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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3158514, member: 85693&quot;]Some more wonderful Neroes - thank you all for sharing.&nbsp; It was interesting to see some of these can be had for fairly low prices - and it is nice to look at the prettier ones as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for my collection, I think I am regressing, going from nicer coins to the ugly.&nbsp; Back in the 1980s-1990s I used to collect high(er) grade ancients - nothing spectacular, but nicer than a lot of the stuff I get now.&nbsp; The cost per coin was much higher back then, and the coins much more attractive, but for reasons I cannot really defend, I am enjoying the low-end scrounging I am doing now.&nbsp; Quantity over quality, I guess (I drink beer the same way!). </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an ugly one that I spent hours flailing away trying to attribute, eliminating possibilities, etc.&nbsp; In hand it is (to me) very attractive - deep brownish-black patina with areas of like sandy patina overlay.&nbsp; Collectible?&nbsp; Worth the effort?&nbsp; Many would say no.&nbsp; My attribution is uncertain, but I still like it and I am pretty sure, if nothing else, it is Antoninus Pius (I paid $6.29 for it):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]810222[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(140-144 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / APOLLINI AVGVSTO SC, Apollo draped to feet standing left holding lyre and patera.</p><p>RIC 598; Cohen 62; BMC 1229</p><p>(18.22 grams / 32 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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