...in the neighborhood of 150 Cassius in the hoard, over 200 of the Brutus
Numbers I've heard are, in aggregate similar, but with more Cassius and fewer
Brutus. Of course, who actually knows? Perhaps there are many more. I'm not sure it's possible to count them as many have been sold outside the
acsearch umbrella. There's no publication, and given the circumstances in which it was marketed, I wouldn't expect one from anywho who saw the
hoard intact. It is possible that some numismatic student does a future publication based on publicly sold examples, but it would be necessarily incomplete as we've no idea how many have been sold privately,
nor what other coins might have been in the
hoard, perhaps worn examples in lesser numbers that wouldn't cause a market blip.
I recently bought an old-provenance
GVF example of the Cassius tripod
type, seen at
auction in 1984 and possibly earlier. I did so because my 'new' coin was not the greatest one, with double striking, so rather than have an unremarkable example of a not-rare
type I thought it better to have a remarkable for its
provenance older
collection example. I'll get rid of my shiny one (and will lose most of my
money on it). I chose to buy the old-provenance coin now because the
price falls for the
new coins set a marker for the pricing of old coins, hence it was inexpensive. As these
types are currently cheaper than
Caesar elephants (but are much scarcer even post-hoard) remaining pieces will get swept up quick enough. In a decade they may seem
scarce again.
Now I'm waiting for a hoard of Eid Mar's to come to market!
That's, scarily, quite plausible. After all we know the issue was large enough given it was struck from
plenty of dies, and the few 'new' examples that have dribbled onto the market in recent years, all have similarly bright unworn surfaces and similar corrosion issues (ugly coins, as coins go) that suggest a single find location that someone, somewhere, knows about. Also recall the
Koson staters and the pseudo-Mithdridates staters, all attributed to the same battle. As with the Cassius tripod, the
Koson type is exceptionally
rare in a circulated old
provenance condition. The next clod of earth turned over by some tomborolo's spade might unearth quite few more EID
MARs. This is in the nature of issues struck before major battles. Were I able to afford the
type, I'd try and get an old
provenance coin.