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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 3080849, member: 75525"]Nice find and great story! </p><p>In a junk box, $1</p><p>In a flip with attribution, $10</p><p>With the information above, $20 plus or minus a bit</p><p>At the right auction, what the 2nd highest bidder will pay</p><p>I am not a good judge of ancient coin selling prices. I do buy a few, and have a feel for what I must pay for coins that interest me. Often I am the only one to bid on some of my interests:</p><p>[ATTACH]775796[/ATTACH] </p><p>I bought this 2 Kg bar as an unsold lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I became interested in anchors on ancient coins when I bought an aes grave with an anchor. It is important to know which way is up, because most aes graves have a 12 orientation. I have two one with the "pointed end" up and one with it down. I started to look for other anchors on ancient coins and bought several I would not looked at twice otherwise (like the op coin).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]775794[/ATTACH] </p><p>I wanted this coin because the anchor points "up".</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]775789[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]775790[/ATTACH] </p><p>I have a coin of Piso and normally do not duplicate moneyers. This coin is interesting only because it has an anchor. Note it points up.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]775792[/ATTACH] </p><p>same coin as above with slightly different anchor</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]775800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]775801[/ATTACH] </p><p>There are two different anonymous RR Roma / Dioscurii anchor coins. This one was interesting because of the anchor style.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am about done with my search for anchors on coins. The group is interesting, but I do not expect a premium for the group.</p><p><a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2018/01/anchors-on-ancient-coins-or-which-way.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2018/01/anchors-on-ancient-coins-or-which-way.html" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2018/01/anchors-on-ancient-coins-or-which-way.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 3080849, member: 75525"]Nice find and great story! In a junk box, $1 In a flip with attribution, $10 With the information above, $20 plus or minus a bit At the right auction, what the 2nd highest bidder will pay I am not a good judge of ancient coin selling prices. I do buy a few, and have a feel for what I must pay for coins that interest me. Often I am the only one to bid on some of my interests: [ATTACH]775796[/ATTACH] I bought this 2 Kg bar as an unsold lot. I became interested in anchors on ancient coins when I bought an aes grave with an anchor. It is important to know which way is up, because most aes graves have a 12 orientation. I have two one with the "pointed end" up and one with it down. I started to look for other anchors on ancient coins and bought several I would not looked at twice otherwise (like the op coin). [ATTACH=full]775794[/ATTACH] I wanted this coin because the anchor points "up". [ATTACH]775789[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]775790[/ATTACH] I have a coin of Piso and normally do not duplicate moneyers. This coin is interesting only because it has an anchor. Note it points up. [ATTACH=full]775792[/ATTACH] same coin as above with slightly different anchor [ATTACH]775800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]775801[/ATTACH] There are two different anonymous RR Roma / Dioscurii anchor coins. This one was interesting because of the anchor style. I am about done with my search for anchors on coins. The group is interesting, but I do not expect a premium for the group. [url]http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2018/01/anchors-on-ancient-coins-or-which-way.html[/url][/QUOTE]
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