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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2764467, member: 56859&quot;]Welcome to CoinTalk, [USER=88009]@HBrider[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Cool coin, wonderful countermark (it&#039;s Tyche).&nbsp; It&#039;s particularly nice that the countermark is of the same alignment as Herakles so you can view them both &quot;right side up&quot;.&nbsp; The placement of the countermark is also good (doesn&#039;t destroy anything critical).</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin was not in a slab when it sold in CNG&#039;s e-auction 388, December 14, 2016.&nbsp; I guess the buyer hoped to make a quick profit by entombing the coin in a TPG slab.&nbsp; Did it work?&nbsp; My casual observation is that ancient coins which get an &quot;AU&quot; or &quot;MS&quot; label often bring higher prices when slabbed (although the people buying those might be new converts to ancients) and coins which are labeled lower than &quot;AU&quot; can often be a bargain because the Grade-Is-King slab enthusiasts don&#039;t want them.&nbsp; Hopefully you got a bargain <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=326662" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=326662" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=326662</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/3880123.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CARIA, Alabanda. </b>Circa 185-173 BC. AR Tetradrachm (36mm, 16.22 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; c/m: head of Tyche right within incuse circle / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Pegasos left; monogram below throne. Meadows, <i>Alabanda</i>, Series 3.2, Group 1; Price 2455. VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side note:&nbsp; How often do we see a CNG grade lower than a TPG grade for the same coin?&nbsp; I don&#039;t remember seeing that before.&nbsp; CNG&#039;s grading is generally very conservative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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