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[obverse]          [reverse]          98-117 AD, Aureus (clipped), Rome,
  112-5 AD, 3.06g. Strack-195, C-578
  (De Moustier, 50 Fr.), BM-456 note.
  Rx: [S P Q R OPTIMO P]RINCIP[I]
  Three standards topped by [wreath]
  on l., eagle in center, and hand on
  r. The scarcer variant of this
  aureus: usually the standard with
  hand is on left and that with wreath
  on right. What's left is fine plus
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[From an H.J.Berk Online auction, early 2001. Re-used by permission.]