Ordinary Rome denarius
Vespasian · Observed / Range
Source location: Book V, Chapter 5, Certified / Retail / Raw Auction table, PDF p. 25
Certified / slabbed evidence
Certified AU and stronger examples can move materially above ordinary raw coins.
Current fixed-price retail
Broadest current retail lane; ordinary raw examples generally low hundreds, stronger pieces higher.
Raw auction
~$75-$150 entry | ~$175-$350 collector | ~$500-$900+ choice
Published schedule observations (not raw-auction tiers)
Entry: ~$75-$150; Typical: —; Choice: ~$500-$900+
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.