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<p>[QUOTE="Fugio1, post: 3807173, member: 89970"]I recently found this at a Denver Coin Expo this fall. The boarse of 120 tables is nearly all US coin dealers with maybe 6 dealers specializing in World/Ancients. I typically walk away from this local show with nothing except casual conversations with dealers and collectors I meet there.</p><p>One US dealer said he had a couple of blue boxes of ancients but he didn't know anything much about them. He said that he had a friend attribute and price them. The first box contained surprisingly nice Sev. Alexander - Gordian III denarii, all priced reasonably, but not of interest to me. The second box was really a junk box with mostly late Roman in horrible condition. There were some loose coins but most were in cardboard flips with no attribution or prices. The very last coin in the 2nd box was this Aurelian As. Not a thing of great beauty, but the price was right and I walked away from the show with a somewhat scarce coin in my pocket:[ATTACH=full]1015741[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fugio1, post: 3807173, member: 89970"]I recently found this at a Denver Coin Expo this fall. The boarse of 120 tables is nearly all US coin dealers with maybe 6 dealers specializing in World/Ancients. I typically walk away from this local show with nothing except casual conversations with dealers and collectors I meet there. One US dealer said he had a couple of blue boxes of ancients but he didn't know anything much about them. He said that he had a friend attribute and price them. The first box contained surprisingly nice Sev. Alexander - Gordian III denarii, all priced reasonably, but not of interest to me. The second box was really a junk box with mostly late Roman in horrible condition. There were some loose coins but most were in cardboard flips with no attribution or prices. The very last coin in the 2nd box was this Aurelian As. Not a thing of great beauty, but the price was right and I walked away from the show with a somewhat scarce coin in my pocket:[ATTACH=full]1015741[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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