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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2637296, member: 4298&quot;]Very nice and moving testimony and write up, thank you !</p><p>As you may already know, because I wrote that so many times here, my grand father was there and eventually found a roman sestertius while digging a trench during that terrible battle, that he gave me 50 years after the end of WW1 in 1978, and that has been the real start of my ancient coins addiction. Here it is (again....)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0160-310np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Commodus, Sestertius&nbsp; </b> Minted in Rome, AD 192</p><p>L AEL AVREL CO---MM AVG P FEL, Laureate head of Commodus right</p><p>HERCVLI ROMANO AVG, Hercules facing, head left, holding club and lion&#039;s skin, resting on trophy. SC in field</p><p>21,01 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV #5752, Cohen #203, BMC # 314. RIC # 640.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>This is the very first roman coin I have ever possessed, gift from my grand father who found it digging a trench at Verdun battle during WWI</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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