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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 5255130, member: 104741&quot;]Great coins everyone and congratulations on your wins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Not surprised you followed that auction, [USER=75525]@rrdenarius[/USER], it was right up your alley.</p><p>Looking forward to seeing the other coins you bought when they arrive.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; Needless to say, I followed it as well.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Although Roman coins aren&#039;t my real focus, I simply couldn&#039;t resist the lure of these cast beauties. The archaic look and the lovely earthen patina of some of them blew me away. And that&#039;s before considering their hefty weight and size...</p><p>Must be a great feeling to hold half a pound of numismatic history in your hand!</p><p><br /></p><p>However, it was also a frustrating auction since I ended up the underbidder on 4 or 5 lots, (although, honestly, that was at least in part since I already had blown most of my limited budget on the preceding Antiquities auction half an hour before<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). If anyone on CT won one of them, then at least they went to a good home, and sorry if I pressed the price up a bit for you...</p><p><br /></p><p>I finally did manage to win one lot toward the end. It&#039;s no match to [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER] Janus (lovely patina!) or [USER=76111]@Carthago[/USER] impressive Pegasus semis, but I love the green patina and I&#039;m looking forward to hold it in hand...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219371[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Apulia; Luceria. Cast Quatrunx, ca. 225-217 BC.</p><p>43 mm, 111 gr. 12h.</p><p>Obv: thunderbolt</p><p>Rev: club, 4 pellets to left</p><p>HN Italy 671; ICC 339</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;( I believe the photographer got the club upside down: all other pictures I&#039;ve seen place the club&#039;s handle on top and the pellets to right).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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