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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3803106, member: 85693&quot;]I like the new avatar, ACH.&nbsp; For reasons I cannot explain, Lucius Verus is one of my favorite collecting areas (I have about 30 or 80 &quot;collecting areas&quot;).&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t have very many of his coins, however, as they seem to be a bit expensive for my bottom-feeding budget.&nbsp; Here are a couple:</p><p><br /></p><p>An as with Liberalitas.&nbsp; This was very hard to photograph because it is so dark, but it is a bit odd in hand as it is in extremely high relief on the portrait side (most of my coins tend to be worn flat). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015134[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A sestertius - it is in awful shape but I was really pleased with the portrait and the &quot;ravages of time&quot; partial patina (and gunk):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015135[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A denarius with a dead &amp; deified Lucius on the front.&nbsp; Not scarce exactly, but not nearly as common as the Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius posthumous issues.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015136[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t forget to post that new sestertius if you get it.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to see it.&nbsp; And congratulations on completing your Adoptive Emperors set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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