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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kazuma78, post: 8163775, member: 17304&quot;]Lot 29 was on my list and I went a bit over estimate with my bid, but never expected to win. I was shocked by the sale price however.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had tagged 144 as a coin of interest but forgot to bid on it... but glad to see it would have been a waste of time anyways. An insane hammer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lot 237 I was watching also. That is also a crazy price for that. I was the underbidder to your example of this type from Roma XIX, but my coin budget was smaller then and I let it go to bid on other lots. That was a good pickup and though I&#039;m happy for you, I&#039;ve always been a little envious <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was hopeful for a decent shot at this coin but got completely blown away. I went a good amount over estimate but I wasn&#039;t even close. Estimate was $7,500 and hammer was $32,000.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SICILY, Akragas. </b>Circa 465/0–445/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.33 g, 1h). Sea eagle standing left; AKRAC-AИTOΣ around / Crab, with carapace in the form of a human face, within incuse circle. Westermark, <i>Coinage</i>, Period II, Group II, 349b.29 (O10/R35) = SNG Lockett 692 (<i>this coin</i>); HGC 2, 77; SNG ANS 973 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 804 (same dies); Bement 334 (same dies); Gulbenkian 161 (same dies); Kraay &amp; Hirmer 171 (same dies). Toned with traces of find patina, small die break on reverse, minor flan flaws (indications of undertype?). EF.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Greek Part 1, Glendining, 25 October 1955), lot 576; Ars Classica XV (2 July 1930), lot 268.</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1425203[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>This Naxos drachm is the 2nd coin I was focusing on. It went for a relatively justifiable price, I just wasn&#039;t willing to go quite that high. Hammered at $15,000 on a $5,000 estimate.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SICILY, Naxos. </b>Circa 461-430 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.22 g, 1h). Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Silenos, nude and ithyphallic, squatting half-left, holding kylix in right hand and supporting himself with his left, tail behind; N-A-XI-ON around; all within shallow concave circular incuse. Cahn 56.26 (V41/R47 – <i>this coin</i>); HGC 2, 990; SNG ANS 518–9 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1152 (same dies); BMC 9 (same dies); Boston MFA 305 = Warren 274 (same dies); Jameson 676 (same dies); de Luynes 1064 (same dies); Pozzi 507 (same dies); Sartiges 111 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, traces of find patina, die break on obverse (typical for die). VF. Well struck on a broad flan.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex Naville V (18 June 1923), lot 981; Gustave Durulfé Collection (Rollin &amp; Feuardent, 9 May 1910), lot 151; G. Empedocles Collection.</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1425324[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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