Lot of 20 Sestertii

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  1. Nicholas Molinari

    Nicholas Molinari Well-Known Member

    I’m waiting for this lot to arrive this week:

    ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of twenty (20) Æ Sestertii. Includes: various types and rulers. Fine to VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Twenty (20) coins in lot.

    Bit of a risk since I can only see 6 of the 20. With juice about $66 a piece. But I previously owned no Sestertii and now I have a small collection.

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    I’ll post some pics when they arrive so you can all judge how I did.
     
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  3. Deacon Ray

    Deacon Ray Artist & Historian Supporter

    Wow, Nick—thats going to be a rather heavy package! :wideyed:
     
    Deacon Ray, Jul 16, 2018
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  4. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Would be fun to go through.
     
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  5. Nicholas Molinari

    Nicholas Molinari Well-Known Member

    The anticipation is the best part. I might just hold the package for a while when it arrives.
     
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  6. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    The photo really gets curiosity up since the six coins shown are all different rulers. I doubt that means it was a collection but probably means the seller picked those six rather than using random pick. I will be anxious to see the other coins and the reverses of these.
     
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  7. Severus Alexander

    Severus Alexander find me at NumisForums

    I like the Orbiana!!
     
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  8. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Great find @Nicholas Molinari - don't see such lots for sale very often and you'll be well-established as a sestertii collector. I hope a Didius Julianus or Pertinax shows up in the bunch, as they say, you never know!
     
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  9. FitzNigel

    FitzNigel Medievalist

    We’ll need a well documented unboxing...
     
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  10. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Very nice Nick. I look forward to seeing the rest.
     
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  11. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    I wanna see I wanna see...
     
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  12. benhur767

    benhur767 Sapere aude

    I can't wait to see what they are!
     
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  13. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Crikey, I thought that was Balbinus in the corner, there! :greedy::woot:
     
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  14. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    An Orbiana and a Balbinus -- in a group lot?!!!

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  15. jb_depew

    jb_depew Well-Known Member

    Very nice. The gamble is half the fun.
     
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  16. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Who IS that at lower right? Trajan Decius?

    (Every time I try to rotate my phone screen to squint at the legends, it autorotates so the guy turns upsude-down again!)
     
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  17. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Yes, Trajan Decius.
     
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  18. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    That Etruscilla looks very nice, too! I wonder what reverse type it is.
     
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  19. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Speaking of cellphone features, see how helpful autocorrect was when I typed "upsude-down"? :banghead::rolleyes:
     
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  20. dadams

    dadams Well-Known Member

    Awesome!!! I too look forward to seeing what the haul is. Now try to say Sestertii 20 times really fast . . . I couldn't do it!
     
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  21. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    The Decius and Etruscilla look really nice, and then there's the Orbiana too. I love group lots and am really keen to see how this one will turn out. Fingers crossed as it's always a bit of a gamble, especially when only a few of the coins are shown. I've had some luck in the past with CNG lots; a few years ago I picked up this one:

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    ... which yielded some nice coins:

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