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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3652551, member: 85693&quot;]Nice selection there, Limes.&nbsp; As for the Marcus Aurelius as with Pietas (RIC 1333), I have one of those, not as nice as yours.&nbsp; When I was researching it, I couldn&#039;t find very many examples either. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am beginning to suspect that some of these Antonine &quot;middle bronzes&quot; are considerably scarcer than one might think - but because they are kind of typical (gods standing around as Doug puts it) and the emperors are easy to find as a type, the scarcity doesn&#039;t really lead to much collector interest or a bump in value.&nbsp; I (over)paid about $6 for this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]981413[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(155-156 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[AVRELI]VS CAES [ANTON AVG PII F], bare head right / TR POT [X] COS II, Pietas</p><p>standing left, holding box and dropping incense onto lit altar or candelabrum; S-C across.</p><p>RIC 1333 (Pius) (R1).</p><p>(9.56 grams / 26 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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