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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1628937, member: 19463&quot;]I have never seen a FH that qualified as AE1 (over 25mm).&nbsp; A quarter is 24mm and most of the larger FH coins are 20 to 24mm so firmly in AE2 range.&nbsp; If one happened to be struck extra hard and spread out to 25mm, it probably would suffer from detail loss from too thin metal to fill both dies and certainly would not be worth a premium.&nbsp; $300 is high for the coin shown.&nbsp; It is not my place to shop for you but I found this lesser grade Antioch at $34.&nbsp; Certainly the OP coin is nicer. The question might be how much nicer?&nbsp; Earlier I suggested a slab price would be $150 so that is 4-5x.&nbsp; That would seem enough.&nbsp; 10x?&nbsp; No.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/gitbudnaumann/66/product/constantius_ii__follis__antioch_mint__emperor_kills_enemy_horseman_with_a_lance/140290/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/gitbudnaumann/66/product/constantius_ii__follis__antioch_mint__emperor_kills_enemy_horseman_with_a_lance/140290/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/gitbudnaumann/66/product/constantius_ii__follis__antioch_mint__emperor_kills_enemy_horseman_with_a_lance/140290/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I will point out that the really big dealers rarely have these common coins and would only have one if it were super high grade and price.&nbsp; Finding an equal coin may take some looking so if you must have it now, you pay the price.&nbsp; Unlike modern coins not every type is available in every grade on every day.&nbsp; You buy what you want when you find it.&nbsp; I do not recommend shopping for a specific coin unless you &#039;need&#039; it to fill a set or satisfy a long standing itch.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I do disagree with medoraman regarding the Falling Horsemen.&nbsp; They are the most common coins that exist in the ancient series.&nbsp; They are <u>not</u> at all common in full size, full legend, full details from a full strike and nicely surfaced all in one coin. That is why they sell from $1 to $300.&nbsp; Where a coin falls in that range is a matter of opinion.&nbsp; There are other coins that are almost always found well struck for which huge hoards of high grade examples have hit the market recently so they sell reasonably in great shape.&nbsp; That is why we suggest beginners pay attention to the market prices for a while before they start buying from anything other than a fully trusted seller who plans to make a little off of you on each of a thousand future sales rather than a killing on this one.&nbsp; Of course we always recommend the fully trusted seller technique rather than the slab as a guarantee of authenticity but that is another topic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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