So guys what price do you think this coin will make? below or above estimate?...
The guy has been made offers from private collectors and dealers for £60,000 already! my guess will be £90,000!
My vote: well below the numbers you quote, or, more likely, be unsold due to not meeting its reserve. This
forum doesn't really welcome discussions of prices, but a digression into how the coin market works is perhaps ok here. The nature of such a coin is it depends on having two extremely keen and probably slightly insane buyers to push up the
price (or not). At essence, this is a not-very-attractive but historically interesting coin. Bear in mind that there are thousands of other ancient coin
types which are only known in a few examples, i.e. just as
rare as this. Being extremely
rare, and/or not being in any
standard catalogue, often justifies a coin
selling for a few hundred pounds (rather than a few tens of pounds). This example may justify a stronger
price from those who wish to
complete their all-emperors
collection, but it probably requires putting reason to one
side to bid to the levels you quote, given that one can get other amazingly
rare, historically interesting but much more attractive coins for much less than those sorts of prices. If there is one extremely keen and probably insane bidder, and other quite keen bidders, it might fetch a modest amount (much less than the numbers being talked about). If there are two extremely keen and totally insane bidders it might be bid up to a more serious amount. But, for a coin such as this, a 'serious amount' might
still be a fraction of the numbers suggested, and the coin might be unsold if the
auction put such a reserve on it. Frankly, if this was my small bronze, and there were really offers of the nature you talk about, I wouldn't even consider waiting to see if it - might - fetch an insane
price, given the potentially much higher risk of it never
selling at all.