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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 1964281, member: 37707&quot;]I haven&#039;t been around for a while. That doesn&#039;t necessarily mean I&#039;m keeping my wagon composure. If anything, over the summer, I have fallen off the wagon only to have it back over me a few times with my wife at the helm. I&#039;ll post a few more of my acquisitions when I get time to properly photograph them. Until then, here&#039;s a newp.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only own 6 slabs. I know the general consensus among my fellow cointalkites is a negative stance. I tend to agree, but I&#039;m not sure If I can bring myself to crack the plastic. Regardless of my view on encasing a piece of uniquely shaped history in a polymer case, I still couldn&#039;t pass up this deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina Jr Denarius. DIVAE FAVSTINAE PIAE, draped bust right / MATRI CASTRORVM, Faustina seated left on low seat, holding scepter &amp; globe surmounted by phoenix with radiate nimbus, 2 legionary eagles set on low base before - RIC 753 Sear #5220</p><p>[ATTACH=full]347201[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]347202[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]347203[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Before making the purchase, I had attempted to do my quick wildwinds/coinarchives ceremonial research. It usually takes me about 5-10 minutes to get an estimate of what I would be willing to pay based off of previous auctions, but I couldn&#039;t find many references to this coin.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>Wildwinds shows one example, in which I thought the description may had been exaggerated a wee bit i.e. &quot;This is one of the top 2 rarest denarii of Faustina Jr., and seldom offered. Ref. RSC 161 very rare&quot; and &quot;Faustina Jr. denarius -exceedingly rare $510.00.&quot; I found 1 other price reference in which a lower quality coin went at auction for $343.00 in 2013 at a fairly prominent auction house. The only other site I found that referenced the rarity was a french ancient coin forum (thank you, Google Chrome Translate.) An individual on that site referred to this coin as the rarest issue of Faustina II.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>After these three references combined with the lack of quick web information concerning the issue, I concurred with the rarity and made my offer to the seller; the seller accepted and I&#039;m the proud owner of my first 5/5 5/5 NGC Slab (if that means anything) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone happens to have more info on the issue, let me know. As usual, if you got &#039;em, post &#039;em.</p><p>-Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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