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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3283096, member: 85693&quot;]Nice Britannia coins, everybody. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the not so nice category, I recently obtained a scruffy VICT BRIT AE of Commodus - Victory has lost her head (presumably not over Brexit, ha ha). </p><p><br /></p><p>According to OCRE and elsewhere online this has to be a sestertius.&nbsp; But it looks like an as - thin fabric, 13.8 grams weight, and a very coppery color.&nbsp; Contemporary copy?&nbsp; Barbaric imitation?&nbsp; Just worn to a nub?&nbsp; Opinions always appreciated.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]868005[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Commodus&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(184 A.D.) Rome Mint</b></p><p>[M C]OMMODVS [ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT], laureate head right / [P M TR P (VIIII or X?) IMP VII COS IIII P P S-C] VICT BRIT in ex, Victory seated right on pile of arms,</p><p>shields below, inscribing shield.</p><p>RIC 440 (VIIII) or 452a (X)</p><p>(13.80 grams / 26 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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