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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4967887, member: 85693"]Nice sestertius, hotwheelsearl. I am astonished at what nice big portraits you can get for a low price.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is my first sestertius - Dec. 2016, so I haven't been at them very long. It took me forever to attribute it because I had no idea what I was doing:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1194027[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Julia Mamaea <b><b>Æ Sestertius </b></b></b></p><p><b><b><b>228-229 A.D.</b></b></b></p><p>IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed bust right. / VENVS VICTRIX, S-C, Venus standing left holding helmet & sceptre, shield at her feet.</p><p>RIC 705; Cohen 78; BMC 718</p><p><br /></p><p>And just in the mail yesterday - a $20 Hadrian. It was listed as a "provincial" on eBay. For many this isn't "collectable grade" but again, I can't believe what a great ancient portrait you can get on the cheap - and the jaunty Virtus on the reverse is still discernable. Good enough for me!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1194032[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Hadrian Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(124-128 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>HADRIANVS [A]VGV[STVS], laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / [COS III], S C across field, Virtus standing left, right foot on helmet, holding parazonium in right hand and inverted spear in left.</p><p>RIC II, 3 741 (old RIC 638).</p><p>(23.01 grams / 32 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4967887, member: 85693"]Nice sestertius, hotwheelsearl. I am astonished at what nice big portraits you can get for a low price. I think this is my first sestertius - Dec. 2016, so I haven't been at them very long. It took me forever to attribute it because I had no idea what I was doing: [ATTACH=full]1194027[/ATTACH] [B]Julia Mamaea [B][B]Æ Sestertius 228-229 A.D.[/B][/B][/B] IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed bust right. / VENVS VICTRIX, S-C, Venus standing left holding helmet & sceptre, shield at her feet. RIC 705; Cohen 78; BMC 718 And just in the mail yesterday - a $20 Hadrian. It was listed as a "provincial" on eBay. For many this isn't "collectable grade" but again, I can't believe what a great ancient portrait you can get on the cheap - and the jaunty Virtus on the reverse is still discernable. Good enough for me! [ATTACH=full]1194032[/ATTACH] [B]Hadrian Æ Sestertius (124-128 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] HADRIANVS [A]VGV[STVS], laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / [COS III], S C across field, Virtus standing left, right foot on helmet, holding parazonium in right hand and inverted spear in left. RIC II, 3 741 (old RIC 638). (23.01 grams / 32 mm)[/QUOTE]
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