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Message:: [QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8241062, member: 110350"]A beautiful example, [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]. I can't imagine that whatever you paid for it was more than it would cost in today's market. I hesitated to pay what I paid for mine (several hundred dollars) given its very mediocre condition, but only momentarily -- it didn't take long to remember what prices are like now, and that Pharos coins may not be particularly uncommon, but still aren't available all that often. Just look up "Pharos" at VCoins or MA-Shops to see what I mean. For example, Harlan J. Berk offers this example -- certainly even more mediocre than mine! -- for $603.75: [ATTACH=full]1450490[/ATTACH] And Shanna Schmidt offers this one, admittedly much nicer than mine, with a pedigree to the Staffieri and Dattari collections, for the low, low price of $12,500, calling it the "finest example known": [ATTACH=full]1450493[/ATTACH] (I like [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]'s better!) All that aside, I'm very happy with mine. It's interesting how much my condition standards can vary depending on the kind of coin, and how much I can enjoy Roman Alexandrian coins (and some other Provincials) in a condition I wouldn't even consider for, say, a Roman Republican denarius.[/QUOTE]