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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 3376969, member: 89970&quot;]This topic has been in my mind recently.&nbsp;&nbsp; In my collection area, Early Roman silver,&nbsp; for me to pay a premium, the coin generally needs to be rare BECAUSE of the condition, style, or eye appeal. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, as a collector of varieties,&nbsp; small details constituting rarity may be meaningful to me, but&nbsp; may not be so meaningful to most collectors who are happy with one or two of the earliest anonymous denari in their collection.&nbsp; &nbsp; Nevertheless, I still have my “condition” discriminatory nature driving how much I will pay for a coin.&nbsp; &nbsp; Sometimes when&nbsp; it is unlikely I will ever see another example I will buy a lower grade coin,</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, a couple of the rarest anonymous denari in my collection are also the coins I paid the least for.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here are two “rare coins” and why they are significant to me but may be of little interest to others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford 55/1, Ex RBW NAC 61</p><p>Hammer price: 300 CHF</p><p>Population: &lt; 10 examples known.</p><p>Meaningful because this is among the rarest denarius issues listed and plated in RRC by Crawford.&nbsp; The British Museum doesn&#039;t have one.&nbsp; It&#039;s the only anonymous denarius issue found with both Peaked visor and splayed visor varieties.&nbsp; (This one is peaked).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895881[/ATTACH]</p><p>Crawford __ (Not in RRC), Roma Numismatics ESale 44</p><p>Hammer price: 110 GBP</p><p>Population: 3 known specimens</p><p>Meaningful because this is the only fully anonymous issue with peaked visor belonging to the Sicilian style issues grouped together in RRC 72-78 except RRC 75/1c.&nbsp; In those coins cataloged, all but RRC 75/1c have various symbols or monograms distinguishing their issues.&nbsp; Roma&#039;s helmet visor on RRC 75/1c is splayed.&nbsp; the visor on this example is peaked (with lowest line extending).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]895889[/ATTACH]</p><p>Steve Brinkman[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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