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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1503097, member: 39084&quot;]Late last year I was fortunate enough to find a Domitian sestertius to add to my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]193069.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>DOMITIAN 69 - 81 AD</p><p>AE Sestertius (26.88 g.) Thrace 80-81 AD</p><p>CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIANVS COS VII, laureate head right / S C across field, Mars walking right, holding spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder</p><p>RIC 509 Titus</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is actually a bit less greenish than the picture indicates, but it does have those small areas of bare bronze that provide some insight into what these coins may have looked like when they were originally struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>I note, without additional comment, the engraver&#039;s apparent penchant for anatomical correctness on the reverse portrait of Mars.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still looking for both Titus bronzes, and it seems to me that most of the ones available are almost identical to those of Domitian.&nbsp; I&#039;m hoping to find some that are a little different from Domitian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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