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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Trebellianus, post: 4762303, member: 91569&quot;]That Titus is a beauty (to put it very mildly), I&#039;m very sure I&#039;ve never seen that much lustre on a bronze before.</p><p><br /></p><p>I acquired this rather lovely Trajan sestertius a couple of years ago. What exactly happened to this after it was deposited, I&#039;m not qualified to comment on -- it doesn&#039;t have the smooth gold-brown transitions one associates with &quot;river patina&quot;, and it&#039;s noticeably pitted, so possibly this is just an unusually fortuitous over-cleaning. Very pleasant, regardless.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161320[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><font size="3">Trajan</font></b><font size="3">, 103-111AD: O: laureate head right, drapery on far shoulder, IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P / R: Annona standing left holding wheat and cornucopia, modius to left, prow of ship to right, SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S-C between. Seller&#039;s photo.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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