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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3722514, member: 85693&quot;]Oh heck, I&#039;ll do another one.&nbsp; I just got this one a week ago.&nbsp; When I got it, there was black stuff all over it, which to my surprise was very soft and came off easily with my thumb. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the seller&#039;s photo (note the Trajan attribution (a Trajan sestertius was included in the lot, but the flips got mixed up) and black gunk):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]997842[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what it looks like now:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]997841[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(144 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS [PP TR P COS] III, Laureate head right / DES [III]I S-C, Salus standing left, holding rudder on globe and feeding serpent rising from altar to left.</p><p>RIC 749; Cohen 348.</p><p>(26.05 grams / 29 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p>According to some information I found on FORVM, &quot;during the year AD 144, Salus was by far the commonest type, which is an indication that the emperor suffered from serious illness in this period.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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