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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3129118, member: 19463&quot;]I do not know this dealer but did read his &#039;about us&#039; page where he mentions selling coins from his collection and from consignments.&nbsp; He has coins that are reasonably priced IMO and over the top ridiculously high.&nbsp; Of course that is just a matter of opinion but sometimes it points to a consignment situation.&nbsp; Some dealers will accept coins on consignment and allow the consignor to set the prices (adding on his own fee for handling).&nbsp; If someone buys a coin for twice what it is worth and consigns it with a dealer who adds a hefty percentage, it might look like prices are going up when what we have is a dreamer.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/marcantica/94/product/ar_denarius_of_septimius_severus_193211_ad_leg_xiiii_gemina_martia_victrix__legionary_issue_ric_iv_14_s_scarce/985920/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/marcantica/94/product/ar_denarius_of_septimius_severus_193211_ad_leg_xiiii_gemina_martia_victrix__legionary_issue_ric_iv_14_s_scarce/985920/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/marcantica/94/product/ar_denarius_of_septimius_severus_193211_ad_leg_xiiii_gemina_martia_victrix__legionary_issue_ric_iv_14_s_scarce/985920/Default.aspx</a></p><p>is this Septimius worth 100 euros more than the BRIT?&nbsp; I hope so.&nbsp; Legion XIIII GEMMV is the most common of the Septimius Legionaries.&nbsp; I have six variations but all mine have enough of the legion number that you don&#039;t have to know that XIIII is the only one that ends in MMV to ID the coin.&nbsp; I&#039;ll just show one which may not be EF but I have a prejudice for coins with legends.&nbsp; I know, I&#039;m strange.&nbsp; (Yes I know this is a different variety than his.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]797947[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying the BRIT is worth the price asked or not but just that many dealers have coins priced as they are for reasons other than the perceived value of the coin.&nbsp; The coin might be on consignment.&nbsp; He might have paid too much or got a real bargain.&nbsp; It might have been in his stock for a very long time or it might be new and he has a customer that tends to overpay willingly and likes coins like this.&nbsp;&nbsp; Have prices gone up?&nbsp; Certainly, except for the ones that went down.&nbsp; I have examples of both, don&#039;t you?</p><p><br /></p><p>This May, I showed my NEWP coin below (the most rare of the SS legions) at a show from a well known dealer for $255.&nbsp; Valentinian&#039;s recent post on old catalogs caused me to discover &#039;This Coin&#039; sold in a 2000&nbsp; auction for $380+fluff.&nbsp; It is the same coin.&nbsp; In 2000, it might have been more rare (someone found a chestful?), it might have been closer to the best known (I&#039;ve seen better) or...... maybe two bidders just got carried away.&nbsp; This is a case of a coin that went down.&nbsp; If I sold it tomorrow, what would I get?&nbsp; We will never know.&nbsp; What are coins worth?&nbsp; ~3g. of ~50% silver?&nbsp; $16/18 = $0.89? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]797948[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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