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I got a few coins 😁

2 hours ago, kirispupis said:

I've bought with Leu several times. They're absolutely reputable in terms of their coins.

However, I second the recommendation to be careful what you bid. Prices do go high here, so be prepared to pay the absolute maximum for a target.

The second thing is they have funky bidding rules. Say the current bid is 300 and you put in a max bid of 500. Someone can steal the coin with a last minute bid of 501 because your max bid is only "placed" at the last moment, when it's necessary. Most other auction houses limit bids to the increments, and this is one facet that makes Leu one of the least enjoyable to bid.

For these reasons, I only bid on coins at Leu that are extremely high priorities and I doubt I'll find again for some time.

Wow, that is pretty nasty, good to know.

59 minutes ago, Hesiod said:

I work in software working on user facing interfaces. I would consider this a bug, every time, though not a particularly high priority one to fix.

Bugs are unexpected user behavior. And no, the autofill issue isn't to be blamed soley on the browser. Modern websites do it just fine. 

But the biggest issue is what happened to OP -- unexpectedly, I can't view any lots! And these are users who have accounts and are likely to buy coins from you. Fixing either of these subissues would resolve the problem; which particular subissue you fix isn't awfully important.

Yeah, I don't particularly want to argue about what is a bug or a feature or whose fault it really is, but as somebody who uses web shops, bad functionality is the first thing that usually tips me off that something is not right. I have literally never seen something like this, but if a link leads nowhere (such as clicking on page 2) I start getting very concerned.

Anyways, thanks for the help, hopefully I can snag some nice coins at the upcoming auction! 😀

4 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

You mean this effect...

If I have "Tetradrachm" in the search field and go Site 2 - I get this...

 

But if I have stupid things (with AutoFill perhaps) in the search field and go site 2, then...

 

This is what you mean?

Yes, and the bug is that it automatically fills in your login info, so for me it filled my email there, that is why I could not go to page 2.

2 minutes ago, AussieCollector said:

Reputable, but be careful how you bid.

Never have I seen with any other auction house bids seemingly always increasing to within a bid or half a bid of your max bid for a coin you win.

Every. Time.

Thanks, I will keep that in mind.

9 minutes ago, Hesiod said:

This is a year old leu bug. I've reported to them this bug months ago, and they haven't fixed it. What is happening is the username autofill for saved browser logins is going into the search field for on the left (cut off in the screenshot), and they haven't set up their website properly for pagination. So it's searching your login username for coins, and looking for page 2. To fix this, make sure all the fields on the left side of the screen (search and lot number) are empty before clicking on a new page.

Frankly, it's a very amateur website.

5 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Sorry - can't confirm that.

I have test this at this moment.

- Mac with macOS Ventura + Safari, Edge, Chrome
- iPad with Safari
- ThinkPad T470 Windows 11 + Edge, Chrome

I have no bug - I can make a video - its absolute fast.

If it was a general bug - it will be a bug for all Windows/Chrome or Mac/Chrome Computers.

Actually, this was the bug. I deleted my autofill from the website and it instantly fixed it lol.

I will be honest, it is beyond bonkers that this bug exists and that it is apparently a year old, but I guess that fixes my issue?

Thanks guys!

3 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Leu is one of THE most reputable auction houses.

Of course, it can always happen - with any company - that a website has an error. But this does not immediately have anything to do with the reputation of the company. Sometimes web servers go haywire because some bug has crept in. Happens.

However, I have spent a lot of time on the Leu website the last few days - once for my own purchases and the wish lists of my customers. In other words, I've been browsing all sorts of pages.

I have also just tried out your error.

But everything works fine here.

Mac computer Safari = ok
Mac computer Edge = ok
Mac computer Chrome = ok
iPad Safari = ok

Everything works fine for me. I can even switch back and forth between pages every second - the content loads immediately. So it must be your system - otherwise it wouldn't work for me either. 

Thanks for the checkin. I am using a gaming laptop with chrome, and I mean it is not amazing but I don't usually have something like this (also, the same happens on my phone with chrome). Maybe this is a chrome thing? Just to be clear, https://leunumismatik.com/en/auction is the correct website, right? I am not on some kind of phishing link?

There are a ton of coins that I like, and according to /r/ancientcoins they are one of the top auction houses

But if I go to the main auction section: https://leunumismatik.com/en/auction and go to the second page, the website already cannot handle it and gives up, it cannot handle going to page 2 unless you change the categories or change the sort by section. Furthermore, the search tool for some reason automatically fills in my email (what the hell), and the auction itself is hard to filter through in general.

So could somebody reassure me and tell me that things are alright? There are some really nice coins there that I would love to bid on, but the whole presentation is kinda sketchy.

6 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Countermark. For example, here's one of Trajan from that city.

Trajan, AD 98-117.
Roman Provincial Æ 29 mm, 15.86 g, 12 h.
Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, AD 115-116.
Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ, laureate head, right. Countermark: laurel branch in incuse rectangle, Howgego 378 (69 sp.).
Rev: S·C in laurel wreath; Є below.
Refs: RPC III 3616; cf. BMC 20, p. 185, 286 (with same countermark); Wruck 196; McAlee 489(e).

That is cool! Do we know which city the countermark is from?

Found on MA-Shop, is this a mintmark?

Thanks @LONGINUS

6 minutes ago, Ocatarinetabellatchitchix said:

Don’t worry about the Postumus ant, it’s not BD; it’s called intra auricular cerumen.

Ok, this did make me chuckle.

20 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

They look ok. The green looks like it has been there a long time. If you cleaned them you might actually cause bd.

The top one is billon, so might be less likely to get bd anyway. I don’t know what the bottom coin is (not Roman Imperial anyway) but it might not be bronze either.

It is a bronze Greek from Amisos, I just posted it here because it was easier to make 1 post.

18 minutes ago, ewomack said:

What I've heard from others more experienced than me on this forum - if it's crumbly (i.e., breaks apart when prodded with a toothpick) it could be BD. If it's solid it's likely malachite and fine.

But I would wait for people more experienced in such things than me to chime in first.

Thanks for the input, I will try to see tomorrow.

2 minutes ago, Kali said:

Top coin, it looks fine, just a hard deposit.

The second coin, the photos are a bit blurry/bad to even tell.

Sorry the lighting sucks, and the coins are small so that was the best I could do. I will try again in the morning with some natural light. Thanks for reassuring about the first coin I was really worried about that one!

Near the ears and on the bottom left of the coin looks kinda worrying.

Sorry for the terrible crop-jobs, I tried doing it on mobile and it does not look good I know.

51 minutes ago, shanxi said:

The countermarks on the Side coins are quite common, You will find them frequently on the coins of Side.

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2588169

 

The small marks on the Athens tetradrachms are usually called bankers marks.

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3345953

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4739237

 

 

And the fragement is also not unusual. It is called "Hacksilber"

e.g. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9817474

 

Thanks for the answer, it is pretty cool that these coins have a specific history attached to them like that. Especially that hacksilber being broken up in antiquity.

I think I might bid on the owl fragment.

I am new, does anyone know what those stamps are on the coins? And are fragments like this owl legit? Idk it just seems like it broke too perfectly to be asthetically pleasing with the owl.

All come from Biddr, Biga Numismatics auction, any experience with them?

Thanks!