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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 6474520, member: 75937"]Kunker was NUTS today. There was only one item I needed for my Faustina I collection, <a href="https://elive-auction.de/lose/100941?auktion_id=87&category=27033&order=losnummer.asc&seite=ergebnisse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://elive-auction.de/lose/100941?auktion_id=87&category=27033&order=losnummer.asc&seite=ergebnisse" rel="nofollow">this sestertius</a>. It had an estimate of 40 €, which I thought was on the low side, even considering the poor strike on the reverse. But it went for a whopping 145 €, which would have worked out to about US $220 after the buyer's fee, the currency exchange fees and shipping. Moreover, there's no telling what I would have had to bid to obtain it -- 160 €? 175 €? It's hard to say. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had to let it go early in the bidding. I decided to put the money I would have spent on this one and bought a very rare denarius of Faustina II at the Stack's & Bowers auction today instead. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258544[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 6474520, member: 75937"]Kunker was NUTS today. There was only one item I needed for my Faustina I collection, [URL='https://elive-auction.de/lose/100941?auktion_id=87&category=27033&order=losnummer.asc&seite=ergebnisse']this sestertius[/URL]. It had an estimate of 40 €, which I thought was on the low side, even considering the poor strike on the reverse. But it went for a whopping 145 €, which would have worked out to about US $220 after the buyer's fee, the currency exchange fees and shipping. Moreover, there's no telling what I would have had to bid to obtain it -- 160 €? 175 €? It's hard to say. I had to let it go early in the bidding. I decided to put the money I would have spent on this one and bought a very rare denarius of Faustina II at the Stack's & Bowers auction today instead. [ATTACH=full]1258544[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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