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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7660046, member: 75937"]I have noticed that many of these sestertii -- such as [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]'s example above and [USER=100777]@octavius[/USER]' example <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-new-sestertii-faustina-ii-variation-unlisted-in-ric-maximinus-thrax.377844/page-2#post-7317987" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-new-sestertii-faustina-ii-variation-unlisted-in-ric-maximinus-thrax.377844/page-2#post-7317987">here</a> -- have red encrustations on them. Mine, too. I wonder if they are all from the same hoard. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316750[/ATTACH] </p><p>Maximus, Caesar AD 235/6-238.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.54 g, 31.5 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, 3rd emission, late AD 236-237.</p><p>Obv: MAXIMVS CAES GERM, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S C, Maximus standing left in military dress, holding baton in right hand and transverse spear in left hand; behind him, two standards.</p><p>Refs: RIC 13; BMCRE 213-17; Cohen 14; RCV 8411; MIR 37-5; Banti 6.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7660046, member: 75937"]I have noticed that many of these sestertii -- such as [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]'s example above and [USER=100777]@octavius[/USER]' example [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-new-sestertii-faustina-ii-variation-unlisted-in-ric-maximinus-thrax.377844/page-2#post-7317987']here[/URL] -- have red encrustations on them. Mine, too. I wonder if they are all from the same hoard. [ATTACH=full]1316750[/ATTACH] Maximus, Caesar AD 235/6-238. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.54 g, 31.5 mm, 12 h. Rome, 3rd emission, late AD 236-237. Obv: MAXIMVS CAES GERM, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S C, Maximus standing left in military dress, holding baton in right hand and transverse spear in left hand; behind him, two standards. Refs: RIC 13; BMCRE 213-17; Cohen 14; RCV 8411; MIR 37-5; Banti 6.[/QUOTE]
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