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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8047278, member: 85693&quot;]Your <i>first</i> sestertius?&nbsp; O, you are in trouble now.&nbsp; They are addictive.&nbsp; At least for me.&nbsp; That is really nice - not dubious at all.&nbsp; I&#039;ll tell you why you bought it:&nbsp; because it is awesome!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Along the same lines (but lower grade), I just got a DIVVS Antoninus Pius sestertius, but this one showing his funeral pyre (or the Ustrinum Antoninorum): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1393097[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(158-159 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[ANT]ONINVS AVG [PI]VS PP TR P XXII, laureate head right / VOTA [SVSCEP]TA DEC III, COS IIII in exergue, S C, emperor standing left, sacrificing with patera over tripod.</p><p>RIC 1010; BMCRE 2068.</p><p>(22.91 grams / 31 mm)</p><p>eBay Sept. 2021&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A very disappointing Google image search for a dancing/funeral pyre gif...I thought there would be a lot of them, but dancing goats are much easier to find.&nbsp; Not much of a dance, unfortunately: </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/cd/f0/49cdf0e9f6e049a8113242fd8f06978b.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dancing at a <i>funeral</i> however - </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/JoV2BiMWVZ96taSewG/giphy.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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