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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 25250062, member: 91820&quot;]My holy grail is Severan sestertii struck between the years 199 and 209.&nbsp; Ten years of diligent searching - the result: one Geta sestertius and one as, one Caracalla sestertius and one as, and one Septimius Severus sestertius. THAT IS IT.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The two as&#039;s do not count but they are too nice to get rid of, but I would trade both for a sestertius in a heartbeat,... As for offerings during this period, I remember them all - there was one Caracalla sestertius offered by an Italian dealer - I could not afford but I am not convinced that I should have mortgaged the house to buy it, another Geta sesterius from Heritage that went for over $1,000 even though quite worn, One that was offered on Ebay of all places, but too expensive, CNG had a Caracalla sestertius it mistakenly thought was tooled - went for $1,800 but I did not have it, and was resold later for more than twice that.&nbsp; I did buy a Geta sestertius with a Securitas reverse, but the portrait was absurdly tooled and was returned - which means a very rare coin was destroyed by stupidity and ignorance. </p><p><br /></p><p>It gives me something to look for - I am also interested in Caracalla sestertii from his last year - there is one up for auction now but it is already over $1,000 - and I have to buy coins to sell and I just can&#039;t afford it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I see the many doubles of sestertii from this era that are owned by the British Museum and want to say to them -&nbsp; how about getting out of the sandbox and letting the other kids play - in other words, how about selling the extras?&nbsp; But I know - dream on.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ok it is not a great metaphor but all I can think of now. Plus if they were sold off I no doubt could not afford it.&nbsp; Sigh...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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