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Pillar of the Community
United States
6130 Posts |
Still no luck on the job hunt, but money is OK right now and I would never forgive myself if I passed this one up. Got like $250 worth of coins for less than $40 in to small lots. This is my favorite: Celtic Gaul Leuci (modern day Lorraine) 1st century BC Cast potin unit Bald head left / Boar standing over three-arched hill   The Leuci were a Celtic tribe living in northern Gaul, near Belgica and Germania. Julius Caesar notes they were friendly toward the Romans, and sold wheat for his troops. It came in a holder labeling it as Gaul, but I had to check all of Wildwinds' Iberia pages before I believed it! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Congrats on the excellent deal...you definitely are good at spotting lots with gems in the rough.
Very interesting iconography on the reverse. ("Boar standing over three-arched hill") I almost expect Gamera or Godzilla to enter from the left field...
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Valued Member
Canada
266 Posts |
I bought a bunch of coins from that seller too. great deals... I bid on that lot to but you outbid me by 6 cents  should have bid more  this one was a fairly good deal, already sold one (the bottom left) for more than the lot cost me..  I also got a few other cool coins, heres a coin of Emperor Isiusiisiuisii  and a denier from Jerusaelm obverse: DE IERVSALEM Cross with two annulets reverse: AMALRICVS REX, Church of the Holy Sepulchre  Edited by arnoldoe
06/12/2017 5:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6130 Posts |
Sorry not sorry  Those are some nice ones! I saw your lot but didn't bid because I don't really collect medievals and have no idea of their value. I love that barbarous denarius though! I missed that lot- definitely would have bid for that one! This isn't the first seller I have found who sells very high quality, expensive coins in lots for an absolute pittance. The same seller had an extremely rare ($250+) pre-Mauryan punchmark coin in a lot that sold a couple weeks ago! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6130 Posts |
Also to your point, Bob, I have no clue what the hills represent here, but I was struck by the similarity to the Hindu Chaitya:  Funny how certain symbols seem to just pop up on opposite sides of the world! |
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Moderator
 United States
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I was struck by the similarity to the Hindu Chaitya Me too--that was my first thought. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
701 Posts |
LOL, the only part I recognised was the " hills " Interesting piece Finn  Strange how things happen, I was looking through the next Naumann auction listings and this popped up - https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/numis...153&l=136505Just like our buses, you wait for ever for 1 to turn up and then 2 appear. |
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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nice coins , I am happy for tour big deal.albert
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Valued Member
Australia
205 Posts |
Best of luck with the job hunt. I think you could take some comfort knowing you have spent your money on something which gives you joy and which has realisable value. You haven't thrown the money away. That is one of the advantages in coin collecting. Others burn money in pursuits of their hobby. We, as collectors, simply transfer that money into something which can be realised at any time for money. Sometimes equal, less, or greater than what we put in, but still money. Anyway, that is my rehearsed reasoning for when I get questioned at home about yet another coin purchase:)
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