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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2473428, member: 56859"]Welcome to CoinTalk Ancients, techmuser!</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins are rated as common but as is sometimes the case, "book rarity" doesn't always correlate to real-life availability. Before reading about its (lack of) rarity in David Vagi's <b>Coinage and History of the Roman Empire</b>, I had assumed it would be rated as rare since examples don't come up very often in auctions and in webstores.</p><p><br /></p><p>At first I thought your coin might be fake because the style of the bridge looked very different that most I'd seen in various archives. However, CNG does have examples with similar styling. <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=284610" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=284610" rel="nofollow">Here is one</a> (image corrected here; on their website the reverse is upside down):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]520796[/ATTACH]</p><p>This CNG example isn't in great condition. It sold last year for $160 + buyer's premium. Your coin, assuming it is authentic, has much more wear or corrosion so I'd expect the value to be less.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=172853" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=172853" rel="nofollow">another CNG example</a> which in 2010 sold for $115 plus BP. It was struck by the same officina as yours:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/2410612.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the eBay example, wow-- that is a <i>very</i> optimistic price! Here's the coin in question:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]520798[/ATTACH]</p><p>The seller, Mithra (Sergey Necheyev) often has very desirable coins in <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sergey_nechayev_ancient_coins-200/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sergey_nechayev_ancient_coins-200/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?" rel="nofollow">his Vcoins store</a> but in general I find his prices to be rather high. Interestingly, he has the same Milvian Bridge coin for sale in his Vcoins store but is asking $325, not $975. I wonder if he ever gets any bites on the grossly inflated eBay listings or if he's just posting them there for some type of advertising or marketing trick?</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, the coin I posted-- which is considerably better condition-- cost less than a quarter as much as this eBay price, and considerably less than his Vcoins price as well. It was a fair price but not really a "bargain". To help you determine the value of your coin, you can compare it to other examples in <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=3&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=constantine%2C+milvian&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=3&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=constantine%2C+milvian&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" rel="nofollow">CNG's archives</a> and in <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=constantine+I%2C+bridge&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&currency=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=constantine+I%2C+bridge&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&currency=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=" rel="nofollow">acsearch</a> (although with the latter you can only see hammer prices if you have a paid subscription).</p><p><br /></p><p>Bear in mind that in general, you might pay more in a fixed price store. You're paying for the convenience of buying the coin now rather than waiting for one to appear at auction. Plus, dealers are running a business. They have to make a profit or they wouldn't be able to keep their stores open.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>LOL, that's fantastic <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2473428, member: 56859"]Welcome to CoinTalk Ancients, techmuser! The coins are rated as common but as is sometimes the case, "book rarity" doesn't always correlate to real-life availability. Before reading about its (lack of) rarity in David Vagi's [B]Coinage and History of the Roman Empire[/B], I had assumed it would be rated as rare since examples don't come up very often in auctions and in webstores. At first I thought your coin might be fake because the style of the bridge looked very different that most I'd seen in various archives. However, CNG does have examples with similar styling. [URL='http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=284610']Here is one[/URL] (image corrected here; on their website the reverse is upside down): [ATTACH=full]520796[/ATTACH] This CNG example isn't in great condition. It sold last year for $160 + buyer's premium. Your coin, assuming it is authentic, has much more wear or corrosion so I'd expect the value to be less. Here's [URL='http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=172853']another CNG example[/URL] which in 2010 sold for $115 plus BP. It was struck by the same officina as yours: [IMG]http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/2410612.jpg[/IMG] As for the eBay example, wow-- that is a [I]very[/I] optimistic price! Here's the coin in question: [ATTACH=full]520798[/ATTACH] The seller, Mithra (Sergey Necheyev) often has very desirable coins in [URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sergey_nechayev_ancient_coins-200/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?']his Vcoins store[/URL] but in general I find his prices to be rather high. Interestingly, he has the same Milvian Bridge coin for sale in his Vcoins store but is asking $325, not $975. I wonder if he ever gets any bites on the grossly inflated eBay listings or if he's just posting them there for some type of advertising or marketing trick? For comparison, the coin I posted-- which is considerably better condition-- cost less than a quarter as much as this eBay price, and considerably less than his Vcoins price as well. It was a fair price but not really a "bargain". To help you determine the value of your coin, you can compare it to other examples in [URL='http://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=3&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=constantine%2C+milvian&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1']CNG's archives[/URL] and in [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=constantine+I%2C+bridge&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1¤cy=usd&thesaurus=1&order=0&company=']acsearch[/URL] (although with the latter you can only see hammer prices if you have a paid subscription). Bear in mind that in general, you might pay more in a fixed price store. You're paying for the convenience of buying the coin now rather than waiting for one to appear at auction. Plus, dealers are running a business. They have to make a profit or they wouldn't be able to keep their stores open. LOL, that's fantastic :D[/QUOTE]
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