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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25342898, member: 10461&quot;]Hmm.&nbsp; I’m also very upside-down on this Roman cistophoric tetradrachm of Augustus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1620919[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1620920[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1620921[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year, an ancients dealer gave me an unbiased third-party appraisal of $1,100 on it.&nbsp; After GBP to USD conversion and slab fees, I reckon I’m into it for about $1,900-something.&nbsp; <i>Way</i> too much.&nbsp; It also garnered a below-average (2/5) surface rating when I sent it to NGC, but it got a perfect (5/5) strike rating, and a nice overall technical grade (XF).</p><p><br /></p><p>It has a great portrait and a cool capricorn on the reverse (I’m a Capricorn, hence the enthusiasm.)&nbsp; I had always wanted one of these big silver Roman provincial tetradrachms, and they don’t come cheap.</p><p><br /></p><p>Realistically, I’m unlikely to ever recoup my investment on this piece if I sell it, but it serves well in representing the emperor Augustus in <a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/21345/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-twelve-caesars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/21345/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-twelve-caesars" rel="nofollow">my Twelve Caesars collection</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side note: on the other hand, now that it’s in a slab, you never know.&nbsp; I’ve been watching a recent auction of NGC-slabbed Romans on Heritage, and have seen some really strong prices.&nbsp; Even some crackpipe-<i>crazy</i> prices in a few cases.&nbsp; So, at auction, I guess you can never tell…[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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