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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2042265, member: 19463&quot;]I wouldn&#039;t pay several hundred either but this was $15 from a professional dealer who was at the stage of study that all little junky ancient coins were the same.&nbsp; &nbsp; If this were a Constantius, $15 would be a fair price.&nbsp; This is also why I suggest we all prepare our heirs for what to do when we are gone.&nbsp; If they walk into a coin store that sells mostly bullion on proof sets, your Flavius Victor will be just another coin.&nbsp; I would not buy this coin from your grandpa for $15 but when someone sets himself up in business, has a neon sign that reads COINS and buys collections from whoever walks in, should I have told him $15 was not enough?&nbsp; I wonder if my grandson will sell this one for $5 and complete the cycle.&nbsp; If he does, maybe the real value of such a coin is what it actually sold for the last three times it sold rather than what a big auction house would ask if they had it.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]373040[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand I paid a professional dealer a great deal more than any of you would for an uglier coin so it all comes out even in the end unless you only buy coins for what they are &#039;worth&#039; and not what they are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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