Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8476719, member: 26430"]Thank goodness the reverse survived & it was the obverse that got corroded! (Not that it's really a super rarity.) You're definitely right. I think it's because it's "pretty rare" but of a very highly desirable type and part of a "set" for which this one is "needed." It's part of the famous Zodiac Series, which everyone interested in Alexandrian coins (including museums) wants to have. Kind of like calling an EID MAR Denarius rare: There are like 100 of them! That's not RARE! Half my collection is rare by that definition! What counts as rare, of course, isn't an absolute but relative to how desirable the type is and how many collectors "need" it. If RPC's right, there might be only half a dozen museums that have one of these, and even fewer that have a "complete set" of Zodiac Drachms of Antoninus, because there other rarities in that series... (I don't remember if the ANS does, but they've published at least one article recently on their own Zodiac Drachm collection.) I'm sure there are lots of museums (and lots of very wealthy collectors) who want this one. Just like any other of the Zodiac Drachms (or Labors of Herakles Drachms).[/QUOTE]