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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2479688, member: 76194&quot;]I received an email about 5 hours ago congratulating me for winning a Holding History Auction lot sponsored by Agora Auctions. At first I thought it might be spam/scam, and was tempted to delete it, but after checking with Agora online this appears to be quite genuine. I&#039;ve paid it off, and thankfully it went for opening bid, which was quite cheap, but no matter how much I try to remember, I honestly do not recollect bidding on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be fair, I did check out the auction about 2 weeks ago when it went up, so I must have bid on it then, but it probably just slipped my mind and I totally forgot about it. That&#039;s what I get for browsing online auctions at 2:00 AM instead of sleeping. Anyway, here is my surprise win of an Alexander Severus denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: Have you ever bid on something and totally forgotten you had until you received a notification weeks later that you won?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]523278[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Lot 09-101. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AR Denarius </b></font></p><p>Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.25g). Rome mint, AD 231. Laureate head right, with slight drapery / Virtus standing left, holding crowning Victory and round shield. RIC IV 220; RSC 579</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, for a coin I don&#039;t even remember, I could have done a lot worse. The portrait is pleasing and it looks well centered, so I guess I should be pretty happy with it. Still, I should try not to browse online auctions at 2:00 AM anymore in a&nbsp; half asleep/half awake state. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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