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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5141627, member: 97383"]Great score Q & interesting article <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! You & I aren't the only ones looking for rare varieties in the Syria - Antioch series <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The books by Prieur & McAlee have created a storm of interest in these coins & rare varieties are fetching big money at auction now. On rare occasions you can still find a sleeper <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Of course high grade rarities (MS or Ch AU) fetch the highest prices. Pictured below are two coins of Septimius Severus, Prieur 1140 & 1141. Prieur 1140 is a common coin & my example would probably fetch $300 - 500 at auction. I've seen inferior examples to my 1141 sell for over $2,000.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1206539[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 5141627, member: 97383"]Great score Q & interesting article :D! You & I aren't the only ones looking for rare varieties in the Syria - Antioch series :smuggrin:. The books by Prieur & McAlee have created a storm of interest in these coins & rare varieties are fetching big money at auction now. On rare occasions you can still find a sleeper :happy:. Of course high grade rarities (MS or Ch AU) fetch the highest prices. Pictured below are two coins of Septimius Severus, Prieur 1140 & 1141. Prieur 1140 is a common coin & my example would probably fetch $300 - 500 at auction. I've seen inferior examples to my 1141 sell for over $2,000. [ATTACH=full]1206538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1206539[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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