sestertius
Prestige bronze; surfaces, portrait, and reverse matter.
Vitellius · Observed / Range
Source location: Book 5, Chapter 3, PDF p. 16, Pricing Schedule
Certified / slabbed evidence
Certified or unusually attractive raw pieces can move well above ordinary collector bronze.
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: ~$1,500-$2,000; Typical: —; Choice: ~$6,000-$8,000+
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.