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<p>[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2676140, member: 8959"]That is a <b>very scarce</b>, <b>historical,</b> and <b>aesthetically appealing</b> coin all in one. Your Holy Grail as you say. Congratulations on having the opportunity of acquiring it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Concerning the obvious rarity of this particular reverse, no doubt very few exist, and it is certainly <b>much scarcer</b> than other Gordian I sestertii. I would just add that the actual number of extant examples is probably a bit higher than the number you have tracked down. As a very rough 'gut-feel guess' I would say 10-15 probably exist. This is something I have seen a few times before when researching very scarce coins: Many have never been offered, others reside in long-time collections and have not been offered in the last 20-30 years, and so on. </p><p>Whatever the case, it is a scarce and very desirable coin![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2676140, member: 8959"]That is a [B]very scarce[/B], [B]historical,[/B] and [B]aesthetically appealing[/B] coin all in one. Your Holy Grail as you say. Congratulations on having the opportunity of acquiring it:). Concerning the obvious rarity of this particular reverse, no doubt very few exist, and it is certainly [B]much scarcer[/B] than other Gordian I sestertii. I would just add that the actual number of extant examples is probably a bit higher than the number you have tracked down. As a very rough 'gut-feel guess' I would say 10-15 probably exist. This is something I have seen a few times before when researching very scarce coins: Many have never been offered, others reside in long-time collections and have not been offered in the last 20-30 years, and so on. Whatever the case, it is a scarce and very desirable coin![/QUOTE]
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