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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3556474, member: 88829&quot;]When you visit Lech Stepniewski&#039;s site <a href="http://www.notinric.lechstepniewski.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.notinric.lechstepniewski.info/" rel="nofollow"><i>Not in RIC</i></a>, you immediately become aware that there are a lot of things that slipped past Bruun and the others who edited volume VII, or were only unearthed after the volume went to press (eg. <i>Bulkan explosion</i> of the &#039;90s).&nbsp; The fact is that for unrecorded material no one really knows how rare each might be.&nbsp; Playing the odds we might say that none of that material is &quot;common&quot; or we would run into it in the marketplace.&nbsp; Then again, who would notice?&nbsp; Informed specialists might be as rare as the material itself.&nbsp; All of which leads to the question, how do you determine what to pay for such things when you encounter them?&nbsp; For example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]945365[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a mint mark from a common &quot;PROVIDENTIA campgate&#039; of Constantius II from Siscia.&nbsp; Coins of this type are noted in RIC as having been produced in either of two officinae: delta and epsilon.&nbsp; What have we here?&nbsp; Is that initial letter a delta?&nbsp; Why or why not?</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me press on that; if the normal coin is priced at 40 dollars/euros/whatever, is this one worth a premium on that - say maybe up to 70 dollars/euros/ whatever?</p><p><br /></p><p>How much is too much for something unlisted?&nbsp; Normally I do not get my knickers in a twist over unlisted officinae, but there are sometimes good reasons for exceptions.&nbsp; Siscia was pretty intentional and consistent about assigning production in the name of&nbsp; certain rulers to specific officinae.&nbsp; In 328-9 when this was current officina delta mainly was for Constantius, while epsilon was for his brother Constantine Junior.&nbsp; Dad got A, B, and gamma, but NOT the other two.&nbsp; There was some slippage between the two sons, but not into the officinae for their father.&nbsp; However, by the next year with the intro of the GLORIA EXERCITVS type, all three of these rulers were fair game for A, Delta, and Epsilon. But for the campgates this item is not known to RIC nor on the <b>Not in RIC</b> site.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, was this a transitional piece?&nbsp; Does that do anything to the price tag?</p><p><br /></p><p>You tell me, Please!&nbsp; 40, 60, 80?&nbsp; Something in between?&nbsp; More?&nbsp; Less?</p><p><br /></p><p>How much should I pay? (the seller is asking about $80)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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