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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3699764, member: 98035&quot;]A few disjointed thoughts on the subject after mulling a bit more:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Always beware of speculation. Probably the best example of this would be the &quot;Nektanebo&quot; type AE coin, which just a few years ago was counted among the rarest an historically important bronze coins, belonging to the only native Egyptian Pharaoh to mint coins:</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=57492" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=57492" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=57492</a></p><p>However the original attribution came under fire when it was revealed that few of these coins were found in regions actually controlled by this indigenous Egyptian ruler, and furthermore the iconography is a much better match to the provincial issues of the Roman East in the 3rd century. Poof, someone&#039;s $3,750 coin is now worth $200 on a good day.</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=366950" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=366950" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=366950</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I admit to having a few &quot;Speculative&quot; coins in my collection - My &quot;Britannicus&quot; provincial could be &quot;just Nero&quot;. My &quot;Gaius Sosius&quot; could be &quot;just Augustus&quot; - Or there&#039;s an off chance it could actually be Brutus! Tiberius Gemellus may not have actually had provincial coins minted for him after he was an infant. My &quot;Johannes&quot; is attributed primarily based on what I am pretty sure is a beard on the bust. We don&#039;t really know whether Aureolus minted coins at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) While having a provenance is great for any collection, <i>making</i> provenance is a great way to ensure that your collection becomes an investment for whomever in your family decides to sell it after your death. My Indo-Sassanian coins cost me on average about $10 each (Most expensive was under $100; many were under $5), but I strongly suspect that once I have them all published (you know, ten years from now~) I could very well double or triple my &quot;investment&quot; if an established auction house could consign them for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise, even though my Roman collection is mostly cobbled together from good deals from group lots, there is a decent chance that I would realize a substantial profit if I were to sell the whole thing at once.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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