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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2615662, member: 44316&quot;]I started this thread after the second coin closed in the Naumann auction:</p><p><a href="https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/numismatiknaumann/browse?a=94&amp;c=1732&amp;l=83701" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/numismatiknaumann/browse?a=94&amp;c=1732&amp;l=83701" rel="nofollow">https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/numismatiknaumann/browse?a=94&amp;c=1732&amp;l=83701</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I had had the first coin up for sale on my website at $69 for a long time with no bites, so I took it down because, after thinking about it, that coin was worth more than that to me. Then the Naumann coin came along. 1100 euros, plus 12% plus 3% if paid by PayPal. Wow!&nbsp; Someone wanted that coin!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think TIF and Doug helped explain it. The auction noted &quot;Attractive portrait and interesting bust type rarely seen from the front&quot; and &quot;Laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing breastplate decorated with gorgoneion.&quot;&nbsp; But, as Doug&nbsp; noted, it is not really RIC 45 because it is not from the Rome mint, rather Laodicea, which makes it unlisted.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, an eastern-mint Severan specialist has reason to put a premium on the second. It surprises me the premium is that much--more than 10-fold--and it surprises me even more that not only one, but at least <b>two</b> people wanted that coin at more than 1000 euros.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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