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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3554911, member: 84744&quot;]That is a sweet score indeed, and lots more above!&nbsp; I love cherrypicking. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I entered some of my best ones into the Imperator tournament last year: my ex Dattari <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-16-6-jwt708-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-1-cit-2018.321043/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-16-6-jwt708-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-1-cit-2018.321043/">Constantius I</a> issued under Domitius Domitianus, a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-27-14-iamtiberius-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-3-cit-2018.323007/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-27-14-iamtiberius-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-3-cit-2018.323007/">Themistokles</a>, an ex Dattari <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/semifinal-1-10-cucumbor-vs-27-severus-alexander-cit-2018.324237/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/semifinal-1-10-cucumbor-vs-27-severus-alexander-cit-2018.324237/">octobol</a> misdescribed as a drachm, and my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/championship-4-ancientcoinguru-vs-27-severus-alexander.325787/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/championship-4-ancientcoinguru-vs-27-severus-alexander.325787/">signed Rhodian tet</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some more recent cherrypicks I&#039;m pretty pleased with.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, a reduced as from Apulia (according to a presentation by [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER] I found online), probably produced during the second Punic war, imitating a light emergency issue.&nbsp; It&#039;s hard to see how it could be used when normal weight asses were in circulation.&nbsp; (I see Artemide dates <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=3013&amp;lot=226" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=3013&amp;lot=226" rel="nofollow">theirs</a> to a different crisis, during Sulla&#039;s time.)&nbsp; Only cost me 12 euros, whereas that Artemide example sold for 200. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]944934[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A Severus Alexander medallion (or &quot;medallic as&quot; or &quot;pseudo-medallion&quot;) that was misdescribed as a sestertius. Not cheap by a long shot, but still cheap for what it is IMO.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]944945[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A Johannes misdescribed as a Theodosius II (20 euros):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]944952[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A half siliqua ID&#039;d by the seller as a Justinian from Ravenna, at a good price for such (70 GBP), but a super awesome price when you consider it was misdescribed.&nbsp; It&#039;s actually an early Lombard issue (die-matched to a CNG example):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]944954[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally this rare early Arab-Byzantine type (A-3508X) that I cherrypicked for 30 euros.&nbsp; Normally an example in this condition would sell for multi hundreds.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]944957[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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