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<p>[QUOTE="Aethelred, post: 2773885, member: 81808"]My sweet lil wifey got me this coin for Father's Day. It is a 19mm bronze of Fausta, the wife of Constantine who he had lightly killed a couple of years after this coin was minted.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Image and info from the seller:</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/84214q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>RL84214. Billon centenionalis, RIC VII Ticinum p. 387, 203; LRBC I 488; SRCV VII 16565; Cohen VII 17, Choice VF, attractive chocolate surfaces, very light marks and porosity, 2nd officina, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, weight 2.918g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 326 A.D.; obverse FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right with hair waved, bun at back, wearing pearl necklace; reverse SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, looking left, holding infants Constantine II and Constantius II, S crescent T in exergue; <b>rare</b>; SOLD[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aethelred, post: 2773885, member: 81808"]My sweet lil wifey got me this coin for Father's Day. It is a 19mm bronze of Fausta, the wife of Constantine who he had lightly killed a couple of years after this coin was minted. [I]Image and info from the seller:[/I] [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/84214q00.jpg[/IMG] RL84214. Billon centenionalis, RIC VII Ticinum p. 387, 203; LRBC I 488; SRCV VII 16565; Cohen VII 17, Choice VF, attractive chocolate surfaces, very light marks and porosity, 2nd officina, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, weight 2.918g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 326 A.D.; obverse FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust right with hair waved, bun at back, wearing pearl necklace; reverse SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, looking left, holding infants Constantine II and Constantius II, S crescent T in exergue; [B]rare[/B]; SOLD[/QUOTE]
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