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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3592530, member: 88829&quot;]I couldn&#039;t believe what I ran into today.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 2 years ago I bought the following Julia Domna denarius for something like 120 bucks.&nbsp; I had seen the Genetrix reverse, but this was Genetrici which went at least as far back as Sabina so it was a good addition. VENERI GENETRICI</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]960094[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A few months later an antoninianus with this reverse type came along, and I foolishly supposed I could get it for about what the denarius had cost.&nbsp; That bid fell short, and I didn&#039;t see another one for about a year or so.&nbsp; Finally this one came along and i decided to jump on it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]960095[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It cost about double what the denarius had cost, but I figured that the grade is higher and ants for Domna are less common than denarii, so okay, bite the bullet.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that I was set, but then this one came along from my friends at CNG and I thought I would upgrade:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]960096[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Since it was nicer (a lot nicer) I decided to go about $200 on it.&nbsp; Hah.&nbsp; Totally left in the dust.&nbsp; When it settled this coin had hammered at $320 with a final tab of just under $380.&nbsp; What surprised me so much is that it cost more than I had paid for the Ant, which shot my rationale for the price of that.&nbsp; I think my ant would grade on par with the CNG denarius, if they were side by side.&nbsp; And no, the CNG den is not described as being from Laodicea, despite the appearances of the ear and neck rings.</p><p><br /></p><p>I honestly can&#039;t tell how much these coins OUGHT to cost, and can&#039;t figure why these are so much pricier than much of her other silver.&nbsp; The only thing I can figure is that the market has risen with the higher rate of employment so that better grade stuff is coming out of the woodwork and driving competition in a stronger market.&nbsp; But maybe the coin types have something to do with it - and this I do not know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of you have quite a bit of experience with Severans and most likely know the market on this stuff.</p><p>Your thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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