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Large-bronze comparisons are sensitive to surface and portrait quality.
Galba · Observed / Range
Source location: Book 5, Chapter 1, PDF p. 10, Pricing Schedule
Certified / slabbed evidence
High-grade certified material can exceed ordinary raw ranges materially.
Current fixed-price retail
Thin and highly specimen-sensitive.
Raw auction
Evidence pending. Do not infer a price ladder.
Published schedule observations (not raw-auction tiers)
Entry: ~$1,100-$1,500; Typical: —; Choice: ~$8,500-$10,600+
Market / specialist note
Unlabelled raw observations are displayed as published wording, not assigned to invented auction tiers.
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.