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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 26218969, member: 91820&quot;]When I last left this thread I had 21 different types and needed two to have a complete set of every major sestertii of Elagabalus - in addition to these 18 I posted three other types Mars, Salus and a religious type.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;At that point in order to complete the 23 major types I needed only a platform scene, none of which had been sold in a major auction since ca. 2004 and an Adventus reverse with Elagabalus on horseback - lord know what it celebrated since E did not leave Rome during his reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>After two Adventus types were offered but both sold for over a thousand dollars which is beyond my means I finally found one offered by Heritage as part of a 20 coin lot with the whole lot going for 190 Euros - I will post it here when I get it.&nbsp; Yes it is worn but not overly worn so it fits right in.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had almost given up and was about to sell the whole group and focus on better quality sestertii when this was won.</p><p><br /></p><p>So now I wait and try to find the last piece of the puzzle - the elusive platform sestertii of Elagabalus - needless to say if you hear of one for sale please let me know.&nbsp; I still can’t believe I found Mars and Salus examples - Mars was supposedly common but only one of these had been offered in a major auction since 2009.&nbsp; And I found it - like many others it was found on eBay - once again proving that there is still life in ebay as a source of coins.&nbsp; A substantial part of my collection comes from eBay purchases and not all in the distant past.</p><p><br /></p><p>So stay tuned!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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