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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2646409, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;ve bought several large lots over the last few years.&nbsp; Initially, I planned to assign specific relative values for purposes of record keeping.</p><p><br /></p><p>That never happened.&nbsp; It was just too much work and there wasn&#039;t much point in doing so.&nbsp; If I had purchased the lots hoping to sell some to defray the cost of the keepers, perhaps that exercise might have been more relevant.&nbsp; Then again, ultimately all that matters at the time of selling is the estimated current market value and what someone is willing to pay.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you really want to apportion cost of each coin in a group lot, the most accurate way would be to research current sales of each coin, estimate the current value for each, add all of the estimates together, use that total as the denominator for assigning a percent to each individual coin, and then multiply that fraction by the actual cost of the group lot to arrive at what you paid for each coin in the group.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said... too much work <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for Doug&#039;s recent group lot of Alexandrian coins from Commodus through the Severans, I will be forever envious.&nbsp; Same for the two group lots shown by Zumbly.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Commodus coins in Doug&#039;s group lot may seem grotty but for Commodus Alexandrians they&#039;re all actually pretty nice.&nbsp; Coin quality at Alexandria seems to be lacking during his reign.&nbsp; The same is true for Elagabalus.&nbsp; Here are a couple of yucky examples in my collection.&nbsp; Both need to be reshot as my photography has (arguably) improved since these were taken.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1188f6a2536a4e998d42e81fdd45c083.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Commodus</b></p><p>year 27, sole reign, CE 186/7</p><p>tetradrachm, 24.5 mm, 11.5 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; MAKOMANTωCEBEVCEB; laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; head of Zeus Ammon right; L K Z</p><p>Ref: Emmett 2568.27</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_dad41ceb66724ad383da624a6daae662.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Elagabalus</b></p><p>year 5, CE 221/2</p><p>tetradrachm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AKAICAPMAAVPANTωNINOCEVCEB; laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; head of Zeus Ammon right; L-E (most likely E; could be B, year 2)</p><p>Ref: Emmett 2961.5 (or .2, but most likely year 5)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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