Prestige / pedigreed bronze
Julia Mamaea · Exact Comparable
Source location: Book 7, Chapter 21, PDF p. 76, Prestige / pedigreed bronze
Certified / slabbed evidence
NGC Choice XF 5/5-4/5 Vesta sestertius: $1,700 hammer.; Exact comparable only
Current fixed-price retail
Thin
Raw auction
Strong patina, pedigree, and high grade can move well above ordinary bronze
Market / specialist note
No three-tier ladder published.
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.