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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2750617, member: 75937&quot;]Here are some low-grade but beloved coins in my collection. They must have circulated for decades. I like to imagine they are impregnated with pagan altar smoke, gladiator blood, and olive oil.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins that have seen their fair share of circulation!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]629936[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macedonia, Amphipolis, ca. 187-131 BCE</p><p>AE 21.4 mm 7.57 gm</p><p>Obv: Head of Artemis Tauropolis, right</p><p>Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull bounding right</p><p>Refs: SNG ANS-113; Lindgren Europe-933; BMC-35; SNG Cop-72</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]629943[/ATTACH] </p><p>Nero, AD 54-68, and 1st wife, Claudia Octavia</p><p>Roman provincial AE 24.6 mm, 8.60 g</p><p>Crete, Cnossus, AD 54-62</p><p>Obv: NERO CLAV CAES AVG IMP LVPINO VOLVMINIO II, bare head of Nero right, scepter over left shoulder</p><p>Rev: NERO CLAV CAES AVG IMP ET OCTAVIA AVGVSTI, bare head of Nero, left, star above, facing draped bust of Octavia, right, crescent above</p><p>Refs: SGI 655; RPC 1005-6; Svoronos 95, 217 var; Cohen 313, 1-2</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]629939[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Sr, AD 138-141</p><p>Roman orichalcum Sestertius; 26.57 gm, 32.5 mm</p><p>Rome, AD 147</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS SC, Aeternitas enthroned left, holding phoenix on globe and scepter</p><p>Refs: RIC 1103Aa, RCV 4606; BMCRE 1482; Cohen 15</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]629937[/ATTACH]</p><p>Crispina, AD 177-182</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius; 19.95 g, 28.1 mm</p><p>Rome, AD 178-180</p><p>Obv: CRISPINA AVG IMP COMMODI AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: SALVS SC, Salus seated left, feeding out of a patera a snake coiled around altar, left arm on side of chair</p><p>Refs: RIC 672b; BMCRE 423; RCV 6009; Cohen 32; MIR 18</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]629942[/ATTACH]</p><p>Didia Clara, daughter of Didius Julianus, Augusta, 193 CE</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius;3 0.5 mm, 21.24 g</p><p>Rome, April-June, 193 CE</p><p>Obv: DIDIA CLARA AVG, Draped bust right, hair in bun behind</p><p>Rev: HILAR TEMPOR SC (Legend worn). Hilaritas standing, head left, holding palm branch and cornucopia</p><p>Refs: RIC 20; BMC 38; Cohen 4; Sear 6087[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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