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Was today at a general auction which had a few coin lots in it and picked up two lots, here one with Roman coins:   The coins were without any attribution in the sleeves of a sheet, safeguarded with a strip of tesa. What did I pay (including buyers premium)? Also, anyone have an idea re the little silver coin on the top? The other lot was (shame on me  ) an NCLT 50 Cent 2012 Tuvala (1/2 oz silver, coloured coin with Koalas, from Perth Mint) - just wanted to get one (!) of those coloured coins.  Not going to show a picture of that one, but you are welcome to guess what I paid for that as well. Edited by Medieval
12/11/2014 11:52 pm
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45 bucks...I'm bad at these things.
I really want to know what that little silver coins is however!
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Looks like these were all cleaned by electrolysis, that's too bad there are some nice coins there. No more that $35.
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all cleaned by electrolysis Doubt it, yes all cleaned (and not the best way) but only the Gallienus has seen very harsh treatment - my guess: some sort of acid. Edited by Medieval
12/12/2014 03:35 am
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I like the fact that you used a white background, gave me an idea to use next time I take pictures of my coins...
and I am going to guess at least $150.00 including the little silver coin?
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Actually, it's just a simple scan on a cheap multi-function printer - at 100 dpi to keep the image below 100k.
Btw, welcome to this corner of CCF - maybe you get (or are already) interested in coins discussed here.
Note: Waiting for some others to make a guess/estimate, will disclose it not later than at the end of the weekend.
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Thank you medieval, I appreciate your welcome, and there's a lot of cool topics here... I'm learning a lot in the process :)
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I love the diversity of type and denomination in this lot. I think anything in the $60 range would be a steal for this lot.
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In the meantime I have been able to fully attribute 9 of the coins and yes, it is as 'Biancasdad' said quite a diversity. The three coins with some doubt are:   Quite sure that it is Elagabalus with Libertas reverse, RIC#107. Anyone want to comment on that one?   My best assumption is that it is close to Julia Maesa with Pudicitia reverse, RIC#15b,A (or at least close to it in RIC) Here too, any comment welcome.   No clue on this one so far.  |
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Waiting for our United Kingdom members to chime in.
Anyone has a comment on the three coins in the last post?
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Solved one more for good, after a bit of brushing up and staring at it through a loupe:  Unusual legend break, Wildwinds has the As RIC#703 with that legend break and the right reverse (Venus Felix), unfortunately the Sestertii have all a different legend break, so have to go into RIC. |
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15 bucks, I have no idea really.
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A little more patience, it's not even midnight in the UK yet.
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