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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4800788, member: 87404&quot;]This is my most expensive sestertius.&nbsp; I&#039;m fascinated with the boy-emperor, and a certain CT member <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> has been rubbing off on me, increasing my appreciation for Victory reverses:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/incollage_20200815_111330348.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b><font size="3">Elagabalus, Ruled 218-222 AD</font></b></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Sestertius, Struck 219-220 AD, Rome mint</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: VICTORIA ANTONINI AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in raised right hand and palm over left shoulder; S-C across fields.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RIC IV 377</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 31.5mm, 24.0g</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is my most prized sestertius.&nbsp; It replaced the &quot;one that got away&quot; and I just love this one even more <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/incollage_20200410_143022785.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar 139-161 AD, Ruled as Emperor 161-180 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Sestertius, Struck 145 AD, Rome mint</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS II, bare head, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: Minerva, helmeted, draped, standing, left, holding spear, vertical, in right hand and resting left on round shield set on ground; S-C across fields.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RIC III 1245</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 32mm, 23.56g</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Note: In 145 AD, Marcus was made consul for the second time (Jan. 1) and married Antoninus Pius’ daughter Fasutina (April).</i></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p>What a wonderful reverse!&nbsp; And the obverse and portrait are nothing to squawk at either!</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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