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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2629030, member: 39084&quot;]Your eye for under-appreciated quality was instrumental in acquiring this latter (Port of Ostia) sestertius.&nbsp; I remember that the catalog picture of it was mediocre and didn&#039;t highlight the high quality of either the obverse or reverse.&nbsp; It surely was a great find in that auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my earlier sestertius acquisitions still remains not only one of my favorites but a coin which I believe has one of the best Roman imperial portraits on a sestertius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]578162[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>GALBA&nbsp; 68 - 69 A.D.</p><p>AE Sestertius (28.10 g.)&nbsp; Rome late summer 68 AD&nbsp; RIC 309</p><p>IMP SER SVLP GALBA - CAESAR AVG TR P&nbsp; Laureate and draped bust r.&nbsp; </p><p>Rev. LIBERTAS - PUBLICA&nbsp; Libertas standing l., holding pileus and long scepter; S - C in field.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse suffers from a slight double-strike but the obverse portrait more than overcomes that small deficiency.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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