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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8324996, member: 85693&quot;]Nice start to a sestertius collection, [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER] - I find them very addictive.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is mine, similar to yours, minted a year earlier: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1475135[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(170-171 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head right / IMP VI [COS III] S C,&nbsp; Victory,</p><p>naked to waist, standing front, setting on palm-tree right, shield inscribed VIC GER</p><p>RIC 1001; Cohen 269.</p><p>(22.19 grams / 28 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2020</p><p><br /></p><p>My most recent sestertius came in the mail today - I do NOT collect slabs, but sometimes they turn up so cheap I can&#039;t resist.&nbsp; This was was fifty bucks.&nbsp; I think the slabs cost $45.00 at ANACS these days?&nbsp; It seemed too good to pass up.&nbsp; Seller&#039;s photos:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1475138[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1475140[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1475141[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(147-148 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate head right / [LIBERALITAS]</p><p>AVG V, S C, Liberalitas standing left, holding cornucopia and coin-counter</p><p>RIC 776; BMCRE 1696.</p><p>(ANACS slab No. 7206945 F12)</p><p>eBay April 2022 </p><p><b>Notes:&nbsp; </b>&quot;The reverse legend, Consul quartum - Liberalitas quintum, explicitly refers to the emperor’s fifth donation in AD 148, which took place - along with varied festivities - when celebrating the 900th anniversary of Rome, at the time of his Vota Decennalia and celebratory games (Primi Decennales).&quot;&nbsp; Note:&nbsp; gold aureus, with LIB - V across reverse fields.&nbsp; Maison Palombo Geneve, Auction 19,</p><p>Lot 93, Dec. 11, 2020 (aureus)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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