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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3274558, member: 14873&quot;]A couple of USAF promotions later - around 1953 - I became a $10 to $25 Coin purchaser at Joske’s and bought my first Sestertius - a SPES reverse Claudius - a monumental purchase for me at right around $20. Again, fairly worn, but with great historical association (another mandatory attribute for me). After that I was hooked on Sestertii - I loved their size and heft - the flan size allows for such great depictions and distinctive inscriptional lettering. At first it was any sestertius of Augustus to Antoninus Pius (things started going downhill after him) but eventually I bought and collected mostly Julio-Claudian Sestertii (until I started seriously collecting Tetrarchic folles some forty years later.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is that SPES sestertius:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://jp29.org/ric09o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/ric09rs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In general, my Ancient coin collecting and associated experiences have been quite similar to those of Doug Smith.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be continued with information about coin shows, catalogs, the advent of computers, etc. …………… if there is sufficient interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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