Kinzer Ancient Coin Value Guide

Kinzer Ancient Coin Value Guide

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Rome denarius

Vitellius · Observed / Range

Source location: Book 5, Chapter 3, PDF p. 16, Pricing Schedule

Certified / slabbed evidence

Lower-grade certified examples can sit in the low hundreds; Choice XF and better examples can move into the low thousands.

Current fixed-price retail

Current professional retail commonly ranges from several hundred dollars to low four figures by grade and type.

Raw auction

Evidence pending. Do not infer a price ladder.

Published schedule observations (not raw-auction tiers)

Entry: ~$150-$300; Typical: —; Choice: ~$1,500-$2,500+

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.