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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4125493, member: 85693"]That's a real pretty posthumous sestertius, John. Lovely colors. I just got one with the eagle standing on the globe:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068929[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>Posthumous for Commodus</b></p><p><b>(180 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS, bare head right / [CONSECRATIO] S-C, eagle standing right on globe, head left.</p><p>RIC 654; Cohen 89; BMC 385. </p><p>(22.59 grams / 28 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug makes some good points. But as for the 26 varieties of MA and Providentia denarius types, I suggested "discouragement" only because of the <i>attribution</i> complexity. I remember a few years back being a bit overwhelmed by all the details. Nowadays I enjoy the challenge, but it can be daunting for some of us when starting out. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for getting all of them - that never even occurred to me. My collecting "goals" are far too flakey to even consider such a task.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4125493, member: 85693"]That's a real pretty posthumous sestertius, John. Lovely colors. I just got one with the eagle standing on the globe: [ATTACH=full]1068929[/ATTACH] [B]Marcus Aurelius Æ Sestertius Posthumous for Commodus (180 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS, bare head right / [CONSECRATIO] S-C, eagle standing right on globe, head left. RIC 654; Cohen 89; BMC 385. (22.59 grams / 28 mm) Doug makes some good points. But as for the 26 varieties of MA and Providentia denarius types, I suggested "discouragement" only because of the [I]attribution[/I] complexity. I remember a few years back being a bit overwhelmed by all the details. Nowadays I enjoy the challenge, but it can be daunting for some of us when starting out. As for getting all of them - that never even occurred to me. My collecting "goals" are far too flakey to even consider such a task.[/QUOTE]
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