Sestertius Sunday…..

The bust on the last coin is fantastic!

 

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That is probably the most beautiful Victory sestertius of Septimius Severus I have ever seen - a photo of it goes in my loose leaf -

 

The first Septimius is very rare but I cannot recall ever seeing the second one on the top row far right - do you know the RIC #? is that Anonna with corn ears and patera over alter? IMP III I think.

 

He's still posting on Numis forums (?).

 

I have to apologize for that, I confused him with PeterD; who passed away.

 

I have two to contribute. One has a misshapen finish the other has a deep green patina
Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus. AE Sestertius, Rome, AD 251-252

IMP CAES C VIBIVS TREBONIANVS GALLVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right / PIETAS AVGG, S-C, Pietas standing facing before lit altar, raising both hands.
RIC 117a; Cohen 86; Sear 9676.
23.15g. 28x31mm

Faustina Junior (Augusta, 147-175). Orichalcum Sestertius (31mm, 21.68g, 12h). Rome, 161-4.
Obverse FAVSTINA AVGVSTA: Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, sometimes diademed, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right
Reverse SAECVLI FELICIT S C: Throne (pulvinar), draped and ornamented, on which are two baby boys, Commodus and Antoninus, seated face to face, with stars above their heads
RIC III 1665. Sear 5282, Cohen 193. BMC 937.