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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4541795, member: 98035"]I placed probably over $7,000 worth of bids on a few dozen lots, got blown out of the water and unfortunately couldn't watch the lots I really wanted to win. Ended up with a nice Maxentius temple and an interesting lot of Eastern coins. I was outbid by at least 2 bidders and $199 on this lot, which honestly I wish I had increased my bid to win:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124246[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm hesitant to bid too crazy on Leu lots of Roman coins, because unlike many other auction houses, i have learned that they carefully arrange their lots to hide flaws. Not always, nor enough to accuse them of deceptive practices, but there is likely a good reason that the Hostilian and Claudius sestertii were not listed individually.</p><p><br /></p><p>These were the two I did win, which I consider to be a relatively solid deal</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124276[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124277[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4541795, member: 98035"]I placed probably over $7,000 worth of bids on a few dozen lots, got blown out of the water and unfortunately couldn't watch the lots I really wanted to win. Ended up with a nice Maxentius temple and an interesting lot of Eastern coins. I was outbid by at least 2 bidders and $199 on this lot, which honestly I wish I had increased my bid to win: [ATTACH=full]1124246[/ATTACH] I'm hesitant to bid too crazy on Leu lots of Roman coins, because unlike many other auction houses, i have learned that they carefully arrange their lots to hide flaws. Not always, nor enough to accuse them of deceptive practices, but there is likely a good reason that the Hostilian and Claudius sestertii were not listed individually. These were the two I did win, which I consider to be a relatively solid deal [ATTACH=full]1124276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1124277[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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