Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2853714, member: 19463&quot;]November 2001 was quite likely a Baltimore show where I <b>always </b>made Jonathan Kern&#039;s table a first stop.&nbsp; I never had enough money to buy all he had that I wanted so there were things I left that I should not have.&nbsp; I hope the Behnen collection got there before I did so I don&#039;t have to feel bad leaving it.&nbsp; I suspect it cost $50 then.&nbsp; Mr. Kern always had bags of bulk coins priced for picking.&nbsp; My coin below came out of his $50 bag.&nbsp; It is the slightly less rare TRA DECIVS legend but it was overstruck on a Geta denarius so was not one that I had to think twice about.&nbsp; I bought it from Jonathan in 1998.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]677805[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There must have been a find of what was then thought to be Milan mint coins (later shown to be Rome when a die link turned up).&nbsp; I bought two TRA DEC coins within a year of that show but not from Jonathan.&nbsp; I have not seen as many of these lately.&nbsp; Perhaps they all went to the Behnen collection???</p><p>$30</p><p>[ATTACH=full]677806[/ATTACH] </p><p>$44</p><p>[ATTACH=full]677807[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These three are in what I would call my permanent collection.&nbsp; I&#039;ll keep them forever or die trying.&nbsp; Are these worth 3X &#039;normal&#039; Decius coins?&nbsp; I say &#039;yes&#039; for the middle one and &#039;more&#039; for the other two.&nbsp; It is all a matter of opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in