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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3174686, member: 85693&quot;]Nice detective work, Gavin.&nbsp; I spent some time trying to attribute the World&#039;s Worst Sestertius of Domitian and didn&#039;t have much luck, since the reverse figure is completely missing.&nbsp; Because DES VIII is visible, and the portrait, I am pretty sure of the ruler and the date - 81 AD (thanks to Doug Smith&#039;s website).</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the horribleness of this thing, I am quiet fond of it.&nbsp; And at $1.90 the price was right.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]816756[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Domitian&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(81 A.D. - 8th designated</b></p><p><b>consulship) Rome Mint</b></p><p>Laureate bust right, all legends worn away / Occluded standing figure (?), all legends worn away except DES VIII.</p><p>&quot;Domitian announced 8th Consulship on January 1, 82.&quot; (Doug Smith website)</p><p>(24.23 grams / 33 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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