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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26536521, member: 101855"]It's been my experience that the prices listed in the previous post are too low. Of course, I collect pieces that grade at least VF, so that might be why I think those numbers are low. I have a Julius Caesar portrait piece which was issued 11 months after his death. I have bid as much as $11,000 (plus a 20% buyers fee) on a life time portait piece and did not get it. The Julius Caesar elephant denarius is by far the most common piece that was issued during his life time. Nice examples of those seem to go for $2,000 to $2,500. [ATTACH=full]1691259[/ATTACH] Caligula silver pieces are very tough. I have passed on them in $5,000 to $6,000 range because I didn't like the color. They had been cleaned, as most ancient coins are, but they just didn't look right to me. I have the typical AS with rough surfaces and have not gotten anything that was any better. Here is my set of the 12 caesars. Most of they are all denarii except for Caligula and Claudius which is a Cistophoric Tetradrahm.[ATTACH=full]1691258[/ATTACH] As to my expertise, I am a very experienced collector of U.S. coins and an "well advanced novice" in Roman imperial coins.[/QUOTE]