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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2161934, member: 19463&quot;]I disagree here.&nbsp; The Constantine as Caesar in AE1 size is a rare item.&nbsp; Add to that the fact that this specimen was very good looking and had a better than average reverse type.&nbsp; I said I&#039;d pay $125 and Bing called me a cheapskate which is to Bing and I considered a great compliment.&nbsp; An AE3 ordinary Constantine as Augustus (99.9% of his coins are as Augustus) even in high grade is not worth $50 IMHO unless it has something special going for it.&nbsp; There are rare reverses and rare mintmarks that will sell for the big money but the difference in Constantine as Caesar and Augustus added to the size (matters, in this case) is a lot more than allowed in the theory posted above.</p><p><br /></p><p>From this we need to be careful not to assume too much.&nbsp; For example, Constantine II is very common as Caesar and less so as Augustus but even being scarce adds very little $$ to those coins unless there is a special circumstance at work.&nbsp; There is more demand for the coins of Constantine I as Caesar because of the backstory on how he became Caesar and Augustus (ugly politics).&nbsp; We have not even mentioned the other choice.&nbsp; Below is a Constantine I as &#039;friend of the Augustus&#039; (FIL AVG), a title I would not have called the man to his face if I went back in time.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]416415[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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