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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2882666, member: 76194&quot;]LOL, I do have Gallienus though I would not consider myself a Gallienus lover. Must be confusing me with someone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say this, many of the reference books we use today were printed 30 to 60 years ago. In that time tons of new hoards have been found, especially thanks to metal detectorists. What may be listed as a rare coin in one of those old catalogs may now be common, and an unlisted coin may not necesarily be rare these days either thanks to new finds.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if an unlisted coin is rare, it does not mean you should pay lots of money. Many dealers will take an unlisted coin and jack up the price hundreds of dollars just because the coin is unlisted. However, it may be a more common coin these days due to recent finds, so just because it is not listed in a 60 year old book doesnt mean you should pay bick bucks for it. Also, less popular emperors like Gallienus will not have as many specialists as more popular emperors like Hadrian or Trajan. Therefore, if you pay big bucks for that unlisted Gallierus coin (even if it is indeed rare), good luck finding another specialist willing to pay hundreds of bucks for it. 99.99% of collectors will probably prefer to knock out Gallienus with one or two $25 or $30 coins. I think you will have a hard time ever getting your money back. Dealers can afford to price those coins super high because they have volume sales, so they can wait 20 years for someone to show up willing to pay that either out of naivete and ignorance, or because they want it bad enough. But you are not a dealer, so can you afford to pay that much for a coin you may never get your money back on? Only you can answer that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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