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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2552057, member: 57495&quot;]With all the threads featuring big bronzes being resurrected yesterday, I got a kick out of the mailman today delivering a new pickup that I thought would fit right in - a Divus Marcus Aurelius sestertius <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m always on the lookout for a nice Aurelius portrait, and have a slight preference for barehead busts, so I was really pleased to win this one (against no competition).&nbsp; The green patina is also very pretty in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>This is a pile-on thread, so please feel to share your favorite Marcus Aurelius or Consecratio coins!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]548452[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>DIVUS MARCUS AURELIUS</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 25.61g, 31.9mm. Rome mint, AD 180, struck under Commodus. RIC 660. O: DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS, bare head right. R: CONSECRATIO, Eagle, carrying a thunderbolt in its talons, flying right, bearing aloft Marcus Aurelius, who holds a sceptre; S-C across fields.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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