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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25160598, member: 101855&quot;]Julius Caesar portrait coins are very hard and expensive. I buy nice coins. I don&#039;t buy really ugly problem pieces. I took a certified Julius Caesar portrait denarius up the $11,000 ($13,200 with the buyers&#039; fee) and didn&#039;t get it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The elephant pieces are selling for $1,500 to $2,500 in nice examples. That is by far the most common design (There are lots of varieties.) that as made when Caesar was alive. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1603785[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have this piece, which was struck 11 months after Caesar was assassinated. It was struck while armies loyal to the Senate were chasing Mark Anthony and his forces. The preservation is great, but it was struck off-center. This cost me a couple thousand. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1603781[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My take is Otho is not as popular as Julius Caesar, but his coins might be a bit rarer because he was in office for three months. His coins seem to fall into the $1,500 to $2,500 range depending upon how nice they are. I suppose that the problem pieces are less, but I don&#039;t follow those. This one was cracked out of an NGC VF holder. A lot of ancient coin dealers crack them. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1603782[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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