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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2728435, member: 10461&quot;]Roman.&nbsp; 2nd century.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s the emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian" rel="nofollow">Hadrian</a> (117-138 AD).</p><p><br /></p><p>From the brassy color of that, I&#039;d say that is a <i>sestertius</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post it on the Ancient Coins forum and you&#039;ll likely get more definitive information.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-roman-empire-orichalcum-sestertius-of-hadrian-134-138-ad-ex-boston-museum-of-fine-arts.286585/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-roman-empire-orichalcum-sestertius-of-hadrian-134-138-ad-ex-boston-museum-of-fine-arts.286585/">Here is one I owned until fairly recently.</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FAncientRome-Hadrian-Sestertius-042000-coin-800x500.png&amp;hash=d6e3e2938d395db45adcee9c08f862f2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is lower grade, but as far as I can tell, it doesn&#039;t throw up any obvious red flags of being a fake.&nbsp; Looks about right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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