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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2003359, member: 19463&quot;]While this is an exceptional obverse, it comes from a large series of tridrachms with not too thrilling types that do not excite many people into wanting the series.&nbsp; That leaves the people with money who tend to buy one specimen to represent the group.&nbsp; If I were in the market for one, I&#039;d prefer one like this:</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1211322" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1211322" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1211322</a></p><p>I&#039;m surprised the coin would bring $1000 but that is a nice aegis and it does have good surfaces.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I might add that there are collectors who would rather have the coin on center and well styled than absolutely mint state.&nbsp; If you combined this obverse with a better reverse (perhaps the camel, temple or Melqart?), I have no doubt it would sell well.&nbsp; I will agree that the series seems cheap compared to denarii but there is a discrimination against Greek Imperials in some circles and may much more interesting coins competing for the money of those in that market at $1000 per coin.&nbsp; Provincials may not be a good hobby for those who must have &#039;perfect&#039; coins.&nbsp; Some of these are far from perfect but still as good as we get.&nbsp;&nbsp; Given a $1000 to spend on one coin, I might prefer the dog of an Albinus (#11) here.</p><p><a href="http://www.akropoliscoins.com/page3.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.akropoliscoins.com/page3.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.akropoliscoins.com/page3.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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