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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3787922, member: 56859&quot;]A first pass through AMCC2 provided many targets.&nbsp; Looking forward to the closing!</p><p><br /></p><p>My AMCC1 haul, some of which I have not photographed (auction house images shown below):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/massaliaobol-amccimages-rt-jpg.852429/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>GAUL, Massalia</b></p><p>c. 350-150 BCE</p><p>AR obol; 0.59 gm, 10mm</p><p>Obv: youthful male head left (Apollo?)</p><p>Rev: wheel with four spokes; M A within two quarters</p><p>Ref: Depeyrot, Hellénistiques, Type 18; SNG Leipzig 13.</p><p><i>AMCC Auction 1, lot 1, 1 December 2018</i></p><p><i><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1-1-1-1-1-won.327885/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1-1-1-1-1-won.327885/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1-1-1-1-1-won.327885/</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-rapeofpersephone-jpg.895483/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDON, Stobi. Caracalla (198-217)</b></p><p>AE 23.6 mm, 5.8 gm</p><p>Obv: M AVR ANTONINV AG; laureate and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: MV-N-I-CIP STOBE; Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying off struggling Persephone</p><p>Ref: AMNG III 12 var. (bust seen from front); Varbanov 4052 (R5, same dies)</p><p><i>Ex Zumbly</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Others:</p><p><br /></p><p>Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE8mm. The off center obverse is unfortunate but the reverse is well centered and interesting. The descriptions say it is a cuirass but it looks more like a torso to me. Cuirasses don&#039;t go that far out over the shoulders and they don&#039;t have necks! <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Magnesia+ad+Maeandrum+cuirass+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Magnesia+ad+Maeandrum+cuirass+apollo&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">Compare to the few others in ACsearch</a>. Not the nicest, not the worst, but at $27 all-in, a good price. Apparently this is an ex-Zumbly but the auction attribution did not say so.</p><p><img src="https://dw5431fsdz7sy.cloudfront.net/media/img/auction_lots/407/397989.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Themistokles hemiobol, the subject of an <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-27-14-iamtiberius-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-3-cit-2018.323007/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-27-14-iamtiberius-vs-27-severus-alexander-round-3-cit-2018.323007/">outstanding writeup and entry in the 2018 Coin Imperator contest</a>. I had some competition for this and am surprised it didn&#039;t sell for more! Ex Severus Alexander.</p><p><img src="https://dw5431fsdz7sy.cloudfront.net/media/img/auction_lots/407/397990.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A tasty group lot. I feel like I absolutely stole these! The all-in cost in USD is ~$5 per coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. My first month of ancient coin collecting, I paid <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-do-you-think-about-those-uncleaned-ancients-on-ebay.260701/#post-2101474" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-do-you-think-about-those-uncleaned-ancients-on-ebay.260701/#post-2101474">$12 a piece for a couple of &quot;uncleaned&quot; (and unimaged) Greek coins from Dirty Old Coins</a>. Both were complete slugs, with virtually no dirt or encrustations to &quot;clean&quot; at all. $5 a piece for Greek coins which have interesting devices is astonishing! Even if I get tired of them, they will make wonderful gifts for newcomers. (This group was also an unadvertised Zumbly consignment-- he told me after I won).</p><p><img src="https://dw5431fsdz7sy.cloudfront.net/media/img/auction_lots/407/398000.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A bronze from the late period of the Bosporan kingdom. The artwork is downright comical. I have a couple of earlier Bosporan issues so this will complement them.<img src="https://dw5431fsdz7sy.cloudfront.net/media/img/auction_lots/407/398042.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one was purely a whim. I just liked it. The portrait looks as much like Pescinnius Niger as it does ol&#039; Seppie (It&#039;s Septimius Severus), so that caught my attention. Plus I have no Cappadocian Mt. Argaeus drachms.</p><p><img src="https://dw5431fsdz7sy.cloudfront.net/media/img/auction_lots/407/398048.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next is a wonderful tet and I&#039;m delighted to have it. The centering, strike, fabric, and style are all quite good for a later tetradrachm of Roman Egypt (this is Maximian; Herakles reverse). Ex Justin Lee <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><img src="https://dw5431fsdz7sy.cloudfront.net/media/img/auction_lots/407/398063.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had a few targets among the offerings from [USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER] and had my heart set on a Diocletian abdication issue. I won this and lost the subsequent lot after a lively round of bidding.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/diocletianfollis-abdication-london-rt-jpg.1008589/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Selge AE 13mm. Because <i>Shrek</i> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. This one might be amenable to some judicious cleaning.</p><p><img src="https://dw5431fsdz7sy.cloudfront.net/media/img/auction_lots/407/398314.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is just plain <i>funny <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i>. Sure, you can buy these Nutella tokens on eBay but this one is nice and it wasn&#039;t any more expensive than eBay examples.</p><p><img src="https://dw5431fsdz7sy.cloudfront.net/media/img/auction_lots/407/398345.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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