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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4493933, member: 57495&quot;]+1.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like to think this one has some rugged charm to it, kind of like how Vespasian probably thought he was ruggedly good-looking. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It was one of the junkier coins in a group lot of 1st-2nd century bronzes I picked up about 7 years ago for around EUR 10 each.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115018[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>VESPASIAN</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 19.7g, 32.5mm. Rome mint, AD 71 AD. RIC 127.&nbsp; O: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG P M T P P P COS III, laureate head right.&nbsp; R: VICTORIA AVGVSTI S C, Victory standing right, resting left foot on helmet, inscribing OB CIV SERV on shield attached to palm-tree.</p><p><br /></p><p>This other one was from a Frank Robinson cheap list a few years ago for $18.90.&nbsp; As Frank advertised in his description of it: &quot;portrait has FULL LAUREL WREATH!!!” <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115019[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>PHILIP II</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 16.56g, 26.6mm. Rome mint, AD 249. RIC IV 267. O: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: LIBERALITAS AVGG III, The Philippi seated left on curule chairs, each extending hand; SC in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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