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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 874103, member: 19463"]Another resource is acsearch:<a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=%22Antestius%22&view_mode=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&page=2#0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=%22Antestius%22&view_mode=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&page=2#0" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search="Antestius"&view_mode=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&page=2#0</a> but both this and Coin Archives tend to report sales from major houses and can be misleading by favoring high end coins.  There is more than one Antestius variety and some are common. You always pay more from a 'reliable' dealer and that is prefectly OK, recommended even.  Prices on ancients vary a lot more than modern coins which have yearly updated priced catalogs.  Rarity means next to nothing and demand fluctuates from sale to sale since no one is trying to buy a complete set and what people are seeking most actively can seem a bit random.  A coin that has not appeared on the market for several years can go high if two people are anxious or very low if no one was interested.  Condition means everything.  $30 more for 'slightly better' could be a bargain.[/QUOTE]