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Late Roman Bronze coins / Re: What am I missing?!
« Last post by six2ten on April 01, 2024, 02:23:11 PM »I had the same thought Lech. But that still requires someone else to push the pre-bid to its maximum of course!
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Late Roman Bronze coins / Re: What am I missing?!
« Last post by Lech Stępniewski on April 01, 2024, 06:18:19 AM »Probably a mistake in pre-bid. Someone wanted to bid 12,00 = 12 euros (reasonable price for this coin) and system read it as 1,200 = 1200 euros. Just a guess.
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Late Roman Bronze coins / Re: What am I missing?!
« Last post by six2ten on March 31, 2024, 11:09:57 PM »Thanks for the confirmation! I saw it live and couldn't believe it go to 100 euros let alone 1200. I suspect there was a huge pre-bid as the bids ratcheted up instantly
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Late Roman Bronze coins / Re: What am I missing?!
« Last post by Victor on March 31, 2024, 03:07:00 PM »Common and in mediocre condition.That's insane...it must have been some incredibly uninformed people in a bidding war.
a fool and his money are soon parted
a fool and his money are soon parted
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Late Roman Bronze coins / What am I missing?!
« Last post by six2ten on March 31, 2024, 02:48:19 PM »This just realised 1200 euros, Maximinus II Antioch 71 b? Or have I missed something? 
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Resources / Re: Recent Discoveries of Tetrarchic Hoards from Roman Britain
« Last post by Heliodromus on March 31, 2024, 11:24:00 AM »Very hard to tell, especially since it's not even clear where the bust ends and therefore how much room is left for the tail end of the legend.
https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/167780/recordtype/artefacts
https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/167780/recordtype/artefacts
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Resources / Re: Recent Discoveries of Tetrarchic Hoards from Roman Britain
« Last post by Lech Stępniewski on March 31, 2024, 09:54:53 AM »I like the way the BM handled this hoard
Agree. But it's to the shame of the BM that coins from Rauceby which are on market are nice cleaned and those on BM pages are still green, dirty and poorly readable.
And as for the "Recent Discoveries...", I checked few "unlisted variants" and sometimes this attribution is made on basis of very poor specimens. For example, PAS SUSS-FDB010 (mentioned as unlisted on p. 45) has in my opinion regular obverse legend IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, not IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG. I would like to hear your opinion.
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Resources / Re: Recent Discoveries of Tetrarchic Hoards from Roman Britain
« Last post by Heliodromus on March 31, 2024, 08:34:31 AM »Interesting - I wonder if they gave preference for plate coins to ones that the BM kept ?
There must be some plate coins out in the wild though, since they have photos of every catalog number, but the "BM registration number" table seems to show that they didn't keep a specimen of every type (lots of missing catalog type/numbers).
I like the way the BM handled this hoard - seems like a good example of the UK treasure law working the way it should. The BM got first dibs in filling gaps in their collection, but let the rest go even if they were rarer types - they didn't needlessly keep duplicates.
There must be some plate coins out in the wild though, since they have photos of every catalog number, but the "BM registration number" table seems to show that they didn't keep a specimen of every type (lots of missing catalog type/numbers).
I like the way the BM handled this hoard - seems like a good example of the UK treasure law working the way it should. The BM got first dibs in filling gaps in their collection, but let the rest go even if they were rarer types - they didn't needlessly keep duplicates.
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Resources / Re: Recent Discoveries of Tetrarchic Hoards from Roman Britain
« Last post by Victor on March 30, 2024, 07:39:06 PM »I have 7 from the Rauceby hoard; but none were plate coins.
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Fakes / More Smederova Hoard types - Constantine, Licinius I & II, Maximinus II
« Last post by Heliodromus on March 30, 2024, 04:53:13 PM »It seems the same people who produced the "Smederova Hoard" fakes have made a bunch of new ones too. On eBay Germany, seller collaris-coins (1078 feedback - 100% positive) is offering multiple sets of fakes like these below.
Some of these are sloppy mules like Constantine with Fel Temp reverse, or Constantine laureate bust paired with Licinius XII~ 1/2 nummus reverse.
I'm sure some of these could be deceptive if encountered individually.
Some of these are sloppy mules like Constantine with Fel Temp reverse, or Constantine laureate bust paired with Licinius XII~ 1/2 nummus reverse.
I'm sure some of these could be deceptive if encountered individually.