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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 7925779, member: 118780&quot;]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>We all have our coins that we&#039;re super proud of. Either they look amazing, are rare, or have particular historical significance. Or, they could be common coins that you got at a great price. However, secretly we each have some coins that are none of these.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first started collecting ancients a year ago, I made a list of the three coins I absolutely <i>had</i> to have. They were</p><ol> <li>An owl tetradrachm from Athens, because I grew up reading Plato, Aristophanes, and Sophocles.</li> <li>A lifetime tetradrachm from Alexander the Great, because he was awesome.</li> <li>An Olbian dolphin coin, because dolphins are awesome.</li> </ol><p>For the first roughly two months, I only bought from Forum Ancient Coins. They were the only ones I trusted, but they had no owls, Alexanders, or dolphins at the time. Then, I learned about auctions. At first I was distrusting, but slowly I learned that there are some reputable ones out there. The first I learned about was CNG, where I would eventually pick up my owl. However, my first auction as a participant was Savoca Blue.</p><p><br /></p><p>To my delight, there was my dolphin! And, it even looked like a dolphin! The majority of dolphins I&#039;d seen looked like they&#039;d crawled up on the beach and died fifty years ago. I <i>had</i> to have it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did what I thought was research and couldn&#039;t find any dolphins this nice. Later on, I&#039;d learn where to look. So, I placed my bid and... someone outbid me!</p><p><br /></p><p>This was <i>my</i> dolphin, how dare you! I wasn&#039;t going to let this fisherman with no respect for aquatic mammals take what should be mine. I bid again, and he responded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, at 140 Euros, he&#039;d had enough. I nervously expected to bid higher during the Live auction, but for some reason no one wanted to. The dolphin was mine!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369524[/ATTACH] </p><p>Scythia. Olbia circa 437-410 BC. Cast dolphin Æ</p><p>25 mm., 1,50 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, it didn&#039;t take me long to realize that I&#039;d paid easily three times too much for it. In fact, for what I paid I could have bought one of the larger APIXO ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, I like my dolphin, because a coin shaped like a dolphin is still IMHO one of the coolest things ever. I also like the ΘΥ abbreviation, whose meaning still vexes people today. There was some speculation that it means &quot;tunny fish&quot;, but that&#039;s since been discounted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, that&#039;s my story. Post your coins that until now you were hesitant to admit that you paid so much, and the healing process can begin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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