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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 2410740, member: 75936&quot;]It&#039;s often said that there is nothing more common than a &quot;rare&quot; coin. Most people here have rare coins, and many of us have unique coins. There are 3rd century Roman coins of Constantine and his family that are &quot;rare&quot; because the campgate on the reverse has an extra row of bricks, or there&#039;s a tiny star in the left reverse field, or a particular sub-type is rare for a particular officina (workshop), but common in the other officinae in a common mint. But who cares - except the very specialised collector who is probably glad not to have much competition bidding for his/her prize.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rarity is sometimes important however: the portrait series of Roman emperors is widely collected - which is why the rare emperors sell for very high prices (I think i saw a Romulus Augustus solidus in the current batch of auctions, with an estimated price in the hundreds of thousands).</p><p><br /></p><p>For ancient silver coins that are cheap and have a certain &quot;wow&quot; factor - i recommend the big sasanian silver drachms. There aren&#039;t many collectors of these, yet they are impressive pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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