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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 8337978, member: 97383&quot;]This was another disappointing day for me at CNG Feature Auction 120 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. A week ago I placed 3 bids on coins that caught my eye <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, &amp; was steamrolled as usual <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. One coin that left me paralyzed is pictured below, a rare &amp; handsome tetradrachm of Septimius Severus, Prieur 1116A. It had an estimate of $1,000.00, &amp; my bid matched the estimate, but I was prepared to go to $1,500.00 It sold for $4,800.00 including buyers fee <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478333[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SYRIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus, AD 193-211 (struck AD 205-207). Billon Tetradrachm: 12.72 gm, 27 mm, 11 h. <i>Ex Bank Leu, October 1971.</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Another Severus Tet I left a bid on is pictured below, Prieur 1140, a very common issue but a choice example that was once in Michel Prieur&#039;s collection. Estimate $500.00, &amp; my bid matched the estimate. It sold for $900.00 including buyers fee.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478338[/ATTACH] <b>SYRIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus, AD 293-211 (struck AD 207-209). Billon Tetradrachm: 14.06 gm, 26 mm, 12 h. Prieur 1140. <i>Ex Michel Prieur Collection.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>I already had a nice example of this coin type won from a Nomos AG auction 5 years ago for $358.00 including buyers fee, but felt I could use this one as trade bait, see photo below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478344[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SYRIA, Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus, AD 293-211. Billon Tetradrachm: 12.21 gm, 28 mm, 12 h. Prieur 1140. <i>Al Kowsky Collection.</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p>Todays provincial highlight is pictured below, an extremely rare coin with historical importance.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478346[/ATTACH] <b>PHRGIA, Apameia. Macrinus, AD 217-218. AE Octassarion: 23.25 gm, 36 mm, 5 h. The reverse depicts Noah &amp; the Ark: half length figures of Noah &amp; his wife within open-lidded chest, set on waves. They are also shown standing on dry land raising hands in prayer. <i>Ex Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.</i></b></p><p><b>Price realized $81,600.00 including buyers fee <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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