Eastern-mint denarius
Vespasian · Observed / Range
Source location: Book V, Chapter 5, Certified / Retail / Raw Auction table, PDF p. 25
Certified / slabbed evidence
High-grade certified eastern material can reach the high hundreds or low four figures.
Current fixed-price retail
Thin; mint attribution must be explicit.
Raw auction
~$100-$250 entry | ~$300-$600 collector | ~$1,000-$1,500+ choice
Published schedule observations (not raw-auction tiers)
Entry: ~$100-$250; Typical: —; Choice: ~$1,000-$1,500+
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.