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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2291144, member: 56859&quot;]When I posted my sole temple coin yesterday I didn&#039;t count a coin won just a few days ago.&nbsp; In an impressive feat of post-auction processing and shipping, it arrived today!</p><p><br /></p><p>A Marcus Aurelius sestertius with Aedes Mercury-- it&#039;s comfortably worn like an old pair of jeans <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; For a nice writeup on this &quot;Miracle of the Rain&quot; coin, see [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]&#039;s <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/blame-it-on-the-rain-miracle.267122/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/blame-it-on-the-rain-miracle.267122/">post from earlier this year</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]459255[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>Sestertius;&nbsp; 31 mm, 24 gm; struck AD 173, Rome mint</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse (it looks more like a patera to me); within temple with figural columns (telamones); on semicircular pediment, tortoise (unfortunately missing on this coin), cockerel, ram, caduceus, winged helmet, and purse; S-C across fields; RELIG AVG in exergue</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RIC III 1074; MIR 18, 258-6/37; Banti 260[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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