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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4845625, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s a lovely coin, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] , and with an artistically rendered portrait, indeed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin proves that condition cranks miss out on all the fun. That coin is rare and were you to have said to yourself, &quot;No thanks; I&#039;ll wait for another,&quot; you might have had to wait a decade for a better example to come along.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really have any &quot;problem-free&quot; coins. Some coins I love not in spite of problems, but because of their problems. I love this sestertius of Faustina II, for example, because of the big flan split and because of its encrustations and wear. The portrait is really something and I love the patina in hand, with a few brassy highlights from the orichalcum beneath:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169840[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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