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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4358441, member: 57495&quot;]Nice replacement, and great job with the Verdicare treatment! </p><p><br /></p><p>My story isn&#039;t about one I sold, but goes to the question of what to do when a coin you <i>really </i>wanted to win gets away from you.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A stater of Gortyna depicting Europa seated in a tree has always been one of my dream coin types, and one particular example that came up for sale in 2015 simply floored me.&nbsp; It was one of the most alluring coins I had ever seen, and I wanted to win it... badly.&nbsp; When I ended up the underbidder, I was pretty crushed, and lamented privately and publicly here on CT that it would probably be the one auction loss that would always haunt me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For the next four years, I looked for a suitable &#039;replacement&#039;, but even examples in better condition didn&#039;t have quite the same style or appeal to me.&nbsp; I began to suspect that I might actually end up never owning the type because I wouldn&#039;t be able to bring myself to a bid on one that wasn&#039;t that <i>exact </i>example.&nbsp; Sometimes, it really is the case that all ancient coins being unique, there&#039;s just no replacing the one that got away. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward to January this year, my jaw literally dropped when looking through a CNG auction, I spotted MY coin up for sale again!&nbsp; I spent two weeks dreaming about the possibility of winning it and agonizing over how much I ought to bid - my coin budget wasn&#039;t at its healthiest, and even at my previous failed bid, it would have been almost twice as much as I had ever paid for a coin.&nbsp; Finally, I went with a bid one increment higher than my 2015 bid, and told myself that if it was meant to be, I&#039;d win it, and if I didn&#039;t, then at least I could tell myself I tried harder this time around.&nbsp; Come auction day, I did win it, at exactly my maximum bid.&nbsp; The coin arrived sometime in February.&nbsp; It was worth the wait.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1102214[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CRETE, Gortyna</b></p><p>AR Stater. 11.68g, 27mm x 24.5mm. BMC Crete pg. 38, 9, pl. IX. 8 (same rev die); SNG Cop 442; Svoronos 59. O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in platanus tree; right hand on tree, heading resting pensively on left arm which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing right, head reverted, right hind leg lifted. </p><p><i>Ex Matthew Curtis Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1398</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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