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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5222789, member: 85693&quot;]A very attractive and interesting coin, Blake.&nbsp; When I saw the title, I said to myself - &quot;I just got a VIC GER sestertius of Aurelius too!&quot;&nbsp; But mine is the common standing Victory type.&nbsp; It was issued around the same time (a year earlier) as the OP and for the same reason, I&#039;d guess:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216364[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(170-171 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head right / IMP VI [COS III] S C,&nbsp; Victory,</p><p>naked to waist, standing front, setting on palm-tree right, shield inscribed VIC GER</p><p>RIC 1001; Cohen 269.</p><p>(22.19 grams / 28 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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