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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8252930, member: 134416&quot;]Many of my coins are unphotographed, so I have to recycle some previously posted ones, with recycled dealer descriptions and pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454246[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>NERO AE orichalcum sestertius. Struck at Lugdunum, 65 AD. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR IMP P P, laureate head right, globe at point of bust. Reverse - Roma seated left on cuirass &amp; shields, S C at sides, ROMA in exergue. 36mm, 24.4g. Very Fine</p><p>(it looks better in person than in the picture)&nbsp; The hole is hardly noticeable in person).</p><p><br /></p><p>The second&#039;s one I picked up as an impulse add-on when I finally picked up a Seleucia mint of Heraclius.&nbsp; I ended up liking this better. I have one or two Treb&#039;s in nicer grade than this, but it looks nice in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454467[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Title: Trebonianus Gallus (AD 251-253) Æ Sestertius / Votive</b></p><p><b>Attribution:</b> RIC IV 127a Rome</p><p><b>Date:</b> AD 251</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> [IMP CAES C VIBIVS] TREBONIANVS GAL[LVS AVG], laureate draped cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> VOTIS / DECENNA / LIBVS / S C in laurel wreath</p><p><b>Size:</b> 27.24 mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 14.9 grams</p><p><b>Description:</b> VF with pleasing jade green patina. Ex Pegasi Coins (old blue tag). Ex Jeff Clark VOTA collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third is one of my all-time favorite (affordable) Sestertii of the whole Roman series.&nbsp; Augustus from Cyprus/Asia Minor.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454469[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<b>aVF/aVF Augustus AE Sestertius / Wreath</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution:</b> RPC 2233</p><p><b>Date:</b> 25 BC</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> AVGVSTVS, Bust right within border of dots</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> CA within circle in wreath, all within border of dots</p><p><b>Size:</b> 34.58 mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 18.6 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, so this one&#039;s decrepit, but it&#039;s another one of my all-time favorites of the Roman series, the RECTOR ORBIS of Didius Julianus.</p><p><br /></p><p>DIDIUS JULIANUS AE sestertius. IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right. Reverse - RECTOR ORBIS, Julian standing left holding globe and roll, S C in fields (C double struck). RCV 6077. 29mm, 18.1g. Rare</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454474[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;m just a regular guy whose top price is generally around $500, so I can&#039;t hang with the big boys.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; But the Didius is a placeholder until I can get a better one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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