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<p>[QUOTE="AnemicOak, post: 287175, member: 5224"]Some of the popularity has to do with age, earlier coins are generally not as available. The coins of early emperors (like Nero) are available in much lower quantity. A lot less survived than someone like Severus Alexander. Also more people simply know who Nero was. He may have been a psycho, but his deeds are much more well known.</p><p><br /></p><p>You seem to be going for Severus Alexander. He's a good emperor for getting a quality coin for a lower price. $15-$20 for the ones you linked to isn't to bad I guess. Not sure about the textured look, some of it could be the photos, some could be a lot of porosity from some kind of chemical cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind for maybe $40-$60 you can get a really high quality coin for Sev Alexander. Here's one I paid $50 for...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/AnemicOak/tpl416LG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AnemicOak, post: 287175, member: 5224"]Some of the popularity has to do with age, earlier coins are generally not as available. The coins of early emperors (like Nero) are available in much lower quantity. A lot less survived than someone like Severus Alexander. Also more people simply know who Nero was. He may have been a psycho, but his deeds are much more well known. You seem to be going for Severus Alexander. He's a good emperor for getting a quality coin for a lower price. $15-$20 for the ones you linked to isn't to bad I guess. Not sure about the textured look, some of it could be the photos, some could be a lot of porosity from some kind of chemical cleaning. Keep in mind for maybe $40-$60 you can get a really high quality coin for Sev Alexander. Here's one I paid $50 for... [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/AnemicOak/tpl416LG.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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