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Message:: [QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8172823, member: 110350"]I would guess that I see four or five Gaius & Lucius denarii up for sale for each one of every other type of Augustus (or Octavian) denarius on the market (with one possible exception; see below). It's also the only type one can regularly buy in decent condition for $500 or less. At NYINC, I saw several of them in the Herakles Numismatics trays and talked to Perry Siegel about how common they are. He said he always keeps a number of them in stock, and recommends them to people who are simply looking for a silver coin of Augustus. Obviously, the type must have been minted in enormous quantities. I have one too, of course, just as the majority of you seem to: [ATTACH=full]1427952[/ATTACH] The only other type that seems nearly as common and affordable is this one: [ATTACH=full]1427953[/ATTACH] A poor reverse, but a nice portrait. I would love one of the beautiful anepigraphic obverse types like yours, [USER=115909]@Gam3rBlake[/USER], or [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]'s, but I'm afraid that they're impossible to find for less than, say, $1,000-$1,500 -- and more than $2,000 for one in great condition. At least as much as one would spend on, for example, a nice gold solidus of the 4th or early 5th centuries AD.[/QUOTE]