MEMORIAE AGRIPPINAE sestertius · RIC 55

Agrippina the Elder · Exact Comparable

Source location: Book IV Chapter 8 Pricing Schedule, PDF p. 40

Certified / slabbed evidence

No stable exact-grade slab ladder locked

Current fixed-price retail

No dependable active exact-type ask locked; recent sold dealer examples roughly $490-$2,500 depending on quality

Raw auction

CNG 2025 Fair ~$192 buyer-inclusive; Near EF ~$2,083; elite NAC 2026 specimen CHF 160,000 hammer — trophy outlier

Market / specialist note

Keep the trophy outlier separate from the ordinary carpentum-sestertius market.

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.