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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7654612, member: 57495&quot;]What could possibly be better than nice hefty Imperial sestertius?&nbsp; A double sestertius of course!&nbsp; And what could be better than a double sestertius?&nbsp; Hmmm... two of them? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I first learnt of these when my friend [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] showed his here some years ago, and even though I managed to acquire one of these rare coins about 2 years ago, when I noticed Doug&#039;s own coin up for sale in John Anthony&#039;s most recent auction, I couldn&#039;t help but want to adopt it too.&nbsp; My initial thought was to sell mine if I won Doug&#039;s since though mine is in higher grade, it has a lesser pedigree, and who really needs two of these anyway.&nbsp; However, from initial thought to current thinking, the answer that offers itself up to the question is... uhm, me? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Conversely, why Doug seems to think he doesn&#039;t need even one is quite beyond me! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Doug&#039;s pics are naturally better, but I gave it a shot anyway...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1315963[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>TRAJAN DECIUS</b></p><p>AE Double Sestertius. 32.54g, 35.8mm. Rome mint, AD 249-251. RIC 126a; Cohen 115. O: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch; S-C across field.</p><p><i>Ex Doug Smith Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>My other (note the different reverse type - yet another reason to keep it!):</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1315961[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>TRAJAN DECIUS</b></p><p>AE Double Sestertius. 32.59g, 36.1mm. Rome mint, AD 250. RIC IV 115a; Cohen 39; Banti 9. O: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: FELICITAS SAECVLI, Felicitas standing to left holding long caduceus and cornucopia; S-C across field.</p><p><i>Ex Dr C. Haymes Collection; ex Bruce R. Brace Collection </i></p><p><br /></p><p><u>Coincidental trivia</u>: Trajan Decius, the first Roman emperor to be killed by a foreign enemy, died this week 1,770 years ago at the Battle of Abritus.&nbsp; To commemorate his short but numismatically interesting reign, <b>please show us your favorite Decius coins</b>![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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