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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2922590, member: 39084"]Suppose you won this coin at auction in January 2017 for $42,000 including all fees:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]707912[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the coin's description:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 220-222. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / C–ONSERVATOR AVG, slow quadriga drawing car carrying conical stone of El-Gabal, with eagle on face; star above. RIC IV 61d; Thirion 243; Calicó 2988a; BMCRE 197 var. (arrangement of rev. legend); Biaggi 1283 var. (same); Mazzini 18 (this coin, illustrated). Near EF. Rare and important type.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>From the Continental Collection. Ex Vecchi 4 (5 December 1996), lot 283; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection; Sir John Evans Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 26 May 1909), lot 225.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>If you were the dealer, <b>based solely on your purchase price</b>, what would your asking price be?</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments welcome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2922590, member: 39084"]Suppose you won this coin at auction in January 2017 for $42,000 including all fees: [ATTACH=full]707912[/ATTACH] Here's the coin's description: [I]Elagabalus. AD 218-222. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 220-222. IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / C–ONSERVATOR AVG, slow quadriga drawing car carrying conical stone of El-Gabal, with eagle on face; star above. RIC IV 61d; Thirion 243; Calicó 2988a; BMCRE 197 var. (arrangement of rev. legend); Biaggi 1283 var. (same); Mazzini 18 (this coin, illustrated). Near EF. Rare and important type. From the Continental Collection. Ex Vecchi 4 (5 December 1996), lot 283; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection; Sir John Evans Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 26 May 1909), lot 225.[/I] [I][/I] If you were the dealer, [B]based solely on your purchase price[/B], what would your asking price be? Comments welcome![/QUOTE]
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