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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 2796724, member: 77077&quot;]As a 30 year collector of Greek coins my observation is that myself and most fellow collectors of these coins care mostly about the artistic style, strike and condition of a coin and very little about minor varieties like magistrate symbols and such.&nbsp; Even left facing versus right facing rarities do not usually command any premium. Rarity of a die combination does not command a premium unless those are much better style dies. I have several Elis staters that are 1 of 3 known and there was no price premium for that rarity.&nbsp; Why not?&nbsp; Well there are 100 other die parings with Hera and a thunderbolt that are equally good style. Very few Greek collectors are trying to get all 100 die combinations.&nbsp; Most people want one nice example and then move on to the 10,000+ (literally) other Greek coin types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Imagine if there were 10,000 different types of US half dollars? With completely different major devices. How many people who care about minor varieties of one type?</p><p><br /></p><p>My take on the coin: its ugly, in poor condition, there are 100 better examples of Celendris staters available, and the seller has no clue.</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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