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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3378855, member: 75937&quot;]I like like holding ancient artifacts in my hand, marveling at how they are more than 1800 years old. I love holding this sestertius, for example, its heft filling my palm, and I imagine how its surfaces contain traces of lamp oil, pagan altar smoke, centurion sweat and gladiator blood. Did it buy wine? Almost certainly. Did it buy a pair of sandals for a five-year-old girl to wear to a festival? Could be! It bought food and wine and clothing and knickknacks and entertainment for thousands of people in antiquity. And that&#039;s just a really cool thing to think about!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]896938[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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