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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;roman99, post: 8047607, member: 92983&quot;]Recently bought 2 sestertii at a coin show last Friday, thought I&#039;d share here.</p><p><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/848753175355588619/909693568149487627/IMG_3215.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/848753175355588619/909693568745091112/IMG_3216.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antoninus Pius, Sestertius, 159-160 CE, Rome mint RIC III 1031. </p><p>This piece is quite worn, but I really like the portrait, and the general surfaces and patina of the coin, its also a pretty hefty piece, at over 33mm, and likely around or over 25 grams (I don&#039;t currently have access to my scale, so the weight is just a guesstimate).</p><p><br /></p><p>In contrast to this &quot;full&quot; and hefty sestertius, I got this pathetic in comparison 23 by 26mm Volusian sestertius, probably weighs less than half of my new Antoninus</p><p><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/848753175355588619/909693580929552455/IMG_3217.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/848753175355588619/909693581462224996/IMG_3218.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Volusian, Sestertius, 251-253 CE, Rome mint, RIC IV, III 259.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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