Britannicus / Mars sestertius
Reference: RIC I p. 130 note
Britannicus · Exact Comparable
Source location: Book IV Chapter 13 Pricing Schedule, PDF p. 68
Certified / slabbed evidence
No dependable current exact-type certified ladder
Current fixed-price retail
No active professional-dealer ask locked; sold dealer example at $6,500 is historical context only
Raw auction
CNG Sept. 2025 Good Fine RIC I p. 130: $3,750 hammer.
Market / specialist note
Uncertain Balkan/Thracian attribution; preserve mint and restoration context. Unverified conditional buyer-inclusive estimate withheld from priced observations: Possible $4,594-$4,688 buyer-inclusive total is channel-dependent and unresolved because the winning channel is unidentified.
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.