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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4577182, member: 110350&quot;]Now that I have one dupondius (the Augustus-Agrippa/crocodile &quot;COL NEM&quot; coin), I thought that I should have one sestertius as well.&nbsp; (And I should really keep it at one -- I spend enough money on other kinds of Roman coins as it is!)</p><p><br /></p><p>The one I decided to buy -- from our own [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] -- fits right in with my collection of antoniniani of Philip I and his family with animal reverses; see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/animals-on-philip-i-coins-including-saecvlares-avgg-coins.355236/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/animals-on-philip-i-coins-including-saecvlares-avgg-coins.355236/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/animals-on-philip-i-coins-including-saecvlares-avgg-coins.355236/</a> , and this photo I posted in that thread of all of them together:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133287[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the description:</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I AE Sestertius, 248 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG / Stag walking right, SAECVLARES AVGG; S C in exergue. RIC IV-3 160a (p. 89), Sear RCV III 9012. 27x29 mm., 16 g.&nbsp; (<i>Games commemorating 1,000th&nbsp; anniversary of founding of Rome</i>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133288[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A very majestic-looking animal![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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