Late Roman Bronze Coins

General discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Heliodromus on February 28, 2021, 10:17:32 AM

Title: What were they thinking ?
Post by: Heliodromus on February 28, 2021, 10:17:32 AM

A couple of eye-popping results from this morning's Leu 15 auction:

 

$915 with the juice for this one (lot 2195)

 

$978 for this one (lot 2196)

Maybe the bidders thought it was Rembini or Zimbabwean dollars, not CHF ?

Some nice coins, but I couldn't stomach the fake patina on many of them (which only lot # 2158 mentioned).

Title: Re: What were they thinking ?
Post by: Victor on February 28, 2021, 11:42:47 AM

A fool and his money...it seems crazy, but whoever bought them is probably wealthy. Years from now they will wind up selling again for $75.  ::)

Title: Re: What were they thinking ?
Post by: Heliodromus on March 01, 2021, 10:12:27 AM

Mystery solved !  ;D