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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zadie, post: 8254499, member: 114699&quot;]Fantastic thread! Sestertii are extremely enjoyable to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455044[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 24.61 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck circa AD 65. Laureate head right, globe at point of neck / Roma seated left on cuirass, right foot on helmet, holding Victory and parazonium; shields around and behind. RIC I 398; WCN 409; Lyon 69.</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1455046[/ATTACH] </font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Roman Empire. Nero (54-68). Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, struck AD 67. Laureate bust of Nero right, IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR POT P P / Nero, togate and bare-headed, standing to left on low platform, raising right hand in act of address, praetorian prefect behind, togate and bare-headed; standing before, three soldiers, the two foremost holding standards, the praetorian camp in the background, ADLOCVT COH. 26.17g, 35mm. RIC I 564. (A personal favourite of mine)</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1455047[/ATTACH] </font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Roman Empire. Domitian as Caesar (69-81). Æ Sestertius. Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, 76-77. Laureate head of Domitian right, CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS III / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt. 32.5mm, 26.10 g. RIC II.1 926 (Vespasian). (Source of my profile picture, fyi!)</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1455048[/ATTACH] </font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Philip II as Augustus, 247-249.</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pax standing left, holding olive branch and scepter. 17.73 g, 27 mm. RIC IV 268c.</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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