Second Chances: Part Two - Call Ripley's Believe It Or Not

I threw everything at this Trajan As, well 800 Aud in an Aus auction (Nobles) and sure enough somebody wanted it more than me and sold for 1200 Aud. I was devastated.

 

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I bid on this one at auction, bid my max and then some, but I ran out of juice. I would have bid higher had I the money, but oh well.

Then I saw it pop up on VCoins... for double the price. Not only was the coin now more than I was willing to pay, I was not going to give the dealer such a tidy profit margin simply because he had more money than me. But oh well.

 

LOL, that made my day! A fitting end to the tale.

 

An awesome story David, congratulations on a beautiful acquisition! It's interesting that the three examples of this rarity are all from different dies. (Mine on top)

 

Well done @dadams !

 

Not only from different dies, but very different styles! Your example has an almost Vespasian-like appearance, my worn one was engraved in a fairly pedestrian manner (as @dougsmit might say, a Friday afternoon die), while my OP coin was quite elegantly rendered.

 

Many years ago I was looking at one of the Buy or Bid sales and saw this Trajan denarius. At the time it was the nicest one I had ever seen but the rather impressive price tag deterred me from buying it. Years later I saw another Trajan denarius of the same type from the same seller. I thought " This is the second nicest one I had ever seen." I decided this time to buy it. After committing to purchase I looked through the cats to see how this coin compared to the one I saw all those years befor and discovered It Was the Same Coin. Wow. A long winded second chance

 

This is a great type but it does come up from time to time. This exact coin sold in 2009 for $2070 (including buyer's premium) at CNG in an eSale and the 1975 pedigree adds some value. You'll find another one