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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3838812, member: 51347"]Agreed. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, if you do NOT ascribe a relative price to RARITY, then just having a <b>RARITY at an <u>affordable</u> price is very appealing to me. I beleive that for HISTORICAL reasons, the coin's Rarity appeals to me.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>RARITY: 2 Known</p><p>PROVENANCE: EE CLAIN-STEFFANELLI</p><p>CIVILIZATION (Founded Rome): Etruria, with all AR / AE coins harder to get...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-6-25_8-43-41-png.512945/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Etruria, Populonia</b></p><p>2 ½ asses 3rd century BC, AR 0.85 g. Radiate female head r.; behind, CII. Rev. Blank. EC 104 (misdescribed, Female head with an Attic helmet). Historia Numorum Italy 179.</p><p>Of the highest rarity, apparently <b><i>only the second specimen known</i></b>.</p><p>Dark patina and about very fine</p><p><i><b>From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli</b></i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3838812, member: 51347"]Agreed. However, if you do NOT ascribe a relative price to RARITY, then just having a [B]RARITY at an [U]affordable[/U] price is very appealing to me. I beleive that for HISTORICAL reasons, the coin's Rarity appeals to me.[/B] RARITY: 2 Known PROVENANCE: EE CLAIN-STEFFANELLI CIVILIZATION (Founded Rome): Etruria, with all AR / AE coins harder to get... [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-6-25_8-43-41-png.512945/[/IMG] [B]Etruria, Populonia[/B] 2 ½ asses 3rd century BC, AR 0.85 g. Radiate female head r.; behind, CII. Rev. Blank. EC 104 (misdescribed, Female head with an Attic helmet). Historia Numorum Italy 179. Of the highest rarity, apparently [B][I]only the second specimen known[/I][/B]. Dark patina and about very fine [I][B]From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli[/B][/I].[/QUOTE]
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