get a deal.&nbsp; I came away with one Byzantine and one Medieval:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449347[/ATTACH] </p><p>^ This one&#039;s a very rare tornese of John V and John VI Palaeologus.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been trying for a John V for ages and ages... finally getting one, with John VI as a bonus, is great!&nbsp; Still, not cheap at 480 CHF.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one was cheap though (55 CHF):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449348[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Knights of Rhodes (Knights Hospitallers). Hélion of Villeneuve, 1319-1346. Gigliato (Silver, 29 mm, 3.68 g, 6 h). ✠ •FR:ЄLIOn •D&#039;•VILA•nOVЄ•DI•GRA•mR• Grand Master Hélion of Villeneuve kneeling left before patriarchal cross set on three steps. Rev. ✠ OSPITAL&#039;•S•IOhIS•IRLnI•QT&#039;•RODI• Cross fleurée with shields of Hospitallers at ends of each crossbar.</font></p><p>Hélion was involved in the famous story of &quot;The Dragon of Rhodes,&quot; which was probably a crocodile.&nbsp; Its head hung above one of the castle gates until 1837![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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