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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7721149, member: 19463&quot;]I believe you ID on the Flavius Victor is correct but I really do not advise buying coins whose ID is based on a &#039;probably&#039; .&nbsp; Mine is a coin of Arles.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323738[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps there is some comparison to be made in style with my AE4 of Magnus Maximus from Aquileia. I think I see the AQ on yours. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323739[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Both of my coins came from a LCS in a city where I will never again visit.&nbsp; The owner of the shop was very full of himself and explained that his good prices resulted from a widow who was bringing in her husbands coins a few at a time and he was buying them cheaply.&nbsp; I felt a little guilty buying from the man but his attitude freed me from feeling obligated from correcting his several misattributions.&nbsp; I would like to have met the deceased collector.&nbsp; Judging from what was there, I suspect he knew how to tell who was on a coin (by reading the legends) but did not see labeling his trays as necessary. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was relieved to receive notice that the seven bids I placed in 106 Blue were all exceeded. Those coins all struck me as well worth having but I plan no further contact with the seller.&nbsp; After I had bid, I sent the following note to their info address.&nbsp; It refers to this lot:</p><p><a href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/savoca/browse?a=1829&amp;l=1990251" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/savoca/browse?a=1829&amp;l=1990251" rel="nofollow">https://www.biddr.com/auctions/savoca/browse?a=1829&amp;l=1990251</a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I believe you will find that lot 636 was issued by Faustina II whose given name was also Annia Faustina but rarely used on coins.&nbsp; The bid level suggests someone thinks this is the rare one of the wife of Elagabalus. I suggest you check this before making an unhappy buyer.&nbsp;&nbsp; I do not expect you to take my word for this but suggest you look at:</span></p><p><i><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=faustina+thunderbolt&amp;category=1-2&amp;lot=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=faustina+thunderbolt&amp;category=1-2&amp;lot=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=faustina+thunderbolt&amp;category=1-2&amp;lot=&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;images=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0</span></a></i></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">One of the several listed there was in Savoca silver 93 lot 344 </span></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7731803" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7731803" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000ff">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7731803</span></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cilicia. Diokaisareia. Annia Faustina <span style="color: #b30000"><b>AD 221</b></span>.</p><p>Bronze Æ</p><p>24 mm, 12,45 g</p><p>nearly very fine</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I received a very pleasant reply from them disputing my correction even though one of the correctly identified lots I quoted was in their own Silver auction earlier this year.&nbsp; I very rarely bid in sales overseas anymore but thought I would make an exception here due to good reviews from Coin Talk members.&nbsp; I expect coin dealers to offer interesting coins as well as being honest, pleasant and knowledgeable.&nbsp; That is how they earn their buyers fees.&nbsp;&nbsp; This house qualified on the first three.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Several times, I have shown my Faustina II (below) here on Coin Talk but I do not expect anyone to take my amateur opinion at face value.&nbsp; That is why I quoted the Savoca Silver coin.&nbsp; Eight different bidders ran this relatively common coin up to a 240 Euro hammer.&nbsp; Someone now has the honor of paying for it.&nbsp; Seven got lucky. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH=full]1323742[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Theirs was &quot;nearly very fine&quot;?&nbsp; I previously considered mine a decent Fine due to wear on the portrait.&nbsp; I now feel justified calling it &#039;Gem Proof&#039;.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; This is a minor matter.&nbsp; Selling a wife of Marcus as a wife of Elagabalus?&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000">See the online RPC:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4972" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4972" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4972</a> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">If you are going to dispute a traditional attribution (<b>Sear Greek Imperials</b> 1793 where it is illustrated), at least list a comment on the question rather than just listing the date of the more desirable coin. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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