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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2241166, member: 19463&quot;]My haul from the Virginia Numismatic Association show yesterday included a coin I have been wanting for some time.&nbsp; These are not rare but nice ones bring hefty prices; this one is far from the worst I&#039;ve seen but it was in no danger of starting a fight at a big auction.&nbsp; It fits my low end collection.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442057[/ATTACH]</p><p>The seller said he considered the Trajan Decius double sestertius the only one of the denomination since he was less than certain of the denominations as used by Postumus.&nbsp; I accept Postumus but it i good to note there is the conservative opinion.&nbsp; At 32.5g mine is neither lightest or heaviest.&nbsp; Of the three reverses used, the Victory seems to be the second most common.&nbsp; This is just an average coin of no particular merit unless you consider that is a double sestertius --- and that is the whole point of why I wanted it.&nbsp; In truth it is about the same size as a single sestertius of the first century (they just don&#039;t make them like they used to....).&nbsp; For those who like high grade coins:</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1103137" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1103137" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1103137</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your double sestertius of Herennia Etrucilla.&nbsp; I would love to have one:</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2176888" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2176888" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2176888</a></p><p>Remember to allow for buyer&#039;s premiums.</p><p><br /></p><p>My other Decius AE denominations:</p><p>Sestertii</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442058[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442059[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Dupondius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442060[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Semis (last of its kind)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]442061[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have an as.&nbsp; Does anyone?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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