Kinzer Ancient Coin Value Guide

Kinzer Ancient Coin Value Guide

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Antoninianus

Aemilian · Observed / Range

Source location: Book I, Chapter 14, published web card (PDF schedule blank)

Certified / slabbed evidence

Recent/near-exact Heritage auction evidence: XF/Choice XF realized range $380-$384 (2024-25); older NGC AU auction result $312 (2023). Source does not state buyer-premium basis for these figures.

Current fixed-price retail

Ordinary raw retail median ~$336. Separate current external NGC AU fixed-price ask ~$1,100; exceptional/high-grade asks are excluded from the ordinary raw retail sample.

Raw auction

Buyer-inclusive ordinary raw Rome antoninianus median ~$345 (n=6); 20th-80th percentile ~$218-$390.

Market / specialist note

Compare the exact type, grade and surfaces; evidence channels are not interchangeable.

What affects this price?

Even within one ruler, denomination and type, grade, strike, centering, surfaces, style, patina, rarity, provenance, and tooling or smoothing can materially change value. These are not automatic numeric adjustments.