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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;vincentsandcoins, post: 8307896, member: 137232&quot;]I posted my first ever post a few weeks ago about wanting my first coin, a “larger” Arethusa or an Alexander and received a lot of insightful feedback - so thank you. Sure enough I haven’t been disiciplined with logging on to the auction sites as the clock winds down, and even when I tried to follow the bidding (as I saw in a recent CT forum post) the bid estimates seem low and auction sale prices seem inflated, at least for the overvalued kind of pieces I was first drawn to…</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway - I changed course and narrowed down my first purchase choice to be one of either three specific Augustus’ and one Livia - I decided on the lucky one today - went to pull the trigger, and, alas, it was recently sold right out from under my nose!</p><p><br /></p><p>The price was great for me, the coin measured&nbsp; 22mm which was large enough for me to be satisfied with as a display piece… and now I think I have my heart set on a similar example of the same coin. So the other 3 contenders be damned. Hopefully I’ll post again in a few weeks with the treasure in my hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>But for now, without further ado, here’s the one that got away for $110…</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1470451[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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