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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2189284, member: 26302&quot;]I agree with Doug. Rarity is a weird little thing in ancients, no? I find desirability of the type to be the overarching price driver. Case in point, (on something you and I both participated in recently TIF), those lead tesserae CNG had. All of the Antinous pieces went for more than I paid for my two. Most of the Antinous pieces were known, so by definition more common supposedly than the two non-Antinous pieces I bought, which are unpublished. If rarity is the major concern, it should have been reversed. So, I view historical interest, beauty, and rarity to be a blended factor in pricing, with historical interest and beauty probably being more heavily weighted than rarity.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of course, every &quot;rule&quot; has to have exceptions. The exception to this would be for those coins considered as part of some pre-designated &quot;set&quot;, like the 12 Caesars, which puts unusual demands on Caesar and Otho, more so than otherwise would be there, (especially Otho and his bad wigs). So for a coin many consider a part of a &quot;set&quot;, demand will always be excessive more than otherwise be the case.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The other new factor is slab material. I am seeing pretty, famous ancients going up considerably to be put in coffins and sold to those who just want a few pretty ancient coins. As thinly traded a market we have, this new demand is really driving up prices.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, for your coin Tif, its a very pretty coin, (I especially love the reverse, which many times is struck horribly), and its extremely cool its very rare. However, its one of those &quot;cool&quot; things you truly have to be a geek like us here to appreciate, and I doubt it would raise the value of the coin more than 150%. Of course, that 150% is off a pretty high number to start with, since I consider your coin to be one of the nicest of his I have seen. Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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