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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 8538259, member: 26302&quot;]In a lot of ways, &quot;rare&quot; for ancients should always be used in context, and understood in context. A Caligula, (as referenced by [USER=101855]@johnmilton[/USER] above), is only rare in context with other Roman emperors. I own a number of them, and they are usually one at least in every major auction, so as a coin type cannot be considered &quot;rare&quot; unless considered in context of other Roman emperors. Its a lot like US collectors consider a 1893 S silver dollar &quot;rare&quot;. Its only rare in relation to other Morgans. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, in context of a specific provincial coin, rare could mean its not been published really and there might be 15 around at most. &quot;Unique&quot; always bothers me, since there are massive amounts of ancients that have never been sold in photographed auctions, so I discount the idea highly. However, such a few number of coins in existence makes it truly rare, yet what is the demand? Where prices go through the roof is where these intercept, like a gold Eide Mar, which is truly rare, and demand being extremely high. That is how you get 7 figure ancients. Otherwise, you can own truly rare coins for not very much money, since almost no one collects to that level of detail, so demand also very &quot;rare&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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