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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2671053, member: 72818&quot;]I LOVE all the posts, from [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER]&#039;s OP to all that followed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always had a special fondness for the big bronzes---most are quite affordable and who can resist the size, detail and simply the feel of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll deviate from G-III and post this sestertius of Trajan Decius:</p><p><br /></p><p>Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 125(a), Cohen V 93, Hunter III - (p. xcvii), cf. SRCV III 9408 (obv legend, etc.), aVF, nice portrait, weak reverse, Rome mint, weight 14.889g, maximum diameter 31.0mm, die axis 0o, Jul 249 - Jun 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse PAX AVGVSTI (to the peace of the emperor), Pax standing facing, head left, raising olive branch in right, transverse long scepter in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]594750[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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