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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 4937813, member: 91820&quot;]I rather like the sestertii of Elagabalus - the fine craftsmanship of the latter part of Caracalla’s reign could still be seen although whoever did the gorgeous sestertii of Caracalla’s final issues was gone - or so it appears to me. I am trying to collect one of each of the 35 types RIC lists for Elagabalus - not enough time for me to complete it but I’m just over a third of the way there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have tried the same thing with Caracalla and Septimius. What I have found is odd - the common types for each emperor are not simply common but incredibly common, while the not so common types are simply never for sale. As an example I have mentioned before, Septimius Severus “Securitas” very common for Caracalla but almost never offered for sale for Septimius despite rated only as scarce - I am lucky to have a single worn example. Yet Septimius’s “Africa” type listed as rare is very common.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, I thought that collecting sestertii of only the Severan’s would be fun and interesting but I have found it to be an almost impossible task to get less common types even if inefOnce you have the more common types then it becomes almost an impossibility to get more - I have not bought a coin for my collection in months. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course some of that may be due to the far fewer coins for sale in the last year. We seem to be in a period diametrically opposite to the early 2000’s. I keep hearing that fewer and fewer people collect ancient coins but you would never know it from prices and supply - where the heck are all those coins that were sold the last 20 years?</p><p>Gone? Hoarded by dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I have a friend who has about 20,000 ancient coins of all grades and types - I have suggested he sell some of them but no luck thus far&nbsp; - selling a single one is an impossibility for him. </p><p><br /></p><p>but where are the thousands and thousands of other coins that came in from Eastern Europe?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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