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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6324338, member: 85693&quot;]Nice find - I love bargain-hunting stories like this.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A bit more than $20, back in 2019 I found a $49.99 buy-it-now on eBay, for a coin I couldn&#039;t normally afford.&nbsp; It was described as an Augustus denarius.&nbsp; Banker&#039;s mark, wear, not lovely, but I am happy with it:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sextus-pompey-den-neptune-dec-2019-0a-jpg.1046330/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Sextus Pompey Denarius</b></p><p><b>(42-40 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Sicilian Mint</b></p><p>MAG•PIVS•IMP•ITER• , head of Pompey Magnus r. between lituus and capis / Neptune left, holding aplustre, foot on prow, with Anapias &amp; Amphinomus, parents on shoulders, [PRÆF] above, CLAS•ET•O[RÆ] / [M]ARIT•E[X• S•C•]</p><p>(3.47 grams / 16 mm)</p><p>Crawford 511/3a; Pompeia 27; Sydenham 1344; BMCRR (Sicily) 7; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); Sear CRI 334.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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