SteveJBrinkman

OK, I didn't do so well on this. My final score was 43% winnings. "H:" is the hammer price. My main weakness was over-estimating some of these. All denarii unless otherwise indicated Heritage Sale 3105 Lot 32066 – Denarius – Julius Caesar – Feb-Mar 44 BC RRC 480/6 -$26,000 H: 19,000 Won New York Sale #57 Lot 146 – Denarius – Antony & Octavian – 41BC - $5,100 H: $5250 - Won Triton XXVI Lot 601 – Denarius Sulla - $2,800 – H:2750 - Won Lot 602 – Poblicius - $2,900 – H: $1150 - Won Lot 632 – Brutus - $14,700 – H: 16000 – Lost Lot 633 – Ahenobarbus - $6500 – H: 4,250 - won Lot 637 – Marc Antony - $10,500 – H: 6,000 Lost Lot 651 – Mark Antony Legion IX - $6,200 – H: $8500 - Lost Lot 688 – Tiberius - $4,300 – H: $2000 - won Lot 1246 – Elizabeth Pattern Shilling – $21,000 – H: $1,1000 won

Interesting, Neither Nomos nor Leu have a fixed price section on their websites. I guess it will be a mystery until we get there.

Here are my max bids. All denarii unless otherwise indicated. Heritage Sale 3105 Lot 32066 – Denarius – Julius Caesar – Feb-Mar 44 BC RRC 480/6 ----$26,000 New York Sale #57 Lot 146 – Denarius – Antony & Octavian – 41BC - $5,100 Triton XXVI Lot 601 – Denarius Sulla - $2,800 Lot 602 – Poblicius - $2,900 Lot 632 – Brutus - $14,700 Lot 633 – Ahenobarbus - $65,00 Lot 637 – Marc Antony - $10,500 Lot 651 – Mark Antony Legion IX - $6,200 Lot 688 – Tiberius - $4,300 Lot 1246 – Elizabeth I Pattern Shilling – $21,000

Bill, I am in the same quandary about how much cash to bring. I believe most of the larger enterprises will accept credit cards, and US dealers should accept personal checks. As a last resort you could offer to do a Wise bank transfer and have the dealer hold and ship the coin when they have confirmed receipt. Ultimately, they want to make the sale and will work with you on how to pay it. As far as negotiating the price, I've rarely paid the asking price at a show and I've always asked "what is your best price" and engaged in a reasonable back and forth arriving at the final price if I really want the coin. As I recall, I negotiated the price on each of the five coins I purchased at the NYINC in 2020. Three of the five coins were European dealers.

@idesofmarch01 It's an interesting game with no prizes so the honor system is probably appropriate, but when will we compile the results, and how? Should we message you our bids?

@Romancollector This is among the finest anonymous denarii I've seen. Although it is a common variety of RRC 44/5, this degree of centering and the overall condition is extremely rare in these early denarii.

I will be there on Friday and Saturday. This will be my 2nd attendance and it is really the premiere show for ancient and foreign collectors. I regret that I did not plan to spend the extra $125 for the Thursday bourse but the Friday and Saturday bourse was good for me the last time. I last attended in 2020 - the onset of the pandemic. I bought only one coin on Friday, an "H" quinarius in my specialty of early Roman Silver (see image below). After the first day, I was feeling like I would walk away with nothing else (except a book and an extra Abafil tray that I needed for swapping things around.). The second day, I found four more coins that are among the finest in my collection. I wouldn't say these were bargains but I would say they would bring more at auction today than what I paid for them. So yes, I will be there and look forward to seeing some of my long time friends and hopefully some friends I will meet anew from this and other forums. Here are the coins I purchased in the 2020 NYINC .

@akeadyVery nice selection for 2022. Important historical coins and a lot of variety. I like the Siculo-Punic tetradrachm but the Brutus denarius is a fine example too. Keep showing your Irish coins. I have had an interest in Irish numismatics since I visited Ireland nearly 40 years ago, but I have only a very few insignificant examples.

@AncientJoe I look forward to your top 10 list every year and was glad to see this year is as awesome as prior years. Thanks for taking the time to share.

If the player's max turns out to be the exact hammer price, is it a win?

This was an interesting quick read from Colleconline where I catalog my collection. Only one of the most expensive collectibles in this blog is a coin but the context was interesting to me as a collector. https://www.colleconline.com/en/blog/282/top-14-most-expensive-collectibles-in-the-world#titre1

@antwerpen2306 The GR issue is notoriously poorly engraved in excruciatingly crude style. You have one of the few that has a fine style obverse. Nice coin.

@antwerpen2306, you are forming a fine collection of early Roman denarii.

Great year Donna. It appears you've become quite discriminating in the quality of your acquisitions. The Memmius and the Cotta in particular are outstanding and worthy of the finest collection.

This quinarius is RRC 68/2, characterized by a single gryphon tuft - "horn" on the back of the helmet. Very few cataloguers get these attributions right. NAC is probably the best so its surprising that Naville, a subsidiary of NAC misattributed this coin. Understandably, most auctions have hundreds of lots and the cataloguers can't spend a lot of time with attribution of these relatively inexpensive anonymous denarii. Your staff denarius, RRC 112/2a is a relatively scarce coin in any grade. I do not have one in my collection.

I'm in. A good way to practice precision bidding.

@antwerpen2306, You are welcome. I must credit my collaborator Pierluigi Debernardi who is the qualified expert on this area of numismatics.

Donna, Your Memmius is Marvelous.

Here is an array of Crawford 44 varieties, denarii and fractions.

Here is my example of Cr. 47/1, Purchased from Ed Waddell, August of 2010:

The early denarii and its fractions with the dioscuri on the reverse have been my passion for a number of years. I think I would classify this very nice quinarius as Crawford 47/1 based on the visor style and especially the overall reverse style. Probably contemporary with Cr. 44/6 but from a different mint. Crawford's plate examples of this are of rather aberant variations. For some reason I can't post an image of my 47/1 so will post this and try in a subsequent post.

I've been a regular customer for CNG for many decades and except for early on, I only get sporadic printed catalogs. I was happy to receive the Triton. XXVI catalog and the calendar. Not sure what triggers a mailing? Years ago, I was told it was a purchase threshold but I've received some in years when I was somewhat dormant and not received them in some years when I had significant purchases. CNG's formula for shipping printed catalogs appears to be... Complicated.

Fantastic coin with unusually magnificent obverse style and great pedigree: Ex Aureo & Calico Alba Longa sale November 2018, Then Roma XVIII the following year.

To prevent mint workers from doing this is one of the explanations for Roman Republican Serates.

Thanks. I didn't realize this.