Ordinary aureus

Trajan · Observed / Range

Source location: Book VI, Chapter 2, Pricing Schedule

Certified / slabbed evidence

Exact-grade comparison

Current fixed-price retail

No active exact-type ask locked

Raw auction

~$5,000-$7,000 | ~$8,000-$15,000 | ~$20,000-$40,000+

Market / specialist note

Three raw ranges are published without tier labels beyond sequence. 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.