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Message:: [QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3167223, member: 75937"]Everybody's budget and collecting goals are different and if you like them and want them, they are a fair price. Personally, I like the denarius of Vespasian and would buy it for that price if I didn't already have this one in my collection. Like most coins issued during this prosperous era in Roman history, when commerce flourished and coins circulated for decades, it's well-worn. It may have still been in circulation during the reign of Trajan or Hadrian! You'll notice, too, the Pax seated left and holding branch device on its reverse inspired coin-designers centuries later: [ATTACH=full]814353[/ATTACH] The denarius you're considering is well-centered and it has nearly full legends and it is fully attributable (RIC² 29). It has lovely cabinet toning, similar to that seen in coins in the British Museum Collection. <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1213137&partId=1&searchText=Vespasian+denarius++29+COS+ITER+TR+POT+Pax&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1213137&partId=1&searchText=Vespasian+denarius++29+COS+ITER+TR+POT+Pax&page=1" rel="nofollow">Here</a>'s one of their examples of this coin: [ATTACH=full]814351[/ATTACH] Here's my example, if you're curious: [ATTACH=full]814352[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]