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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2325388, member: 19463&quot;]I do not see the coins of Nero as scarce even in high grade but the demand for them is huge so the prices are high.&nbsp; We see them in every big name sale.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would love to have a Janus Temple sestertius&nbsp; - my favorite type of his and common enough that I could were I willing to pay the price.&nbsp; For me, Nero made asses which I have showed here too many times.&nbsp; Compared to Nero, there is no demand for coins of the kid Gordian who did nothing particularly noteworthy other than issue coins and die.&nbsp; Certainly there are more coins of the third century when an antoninianus probably had less purchasing power than Nero&#039;s bronzes.&nbsp; Certainly being the last decent silver coins made for a long time would cause many to be buried.&nbsp; Recently we have seen large groups of later sestertii sold as bulk lots but I have not seen many of these showing up from smaller dealers.&nbsp; I wonder who bought all those cleaned and average sestertii?</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be interesting to know what percentage of any particular issue was made from recycled metal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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