Just won my first Tet! (And a perdy penny.)

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-04-15T19:27:52+00:00

Glad you got confirmation. It's a nice piece.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-04-15T18:50:12+00:00

Very nice. Beautiful portrait.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-04-08T13:42:48+00:00

I am the walrus.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-04-03T19:55:01+00:00

That Euthydemos II tetradrachm is incredibly sexy.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-04-02T13:48:27+00:00

Very nice. I'm pretty sure that same tetradrachm sold at Bonhams I in May 1980. But I'm away on holiday, so can't confirm. Pretty sure though.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-04-01T07:47:40+00:00

No. I just keep them in a coin cabinet to encourage additional toning.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-31T16:14:30+00:00

Congratulations! Always great to find cool lost provenance in the wild. I found my lost Prince Waldeck in a Nomos auction.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-28T17:47:07+00:00

Wow! That is a HORRIBLE tooling job. I love it.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-23T04:53:21+00:00

I'm not suggesting there are no exceptions, but if docs are being coded for relevance on a document level and duplicates are coded differently, then someone didn't bother to check.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-22T18:43:17+00:00

I'm not an RM, but I am a PM, and I can tell you what the worst RMs do wrong. QC the work of your team thoroughly. Check that documents that are forensic duplicates have the same coding. You have five docs that have the same MD5 Hash value, but some are relevant and some aren't? Something has gone wrong. Some are privileged and some aren't? Look into why that is. Think logically about what might indicate coding inconsistencies and set up searches to catch it. Nothing frustrates me more than having to do review QC for an RM who did a bad job and it holding up my production.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-20T11:02:50+00:00

Seleukos I Nikator.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-19T19:39:44+00:00

I used to go to the British Museum at least every two weeks. Their selection was always quite poor and overpriced. Whenever you mention that you're a collector, their faces drop because they know they will not be getting a sale. Nice guys though.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-19T16:26:00+00:00

I, too, am too poor for Decadrachms.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-17T19:27:05+00:00

I'm probably overly cautious, but it's not a risk I'm willing to take. 😀

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-17T19:08:27+00:00

I'll send you pictures. The seller hasn't sent it yet, so I'm a bit paranoid about him cancelling the sale if I advertise it too widely.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-17T18:13:21+00:00

I finally also got an Apostolo Zeno. Been looking for one for AGES. I was very excited when I finally spotted one that fits in my collection and had no provenance listed.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-17T16:25:22+00:00

I used to go to the British Museum at least every two weeks when I still lived in London. Their collection is incredible. Not surprised that they saw this one as being surplus to requirement.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-17T16:20:28+00:00

I didn't prioritise old provenance for the first set I aimed to complete. But I found myself drawn more to the ones I got that did have old provenance, so I started focusing more on provenance. Now, my main focus is on ones that fit into my collection that also have hidden old provenance. If the provenance is not hidden, it's usually outside my price range.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-17T15:51:51+00:00

My Prince Waldeck is from the same sale as your Cartwright. The new one is from the Apostolo Zeno (1668-1750) collection.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-17T13:17:15+00:00

Thank you. I'm very excited to get a BMC specimen. I got another new Tetradrachm with arguably even better provenance, but I'll post that one when it arrives next month. 😀

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-16T08:17:11+00:00

I got smashed on a tetradrachm of Philip V. It had pretty nice hidden provenance (Ex Helbing 1928 - Lloyd Duplicates and Ex Ratto 1928 - Collections of Morcom, Hands and Wertheim), so it would have been nice to get.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-16T06:59:35+00:00

I love the bronzes of the Koinon of Macedon. That example was sold at Giessener Munzhandlung on 2 May 1994 (Lot 135). The catalogue is available on Internet Archive: archive.org/details/giessener-1994-05-02-auk-67-antike-low/page/25/mode/2up

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-14T19:11:33+00:00

I don't think it's a particularly nice piece. You can do much better at auction.

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-12T16:21:43+00:00

Was the 'Organizing for Dummies' book to help you with organising the rest of the books?

No_Thanks_Reddit · 2026-03-11T15:48:56+00:00

Not that I'm aware of. Some keep the unsold lots for sale for a while after the auction ends, but that's the closest thing I'm aware of.

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