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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7308682, member: 110226"]Ah well, this is where human adaptation and know-how can be useful. </p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom feeder approach to these auctions might be useful, if one has flexibility and an interest in a wider range of ancients. Those are prerequisites. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes good buys are available in post auction sales. True, most of these lots are coins that did not appeal, for a variety of reasons, to any bidders and thus did not garner a single bid. Knowledge and opportunity are the key ingredients.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2020, a Parthenian tetradrachm of Orodes II was a post-auction sale lot in a Roma auction. It is crude, cleaned and not terribly attractive, due in large part to the overstrike, but it is a historically important and rare coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, the coinage of Parthia is not everyone's cup of tea, but, if one is open to picking up a coin outside one's sphere of interests, the possibilities of still buying coins whose prices do not require a home equity loan greatly increase, even in this hyper market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lot 686, Roma E-Sale 68</p><p>Post auction sale price: £74.40, approximately $98 at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277734[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7308682, member: 110226"]Ah well, this is where human adaptation and know-how can be useful. The bottom feeder approach to these auctions might be useful, if one has flexibility and an interest in a wider range of ancients. Those are prerequisites. Sometimes good buys are available in post auction sales. True, most of these lots are coins that did not appeal, for a variety of reasons, to any bidders and thus did not garner a single bid. Knowledge and opportunity are the key ingredients. In 2020, a Parthenian tetradrachm of Orodes II was a post-auction sale lot in a Roma auction. It is crude, cleaned and not terribly attractive, due in large part to the overstrike, but it is a historically important and rare coin. Now, the coinage of Parthia is not everyone's cup of tea, but, if one is open to picking up a coin outside one's sphere of interests, the possibilities of still buying coins whose prices do not require a home equity loan greatly increase, even in this hyper market. Lot 686, Roma E-Sale 68 Post auction sale price: £74.40, approximately $98 at the time. [ATTACH=full]1277734[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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