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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1970297, member: 44357&quot;]Thanks! Yes, distaters are extremely rare in any grade, although a wholesome F-aVF piece would still be relatively affordable, comparatively speaking, and likely quite attractive. Any ancient gold is worth having in my eyes. I hated hearing some local dealers say they melted some Byzantine solidii when gold was at its peak. Sure, the coins might not have had any premium over melt at that point, but it seems very unfair to destroy a piece of history just to profit slightly due to the metal markets.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A word of caution on these: I had a dealer show me a tray full of high quality Alexander dekas which had fooled some other dealers and looked perfectly fine to me. There are only seven known genuine examples, two of which are in museums.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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