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<p>[QUOTE="GregH, post: 8281282, member: 75936"]If you've discovered Pulcheria, Gundobad, Mankaphas, Olybrius, Romulus Augustus AND Laelianus in uncleaned lots, that is extraordinary luck. You would need to be searching through literally hundreds of thousands of coins before you find a single rarity like these by chance. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many of us have been through the exercise of restoring uncleaned coins, and the usual experience is Constantius II, Constantine, Constans, Valens, more Constantius II, Valentinian, even more Constantius II! Vetranio or Flavius Victor are as rare as it usually gets, and that occurs ... very rarely. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are other experts besides David Sear. You're in the US, right? How about getting David Vagi's opinion? You'd need authentication anyway for insurance purposes, to protect against another loss. And I'm keen to know the outcome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GregH, post: 8281282, member: 75936"]If you've discovered Pulcheria, Gundobad, Mankaphas, Olybrius, Romulus Augustus AND Laelianus in uncleaned lots, that is extraordinary luck. You would need to be searching through literally hundreds of thousands of coins before you find a single rarity like these by chance. Many of us have been through the exercise of restoring uncleaned coins, and the usual experience is Constantius II, Constantine, Constans, Valens, more Constantius II, Valentinian, even more Constantius II! Vetranio or Flavius Victor are as rare as it usually gets, and that occurs ... very rarely. There are other experts besides David Sear. You're in the US, right? How about getting David Vagi's opinion? You'd need authentication anyway for insurance purposes, to protect against another loss. And I'm keen to know the outcome.[/QUOTE]
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