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Message:: [QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 2838981, member: 76086"][ATTACH=full]671242[/ATTACH] Carl Becker Forgery, 19th Century, Gela – Messana HybridSilver Tetradrachm, 26mm, 12.25 gramsObverse:  Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, Nike flying above.Reverse:  MES S A NIO N, Hare springing right, head of youthful Pan below.References:Hill 18, noteCost:$85Provenance:Paul Wisyni Collection, Private Sale, December 2016 [ATTACH=full]671243[/ATTACH] Antoninus Pius, Issue by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, 161 ADSilver Denarius, Rome Mint, 18mm, 3.07 gramsObverse:  DIVVS ANTONONVS, Bare head of Antoninus right.Reverse:  CONSECRATIO, Four tiered funeral pure, garlanded and surmounted by facing quadriga.References:RIC436 (Aurelius)Cost:€70Provenance:Numismatik Lanz, Ebay, September 2008 I dont know why I paid so much for a common Pius denarius, but honestly it looked much better in the auction photograph. [ATTACH=full]671244[/ATTACH] Antoninus PiusÆ Sestertius, Rome Mint, 32mm, 21.62 gramsObverse:  ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, Laureate head of Antoninus right.Reverse:  PIETATI AVG COS IIII S C, Pietas standing left holding globe and child, two children standing left and right at feet.References:RIC1031Cost:$70Provenance:Ebay, October 2016[/QUOTE]