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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3937480, member: 56859"]It's offered by Mr. High Rating/Low Price, so you know what kind of markup he has going. As you probably saw, it was unslabbed when it last sold for $42 in a Heritage auction (August 2017). Interesting that HA didn't bother to slab it. They tend to only forgo coffins when the coins are very low grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, this particular variety is hard to find in higher grade. HA had another one in the same year. Wish I'd seen that one. It's corroded and the usual form of horrible but less so than others, including mine. Speaking of, here's mine, a former Stevex6 coin so it has some sentimental value:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-serapisagathodaemondrachm-rt-jpg.759332/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>Æ drachm (32mm, 23.0 g, 12h); RY 23 (CE 159/60)</p><p>Obv: Laureate bust right, slight drapery</p><p>Rev: Serapis-Agathodaemon serpent erect right on horseback advancing right; L K Γ (date) across field. Only the K is visible on this coin but this is the only year of issue for the type</p><p>Ref: Cf. Köln 1852-3; Dattari (Savio) 8939; K&G 35.820; Emmett 1679</p><p><i>Ex X6 Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I am definitely on the lookout for a better example. The Zlobin coin is more appealing than mine but not enough so to make me try for it unless it was closer to the last sales price, and Zlobin won't go that low.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3937480, member: 56859"]It's offered by Mr. High Rating/Low Price, so you know what kind of markup he has going. As you probably saw, it was unslabbed when it last sold for $42 in a Heritage auction (August 2017). Interesting that HA didn't bother to slab it. They tend to only forgo coffins when the coins are very low grade. However, this particular variety is hard to find in higher grade. HA had another one in the same year. Wish I'd seen that one. It's corroded and the usual form of horrible but less so than others, including mine. Speaking of, here's mine, a former Stevex6 coin so it has some sentimental value: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-serapisagathodaemondrachm-rt-jpg.759332/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius[/B] Æ drachm (32mm, 23.0 g, 12h); RY 23 (CE 159/60) Obv: Laureate bust right, slight drapery Rev: Serapis-Agathodaemon serpent erect right on horseback advancing right; L K Γ (date) across field. Only the K is visible on this coin but this is the only year of issue for the type Ref: Cf. Köln 1852-3; Dattari (Savio) 8939; K&G 35.820; Emmett 1679 [I]Ex X6 Collection. [/I] I am definitely on the lookout for a better example. The Zlobin coin is more appealing than mine but not enough so to make me try for it unless it was closer to the last sales price, and Zlobin won't go that low.[/QUOTE]
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