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<p>[QUOTE="Herodotus, post: 4318056, member: 111387"]The OP's coin is money!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I got this one a short while back among a random lot of four coins on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fsrv2.imgonline.com.ua%2Fresult_img%2Fimgonline-com-ua-resize-vp1bn43Wq35V.jpg&hash=20209d694f4fea0201bcdd2f259f2437" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Crispina Augusta, AD 178-182. Æ Sestertius</b></p><p>Rome mint, struck under Commodus.</p><p><b>Obv.</b> Draped bust right.</p><p><b>Rev.</b> Salus seated left, holding patera, feeding serpent rising from altar, resting elbow on back on chair.</p><p>RIC III 672b (R)</p><p><br /></p><p>The other three coins in the lot -- A Follis of Galeria Valeria, a Ptolemy VI Zeus/Eagle(Lotus series) Obol, and what I believe to be Heraclius 40 Nummi (w/ Heraclius Constantine & Martina). </p><p><br /></p><p>I'd like to think I did OK @ $65 for the entire lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097632[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1097634[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Herodotus, post: 4318056, member: 111387"]The OP's coin is money!:woot: I got this one a short while back among a random lot of four coins on eBay. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fsrv2.imgonline.com.ua%2Fresult_img%2Fimgonline-com-ua-resize-vp1bn43Wq35V.jpg&hash=20209d694f4fea0201bcdd2f259f2437[/IMG] [B]Crispina Augusta, AD 178-182. Æ Sestertius[/B] Rome mint, struck under Commodus. [B]Obv.[/B] Draped bust right. [B]Rev.[/B] Salus seated left, holding patera, feeding serpent rising from altar, resting elbow on back on chair. RIC III 672b (R) The other three coins in the lot -- A Follis of Galeria Valeria, a Ptolemy VI Zeus/Eagle(Lotus series) Obol, and what I believe to be Heraclius 40 Nummi (w/ Heraclius Constantine & Martina). I'd like to think I did OK @ $65 for the entire lot. [ATTACH=full]1097632[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1097634[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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