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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4870406, member: 110226&quot;]The die break on Lot 55 looks more to me like die rust, especially given its location.&nbsp; It is distracting for such a high-priced coin.&nbsp; These dekadrachms crop up with a good rate of regularity, and it is interesting how even damaged or less desirable examples fetch five digit hammer prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>The owl estimate for Lot 137 was over the top.&nbsp; There are just too many transitional owls on the market to justify a $3,000 estimate. </p><p><br /></p><p>The $3,000 hammer price for Lot 141 is reflective, I think, of the near mania for full crest owls.&nbsp; Yes the crest is present, but the portraiture is reflective of the lower quality of the later mass production owls.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, pedigree and provenance certainly helps boost hammer prices.&nbsp; Generally speaking the Lanz Celtic coinage sold by Roma Numismatics over several auctions did very well, much more so than comparable coins without the connection to Lanz&#039;s reference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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