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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shea19, post: 4264460, member: 90981&quot;]I won a nice group lot of 7 Roman Provincial tets from Antioch at the last CNG auction, and it just arrived in the mail much faster than expected.&nbsp; This is the first group lot I’ve ever bought, definitely a gamble, but a lot of fun...I’m very happy with how it turned it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 7 tets in the group: 2 of Philip I, 2 of Philip II, 1 of Trajan Decius, 1 Gordian III, and 1 Caracalla.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the CNG auction photo, which really doesn’t show much....only three of them had the obverse side up.&nbsp; But I liked the price, so I went ahead and took the risk.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1086355[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It was much harder than I thought to get a good picture of the group (my photography skills are bad enough with just one coin, let alone 7), but here are my best group shots.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1086285[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1086356[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1086160[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The 4 coins at the top of the photos are definitely keepers. I LOVE the portraits on the left-facing Decius and the Philip I, the Gordy 3 has a nice portrait on a huge flan, and I really like the toning on the Philip II.&nbsp; I would have gladly paid what I did for just these 4 coins, so the other 3 are really just a bonus. I’ll probably end up selling those to offset the cost, but I think these 4 are a pretty good haul.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1086286[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, a pretty cool experience and ended up being a good value...I think I’ll definitely try out some more group lots in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interested to see which of these you like the best.&nbsp; And of course, please post your provincial tets of any of these emperors, your favorite group lots, or anything else relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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