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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 7198412, member: 83845&quot;]Great coin [USER=116315]@Claudius_Gothicus[/USER] ! It looks like Saturnalia came early for you this year.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is a generous gift [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] .</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wonderful SA Sestertius Q.&nbsp; You almost went from generous Q to Q that lost his mind! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t have a SA Sestertius so instead I’ll share my first Sestertius and my favorite Severus Alexander.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first Sestertius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1274930[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Hadrian (AD 117-138)</font></p><p><font size="3">AE Sestertius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 134-138</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 31 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 22.77 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust right </font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing left, praying with hands upraised at altar to left; stork to right, S-C across fields</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC II 771</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Severus Alexander (Antioch mint + fascinating provenance)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1274931[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Severus Alexander</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denarius, Antioch mint, struck ca. AD 222-235</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 18 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 3.35 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: IMP C AVR ALEXAND AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: PROVID DEORVM; Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe and sceptre</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC 294</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex arnoldoe Collection, Ex Otto Helbing Nachfolger 86, Lot 1585 (Nov. 25, 1942)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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