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Message:: [QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8271006, member: 85693"]Thank you for another fine Faustina Friday, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] As usual, I ransacked my small collection to see if I can contribute, and I found two, one with a question: Here's the first one, a seated sestertius, and a question.  This is, I believe, the very first Faustina AE I ever acquired, and I'd never photographed it (seller's photo below - it is better than mine!) The question:  your example has the reverse SC in the exergue.  Mine has it in the fields.  My concern is that I have misattributed this - the reverse legend is gone, so perhaps this is another type?  A variation?  [ATTACH=full]1459784[/ATTACH] Faustina I               Æ Sestertius5th Phase: Anniversary of Faustina’s Deification(c. 155-161 A.D.)     Rome MintDIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / [AETERNITAS] S [C] across fields, Aeternitas seated left on throne holding phoenix on globe and scepter. RIC 1103A(a); BMC 1482-86.(21.36 grams / 29 mm)eBay July 2017 Lot  $15.00 Here's the standing type, I think: [ATTACH=full]1459785[/ATTACH]Faustina I               Æ Sestertius5th Phase: Anniversary of Faustina’s Deification(c. 155-161 A.D.)      Rome MintDIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right /[A]E[TERNITAS] S-C Aeternitas standing left, holding [phoenix nimbate right] on globe and holding up skirt.RIC 1105a; BMCR 1490.(25.21 grams / 30 mm)eBay Jan. 2021   $17.49[/QUOTE]