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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 4516468, member: 91461&quot;]As most of my CT pals know,&nbsp; I am doing my best to collect as many types of Macedonian shield coins as within means, that a man can.</p><p>When I came across this rarity, I&#039;d never seen its type. And even now cannot find one more beautiful than this.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119050[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I was a wolf on the prowl.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]oJL-lCzEXgI[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I bid, was looking good and then tragedy struck, I was sniped at the last second<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>But wait, there&#039;s more. Or I wouldn&#039;t have made a freaking thread about it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I was commiserating with a fellow CTer about coins we&#039;d missed out on (funny enough, I did that earlier tonight) and posted this coin and how sad I was for missing out on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119048[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Even our dear pal [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] had said how good it would look in my collection...</p><p>I lied. I lied to your faces. Well, at least your screen. And screens see our faces more than many of our families do.</p><p>Time to come clean.</p><p>I was just not used to the auction houses site and the ending bid appeared higher than mine!</p><p>A few days later I received the bill, paid it and then...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119036[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>nothing.</p><p>It seemed lost in the doldrums... and then arrived!</p><p>I must say, she looks even more dazzling in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119047[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Truly striking<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And I&#039;m very proud to say she&#039;s part of my MSC collection<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119044[/ATTACH]</p><p>Pseudo-autonomous issue, 1st century AD. (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.97 g), Beroia. Macedonian shield. Rev. MΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Nike standing to left on globe, holding wreath with the extended right hand and palm branch with the left. SNG Cop. 1331. SNG ANS.-. RPC -. Unusual and rare; a very interesting exampleA very interesting and scarce emission of the Macedonian Koinon</p><p>MACEDON. Koinon of Macedon. Ex: Munzzentrum</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your coins that almost got away, Macedonian shields, beautiful victories or really anything to make one ooooooh and ahahaha<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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