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Message:: [QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2318809, member: 39084"]I'm in agreement with Volodya here.  Lifetime issuance, as well as artistry, are two factors (among many) in whether an ancient coin appeals to certain collectors. If part of your focus in collecting ancient coins is to appreciate the artistry and engraving quality of those times, then you'll naturally want to find coins whose obverse portraits exhibit better "style" than others of the same type.  This coin is one of those: [ATTACH=full]468305[/ATTACH] While the coin can be characterized as being of a "common" type, most of these coins exhibit portraits that aren't nearly as well rendered as the above portrait.  Compare this portrait to the two coins below, being offered currently on VCoins for $12,000 and $6,500 respectively: [ATTACH=full]468306[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]468307[/ATTACH] Neither of these two coins has, at least to my eye, as good a portrait of Julius Caesar as the first coin shown above.  So despite the poorer condition of the first coin, for me it would be a more desirable coin simply for the portrait quality.[/QUOTE]