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Message:: [QUOTE="Romancollector, post: 3897001, member: 106319"]Your coin is a wonderful specimen!!! I totally get the feeling....I believe I overpaid for my Herennius Etruscus sestertius. When I initially saw it at the Morris collection auction on Heritage I knew I had to have it. However, on the day of the auction, I was shocked that the price was already so high. I attempted bidding, but the price went over the maximum I was willing to pay. I was devastated because I didn't think I would encounter another example of the same quality. When I saw the exact same coin a few months later at a CNG auction I was ecstatic and I figured that I was willing to pay a bit more for the coin should it be necessary. After a bidding war with another individual, I won the coin and ended up paying over $300 more than it sold for at Heritage (when you include the buyer's fees). Initially, I was ok with that because I really wanted the coin. However, in the next auction the same type of coin (which is not exactly common) with a slighter lower quality obverse (IMO) sold for less than half of the price I paid. When I looked for the winner's handle (before CNG's new format) it turned out to be the same individual who drove up the price on my coin. Needless to say, I wish that I continued to bid when the coin was originally at Heritage...but I guess you win some and lose some.[/QUOTE]