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<p>[QUOTE="Fugio1, post: 7714945, member: 89970"]Ok, great thread and worthwhile discussion on using an agent. I expected more sharing of NAC wins though, so I guess I'll enter this fray, hopefully others will also share their winnings from this fabulous sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Andrew you should be extremely happy with your rarities. Looking at the hammer prices, I think you studied and researched these lots thoroughly and did extremely well. </p><p><br /></p><p>This sale kept me up at night with anticipation. It has been a long time since an auction has offered so many scarce and rare early anonymous/symboled denarii, and I saw a chance to nearly complete a couple of my sub collections had I won three coins in the sale. In the end, I deferred one of these to another collector friend who wanted it badly for about my maximum hammer estimate so I didn't bid - he won the lot. I deeply regret not bidding more aggressively for the other two lots. Both were scarce or rare varieties of early fully anonymous denarii. I simply didn't imagine they would go for anywhere near the double and triple previously high historical records for these varieties. Obviously, someone else is also interested in this specialty (this is good).</p><p><br /></p><p>I did win three lots though and here they are:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323075[/ATTACH]</p><p>RRC 107/1? "C" Denarius. I have a particular affinity to this weird series of coins, engraving styles obviously from the same mint, with either the staff or the "C" symbol on the reverse (RRC 106 and 107). Crawford placed the mint in "Etruria (?)" and dates to 209-208 BC, so Punic War near the beginning of the denarius age. Crawford depicts 3 distinct styles in his plates for the "C" denarius and this is not one of them. Not a high grade coin but very representative of the variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323078[/ATTACH]</p><p>RRC 121/2, Sow symbol denarius. I resign myself to the fact that with my budget, I may never be able to afford some of these issues in the condition standards I try to adhere to. When the NAC catalog was released, I pored over the early RR lots, took one look at this sow symbol denarius and didn't look at the lot again - I discarded it as too expensive for me. When the lot came up I couldn't believe the low bids so I jumped in and won it. Because I had discounted the coin, I had not critically examined it and completely missed the off-center reverse (there's a lesson here). But on balance it was a happy mistake. The symbol is the most important feature of this issue and except for the decapitated dioscuri, it's perfect<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323095[/ATTACH]</p><p>RRC 135/1 "Owl" symbol denarius. Was on my high want list. As much as well centered coins, I like round coins (that are well centered). This is another scarce symbol that I lacked in my collection. I won it for exactly my maximum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fugio1, post: 7714945, member: 89970"]Ok, great thread and worthwhile discussion on using an agent. I expected more sharing of NAC wins though, so I guess I'll enter this fray, hopefully others will also share their winnings from this fabulous sale. Andrew you should be extremely happy with your rarities. Looking at the hammer prices, I think you studied and researched these lots thoroughly and did extremely well. This sale kept me up at night with anticipation. It has been a long time since an auction has offered so many scarce and rare early anonymous/symboled denarii, and I saw a chance to nearly complete a couple of my sub collections had I won three coins in the sale. In the end, I deferred one of these to another collector friend who wanted it badly for about my maximum hammer estimate so I didn't bid - he won the lot. I deeply regret not bidding more aggressively for the other two lots. Both were scarce or rare varieties of early fully anonymous denarii. I simply didn't imagine they would go for anywhere near the double and triple previously high historical records for these varieties. Obviously, someone else is also interested in this specialty (this is good). I did win three lots though and here they are: [ATTACH=full]1323075[/ATTACH] RRC 107/1? "C" Denarius. I have a particular affinity to this weird series of coins, engraving styles obviously from the same mint, with either the staff or the "C" symbol on the reverse (RRC 106 and 107). Crawford placed the mint in "Etruria (?)" and dates to 209-208 BC, so Punic War near the beginning of the denarius age. Crawford depicts 3 distinct styles in his plates for the "C" denarius and this is not one of them. Not a high grade coin but very representative of the variety. [ATTACH=full]1323078[/ATTACH] RRC 121/2, Sow symbol denarius. I resign myself to the fact that with my budget, I may never be able to afford some of these issues in the condition standards I try to adhere to. When the NAC catalog was released, I pored over the early RR lots, took one look at this sow symbol denarius and didn't look at the lot again - I discarded it as too expensive for me. When the lot came up I couldn't believe the low bids so I jumped in and won it. Because I had discounted the coin, I had not critically examined it and completely missed the off-center reverse (there's a lesson here). But on balance it was a happy mistake. The symbol is the most important feature of this issue and except for the decapitated dioscuri, it's perfect:happy:. [ATTACH=full]1323095[/ATTACH] RRC 135/1 "Owl" symbol denarius. Was on my high want list. As much as well centered coins, I like round coins (that are well centered). This is another scarce symbol that I lacked in my collection. I won it for exactly my maximum.[/QUOTE]
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