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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4987455, member: 75937&quot;]I&#039;m very glad that worked out for you@David@PCC!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one I lost -- not lost in an auction, but lost lost. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some time ago, I purchased this sestertius of Herennia Etruscilla and opened up the envelope in which it was shipped in the mail. I got distracted doing some things and forgot about it for a few days. Then, when I went to look for it, I couldn&#039;t find it anywhere. I was heartbroken and assumed it must have come out of my pants pocket at some point in the day and fallen on the ground who-knows-where.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few years later, when I put on a jacket I hadn&#039;t worn in a while, I found the coin in the inside breast pocket. It felt like a gift!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1198202[/ATTACH]</p><p>Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-251</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 14.04 gm, 28.3 mm</p><p>Rome, AD 250-251</p><p>Obv: HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: FECVNDITAS AVG SC, Fecunditas standing left, right hand extended to child standing at her feet; holding cornucopiae</p><p>Refs: RIC 134a; Sear 9504; Cohen 9; Hunter 12.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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