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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 2386498, member: 9204&quot;]Who is M. Arrius Vestinus? We don&#039;t know. These two tesserae, along with two others not represented in my collection, are our only record of this man&#039;s existence. I read a charming short story once about an afterlife in which you linger until your name is at last forgotten. I might be the only one keeping M. Arrius from fading into oblivion. I guess this is why I always have a soft spot for the named tesserae. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/00023x00~1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ROME. <i>M. Arrius Vestinus.</i></b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (22mm, 5.14 g, 12h)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Victory flying left, holding wreath and palm frond</p> <p style="text-align: center">M · AR/ VES</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rostovtsev 1135 = Kircheriano 527 var. (no horizontal line)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex Agora 34 (9 June 2015), lot 148</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/00022x00~1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ROME. <i>M. Arrius Vestinus.</i></b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (20mm, 4.08 g, 12 h)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Amphora; grain ear to right </p> <p style="text-align: center">M · AR/ VES</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rostovtsev p. 140, note = Ficorini II, pl. XVII, 10</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex Agora 34 (9 June 2015), lot 149</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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