Ordinary sestertius

Keep separate from Judaea Capta sestertii; portrait, patina, and surface condition matter.

Source location: Book V, Chapter 5, Ordinary Sestertii narrative and Certified / Retail / Raw Auction table, PDF pp. 24-25

Certified / slabbed evidence

High-grade certified or exceptional raw pieces can move into several thousand dollars.

Current fixed-price retail

Thin and highly specimen-sensitive.

Raw auction

Evidence pending. Do not infer a price ladder.

Published schedule observations (not raw-auction tiers)

Entry: ~$300-$600; Typical: —; Choice: ~$2,000-$3,500+

Market / specialist note

Keep separate from Judaea Capta sestertii; portrait, patina, corrosion, smoothing, tooling, and reverse type control comparison.

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.