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<p>[QUOTE="Ancient Aussie, post: 3114851, member: 80147"]I don't think my only slabbed coin purchase benefited in price by being slabbed, and very skimpy information on the slab didn't help either like no weight or catalogue attribution. I only paid about 10% more than it's previous slabbed sales with Heritage and Pegasi, and jumped at the offer to send to me broken from slab with cheaper postage.</p><p>A picture of when it was slabbed below and below that freestyle...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]791082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]791083[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Provincial, Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Gordian III (238-244 AD) Æ 27 (12.43g) Sabinius Modestus, legatus consularis., City Gate, Obv.: Laureate and draped bust right. Rev.: Arched gate flanked by two roofed towers with arched windows in uppermost story. Varbanov 4182. Rare! NGC XF.</p><p>The towers are actually rounded, raised off the face of the coin. Interesting details on top of the towers and along the top of the wall.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Ex. Lanz 97, Munich 2000, Lot. 847</p><p>Heritage, Pegasi and Praefectus coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ancient Aussie, post: 3114851, member: 80147"]I don't think my only slabbed coin purchase benefited in price by being slabbed, and very skimpy information on the slab didn't help either like no weight or catalogue attribution. I only paid about 10% more than it's previous slabbed sales with Heritage and Pegasi, and jumped at the offer to send to me broken from slab with cheaper postage. A picture of when it was slabbed below and below that freestyle...:shame: [ATTACH=full]791082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]791083[/ATTACH] Roman Provincial, Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Gordian III (238-244 AD) Æ 27 (12.43g) Sabinius Modestus, legatus consularis., City Gate, Obv.: Laureate and draped bust right. Rev.: Arched gate flanked by two roofed towers with arched windows in uppermost story. Varbanov 4182. Rare! NGC XF. The towers are actually rounded, raised off the face of the coin. Interesting details on top of the towers and along the top of the wall. *Ex. Lanz 97, Munich 2000, Lot. 847 Heritage, Pegasi and Praefectus coins.[/QUOTE]
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