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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 26078386, member: 86815&quot;]I&#039;ve been looking for the scarce Legate IIII fleet denarius for seven years, missing some through timing and price. I had another chance today and managed to win this one which was a major hole in my fleet now filled. I put a somewhat extravagant bid + 1 on the coin and later regretted that to some extent as I could have bid on other coins I liked that sold within my budget but I didn&#039;t want this one to get away. I was lucky to buy it significantly less than my high bid. All credit to Noonan for playing fair unlike some suspect experiences with other auction houses some of us may have experienced. I won&#039;t sour my elation by reminding people of my post some time ago when an ex-auction house employee informed me how my bids had been engineered to the advantage of the auction house.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve envied <a href="https://www.numisforums.com/profile/220-jayag47/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisforums.com/profile/220-jayag47/" rel="nofollow">@JayAg47</a> and <a href="https://www.numisforums.com/profile/32-bing/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisforums.com/profile/32-bing/" rel="nofollow">@Bing</a>&#039;s coins for a long time but finally filled the hole today. The coin is scratched but that didn&#039;t worry me as the numerals are extant and not affected by the scratch. I&#039;m still trying to improve the collection as regards quality which to an extent is counter intuitive as my priority was a set regardless of condition but I guess that is the collecting psychology, there is always new limits...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2025_02/image.png.58a79602f311d6ea63679c40598d8178.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2025_02/image.png.d4e5306ecdb8d8290bf8443d124a8b21.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post Second Triumvirate, Mark Antony, Denarius, military mint moving with Antony possibly Patrae, 32-1, praetorian galley right, ant avg iii vir r p c around, rev. legionary eagle between two standards, leg iiii either side, 3.24g/4h (Craw. 544/16; RSC 29).</p><p><br /></p><p>Images lifted from Noonans catalogue which always defeat me as their magnifying feature always ends up with a crop so I have to take new images when a coin arrives. </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess in the great scheme of things a seven year wait was not a great time at all. What was your longest wait to find a &quot;must have&quot; coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>Ongoing targets are a lifetime portrait of Julius Caesar and an Oliver Cromwell milled coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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