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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OutsiderSubtype, post: 5011832, member: 112457&quot;][ATTACH=full]1201969[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina I. Deified late wife of Antoninus Pius. Circa 150 CE. Orichalcum sestertius. 32mm, 21.38g. Rome mint. </p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, bust of Faustina right. </p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: AETERNITAS S C, Aeternitas standing left, holding a phoenix on a globe in her right hand and holding her skirt with her left hand. Van Meter 18/1; RIC 1105.</p><p><br /></p><p>My understanding is that the most recent scholarship suggests that this type was minted around the ten year anniversary of Faustina I&#039;s death.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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