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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3451728, member: 80783&quot;]Thanks everybody!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My hunt for the &quot;perfect Nerva&quot; took me three years and four purchases...</p><p><br /></p><p>First (when I still had the strength to restrict myself to spend not more than 100 USD per coin) I bought this Dupondius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]917358[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But soon enough I realized that middle bronzes are not big enough for my taste.</p><p>So I doubled the budget and got this 35-mm-version of the Liberalitas type next:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]917360[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, it was identified as an old cast by David Sear, but so I was able to return it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frustrated, I got a budget but genuine Sestertius next which had the benefit of being a rare and desirable type:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]917357[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[IMP NERVA C]AES AVG - P M [TR P COS III PP] – Laureate head of Nerva right</p><p>VEHICVL[ATIONE ITALIAE REMISSA S C]- Two mules grazing, one right, one left; in the background a high-wheeled cart, with pole and harness, tipped up and pointing slightly to left</p><p>Sestertius, Rome 97</p><p>22,18 gr, 35 mm</p><p>BMC 119; Cohen 143; RIC 93, Banti 44, Sear 3055, CBN 108, Vagi 1217</p><p>Ex Numismatik Lanz, from an Austrian collection, ex David Kallai Kunsthandel, Vienna, around 1920</p><p><br /></p><p>But despite feeling nice in hand, it looked pitiful in my portrait gallery due to its worn down state (so both it and the Dupondius have to go now).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I am happy that I finally found the OP coin.</p><p>This is a lesson why one should not bother with compromises but get the best affordable coin in the first place <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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