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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 5394709, member: 80783&quot;]Congratulations! A genuine Sestertius of Matidia is nice to have in almost any condition. Banti lists only 20 Sestertii of that type and yours seems to be an obverse die match to the specimen illustrated on page 298 (ex Leu 20, 1978).</p><p><br /></p><p>I once won this piece in auction but it sadly turned out to be a cast copy:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1232275[/ATTACH]</p><p>A matching specimen in the Göttingen coin cabinett is still included in OCRE and their website as being genuine (<a href="https://www.kenom.de/id/record_DE-MUS-062622_kenom_161922" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.kenom.de/id/record_DE-MUS-062622_kenom_161922" rel="nofollow">https://www.kenom.de/id/record_DE-MUS-062622_kenom_161922</a>), but it cannot be.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed, looking closely my Fides is a very elegant and also well-proportioned rendition <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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