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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1824533, member: 39084&quot;]At an NAC auction in May of this year, a Titus sestertius was offered with &quot;its original lustre exactly as it would have appeared in Rome in the first century AD.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]300038[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Exactly how did it get into this condition?&nbsp; Was it chemically cleaned?&nbsp; If not, how could it have been preserved this way?&nbsp; Even my dealer with 30 years of experience couldn&#039;t really tell me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not surprisingly, the hammer price was very high (CHF 150,000 not including buyer&#039;s fees) which exceeded my budget for this coin.&nbsp; I still have some regrets about not getting it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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