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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3113972, member: 19463&quot;]I have to say I believe you are overvaluing that reverse at $10 but the obverse makes up for it.&nbsp; It brings up a question some of us have faced.&nbsp; What do you do when a coin becomes available that fits your collection but does not exist in a grade you would prefer for your collection.&nbsp; I suppose we could note that the Alegandron coin is better so we could have entered a bidding war that would have sent JA&#039;s kids through college but I&#039;m glad you got the coin anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have a Laelianus and will not unless I find one like my Marius which was in a coin store in a place I was passing through clearly marked Claudius II and priced accordingly.&nbsp; The seller told me how he bought the ancients he had from a widow that came into his US only shop so I know he made a profit on it anyway.&nbsp;&nbsp; I might have had to tell him if he had come off as a nice guy. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]790639[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>More appropriate for this thread is my Volusian from Alexandria R5 (one or 2 known to Emmett) and great portrait but ruined by bronze disease.&nbsp; Yes, it has the best portrait I have seen on a Volusian from Alexandria.&nbsp; Yes, it was $10.&nbsp; Is it collectible?&nbsp; It is to me.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]790640[/ATTACH] </p><p>I have a few other coins that are possibly unique and feel that refusing them because of problems would be the same as throwing them in the trash.&nbsp; I could not do that.&nbsp; Thanks for saving Laelianus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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