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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 633812, member: 9204&quot;]I&#039;ve always been fascinated by the double sestertii of Postumus myself. I bid on, and lost, a very interesting one with legible undertype of a Faustina II sestertius. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my specimen, with a to-die-for portrait and a rare (only one other known) spelling error on the reverse:</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Postumus_sestertius%2C_259-263_AD%2C_Cologne.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Postumus</p><p>AE double sestertius</p><p>Cologne ?, 259-268 AD</p><p>IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG</p><p>laureate, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust r. </p><p>LAETITA, AVG in ex.</p><p>galley right</p><p>RIC - , Bastien - , Cohen - </p><p>Note: Similar to RIC 144 or 207</p><p>Ex CNG 52, 119</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But that&#039;s not my most expensive circulated coin. This is. And I wouldn&#039;t trade it for another in EF or better. Worn gold just has a character to it that cannot be replaced:</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Constantius%20II%20solidus%2C%20Antioch%2C%20337-361%20AD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Constantius II</p><p>AV – Solidus, 21 mm, 4.05g</p><p>Antioch, 337-361 AD</p><p>FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS PERP AVG</p><p>draped, cuirassed bust r.</p><p>GLORIA REI-PVBLICAE</p><p>Roma and Constantinopolis seated holding hield with VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX</p><p>SMANI in ex.</p><p>RIC VIII Antioch 83[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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