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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;waterfallice, post: 7561339, member: 119337&quot;]This is an awesome story! I had a nearly identical experience in my first auction buying a similar Attica Athens tetradracham (the one as my Avatar). I was simply browsing Heritage April Ancients auction trying to get a feel for how it works and to just enjoy looking at some pretty coins. Not knowing anything about ancient coins I simply fell in love with the big-eyed owl and overall form of these. I went through every option, tossed aside the obvious high-rollers and made a couple of early bids on a few &quot;modest&quot; ones. They were quickly outbid well above my comfort zone but I did land on one in XF that appealed to me and I figured I&#039;d focus on that and go for it. I don&#039;t know what real collectors of these look for but I actually enjoy the extra material on the edges of the reverse and the relative large field above Athena&#039;s forehead. I went into the auction the high bidder and made one additional bid live and much to my surprise managed to get it for under $600 with BP. What a rush. I didn&#039;t realize it at the time, but it later came to me unslabbed. I didn&#039;t think they would auction them like this but I&#039;m thrilled as I can hold it in my hands. I might send it in eventually but will enjoy it free and wild for a bit more. I also need to educate myself more on this coin, it&#039;s history and what the heck all the numbers at the end of the description mean. It may be the only ancient I ever buy but it will always be favorite coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303716[/ATTACH] </p><p>ATTICA. Athens. Ca. 440-404 BC. AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.21 gm, 1h). XF, brushed. Mid-mass coinage issue. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll / AΘE, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig with berry and crescent moon behind, all within incuse square. HGC 4, 1597. SNG Copenhagen 31-40. Kroll 8.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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