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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 3115322, member: 39084"]You really did find quite a bargain in your coin, which is much better than the other three recent (and more expensive) examples you posted. </p><p><br /></p><p>A few years ago I had a similar experience with a slabbed Hadrian aureus that was not graded AU or MS but was an under-recognized, underappreciated value:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrian-aureus-a-makeover.284246/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrian-aureus-a-makeover.284246/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrian-aureus-a-makeover.284246/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A major problem with slabbed ancients is that you can't 100% inspect them as you would an unslabbed coin, and great coins can go unrecognized.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 3115322, member: 39084"]You really did find quite a bargain in your coin, which is much better than the other three recent (and more expensive) examples you posted. A few years ago I had a similar experience with a slabbed Hadrian aureus that was not graded AU or MS but was an under-recognized, underappreciated value: [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hadrian-aureus-a-makeover.284246/[/url] A major problem with slabbed ancients is that you can't 100% inspect them as you would an unslabbed coin, and great coins can go unrecognized.[/QUOTE]
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