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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Plumbata, post: 3212607, member: 96864&quot;]I was of the impression that they are rather over-valued relative to their prevalence. For starters, Roman coins in general seem to be the most collected category of ancients, and demand for some Romans significantly exceeds the organic demand of actual focused collectors. It isn&#039;t coin collectors that drive prices for junky Judean bronzes, Tribute Pennies or Tyrian Shekels well above what they should be relative to other similar coins, and the same is true for coins of famous/infamous Roman emperors that every student has learned about, which constitutes a very broad degree of exposure which inevitably leads to greater demand thanks to folk who may grow-up and decide they want a coin of Julius Caesar or Nero or Caligula because of the history, and lacking relevant numismatic experience they are often willing to spend what seems like a lot of money on the few ancient coins they will ever be interested in owning.</p><p><br /></p><p>My experience showing ancient coins to the uninitiated is that many assume even common and humble LRBs are unattainable and &quot;all in museums&quot;, so when they see that ancients are in fact attainable they assume the values are much higher than they actually are, because &quot;wow it&#039;s incredible that it&#039;s so old and in such good condition!&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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