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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2592563, member: 56859&quot;]<p style="text-align: center"></p><p>Yes, <i>tremendously</i>-- although depending on your overall budget and the relatively cheap prices of these things, it probably isn&#039;t going to wreck you financially <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The images are through plastic and are dark, so it&#039;s hard to say much about the coin. NGC labeled it &quot;Mint State&quot; (&quot;Mint State&quot; is not really a term used by collectors of ancient coins, except for those who focus on slabbed ancient coins), but I assume it&#039;s a fairly nice example of the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>In observing sales from the thankfully few auction houses which insist upon slabbing their ancient coins, it seems that any ancient coin with a &quot;MS&quot; label is guaranteed to sell for a premium without regard to any other factor such as rarity, availability, style, etc.</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To determine if you paid a reasonable price you will need to hunt for similar coins (the same types of coins in <i>similar condition and style</i>) and see what they brought, sometimes disregarding outliers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some good places to find such information:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG&#039;s archives</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">ACsearch</a> (you need a paid subscription to see hammer prices)</p><p><br /></p><p>For late Roman bronzes such as the coins you showed, eBay is a good place to look for comps.&nbsp; Use their &quot;Advanced Search&quot; option.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can also check <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Vcoins</a> for currently available &quot;retail&quot; listings.</p><p><br /></p><p>CoinTalk member [USER=58941]@YOC[/USER] has and has sold numerous very high quality examples of this type of coin and other late Roman bronzes.&nbsp; YOC:&nbsp; can you post some examples of those along with the sales price, for the benefit of [USER=57234]@silverbullion[/USER] and others?&nbsp; That reminds me... one of these days I want to by one YOC&#039;s lovely high grade LRBs! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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