Ok, I'm here. Let's get this party started!
I'll start with a rarity I overpaid for at CNG recently. I had discovered some undisclosed information about the coin before the auction which fueled my excessive bidding. It is Sear plate coin and has a 1909 provenance!
Rome, The Imperators.
Manius Cordius Rufus. 46 BCE
AR Sestertius (0.73g; 11mm; 6h).
Rome mint, 46 BCE.
Obverse: MN CORD; Diademed head of Venus, facing right.
Reverse: RVFI; Cupid advancing to right, holding wreath and palm.
References: Crawford 463/5b; Sear, HCRI 67 (this coin illustrated); Sydenham 980a (R5); BMCRR 4045-48; Cordia 7; RBW 1609 (this coin illustrated).
Provenance: Ex J. de Wilde Collection [CNG 120 (12 May 2022) Lot 727]; RBW Collection [NAC 63 (17 May 2012), Lot 384]; Numismatic Fine Arts XXIV (18 Oct 1990) Lot 1348; Consul E.F. Weber Collection [Hirsch XXIV (10 May 1909) Lot 322].