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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3287203, member: 82549&quot;]To be honest, if I could afford pristine, NM examples of these ancient Roman bronzes, I would probably prefer them to the ones in my collection. But I can&#039;t, and so I hold onto these ugly ducklings that I found in lots of uncleaned coins:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/Beginnings/Agrippina.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Agrippina Senior</b></p><p><i>Wife of Germanicus</i></p><p>Bronze Sestertius</p><p>Rome mint, A.D. 50-54</p><p>Obv: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS</p><p>Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP, encircling SC</p><p>RIC (Claudius) 102</p><p>34mm, 26.1g. </p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/Beginnings/ClaudiaAntonia.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Claudia Antonia</b></p><p><i>Daughter of Claudius</i></p><p>Bronze Dupondius</p><p>Rome Mint, A.D. 41-50</p><p>Obv: ANTONIA AVGVSTA</p><p>Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAES AVG P M TR P IMP - Claudius, veiled and togate, holding simpulum, facing left, between S and C</p><p>RIC (Claudius) 92</p><p>26mm, 10.3g. </p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/GoldenAge/Vitellius.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Vitellius</b></p><p><i>Imperator, 69 A.D.</i></p><p>Bronze As</p><p>Spanish (Tarraco?) mint</p><p>Obv: A VITELLIVS - IMP GERMAN</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTI - Victory, with shield inscribed S P Q R, between S and C</p><p>RIC 46</p><p>29mm, 8.4g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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