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Message:: [QUOTE="akeady, post: 3799022, member: 83175"]You can probably get a well worn aureus of Nero for that - as someone else has mentioned, auctions may be your best bet.   Go to sixbid.com or numisbids.com or biddr.ch and search for aureus and throw in a few bids - bear in mind, that many auctions have starting bids which are well below what coins will fetch.   So, it will probably take many auctions and bids before you get one - also, factor in buyer's fees of maybe 20%. You should also look at new coins listed on ma-shops and vcoins every day - if a bargain comes up, it will be snapped up quickly. For $1200, whatever you get will be worn and possibly with edges filed to fit into a jewellery bezel. I have four aurei, all of Nero, and the only one which was less than $1200 was this one: <img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_NeroAureus2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> This was actually less than $300, from a CNG eAuction in 2010 - it's an Indian contemporary copy of a Nero aureus, with garbled legends, so it doesn't match any Nero aureus you'll find in RIC.   They had quite a few Nero and Tiberius aurei imitations which sold cheaply - obviously, it's very worn and damaged and the others weren't much better, some with testcuts.   I'm not sure you'll get much better today for $1200. ATB,Aidan.[/QUOTE]