Ordinary Rome sestertius
Trajan Decius · Observed / Range
Source location: Book I, Chapter 9, PDF pp. 48 and 54
Certified / slabbed evidence
No verified modern certified evidence published for this market.
Current fixed-price retail
Seven current ordinary raw Rome sestertius dealer asks: approximately $26, $79, $150, $189, $207, $230 and $321; median ask ~$189.
Raw auction
Buyer-inclusive ordinary raw Rome sestertius median ~$105.
Market / specialist note
Ordinary bronze only; exclude rare distribution scenes, rare Dacia, provincials, and specialist material. Patina and surfaces matter.
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.