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markbaer Valued Member Canada 242 Posts	Posted 08/14/2015 4:42 pm Hah well I'm either a sucker for punishment, or lucky this week... Two coins from the same auction house, on the block tomorrow - another Caligula AE, and a Hadrian sestertius...I pasted in pics blown up from screen grabs below (this time with both sides). Any thoughts about either of these? Report this Post to the Staff
markbaer Valued Member Canada 242 Posts	Posted 08/14/2015 4:44 pm Sorry...if the pics aren't clear...the first 2 are of the Caligula, and the second 2 are of the Hadrian. Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 08/15/2015 2:27 pm Not really much to write home about are they. While I am of the honest opinion that one can never have too many Caligulas around the house, I would not want too spend too much on this one. The best you can say it is decent and almost certainly genuine ! My advice is stay very conservative on price. No more than $30 tops ! Hadrian is tough to ID and the condition is not the best ........... A twenty dollar bill is the most I would go. Report this Post to the Staff
markbaer Valued Member Canada 242 Posts	Posted 08/16/2015 03:08 am Thanks FR - I put in max bids of $25 for each in the end...I was either outbid or the coin was 'passed'...I'm glad that I didn't go higher on this! We're heading to an antique market today - apparently a number of booths with coins. I wouldn't trust myself enough to differentiate fakes from authentic, but it'll be interesting nonetheless to see what they have...! Edited by markbaer 08/16/2015 10:41 am Report this Post to the Staff
markbaer Valued Member Canada 242 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 10:56 pm It took a while, but I finally received that coin - looks like some damage on the reverse. Hopefully I didn't overpay too much though...! the pics aren't great - they're through hard plastic, and with a slow shutter speed (with me holding the camera as steady as I could...). Report this Post to the Staff
markbaer Valued Member Canada 242 Posts	Posted 08/25/2015 10:59 pm It looks a fair bit better in the hand though ...the relief is much greater than it appears based upon the photos that I took... Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 08/26/2015 03:24 am If you can take a photo like that of this coin then the auction place are really not doing the best they can to achieve a price. The first photo you posted I thought "good grief, I can't see much detail on that" but the one you have posted shows the coin in rather better shape than I had imagined. If as you say it is better in hand then I imagine you are quite pleased with this one :) Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 08/26/2015 05:42 am Honest opinion ? If the reverse were near as good as the obverse I would say it is a (retail) $300 plus coin. Unfortunately the reverse is a problem. You did overpay my friend ....... but not as badly as it might at first seem. The reverse still has some sharp details and is not a total loss. The scar or wound makes it somewhat problematic. Still I am sure it would retail well over $100 (US) and probably in the 150 range plus minus. You took a chance but did not lose everything ........ It is a dynamite portrait of Caligula ! Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 08/26/2015 05:45 am The news gets better ! I just realized (not so bright at 5:44AM) that you paid $200 Canadian ! The price is about retail It could have been soooo much worse. The coin will look very handsome laid out in a nice row of Julio Claudians. Lets face it ...... with Caligula it is his charming visage that counts the most ! You have acquired a beautiful portrait of him, Much nicer than ones most of your fellow collectors have to admire. Edited by FVRIVS RVFVS 08/26/2015 05:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 08/26/2015 06:08 am Wrong thread David but I appreciate the sentiments ! Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 08/26/2015 06:13 am Yeah, thought I was going mad... looked back and thought "that looks severely off-topic" So back to the coin it probably deserves some dancing fruit. Report this Post to the Staff
markbaer Valued Member Canada 242 Posts	Posted 08/26/2015 06:54 am Thanks guys... I'm guessing that they intentionally didn't originally post the reverse on the site because of the damage (vs for most other coins they have pics of both sides)! Ahh well...at least I didn't overpay too much! Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 08/26/2015 07:09 am Correction ! You paid about regular retail Of course at auction one likes to pay less than retail but we have all gone too far in auctions. I probably would have taken the same chance. You got a dynamite portrait so you should not feel too bad Of course 'stealing' it for $100 would have been better But such is life ! Report this Post to the Staff
markbaer Valued Member Canada 242 Posts	Posted 08/26/2015 7:18 pm Thanks FR - I had hoped that not showing the other side online was laziness....but I'm guessing that it was intentional in retrospect! Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4971 Posts	Posted 08/26/2015 10:47 pm that pic looks SO MUCH BETTER markbaer! i'd get that thing out of the capsule fast and make sure none of that green stuff on the reverse was BD however. Report this Post to the Staff
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