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€8,104/5,400 ants = €1.50 per ant. I don't know how many ants you need to make a full colony, but a few hundred ants or euros doesn't seem so expensive. Especially for a serious hobbyist, this might have been all for one buyer.
One queen is all it takes really. They would kickstart the whole thing starting with first few relatively weaker workers due to the queen lack of resources.