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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3767592, member: 85693&quot;]Great post.&nbsp; I&#039;m crazy about both hoards and low-grade sestertii.&nbsp; 30 years ago or so my local dealer used to sell &quot;bin&quot; sestertii for around $25 and as I recall they were not that awful.&nbsp; But I only collected silver in those days of my foolish youth.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am always on the hunt for doggy sestertii on eBay - here is what a $6.70 Lucilla looks like (it came in a Littleton Coin flip, so I&#039;d bet it cost more than that originally):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008241[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lucilla&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(164-169 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint&nbsp; </b></p><p>LVCILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust r. / [F]E[C]VN[DITAS] S-C, Fecunditas seated right, nursing (?) child in arms, two children at feet.</p><p>RIC 1736; Cohen 21.</p><p>(21.27 grams / 27 x 24 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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