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Message:: [QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1890449, member: 44183"]Yah, I admit this was a total-total-total impulse buy!! NOTE: I have often admired this coin-type, but it's usually been too rich for my blood ... but today, I merely lay like a cheetah in the reeds and then pounced at this low-bid  => *sprrrooiinngg!!* Sure, maybe the $300 estimate was high, but I decided to scoop it up for $190  => "hello, impulse-buy ... my new friend"  Commodus. Æ Sestertius177-192 ADRome mint. Struck AD 181Diameter: 31 mmWeight: 25.21 gramsObverse: Laureate head rightReverse: Commodus seated left on curule chair set on daïs; attendant standing behind him; before him, Liberalitas stands to left, holding tessera and cornucopia; citizen on left mounting steps toward platformReference: RIC III 310; MIR 18, 511-6/30; Banti 188Other: 6h … green patina, light earthen deposits [ATTACH=full]322210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]322211[/ATTACH]   Yah, I absolutely "love" adding these big, fat Sestertii to my flock!!  => yummy-yummy ... at 31 mm & 25 grams (that's one plump lil' sister!!) ...  Apparently, I'm a bit of a chubby-chaser!![/QUOTE]