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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3536274, member: 10461"]Congrats. I think it is a pleasing example with pretty nice surfaces. Impressive coins, aren't they?</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the few decent <i>sestertii</i> I've owned was also a Hadrian, as it happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one ranks around #4 on my "top <a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI" rel="nofollow">seller's remorse</a>" list. I miss it quite a bit, but I do still get to see it about once a year when I visit its new owner.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Acquired from [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] - traded to [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER]. [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER] might have ended up with it, had [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] not had prior right of refusal.)</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/TUCPV78wMCtU1MsPKuGU/e9aiUbuSfo1cCiiRXDPK" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/TUCPV78wMCtU1MsPKuGU/e9aiUbuSfo1cCiiRXDPK" rel="nofollow">Roman Empire: orichalcum sestertius of Hadrian, struck ca. 134-138 AD</a></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/SvY9Iw6CSN20XAl3S0gv_AncientRome-Hadrian-Sestertius-042000-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate bust of Hadrian right, slight drapery on far shoulder. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> AE-QVI[TAS] A[V]G, S C across field, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and scepter. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Struck at Rome ca. 134-138 AD. RIC 743; BMC 1481. 31 mm approx, 23.4 g. Ex-<a href="https://www.colosseocollection.com/home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colosseocollection.com/home" rel="nofollow">Colosseo Collection</a>, 6/6/2015. Prior provenance to Boston Museum of Fine Arts, cited in Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles Auction 81, Lot 1567, September 2014.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p>This Galba sestertius was <i>one </i>of my first - if not my <i>very</i> first - sestertius, back in the days of my first Roman collection, circa 2007-08.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/WykF4hxR4p6KydZgs5Tw_RS012-Galba.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3536274, member: 10461"]Congrats. I think it is a pleasing example with pretty nice surfaces. Impressive coins, aren't they? One of the few decent [I]sestertii[/I] I've owned was also a Hadrian, as it happens. This one ranks around #4 on my "top [URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/SL50Qie7LLIUhnykKUjI']seller's remorse[/URL]" list. I miss it quite a bit, but I do still get to see it about once a year when I visit its new owner. (Acquired from [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] - traded to [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER]. [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER] might have ended up with it, had [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] not had prior right of refusal.) [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B][URL='https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/TUCPV78wMCtU1MsPKuGU/e9aiUbuSfo1cCiiRXDPK']Roman Empire: orichalcum sestertius of Hadrian, struck ca. 134-138 AD[/URL][/B] [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/SvY9Iw6CSN20XAl3S0gv_AncientRome-Hadrian-Sestertius-042000-coin.jpg[/IMG] [B]Obverse:[/B] HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate bust of Hadrian right, slight drapery on far shoulder. [B]Reverse:[/B] AE-QVI[TAS] A[V]G, S C across field, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and scepter. Struck at Rome ca. 134-138 AD. RIC 743; BMC 1481. 31 mm approx, 23.4 g. Ex-[URL='https://www.colosseocollection.com/home']Colosseo Collection[/URL], 6/6/2015. Prior provenance to Boston Museum of Fine Arts, cited in Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles Auction 81, Lot 1567, September 2014. [/SIZE][/FONT] This Galba sestertius was [I]one [/I]of my first - if not my [I]very[/I] first - sestertius, back in the days of my first Roman collection, circa 2007-08. [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/WykF4hxR4p6KydZgs5Tw_RS012-Galba.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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