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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7971643, member: 80952&quot;]Coin is RIC VII 28 SMKA mintmark (first officina). Rarity in RIC is r3 but I don&#039;t think this is extremely relevant at least in this case </p><p>Here is one I quickly found from officina 3, same degreee of rarity in RIC. </p><p><a href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-1ZMD9A/helena-augusta-ad-324-32830-follis-205mm-285-g-12h-cyzicus-mint-3rd-officina-struck-ad-324-325" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-1ZMD9A/helena-augusta-ad-324-32830-follis-205mm-285-g-12h-cyzicus-mint-3rd-officina-struck-ad-324-325" rel="nofollow">https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-1ZMD9A/helena-augusta-ad-324-32830-follis-205mm-285-g-12h-cyzicus-mint-3rd-officina-struck-ad-324-325</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My personal opinion is that $90 + premium is also a high price. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the end the price of a coin is exactly the price that was paid or that someone is willing to pay for it. I am not willing to pay that sum or even close to that. A collector who is more specialized on LRBs or a Helena specialist might have another opinion, but I doubt it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was discussing with a modern coins dealer who has prohibitive prices, he usually requests 200%. I asked him why. His answer was &quot;if I can find somebody to pay this, why not? and if I find someone interested, we&#039;ll bargain and I&#039;ll grant him a 10-20% discount, I will still gain profit&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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