I ended up buying it. I may have over paid but its a really nice appealing coin of one of the twelve.
330 USD. I don't think I way over paid but its all its money I think but then again I really don't know pricing on Roman coins. I only know what I like.
$330 is somewhat high, but not unreasonably so IMO...for what it's worth, Sear values that type in VF condition at $280 back in 2000. Current prices 23 years later seem to run about that, more or less depending on the eye appeal. Yours, I would say, is about VF, with nice patina and good eye appeal. Congrats!
Right now for what ever reason the 12 Caesars anything seems to be running high. I don't know if there was some movie that spurred it on or what the deal is. But any coins bearing the likeness of the 12 seem to be in demand.
For sure. I'm fairly new to ancient coins and from what I've seen, prices have gone up sharply in the last three years or so. And everyone seems to want one (or more) of the Twelve Caesars!
it's very nice. I've been using coinarchives to normalize price prior to purchase https://www.coinarchives.com/a/resu...TRIBVN+POTEST+ITER&s=0&upcoming=0&results=100
I highly recommend getting on board with coinarchives to scout out condition and pricing. In this case I think the condition of the OP coin corresponds to this coin that sold a few weeks ago for $60: Numisfitz GmbH - Auction 2, Lot 711 DRUSUS (Died AD 23). As. Rome. Restitution issue struck under Titus. Obv: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N. Bare head left. Rev: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST. Large S C. RIC II 437 (Titus). Condition: Near very fine. Weight: 11,04 g. Diameter: 26 mm. Starting price: 50 EUR... 4 Jun 2023 60 EUR The nice thing about coinarchives is that it not only clues you in on comparative value, but it also gives you an idea of where to look. Another guide is to go to the ancients section of vcoins.com and search on the specifics of the coin interest. How many responses it brings up will help you get a feeling for the real market, and it may settle the urge for a lot less. No need to overpay just because you can afford to.
I second the recommendation to use an archive site like CoinArchives or ACSearch to get a feel for market prices. However the coin you posted is an apples-to-oranges comparison - it's in worse shape, has less eye appeal IMO than the OP coin, and it's not even the same type. Here's one that more closely resembles the OP coin. It's in better condition, but with a similar patina and surfaces. Gorny and Mosch, hammered for $277 in 2022. Buyer's premium (20%) brings it to $332, say $350 with shipping. It's a better deal than the OP's coin, but still, we're talking within 20 or 25%. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10117854 Here is another one: again, nicer than the OP's coin but similar in overall appearance (surfaces perhaps a tad rougher.) This one sold through CNG in 2022, hammered for $425; buyer's premium of 18% brings it to just over $500 without shipping costs. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9197309
I purchased a year's subscription to ACSearch which cost $80 and IMO it is money very well spent. I use it all the time not just for attribution, but also, as alluded to above, for pricing. (you need the paid subscription to see the prices on ACSearch.) CoinArchives charges $600 for a year's subscription and apparently has a smaller database too. I don't know why anyone would choose CoinArchives over ACSearch.
