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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marc Aceton, post: 2007474, member: 72101&quot;]Usually, I am exclusively focusing on high-grade coins but in case of rarity, I make quality concessions. Especially, for sestertii, it is particular difficult to reconcile both grade and rarity. One example is my Geta sestertius, which I acquired from a fellow collector in Paris. On the obverse, the portrait leaves something to be desired whereas the reverse depicts a particular nice reverse platform scene.</p><p><br /></p><p>Curtis Clay mentioned in a <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=79391.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=79391.0" rel="nofollow">forumancientcoins.com thread</a> that this coin can be allocated to RIC 159b, to which in total 17 examples can be allocated. My example is the rarer of two variants that displays on the reverse two lictors instead of one. Three specimens are so far recorded.</p><p><br /></p><p>before ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.dumez-numismatique.com/upload/photos/4116R.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.dumez-numismatique.com/upload/photos/4116A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>after ...</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/100080996@N04/9480301666/in/set-72157635012223298" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/100080996@N04/9480301666/in/set-72157635012223298" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/100080996@N04/9480301666/in/set-72157635012223298" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/100080996@N04/9480301666/in/set-72157635012223298" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2828/9480301666_54e53442d6_z.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/100080996@N04/9477957785/in/set-72157635012223298" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/100080996@N04/9477957785/in/set-72157635012223298" rel="nofollow"></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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