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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1113094, member: 19463&quot;]&#039;Rare&#039; is a relative thing.&nbsp; People have a list of emperors or significant Romans and some think they need a coin of each one.&nbsp; Hanniballianus in on that list and has higher demand than might be justified for his position in history.&nbsp; In general, rarity of types means little in pricing ancients but rare rulers fare better.&nbsp; The coin I showed in the thread on bronze disease is 1000 times rarer than Hanniballianus (possibly unique - twice as rare as Domitian II) but nobody cares and it is worth $10.&nbsp; Pay extra for interesting coins that exist in smaller numbers than there are people who want one.&nbsp; There are 80+ examples of the Brutus EID MAR denarius and at least 8000 people who would buy one if they were common.&nbsp; Don&#039;t pay extra for a coin because it has a high rarity code in RIC unless you are trying to complete the set and understand why that coin makes your life better.&nbsp; &nbsp; US collectors &#039;need&#039; certain key coins to complete a set of coins all identical except for dates and mintmarks.&nbsp; Ancient collectors are freed from that since there is no such thing as a complete set of anything ancient.&nbsp; There are too many coins known only from one example for anyone to collect by filling spaces in Whitman blue folders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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