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Message:: [QUOTE="Herodotus, post: 8201249, member: 111387"]Hopefully not for too much. It deserves noting that CNG'S published price is the amount that the coin 'hammered for at auction'.  It does not include the (20%) buyers fee, any potential payment processing fees(3-4%), nor any additional shipping costs($10-15 domestically - if shipped alone by itself). The true 'out-the-door' cost for that coin may have been closer to $230. Couple that with a very noticeable increased interest in ancient coins (and corresponding rise in hammer prices) over the last couple of years.. It's possible, (but no guarantee) that your coin could hammer for a higher price (than even a few short years ago); if put up for auction in today's blistering (showing no signs of slowing down) ancient coin market. It's also logical that the dealer(?) that you purchased it from also tacked on a 'cost of doing business' profit margin. I'm writing this to hopefully soften the blow a little for feeling like you "got taken". These larger Alexandrian BI Tets from the Adoptive (AKA 'Five Good') Emperors seem to by fairly popular of late. Here's one similar to yours that recently hammered at LEU(5/21/21) for 205 CHF($220) -- (or $265 w/ buyer's premium - Not including any payment processing fees or shipping costs).[ATTACH=full]1437169[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]