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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 2015275, member: 25357&quot;]Supply and demand are what drive the price for any item.&nbsp; That being said, I&#039;m still trying to figure out what drives the prices for certain ancient coins through the roof.&nbsp; For US coins, it&#039;s the convergence of a popular series(demand) with limited examples especially in higher grades (supply). So I can tell that an 1893 S Morgan dollar in AU 58 is going to go for mad money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still trying to learn what elements create the same market conditions for ancient coins.&nbsp; What drives the price for ancient coins like the examples I&#039;ve listed below through the roof?&nbsp; What makes these particular specimens so popular?</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, it goes back to supply and demand, why do these examples sell for many times more than a nice Julius Caesar portrait denarius?&nbsp; How realistic are the prices for these coins?&nbsp; Has the seller overpriced these two or does he stand a good chance of getting close to the BIN price he&#039;s asking?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/MITHRADATES-VI-Gold-Stater-84-BC-Splendid-Hellenistic-portrait-NGC-AU-/221422080290?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item338dc8d122" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/MITHRADATES-VI-Gold-Stater-84-BC-Splendid-Hellenistic-portrait-NGC-AU-/221422080290?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item338dc8d122" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/MITHRADATES-VI-Gold-Stater-84-BC-Splendid-Hellenistic-portrait-NGC-AU-/221422080290?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item338dc8d122</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/SICILY-Siculo-Punic-320-BC-Silver-Tetradrachm-Tanit-Persephone-Horse-Awesome-/381019751846?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item58b68c05a6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/SICILY-Siculo-Punic-320-BC-Silver-Tetradrachm-Tanit-Persephone-Horse-Awesome-/381019751846?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item58b68c05a6" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/SICILY-Siculo-Punic-320-BC-Silver-Tetradrachm-Tanit-Persephone-Horse-Awesome-/381019751846?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item58b68c05a6</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]363686[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]363687[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]363688[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]363689[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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