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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;octavius, post: 3326983, member: 100777&quot;]Way back in 1967 - I was 14yrs old collecting pennies and Buffalo nickels for my Whitman folders. I went to my local coin shop and started rummaging through his &quot;junk&quot; box. I spotted a neat looking large yellowish bronze coin ( which I would now call a &quot;Tiber Patina&quot;. What caught my eye was it had the Coliseum on its reverse. I was fascinated by this coin and could make out on&nbsp; the inscription&nbsp; VESP . the owner sold it to me for 50 cents.</p><p>And yes of course it was a fake. Miracles don&#039;t happen. But at least for a couple of months I thought I had a real Coliseum sestertius. The obverse was a fantasy with Vespasian&#039;s portrait instead of Titus seated on a pile of arms. I later found out it was likely a 19th century tourist souvenir. But I was still smitten with that familiar bug and have never looked back since that day. My penny collection remained incomplete![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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