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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7656069, member: 57495&quot;]Those are some fine provincial tets!&nbsp; I especially like that first one. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great dupondius, Sev.&nbsp; I&#039;m often impressed by the quality of the engraving on Decius&#039;s portraits.&nbsp; They&#039;re surely some of the finest made during this period.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316238[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>TRAJAN DECIUS</b></p><p>AE Dupondius. 12.53g, 24.5mm. Rome mint, AD 249-251. RIC 120c (scarce); Cohen 72. O: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right. R: LIBERALITAS AVG, Liberalitas standing front, head to left, holding counting-board in her right hand and cornucopiae with her left; S-C in field.</p><p><i>Ex G.G. Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This year has made me feel pretty out of the hobby too, but the occasional win like your double sestertius helps. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure if the Victory reverses are any lighter than the others (my Felicitas double sest is about the same weight as yours), but my heavyset Dacia sestertius is 2.5x the weight of your Victory.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316241[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>TRAJAN DECIUS</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 28.32g, 32.7mm. Rome mint, AD 249-250. RIC 112a (scarce); Cohen 18. O: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right. R: DACIA, Dacia standing left holding staff surmounted by a wolf-like head (draco); S-C in field.</p><p><i>Ex Behnen Collection (acquired from Coin Galleries, 24 June 1966)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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