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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7548793, member: 118780"]This was my first time bidding with Nomos, and I was very pleased with my "haul." My top priority was this shield coin of Pyrrhos. They don't come up too commonly at auction, and I like that this one was well centered and readable, if a bit worn. I think I pretty much paid the fair price.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302433[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I was so pleased with this one, that I went through the auction again to check for anything interesting and came across this Vespasian. I didn't have any Vespasian, though the 12 Caesars aren't my core collecting area. So I put in what I considered a relatively low bid and to my surprise as the seconds ticked by, no one else placed a bid! Then, just after it hit zero, someone put in their max bid that was just under mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Nomos, this commemorates the victory in Judea, so it at least came in a lot less than the typical Judea Capta coin. I probably shouldn't have bought it, in order to finance higher priority coins, but I'll enjoy telling the history.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7548793, member: 118780"]This was my first time bidding with Nomos, and I was very pleased with my "haul." My top priority was this shield coin of Pyrrhos. They don't come up too commonly at auction, and I like that this one was well centered and readable, if a bit worn. I think I pretty much paid the fair price. [ATTACH=full]1302433[/ATTACH] I was so pleased with this one, that I went through the auction again to check for anything interesting and came across this Vespasian. I didn't have any Vespasian, though the 12 Caesars aren't my core collecting area. So I put in what I considered a relatively low bid and to my surprise as the seconds ticked by, no one else placed a bid! Then, just after it hit zero, someone put in their max bid that was just under mine. According to Nomos, this commemorates the victory in Judea, so it at least came in a lot less than the typical Judea Capta coin. I probably shouldn't have bought it, in order to finance higher priority coins, but I'll enjoy telling the history. [ATTACH=full]1302434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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