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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3548122, member: 85693&quot;]Oh, I am not sure about that reverse legend at all - I&#039;ve stared at the pits, and vague blobs that might be letters until my eyeballs fell out (exaggerating, but only slightly).&nbsp; I really think this may be the case of just too much wear to tell what is going on exactly - which is only mildly frustrating. </p><p><br /></p><p>Trying to figure these out is such an enjoyable process.&nbsp; Even when the end result is a ?</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked it up as part of a lot of 2 - mostly I wanted the other coin, a sestertius of Faustina II that isn&#039;t in much better shape (but the price was right).&nbsp; Both coins actually looked much better in hand that I expected (the As discussed here has, I think, a nice portrait, if nothing else). </p><p><br /></p><p>The sestertius is (I think):</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(176-180 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, draped bust right / [AETERNITAS] S C, Aeternitas standing left, holding [globe with phoenix] and leaning on column.</p><p>RIC 1693; BMC 1563.</p><p>(22.86 grams / 29 mm)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]942934[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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