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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1293234, member: 19463&quot;]It is obvious to all that our sestertius is not &#039;the&#039; sestertius but whenever a specific coin is associated with a person, it adds interest.&nbsp; There are many reverses that have special appeal in this way.&nbsp; The old wives tale is that Nero played while Rome burned so the type showing a lyre is &#039;special&#039; even if Nero was actually manning the bucket brigade at the time.&nbsp; Julia Domna was very into the occult and horoscopes making the type with moon and stars look &#039;appropriate&#039;.&nbsp; Philip I abruptly abandoned a campaign in Persia upon the death of Gordian III making his Pax Fundata Cum Persis type ironic and desirable.&nbsp;&nbsp; Caligula was accused of an unnatural attraction to one of his sisters.&nbsp; True or not, it makes his three sisters type a hot seller.&nbsp; Coins are more fun if you associate them to history or even to fantasy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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