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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2869847, member: 19463&quot;]I recommend these henceforth be known as &#039;Q3Q&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This thread has more than its share of words to heed!&nbsp; I did not quote them all above.&nbsp; The big point is that it is your collection and your money.&nbsp; If you are buying for resale, frankly I don&#039;t care how you did BUT if you saw a coin that begged you to be a long term part of your family and &#039;Q&#039;s three qualifiers&#039; approved, then, I am happy for you.&nbsp; Would I have paid that for that coin?&nbsp; Certainly not, it is not something I find interesting and, conversely, I would not expect you to be willing to buy any of the coins I have paid $600+ for in my life.&nbsp; My interests are mine; yours are yours.&nbsp; IF I were interested in that coin, I probably would feel driven to get a matching B coin from Tarsos using local types rather than the Alexandrine ones.</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=303255" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=303255" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=303255</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=253458" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=253458" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=253458</a></p><p>That &#039;chain&#039; of wants is what makes this hobby expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The above is what drives me to overspend.&nbsp; The one I show too often is my Julia Domna tetradrachm showing Caracalla and Geta shaking hands and dated within a few months of Geta&#039;s murder.&nbsp; I say it is the only coin issued after Septimius died that shows both boys.&nbsp; I say I will not have another chance to buy a similar coin in what lifetime remains for me.&nbsp; I will be surprised when you show me others but I would love to see others if you know of them.&nbsp; Would I buy another?&nbsp; Maybe? Would I be interested in buying the one Alexandrian tet of Geta dated LK (Septimius died in year 19)?&nbsp; Guess. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]685537[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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