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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1218459, member: 19463&quot;]There are many more opinions when it comes to grading ancients.&nbsp; From the photo I see a coin VF for wear but I would hold the centering against the coin and prefer one with more wear and more of the obverse legend on flan.&nbsp; A VF Commodus is worth $45 but not seeing the reverse is a deal breaker and probably why you won the coin.&nbsp; These tend to be better on the obverse than on the reverse so the possibility exists that you will find the seller did not show it on purpose.&nbsp; Commodus has several &#039;better&#039; types which I&#039;d generally define as anything other than a single figure standing there.&nbsp; If the single figure has a horse or is standing next o something, I might be more forgiving of the centering issue than if it was just one standing figure.&nbsp; Commodus is famous for his late coins where his face looks a bit demented and he was kind of cute when a kid so the middle portraits are perhaps less in demand.&nbsp; Still, if the reverse is not worse than the obverse, $45 is fair.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would not remove the coin from the slab.&nbsp; I see nothing special enough about it that it would appeal to a Commodus collector or someone into ancients deeply enough to have a hatred for slabs.&nbsp; It should sell to someone exactly like you who wants an ancient or two and perhaps even knows Commodus from his appearance in movies (Gladiator, Fall of the Roman Empire).&nbsp; I hope you will decide to get a few more ancients but I really do suggest seeing both sides before buying.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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