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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2948311, member: 74282"]It's not an uninteresting coin by any means but if you were specifically looking for a Second Punic War-era denarius, well, it isn't that unfortunately, but it is still an earlier denarius and a Roman Republic coin. I believe that [USER=72818]@Mikey Zee[/USER] had a similar thing happen with a Victoriatus that the seller quickly IDd as a rare Second Punic War-era type when in reality it was a more common issue minted around the same time as yours. He came to some sort of agreement with the seller and kept the coin as I recall.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I am contemplating a return I usually ask myself the following:</p><ul> <li>Do I like the coin knowing what I know now</li> <li>Would I have purchased it knowing what I know now</li> <li>Would I have been willing to spend as much of my budget on this coin knowing what I know now(consider the opportunity cost)</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2948311, member: 74282"]It's not an uninteresting coin by any means but if you were specifically looking for a Second Punic War-era denarius, well, it isn't that unfortunately, but it is still an earlier denarius and a Roman Republic coin. I believe that [USER=72818]@Mikey Zee[/USER] had a similar thing happen with a Victoriatus that the seller quickly IDd as a rare Second Punic War-era type when in reality it was a more common issue minted around the same time as yours. He came to some sort of agreement with the seller and kept the coin as I recall. If I am contemplating a return I usually ask myself the following: [LIST] [*]Do I like the coin knowing what I know now [*]Would I have purchased it knowing what I know now [*]Would I have been willing to spend as much of my budget on this coin knowing what I know now(consider the opportunity cost) [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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