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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4800552, member: 75937&quot;]This week&#039;s <i>Coins Weekly</i> features a <a href="https://coinsweekly.com/coin_records/the-most-expensive-sestertii/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsweekly.com/coin_records/the-most-expensive-sestertii/" rel="nofollow">slideshow of the most expensive sestertii</a>. They are the ones you&#039;d expect -- the IVDEA CAPTAs and the Caligulas and Galbas. The Hadrian is a bit of a surprise but, then again, it truly is FDC.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is the most treasured (not necessarily the most expensive) sestertius in your collection? I love many of my sestertii, but I&#039;d have to say this is the one I treasure most:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165793[/ATTACH]</p><p>Agrippina I, wife of Germanicus, 14 BC - AD 33.</p><p>Roman orichalcum Sestertius 27.92 gm, 34.8 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD.</p><p>Obv: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, bare-headed and draped bust right.</p><p><br /></p><p>And although <a href="https://coinsweekly.com/agrippina-ruthless-murderess-or-role-model/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsweekly.com/agrippina-ruthless-murderess-or-role-model/" rel="nofollow">this article</a> is about Agrippina I&#039;s daughter, Agrippina II, it&#039;s worth mentioning in this thread.</p><p>Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large SC.</p><p>Refs: RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219 (Claudius); Cohen 3.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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