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<p>[QUOTE="Tony1982, post: 4578750, member: 109412"]I love sestertii , possibly my favourite to collect at the moment. Here’s my first one I ever purchased about 15 years ago now (Trajan) and my latest expenditure the other day of Marcus Aurelius [ATTACH=full]1133759[/ATTACH]</p><p>TRAJAN AE orichalcum sestertius. </p><p>Struck 103-111 AD. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right. Reverse - S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder resting on prow and cornucopia. RIC 500.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133760[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Sestertius Rome, struck 173-174 AD.</p><p>M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVIII Laureate and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right, seen from behind. </p><p>Rev. IMP V<i> COS III / S - C Jupiter seated left on throne, holding Victory in his right hand and long sceptre with his left. BMC 1472. Cohen 252. RIC 1098</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tony1982, post: 4578750, member: 109412"]I love sestertii , possibly my favourite to collect at the moment. Here’s my first one I ever purchased about 15 years ago now (Trajan) and my latest expenditure the other day of Marcus Aurelius [ATTACH=full]1133759[/ATTACH] TRAJAN AE orichalcum sestertius. Struck 103-111 AD. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right. Reverse - S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder resting on prow and cornucopia. RIC 500. [ATTACH=full]1133760[/ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Sestertius Rome, struck 173-174 AD. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVIII Laureate and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right, seen from behind. Rev. IMP V[I] COS III / S - C Jupiter seated left on throne, holding Victory in his right hand and long sceptre with his left. BMC 1472. Cohen 252. RIC 1098[/I][/QUOTE]
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