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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3180917, member: 85693&quot;]What an interesting post.&nbsp; I really like this kind of material, for reasons I cannot explain - something about ruins.&nbsp; Were I an 18th century English aristocrat, I&#039;d have my lawn filled up with fake broken columns and statues missing their noses, no doubt.&nbsp; And that Stephen Sack art exhibit is marvelous (thanks for the link EWC3).&nbsp; When it comes to ancient stuff, I guess I prefer my Venus de Milo missing her arms. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think most of my collection is made up of static -Here is a Domitian I posted earlier - thanks to Doug&#039;s website, I managed to at least narrow the date down because of the portrait and the only bit of inscription visible is COS DES VIII.&nbsp; The rest is lost to time....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]819690[/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.&nbsp; &quot;Domitian announced 8th Consulship on January 1, 82.&quot; (Doug Smith website)</p><p>(24.23 grams / 33 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an Antoninus Pius sestertius I am inordinately fond of.&nbsp; The reverse is, I am 72% certain, Apollo (you can just make out the curve of his lyre, barely).&nbsp; The toning is an attractive dark brown with bits of &quot;sand patina&quot; bringing out some of the legends, devices, and pits...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]819691[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(140-144 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / APOLLINI AVGVSTO SC, Apollo draped to feet standing left holding lyre and patera.</p><p>RIC 598; Cohen 62; BMC 1229</p><p>(18.22 grams / 32 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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