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<p>[QUOTE="paulus_dinius, post: 4173374, member: 110988"]A lovely coin, and fairly scarce. The CONSECRATIO/Pyre sestertii appear to come from a very tightly grouped set of dies, probably indicating that they were issued for only a short spell of time, i.e. at the time of the funeral. Your coin appears to come from the same die-pair as the following example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074644[/ATTACH]</p><p>Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (Mail Bid Sale 67), 22.9.2004, lot 1556.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with the collecting.</p><p>Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="paulus_dinius, post: 4173374, member: 110988"]A lovely coin, and fairly scarce. The CONSECRATIO/Pyre sestertii appear to come from a very tightly grouped set of dies, probably indicating that they were issued for only a short spell of time, i.e. at the time of the funeral. Your coin appears to come from the same die-pair as the following example: [ATTACH=full]1074644[/ATTACH] Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (Mail Bid Sale 67), 22.9.2004, lot 1556. Good luck with the collecting. Paul[/QUOTE]
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