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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3204721, member: 76086&quot;]An interesting thread.&nbsp; As I buy coins for my collection purely by emotion (these days anyway), many fall into this category and as there are so many I can only post a few here.&nbsp; When to buy is easy, when you have the money.&nbsp; When to back off, well, for me its about whether or not I feel I will find another that will elicit the same feelings as the one I am currently viewing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla AE29 of Tarsus in Cilicia:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]830253[/ATTACH] When I first saw this coin I simply fell in love with it.&nbsp; I had never seen anything like it before with Artemis in the act of killing the deer.&nbsp; It is an incredibly dramatic coin and I have only seen one other example in the 25 years since I have owned it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III AE35 of Antioch in Pisidia.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]830254[/ATTACH] </p><p>I bought this from Tom Cederlind a few years back.&nbsp; I loved the medallic flan, the smooth patina and the reverse type.&nbsp; He had not researched it yet but knew it was rare and asked a huge price, one of which he was shocked that I paid.&nbsp; Turns out the be much rarer that both of us suspected.</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina Sr. As.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]830255[/ATTACH] </p><p>This came to CNG after Tom Cederlind passed away (he bought it from them just a few months before he died).&nbsp; Not the greatest flan in the world but a lovely portrait and patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian Hexachalkon of Antioch in Seleucis &amp; Pieria.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]830256[/ATTACH] </p><p>I had never seen this type before and with the crazy turreted hat on Tyche I knew I had to have it.&nbsp; Right after I bought this I noticed 2 or 3 more offered, I assume they came from the same group.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian Sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]830257[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Whats not to love about this coin?&nbsp; A large flan, pretty good legends and a wonderful patina with a nice reverse type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucius Verus AE19 of Coela in Thrace.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]830258[/ATTACH] </p><p>A neat type, not great legends but but an interesting and unpublished example.&nbsp; The dolphins swimming on the prow are what got me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Athenian tetradrachm.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]830260[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone can have these, from crummy to mint state.&nbsp; But I liked the test cut, which had nearly cut the coin in half.&nbsp; When I got it the pieces were movable, almost making Athena &#039;speak&#039; if moving the halves up and down.&nbsp; It since came in two pieces, but a little Elmers glue has held it in place for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are more, many more![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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