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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4892827, member: 85693&quot;]A lot of eBay auctions are poorly photographed, which is an advantage to a bidder, if you are willing to take a risk. </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is an unusual lot I got a while back a Commagene &quot;scorpion&quot; and an Otacilia Severa weirdo.&nbsp; The seller listed it not in ancent coins, but &quot;Category: Antiques &gt; Antiquities &gt; Roman&quot;&nbsp; The lot sold for $14.00 and I was very, very pleased.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seller&#039;s photo (no reverse view):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180835[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My photos ain&#039;t great, but this is more what they look like.&nbsp; Attributions below:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180836[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Kingdom of Commagene&nbsp; Æ 28 </b></p><p><b>Antiochus IV Epiphanes </b></p><p><b>(c. 54-65 A.D. - Beveled Edges) </b></p><p><b>Samosata Mint</b></p><p>ΒΑΣΙΛEYΣ MEΓ ANTIOXOC EΠI, diademed and draped bust right / KOMMAΓ-HNΩN around scorpion within laurel wreath, diadem above.</p><p>RPC I 3854; Kovacs 254</p><p>(12.48 grams / 28 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Lot @ $7.00</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Otacilia Severa&nbsp;&nbsp; Fourrée Ant.</b></p><p><b>(wife of&nbsp; Philip I the Arab)</b></p><p><b>(c. 245-247 A. D.) </b></p><p><b>Carpic Campaign Aux. mint <b>or Trajan Decius era imitation</b></b></p><p>MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG diad. dr. bust on crescent / IVNO CONSEAVΛT, Juno</p><p>standing l. w. patera &amp; sceptre.</p><p>RIC 127 (imitation/variation)</p><p>(3.91 grams / 20 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Lot @ $7.00</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes:&nbsp; &quot;I have been shown two other specimens of this obverse with a blundered</p><p>reverse legend. Both other specimens are fourees...As this obverse (sic) die has been used for reverses issued under Trajan Decius, it was probably struck during or after his reign.&quot; <b><a href="http://ettuantiques.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ettuantiques.com" rel="nofollow">http://ettuantiques.com</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;According to Curtis Clay, these coins could have been minted during Carpic Campaign (AD 245-247) by auxiliary mint of the mint of Rome.&quot; (RIC 127)</p><p><b><a href="http://marchal.thibaut.free.fr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://marchal.thibaut.free.fr" rel="nofollow">http://marchal.thibaut.free.fr</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p>For the most part, badly photographed eBay coins turn out to be much nicer in hand.&nbsp; However, I recently bought (on eBay) a poorly-photographed Alexander-type drachm that turned out to be a fake.&nbsp; Which is to say risks are involved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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