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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2697867, member: 76194&quot;][USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER]: Just to illustrate how wrong RIC rarity is, here is how many I&#039;ve found on sale for this R1 coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>6 on vcoins</p><p>2 on Ebay</p><p><br /></p><p>So that&#039;s 8 on sale from the largest venues in the world where ancient coins can be purchased. I would say most common reverses for just about any Emperor you can think off will yield 30 to 50 examples on sale at any given time, so only 8 on sale would in fact confirm it is not a very common coin, but definitely not the super-rare coin RIC would suggest. A more accurate label would be &quot;Uncommon&quot; and I bet the reality is there are probably 120 or so in collectors&#039; hands and about two dozen in dealer&#039; hands, and probably two dozen or so in museums.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s just like the Gordian III denarius with Gordian riding on horseback. Just the other day [USER=78058]@Smojo[/USER] pointed out to me that despite that coin being &quot;rare&quot; according to RIC, you could probably find a dozen on sale at any given time, which would suggest it&#039;s probably &quot;Somewhat Uncommon&quot; but definitely far from rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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