Over priced ancients

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https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/nu...__gold_calico1157_ric759/1665237/Default.aspx

 

Correction...OFFERED at $20,000

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1863527230...1B2DQG&hash=item2b637ce448:g:qoQAAOSwxZFl-cei

 

Nice, I'll take 2

 

https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=7909&lot=204

 

https://one.bid/en/coins-mysia-cyzique-electrum-nd-statere-500-450-b-c-cyzique/2181031

 

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/nu...ta_253_antoninianus_rome/1778782/Default.aspx

 

The Cornelia Supera is not necessarily overpriced. A few of her silver antonininii at auction have gone for well over $10,000

 

This made me curious so I did a little quick research. (Actually I suppose you could call it "fact-checking".)

8 examples of this type are recorded on ACS over the past 5 years. (That goes back to 2019, before the COVID-era price escalation period, so it includes some 'bargains' relative to today's prices.) The average hammer price of the 8 was $9.596 not including auction fees. Allowing for a 15% fee added to the hammer means there was a $11,035 average cost-to-the-buyer. So, a listing at $10,656 (with no added fee required) is actually a below-average-cost, making it sure enough true that it is... "not necessarily over-priced".

At the same time, for my collecting budget (which certainly isn't bargain basement), spending over $10K for a coin feels over-priced. :-o It far exceeds what I would/could ever spend for a single coin. But for those many ancient coin collectors who aren't economically challenged, $10K is probably about like me buying a $750 coin. So for ME... this coin is over-priced for MY budget... but it isn't really priced above its value based on what people have historically been willing to pay over the past 5 years.

 

https://emporium-numismatics.auctio...er-groe-307-337-av-solidus-335-smnc-nicomedia

 

VOT XXX
He did raign for 30 years

 

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/lo...35ex_leo_benz_collection/2055329/Default.aspx

 

https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...-bc-ngc-ch-ms-strike-55-surface-45-fine-style

 

https://www.davidlawrence.com/inventory/718532

 

https://www.ma-shops.com/cdma/item.php?id=971597

 

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/co..._ef_strike_55_surface_25/2061081/Default.aspx

 

https://www.numismatik-naumann.at/auktion/#!/auction/lot?a=4527&l=177&p=2

 

https://www.ma-shops.com/gornymosch/item.php?id=858

 

https://www.ma-shops.com/bukovcak/item.php?id=385