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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7353002, member: 96898"]This coin is not only holed –  some years ago, it was also horribly mistreated in an attempt at cleaning that utterly failed. A shameful moment in my collecting career that left me with a hole in my heart and the firm resolve to keep my hands off coin cleaning forever. I'm keeping this coin as a reminder: [ATTACH=full]1282139[/ATTACH]Trajan, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 103–111 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P; bust of Trajan, laureate, r. Rev: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI; Dacia, seated l., in attitude of mourning on shield and pile of arms; before her on l. a trophy; in exergue, SC. 33mm, 20.31g. Ref: RIC II Trajan 560. Seller’s before pictures, to make this even more painful:[ATTACH=full]1282140[/ATTACH] As the old song says: "don't do what I have done!"[/QUOTE]