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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8053943, member: 118780&quot;]I&#039;m not sure if I want to jump for joy or cry after today&#039;s Roma auction. On the one hand, it went very well. On the other hand, it went a bit <i>too</i> well...</p><p><br /></p><p>I wound up bidding on seven coins. Five of those were key coins in my &quot;Philip II, Alexander III, and the Era of the Diadochi&quot; series. Two others just seemed kind of cool, so I couldn&#039;t resist. Because I didn&#039;t want to get up at 5 AM, and because I didn&#039;t want to stress with any bidding wars, I just put what I felt were &#039;competitive&#039; bids for each the night before.</p><p><br /></p><p>I won all five of the &#039;series&#039; coins, and lost the two I just thought were cool. However, I didn&#039;t really think I&#039;d win all those coins, and all of the winning bids were close to or at my max. It&#039;s a good thing, but I&#039;ll probably need to cool it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two I didn&#039;t expect to win.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394952[/ATTACH] </p><p>I&#039;ve gone for a Balakros several times and lost. I&#039;m not really sure which is the obverse and reverse here (auctions themselves can&#039;t seem to decide), but what really drew me to it was the centering and sharpness of the portrait. IMHO, this is the quintessential Persian coin, even though it was likely minted after Alexander&#039;s conquest. The other side is off-center but still nice. I won this at my max, and was surprised it didn&#039;t go higher.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394953[/ATTACH] </p><p>Pixodaros tried to marry his daughter to Philip III. When Alexander found out, he offered himself instead, until Philip II put an end to it.</p><p>His coins can go into the stratosphere price-wise depending on the quality. I felt this one has a nice balance of being rough enough to not go too high, but still beautiful.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also picked up two more tets.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394955[/ATTACH] </p><p>My attribution for this one may be a bit shaky, but I&#039;m keeping it. My understanding is Antigenes, the captain of the Silver Shields, received the satrapy of Susa right after Alexander&#039;s death. Since this coin is attributed to 322-320 BCE Susa, it would seem to be attributed to him - though I&#039;ve never seen anyone do it. Well, this is my Antigenes coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394956[/ATTACH] </p><p>I probably got a bit too carried away with this one. It&#039;s attributed to Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I. The Archon and Dokimos attributes were what I cared about most. I like that the coin&#039;s in great condition (good very fine according to Roma). Realistically, I should have picked up a less expensive copy though, but this should still look great in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fifth coin is a surprise. All I&#039;ll say is it&#039;s one that made me go &quot;hmmm...&quot; and therefore it&#039;ll receive its own post when it arrives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your own recent wins (Roma or other)...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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