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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 7915328, member: 39084&quot;]Maybe the real surprise about this coin&#039;s hammer price is the initial estimate of 3000 Euros.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since Greek coins aren&#039;t remotely my area of expertise, I went on ACSEARCH to do a bit of price research.&nbsp; Using the search term &quot;aegina stater&quot; my search turned up over 2200 hits, so it would appear that this type of coin isn&#039;t particularly rare, but... I didn&#039;t see a single example whose condition was remotely as well struck as this one.&nbsp; The best one I saw is this one that hammered for $30K -- $36K all-in -- at a Triton auction in 2019:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367488[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My ignorance about Greek coins in general, and this type in particular, prevents me from writing anything more insightful about the Kunker coin other than to note that it may very well be the best of its type available in the last 20 years or so, so maybe that justifies the bidding war that drove up its price.</p><p><br /></p><p>If others here can find examples of this type that are as well struck as the Kunker example I&#039;d love to see them posted here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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