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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5427820, member: 75937"]Absolutely gorgeous example of that <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-a-couple-of-anepigraphic-bronzes.369904/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-a-couple-of-anepigraphic-bronzes.369904/">anepigraphic bronze of Faustina II</a>, [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER]! Lovely portrait!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my more humble example:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-s-c-diana-sestertius-jpg.1202416/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 25.20 g, 31.1 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 152-156.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII F, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: S C, Diana, draped, standing front, head left, holding out arrow in right hand and resting left on bow, set on ground.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1383(2); BMCRE 2194; Cohen 210 (erroneous obv insc.); Strack 1326.</p><p>Notes: Obverse die match to the British Museum specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here's a sestertius of her hubby! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcus-aurelius-restitvtor-italiae-sestertius-jpg.1056053/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.36 g, 29.5 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 173.</p><p>Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right.</p><p>Rev: RESTITVTORI ITALIAE IMP VI COS III, Marcus Aurelius, in military dress, standing left, holding vertical spear in left hand and clasping right hands with Italia kneeling right before him, holding globe in left hand; SC in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1077; BMCRE 1449-1450; Cohen 538; RCV 4997; MIR 259.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5427820, member: 75937"]Absolutely gorgeous example of that [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-a-couple-of-anepigraphic-bronzes.369904/']anepigraphic bronze of Faustina II[/URL], [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER]! Lovely portrait! Here's my more humble example: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-s-c-diana-sestertius-jpg.1202416/[/IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 25.20 g, 31.1 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 152-156. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII F, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: S C, Diana, draped, standing front, head left, holding out arrow in right hand and resting left on bow, set on ground. Refs: RIC 1383(2); BMCRE 2194; Cohen 210 (erroneous obv insc.); Strack 1326. Notes: Obverse die match to the British Museum specimen. And here's a sestertius of her hubby! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcus-aurelius-restitvtor-italiae-sestertius-jpg.1056053/[/IMG] Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.36 g, 29.5 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 173. Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right. Rev: RESTITVTORI ITALIAE IMP VI COS III, Marcus Aurelius, in military dress, standing left, holding vertical spear in left hand and clasping right hands with Italia kneeling right before him, holding globe in left hand; SC in exergue. Refs: RIC 1077; BMCRE 1449-1450; Cohen 538; RCV 4997; MIR 259.[/QUOTE]
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