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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7967868, member: 91461&quot;]Yeah, I got blown out of the water as well<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie41" alt=":depressed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Not that I was going to buy them, but these two small fish, compared to the gold that I wasn&#039;t even watching, caught my eye as being obscene (probably won&#039;t get near your money back when it&#039;s time to sell):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1381728[/ATTACH]</p><p>★ From the collection of H.C. Ernst Justus Haeberlin, Cahn &amp; Hess, 17 July 1933, 595 ★</p><p>L. Philippus, 113-112 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.89 g, 12 h), Rome. Head of Philip V of Macedon to right, wearing diademed royal Macedonian helmet adorned with two goat horns; behind, monogram of ROMA; below chin, Φ. Rev. Equestrian statue, holding laurel branch, set to right on raised tablet inscribed L•PHILIPPVS; below horse, a flower; in exergue, mark of value. Babelon (Marcia) 12. Crawford 293/1. RBW 1132. Sydenham 551. A beautifully toned coin with a fine portrait and an excellent pedigree. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.</p><p>From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Münzen &amp; Medaillen AG 52, 19-20 June 1975, 314, and from the collection of Justizrat Dr. iur. et phil. H.C. Ernst Justus Haeberlin, Cahn &amp; Hess, 17 July 1933, 595.</p><p>This is the first Republican coin to portray a historical figure, namely Philip V of Macedon (221-179 BC), who signed a treaty of friendship in 183 BC with the moneyer&#039;s ancestor Quintus Marcius Philippus, the consul of 186 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>1933 pedigree is cool but selling for, before buyers fees and shipping, 2,600 CHF, I purchased mine for under a tenth of that<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1381729[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And though I am in awe of this, possibly the best reverse of a wildly popular and personal fav coin (check out the cheeks on the nude Celtic warrior<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) type and a very handsome portrait, 24,000 CHF(which is equal to 4 and 1/2 divorces) on a 10 CHF estimate seems a smidge bonkers<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1381731[/ATTACH]</p><p>★ Perfectly centered and among the finest known ★</p><p>L. Hostilius Saserna, 48 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.64 g, 12 h), Rome. Draped male bust (Vercingetorix?) with wild hair and long plaited beard to right; cloak around neck and Gallic shield behind. Rev. L•HOSTILIVS - SASERN Nude Gallic warrior, holding shield in his left hand and hurling spear with his right, standing left in a galloping biga being driven to right by a seated charioteer holding a whip. Babelon (Hostilia) 2. Crawford 448/2a. CRI 18. RBW 1569. Sydenham 952. Perfectly centered and in exceptional condition for the issue. A superb example struck on excellent silver and undoubtedly among the finest known. Very minor die rust on the obverse, otherwise, good extremely fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Numismatica Classica FPL 7, March 1982, 485.</p><p>The bust on the obverse of this issue has long been identified as that of Vercingetorix, the famous chief of the Arverni and Caesar&#039;s greatest foe in his conquest of Gaul. There is no clear evidence for this and the image most likely serves as a personification of the defeated Gaul in general, but the individuality of the portrait does suggest that it was modelled after a specific person. Vercingetorix, who was the most famous Celtic prisoner of war and who was incarcerated in Rome until his execution in 46 BC, seems the most likely candidate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best I can do is my fourré. Lacking the incredible reverse of the other, it had just the portrait I was looking for:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1381730[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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