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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 24801978, member: 42034&quot;]Wonderful piece.&nbsp; I wonder if you could get free admission to the Colosseum in Rome if you show that piece?&nbsp; Certainly you can be the talk of your tour group if you go.</p><p><br /></p><p>I teach Ancient History thru Coins at a local high school every year.&nbsp; They always have pictures of the Colosseum in the classroom so to get a large sestersius depicting that is incredible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I should point out that &quot;Harlan J Berk MBS 225, 30 November 2023, lot 456&quot; has not occurred yet.&nbsp; I&#039;m trying to find out the PR for your piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>My son &amp; I last year (2022)</p><p><img src="http://coinsandhistory.com/pix_shared/pix_cointalk/c_Rome-272_DSC_039_600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes non-collectors have particular interests.&nbsp; A lady I talked to was a big fan of the movie &quot;Gladiator&quot; which portrayed Marcus Aurelius &amp; Commodus.&nbsp; She was very happy when I showed her a large sestersius-sized bronze of Marcus struck in Amasya Pontes and a &quot;Lion-skin wearing&quot; As of Commodus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if they appreciate it, but I always enjoy showing off my 1486 Guildiner of the Tyrole whenever a non-collector says &quot;Look at this 1972 silver dollar my Grandfather gave me.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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