looking for an EID MAR

Then it is your lucky day. Several for sale and all from Morocco.

this is a nice one...notice he is not even holding it with his fingers. Still a bargain at $300.






a little cheaper but this guy has 3 right now...what are the odds?





if you are looking for a genuine example, I would pass on these.

 

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Sadly, it's about the only way to get one, since the real deals are eye bleeding expensive. But, that much for a fake? No thanks.

 

Are there ANY reputable sellers in Morocco?

 

Not a country I would buy from, but I don't buy outside the US anymore.

 

Why compromise with quality?

Z

 

Do you buy a lot of ancient Roman coins; which originate mainly in Europe?

 

It’s interesting, but not on my list. The only place for me win would have these would be at auction. I don’t have good luck in auctions. So no, it’s cool, but not for me.

 

Yes, buying for foreign dealers, even the really good ones, is expensive and sometimes nerve racking. The exception for me has been the British Royal Mint which has some significant influence.

 

Good thing, because these are terrible fakes. A genuine example might sell for a quarter million to a half million dollars. The few ancient coins that the British Royal Mint sells are almost all ridiculously overpriced.

 

Someone on CT has 2 of them

 

Meh, I'll wait for them to list their gold ones.

 

I have bought some ancient coins in the past from dealers in Britain and France, but these days, I don't trust customs. Honestly, I haven't bought an ancient coin in a couple of years, but I don't avidly do overseas auctions either. I just buy what I can afford and like, and that means all coins, within the United States as of right now.

 

Mine hammered for £1.20.

Had to pay £2.50 shipping too though!

 

Can pick one up from Alibaba for a couple of bucks...

 

Yep - they're so common that I used a couple to decorate the doors of my coin cabinet..

 

Maybe there is a hoard of them waiting to discovered by a lucky metal detectorist somewhere in Eastern EuropeI Remember when a hoard of KOSON AV Staters where discovered in Romania. Luckily most ended up in auctions/ I ended up getting an FDC one for $1200 euros These are also attributed to Brutus.

 

It was an interesting time. When those Koson staters first hit the market... they were so unusual that many assumed that they were forgeries... which drove the prices down to an extremely low level... When authenticity was established, the prices went back up. Those that took the risk early on were eventually rewarded.

 

$3,000 for a used EID MAR?? For that kind of money I'd expect it to be BNIB!

 

Not bad for an unpublished variant Pixodaros drachm, though.