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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 8054838, member: 76965&quot;]Great wins [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER]. I too looked at the Philistian imitations but was concentrating on another era entirely. Bidding was not as frenzied as I expected so most will probably feel happy about bagging a bargain. Having said that, some coins were estimated at £100 and sold for ten times the estimate. I thought the basic idea of an estimate is to at least be realistic, let&#039;s say 50-70% of actual hammer, otherwise what is the point.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did manage to get some unusual and seldom offered coins and was quite pleased. I&#039;ll post a selection here.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Kingdom of Macedon</b>, temp. Antigonos I Monophthalmos - Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Macedonia or Greece, circa 310-290 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, Phrygian helmet to left, with griffin-crest, in left field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Price 873; Müller 855 var. (helmet to right). 16.89g, 29mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395346[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt</b>, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera Æ 21mm. Damascus, dated SE 280 = 33/2 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra to right / Tyche seated to left on rock outcrop, extending hand and cradling cornucopia; LΠΣ (date) to left; below, river-god Chrysorrhoas swimming to right; all within laurel wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p>RPC I 4783; Svoronos 1893; SNG Copenhagen (Syria) 419; DCA 497; HGC 9, 1462. 9.07g, 21mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure if that is a test cut or a flan fault on the edge but there don&#039;t appear to be many in GVF quality about:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395341[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Otho</b> Æ Semis of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 69. IMP M O[THO] CAE AVG, laureate head to right / SC within circle; • above, all within wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p>McAlee 322a; RPC I 4321. 7.78g, 24mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just liked the rust toning and details on this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395348[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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