Hi all! Just thought I'd share something quickly. I bought 2 large lots a while ago of 50 nice condition antoniniani each for £265 total. This is still, currently, my biggest single spend on a lot. I had to clean the coins up, and remove some of the green deposits on them (I don't think it's bronze disease). Most were cleaned pretty quickly, but a couple had stubborn deposits that won't budge. Anyway, I kept the ones I liked most, and have been reselling the rest on eBay, for about the £8-£12 each range. They've been doing pretty well, and I'm making a nice profit on each one (which will go back into buying more coins etc.) However, today I uploaded my last batch (about 10 coins), 2 of which being of Aurelian. I listed one for £10, and then thought "Hey, I'll just check the reverse in case it's something special" (it was a Milan minted coin, which I find somewhat unusual). I was pretty shocked to see that my coin was a rare DACIA FELIX type. I searched it up, and found that similar condition coins (without the silvering my coins have but also without the deposits) go for about £150-£300! (e.g. https://www.biddr.com/auctions/numismatiknaumann/browse?a=169&l=154772 and https://www.romanumismatics.com/234-lot-903-aurelian-bi-antoninianus?auction_id=134&view=lot_detail, although the Roma one is quite a bit nicer) The best thing is, I checked the other Aurelian, and it turns out I have two of that type! I removed my eBay listing (phew) and contacted Roma, who said they'd be interested in consigning them, along with an unlisted as, also of Aurelian. Just thought I'd share
Fantastic. Congratulations, @Harry G. The rarity is underscored by the more obvious elements of the historical context. ...What was Aurelian doing in the first place, issuing a coin, in a functionally primary denomination, that would celebrate a province that his legions had just retreated from? (...All of this from memory.) Unless it was issued immediately prior to the withdrawal, vaguely along the lines of what Nixon initially said about Vietnam.
