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<p>[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 8253698, member: 42034"]Sulla portrait denarii are historically important as Sulla was a Dictator who ruled the Roman Republic from 82-79 BC according to David Vagi. I thought it was longer from another reference?. He retired, lived in his villa near the shore, and had a stroke yelling at a wagon-driver blocking the road? I believe. You could Google to check the exact history and his career is very well documented.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sulla also issued one of the first Roman Imperatorial coins. This is a modern style Athenian tetradrachm issued when he was in control of the city.</p><p><br /></p><p>The portrait denarii are appreciably rarer than J Caesar denarii but since Shakespeare didn't write about him he doesn't get the credit or price that Julius does. Fine is often a problematic grade in ancients: coins with decent designs generally start at VF.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'd <u>guess</u> that today, in Fine, a Sulla portrait could be $400 - $600, in low VF perhaps $1,500. A super VF with full legends and a nice portrait could be $2,500+.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've been looking for a Constantine III coin since losing one at auction around 2015/16. Just last week I won a realistic??? portrait one at well below what I was prepared to pay out of Gorny & Mosch. Heritage just sold one 2 weeks ago but I called to get an eyes-on for the coin (it was in a details slab) and they told me it was heavily brushed. Thus I put in a low bid on that one and was happy to lose it. I've also bid on a few Con-III solidii but not nearly enough. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my reasons for wanting Constantine III are that I like late Roman, he was co-Emperor during the 1st Sack of Rome in 410 AD, & my son's name is with a III, thus I've told him he has to change his name to Constantine.</p><p><br /></p><p>See my new Constantine III siliqua here. I haven't even paid for it yet!</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-compositional-analysis-of-silver-roman-imperial-coins-using-xrf.269578/page-2#post-8252477" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-compositional-analysis-of-silver-roman-imperial-coins-using-xrf.269578/page-2#post-8252477">A compositional analysis of silver Roman imperial coins using XRF</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 8253698, member: 42034"]Sulla portrait denarii are historically important as Sulla was a Dictator who ruled the Roman Republic from 82-79 BC according to David Vagi. I thought it was longer from another reference?. He retired, lived in his villa near the shore, and had a stroke yelling at a wagon-driver blocking the road? I believe. You could Google to check the exact history and his career is very well documented. Sulla also issued one of the first Roman Imperatorial coins. This is a modern style Athenian tetradrachm issued when he was in control of the city. The portrait denarii are appreciably rarer than J Caesar denarii but since Shakespeare didn't write about him he doesn't get the credit or price that Julius does. Fine is often a problematic grade in ancients: coins with decent designs generally start at VF. I'd [U]guess[/U] that today, in Fine, a Sulla portrait could be $400 - $600, in low VF perhaps $1,500. A super VF with full legends and a nice portrait could be $2,500+. I've been looking for a Constantine III coin since losing one at auction around 2015/16. Just last week I won a realistic??? portrait one at well below what I was prepared to pay out of Gorny & Mosch. Heritage just sold one 2 weeks ago but I called to get an eyes-on for the coin (it was in a details slab) and they told me it was heavily brushed. Thus I put in a low bid on that one and was happy to lose it. I've also bid on a few Con-III solidii but not nearly enough. Some of my reasons for wanting Constantine III are that I like late Roman, he was co-Emperor during the 1st Sack of Rome in 410 AD, & my son's name is with a III, thus I've told him he has to change his name to Constantine. See my new Constantine III siliqua here. I haven't even paid for it yet! [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-compositional-analysis-of-silver-roman-imperial-coins-using-xrf.269578/page-2#post-8252477']A compositional analysis of silver Roman imperial coins using XRF[/URL][/QUOTE]
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