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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4803099, member: 44316&quot;]Some common coins in high grade have fetched remarkably high prices recently. (Given prices include the buyer&#039;s fee):</p><p><br /></p><p>$456 for a common Maxentius follis:</p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-maxentius-ad-307-312-bi-follis-or-nummus-26mm-715-gm-5h-ngc-au-5-5-4-5/a/232035-64210.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-maxentius-ad-307-312-bi-follis-or-nummus-26mm-715-gm-5h-ngc-au-5-5-4-5/a/232035-64210.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-maxentius-ad-307-312-bi-follis-or-nummus-26mm-715-gm-5h-ngc-au-5-5-4-5/a/232035-64210.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>$228 for a very common Constantine campgate:</p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-constantine-i-the-great-ad-307-337-ae3-or-bi-nummus-19mm-1h-ngc-ms-silvering/a/232035-64214.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-constantine-i-the-great-ad-307-337-ae3-or-bi-nummus-19mm-1h-ngc-ms-silvering/a/232035-64214.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-constantine-i-the-great-ad-307-337-ae3-or-bi-nummus-19mm-1h-ngc-ms-silvering/a/232035-64214.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>$432 for a very common CONSTANTINOPOLIS:</p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-constantinople-commemorative-ca-ad-330-340-ae3-or-bi-nummus-18mm-273-gm-6h-ngc-ms-5-5-5-5/a/232035-64221.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-constantinople-commemorative-ca-ad-330-340-ae3-or-bi-nummus-18mm-273-gm-6h-ngc-ms-5-5-5-5/a/232035-64221.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-imperial/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-constantinople-commemorative-ca-ad-330-340-ae3-or-bi-nummus-18mm-273-gm-6h-ngc-ms-5-5-5-5/a/232035-64221.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of us have these in very nice grade for which we paid a small fraction of those prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166503[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166505[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166504[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I could be wrong, but I don&#039;t think those very high prices for really excellent common coins will be &quot;the new normal.&quot;&nbsp; I think they are too common in near-perfect shape to maintain prices like that. I opine that there are at least two new ancient-coin collectors who don&#039;t know that a high-grade ancient need not cost a lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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