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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3144246, member: 88829&quot;]The historical/numismatic writeups in this matchup are both driven more by how the coins made the owners feel than by what they know.&nbsp; Long on imagination but short on actual information I was inclined to leave that choice out.&nbsp; However, Guru did point us to a less publicized ancient population whereas Theo asserted that Neapolis was historically significant without explaining that (except for pizza and durability).</p><p><br /></p><p>I was impressed by the image of Venus on the trihemiobol which has a special delicacy, but I was blown away by the left facing bust of the nymph on the Neapolitan coin.&nbsp; Not surprising since the larger coin had more room for more intricate detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest eye opener for me came from digging into the cost aspect, for which I did searches on CNG.&nbsp; The nomos was plentiful and the coins were not very pricey in general, but most were not as nice as this one and sold in the 100-280 range.&nbsp; When they did get nice the price still did not get up much above 400 except in a few cases. So this one was priced at about the expected market.</p><p>The very trihemiobol shown here was sold by CNG in 2013 for just above $160 (with buyers fee) plus shipping.&nbsp; However, they are seldom offered and CNG has not sold one in four years.&nbsp; When they do sell they fetch quite a bit more than this one which was a bargain version at $160, let alone the price Guru paid.&nbsp; He might have said that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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