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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7840963, member: 10461&quot;]Excellent Rocky pun. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My best Hadrian to date was this sestertius, ex-Boston Museum of Fine Arts, ex-Goldbergs, ex-Colosseo Collection ([USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER]).</p><p><br /></p><p>Alas, it is <i>also</i> ex-[USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] now.&nbsp; My friend [USER=81808]@Aethelred[/USER] has it today.&nbsp; Funny how I keep owing him money, and he keeps ending up with some of my better coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Now a successful brick-and-mortar dealer with his own Western North Carolina coin shop, he has provided me with lots of good stuff at very friendly prices over the years.&nbsp; Not too many people get pillaging rights to my collection. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Some of my best pieces have since ended up in <i>his</i> personal collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do miss this one, definitely.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Roman Empire: orichalcum sestertius of Hadrian, struck ca. 134-138 AD</font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/pdJr8GpoS4NyWWSuGL3A_AncientRome-Hadrian-Sestertius-042000-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate bust of Hadrian right, slight drapery on far shoulder.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> AE-QVI[TAS] A[V]G, S C across field, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and scepter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Struck at Rome ca. 134-138 AD. RIC 743; BMC 1481. 31 mm approx., 23.4 g. Ex-Colosseo collection, 6 June 2015. Prior provenance to Boston Museum of Fine Arts, cited in Ira &amp; Larry Goldberg Coins &amp; Collectibles Auction 81, Lot 1567, September 2014.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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