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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tcore, post: 287163, member: 2949&quot;]I&#039;ll be honest with you, I don&#039;t really like the texture of those denarii.&nbsp; It looks too rough to me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yes, you will find that certain emperors, such as Nero, will command more money because they are more popular.&nbsp; Lots of things figure into the cost of ancient coins, popularity of the ruler, supply, rarity of the actual coin, rarity of a certain aspect of the coin (such as a left facing portrait on certain sestertii where normally they face right or an uncommon reverse type, etc.), and many other things.&nbsp; But these things don&#039;t work the same all of the time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For example, say you have two coins:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>-coin 1- a popular coin from Caligula where 1000 of the coin are known to exist.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>-coin 2- a coin of a not-so-popular 4th century emperor where 50 of the coin are know to exist.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You may be able to get coin 2 much cheaper than coin 1 because Caligula is very popular so there is more of a demand for his coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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