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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 4389401, member: 44357&quot;]I&#039;ve been fortunate to add two of the major Colosseum types to my collection, the sestertius under Titus and the Gordian III medallion. There are a couple other major varieties available (Divus Titus, Severus Alexander, and an aureus known by only two examples) but they are even more challenging to acquire. Considering how prominent the Colosseum is in Roman history, it&#039;s surprising it didn&#039;t appear on a broader set of coinage but perhaps they knew they didn&#039;t need to use propaganda show it off as everyone already knew about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1104838[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ex Collection Dr. Paul Hartwig, Auction MM P&amp;P Santamaria, Rome 07.03.1910, Lot 1215</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1104839[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXXII (10 June 1993), lot 339,<i>Münzen und Medaillen AG 66 (22 October 1984), lot 798; Hess-Leu 36 (17 April 1968), lot 525; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 166.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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