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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2818586, member: 80783&quot;]I promised my girlfriend to start selling some coins before I keep buying new ones.</p><p>And she is right, I guess, because the aim of my Sestertius portrait gallery was to have one coin per ruler only.</p><p><br /></p><p>So which of these do you think I should keep?</p><p><br /></p><p>- Candidate 1:</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this Trajanus Decius Sestertius because it has a full flan and rather complete legends.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]661265[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]661266[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIUS AVG / VICTORIA AVG</p><p>Sestertius, Rome 250</p><p>RIC 124 d, Cohen 117</p><p><br /></p><p>But I am not really a fan of the dark patina which seems typical for Sestertii of this time.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>-Candidate 2:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]661267[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]661268[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>IMP C M Q TRAIANUS DECIUS AVG / GENIUS EXERCITUS ILLYRICANI</p><p>Sestertius, Rome 250</p><p>RIC 117a, Cohen 53</p><p><br /></p><p>Then this specimen came along, which I like because of it´s lighter tone (is those green spots the dreaded bronze disease, by the way???) and the more life-like portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>So which of these (if any of the two) is in your opinion the keeper here?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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