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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3198683, member: 84744&quot;]Three great coins, congrats!&nbsp; That Lydia bronze is incredibly appealing, and the Elagabalus portrait is fantastic.&nbsp; Nice reverse type too, limited to him.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think with Leu it is better to register directly at leunumismatik.com and bid there.&nbsp; That way you get immediate updates on where the bidding is.&nbsp; (Their auctions are timed, just like CNG&#039;s.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I was super excited that they were offering a huge collection of 3rd century middle bronzes (&quot;the GG collection&quot;).&nbsp; I am after a type set of Sev Alex middle bronzes (and Mamaea and Orbiana), plus at least one from each earlier and later emperor in that century.&nbsp; These are not that easy to come by!&nbsp; I picked up a few in the sale.&nbsp; (Probably too many... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>My favourite and the one I most wanted is this one, which is very rare and was issued upon Sev Alex being proclaimed emperor &amp; giving his first donative:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827352[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I also picked up an Elagabalus issued around the same time as your denarius.&nbsp; It&#039;s hard to find 3rd c. middle bronzes of this quality.&nbsp; The type is also very rare:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827355[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>... plus a number of others.&nbsp; It was a great sale for me![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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