How has the price for Roman denarius and Athenian tetradrachm changed from the last 10 years?

Can anyone here tell me how the price for Roman denarius and Athenian tetradrachm are today in comparison for 10 years ago?

Is the price the same? Or has it increased? or decreased?

Thanks.

 

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In general, increased.

 

Up and up!

 

Thanks for the replies.

Do you have an idea how much they have increased?

Are we talking like 30 percent? 100 percent increase? 200 percent increase?

I'm asking because I know that Byzantine solidus (gold coins) have increased in price for 100 percent. At least for the decent low end. I just want to know how it is with Denarius and Tetradrachm.

 

I wasn't collecting 10 years ago, but from what I've observed going through auction records I'd say maybe a very general overall increase of around 100% ?

 

I'd say the decrepit or low-end ones haven't changed that much. One can still find decrepit Severus or Severus Alexander denarii for $20 (takes a bit of looking, though).

 

Certain coins have increased severalfold when I started collecting Fleet denarii I could pick up reasonable examples six or seven years ago for $75. You would be hard pressed to find anything under $200 now. The cheapest fleet denarius on V Coins today is $220 so that's nearly a 200% increase. I would agree with @nerosmyfavorite68 and @The Meat man that decent denarius have increased by around 100%. Some coins such as Tet Owls seem to hold value even though the market has been flooded with them. I guess its demand and supply and everyone wants one.
I only have two Greek coins in a collection of around eight hundred coins and I spent a couple of years looking for a reasonably affordable one. This is it.

 

Don't "collect" coins for profit. If you want profit there are many other investments that will make you more money. Overall all ancients have increased value in the past 10 years; at various rates. What I've been seeing in the past 6 months is a drastic decrease in inventory of RIC silver coins for most major dealers. Why, who knows.

 

I've never been a heavy denarius buyer, but I can give an example of Domitian Minerva denarii (I like those, and I look.)

A decrepit/uncleaned one can be had, with luck, for $25-35
-A pretty decent/respectable one - $75-125
-A very nice, toned one, or with a pedigree, around $200.

A nice 'big head' Hadrian is fairly expensive, nowadays. The Antony coins have gone up in price, but I usually stay away from them because the legionary ones are faked so much.
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I went and looked at my records, these are from the 2009-11 period. I didn't buy too many denarii, and most were Roman republican. Here are some examples, with-then prices.



a really nice Caracalla uncleaned, for $35.
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Trajan $25
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Octavian $50

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Vitellius $60

 

Interesting.

Well, not that I disagree as I have no qualified opinion here, but just for the record, other (learned) members have stated something else:

One example:

"I have data that proves that, on average, the price is actually dropping - for lower end coins at least." - Rasiel Suarez

From this thread here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ha...or-numismatic-coins-the-last-10-years.417413/

But what do I know.

 

I would say that in some cases, hoards have reduced the value of previously "scarce" and therefore expensive coins. Athenian tetradrachms were more expensive until a huge hoard from the Levant came onto the market - now a decent example can be had for $400-500. I think that the advent of metal detectors has also increased the supply of coins through hoards. This has made certain medieval and Roman coins more affordable as well.

I think the more recent increase in coin prices has come with the current geopolitical instability post-COVID and with the incoming American administration flipping the established global trade structure. This has increased prices for all types of collectibles, not just coins. I think more people are getting into them as investments to hold value as the US dollar is becoming a bit more devalued and people lose faith in stocks and more conventional investments. You can also see this in the higher gold price, which may also be impacting current solidii and aureii prices.

 

This is probably the best advice @-monolith- Collect for interest and education not profit.
The possibility of prices becoming decimated by new discoveries is always there.
If we ignore demand and supply a coin bought for $100 10 years ago would naturally gravitate to $135 based on inflation alone. I seldom sell coins unless I am attempting to trade with an auction company to target a purchase but if I can trade at an approximate value paid several years ago I am satisfied.
25 years ago I hit hard times as a result of an embezzlement and had to sell a collection of historical medals including Naval and Polar exploration medals and was astounded that I had doubled my original cost in under 5 years. At that time I thought the purchasers had vastly overpaid. 25 years later some of these medal groups would sell at the price of my home! Some of this can be attributable to niche trends and new books and movies generating interest.
Fiat currency such as the US Dollar and British Pound is simply a figment of our imagination and controlled by the central banks and government and there are still people who believe that "if you can't hold it, you don't own it!"