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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3001851, member: 56859&quot;]The places we all check when asked &quot;what is this worth&quot; are:</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> (in this case, search term &quot;spintria&quot;).&nbsp; CNG is a major ancient coin auction house, in business for decades.&nbsp; Their archives are extensive and you don&#039;t have to pay to access them.&nbsp; This makes it an invaluable resource for everyone, including those who don&#039;t want to pay to have access to other databases.&nbsp; It&#039;s a good first stop whenever you want to know what a coin is worth.&nbsp; Caveat:&nbsp; you won&#039;t find low grade low value coins there.</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">acsearch.info</a> (but you have to have a paid account to see what the coin sold for at auction)</p><p><a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/" rel="nofollow">coinarchives.com</a>&nbsp; (although the free version mainly shows upcoming auction lots, with some which have closed recently)</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, to see what a given coin is currently being sold for (or what sellers are asking), same search on Vcoins.com.</p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise, use eBay&#039;s Advanced Search function and select &quot;sold&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, don&#039;t bother with the eBay search.&nbsp; You will only find the extremely plentiful fake spintriae.&nbsp; You will not find <i>any</i> authentic spintriae on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Genuine spintriae (and there&#039;s no hard evidence that they really were &quot;brothel tokens&quot;) sell for <i>many thousands of dollars</i> even when in rather bad condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>A week or two ago there was a to-do here on the ancients forum when someone who rarely posts here posted a picture of one.&nbsp; A lengthy discussion ensued but the bottom line is:&nbsp; don&#039;t post pictures of these or links to them; they will be removed.&nbsp; Such sexually explicit material has been deemed inappropriate by the owners/moderators, and they make the rules so there&#039;s no point in arguing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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