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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1012066, member: 19463&quot;]Looking at it more closely, I see your campgate is a rare item.&nbsp; It has the mintmark PTRE used with the shield bust.&nbsp; RIC catalog only lists this from the S workshop (number 2, P is Prima or #1) and that is an R5 or great rarity.&nbsp; I do not specialize in these and do not know if it has been reported previously.&nbsp; Unfortunately that chunk missing will keep you from getting rich but I suspect someone might be willing to trade it for something prettier and more common (like the bust left with no shield which is a common item.&nbsp; If not for the chunk missing, I&#039;d suggest it might be worth paying someone to clean it but I do not know who.&nbsp; Note the page below has a STRE like your coin:</p><p><a href="http://www.beastcoins.com/Topical/Architecture/Campgate-Treveri/Treveri.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beastcoins.com/Topical/Architecture/Campgate-Treveri/Treveri.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.beastcoins.com/Topical/Architecture/Campgate-Treveri/Treveri.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The owner of this page is a dealer on VCoins and knows more about campgates than anyone.&nbsp; I would suggest contacting him for advice regarding the cleaning of the coin and see if anyone might want it as it is if you are willing to trade/sell it.&nbsp; The problem here is that some unlisted or R5 coins have turned up in such numbers that the current supply overwhelms the (very small) demand so no one would be interested in a damaged one.&nbsp; It is a sad fact that many of us have faced but there are coins in ugly shape that are the only one known but nobody cares.&nbsp;&nbsp; I do not know which situation fits your coin.&nbsp; I don&#039;t usually give out email addresses but when a guy has a VCoins store, he usually likes mail from people with rare coins so you could ask if there is any interest in a coin like this (send photo). </p><p><a href="http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/beastcoins/store/info.asp?page=ContactUs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/beastcoins/store/info.asp?page=ContactUs" rel="nofollow">http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/beastcoins/store/info.asp?page=ContactUs</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A word about ancients and rarity:&nbsp; Many of us that collect ancients like rare coins but relatively few of us are actively trying to gather a complete set of anything, let alone everything.&nbsp; Price often reflects condition over rarity especially when the difference between the rare and the common is a workshop letter.&nbsp; The shield obverse is more likely to bring interest but interest fades fast when a coin is ugly unless it is also very cheap.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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