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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 2065527, member: 24544&quot;]I&#039;m new to the world of ancients and just started looking around for coins to collect.&nbsp; I like the roman republic coinage, specifically the Q. Pompnius Musa coins with the 9 different Muse reverse, plus the Hercules.&nbsp; My questions is on the Hercules reverse in particular, I found the following two coins sold on Heritage:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-republic/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-q-pomponius-musa-56-bc-ar-denarius-17mm-375-gm-5h-/a/3020-25578.s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-republic/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-q-pomponius-musa-56-bc-ar-denarius-17mm-375-gm-5h-/a/3020-25578.s" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-republic/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-q-pomponius-musa-56-bc-ar-denarius-17mm-375-gm-5h-/a/3020-25578.s</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-republic/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-q-pomponius-musa-denarius-404g-4h-rome-66-bc-obv-diademed-head-of-apollo-right-his-hair-falling-in-ringlets-larg/a/3011-205.s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-republic/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-q-pomponius-musa-denarius-404g-4h-rome-66-bc-obv-diademed-head-of-apollo-right-his-hair-falling-in-ringlets-larg/a/3011-205.s" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/itm/roman-republic/ancient-coins-roman/ancients-q-pomponius-musa-denarius-404g-4h-rome-66-bc-obv-diademed-head-of-apollo-right-his-hair-falling-in-ringlets-larg/a/3011-205.s</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The VF sold in 2012 for around $400, the xf sold in 2011 for around $10,000.&nbsp; Is this price differential due solely to the condition of the coins, or is there a variety here that I don&#039;t know about?&nbsp; Just trying to make sense of pricing on these coins, thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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