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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 6647755, member: 110226"]Here's another Faustina II sestertius, one that I forgot about though it's been here for a while. I guess my brain is turning into tapioca pudding pretty rapidly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know if this portrait is fine style or not, but it is a nice rendering.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Empire, 176 AD</p><p>AE sestertius</p><p>Faustina Minor, Augusta </p><p>Rome</p><p>Obverse: DIVA FAV-STINA PIA Draped bust of Faustina Minor on the right, with her hair pulled up in a bun.</p><p>Reverse: SIDERIBVS RE-CEPTA / S | C, draped Diana standing to the right, holding a lighted torch with both hands.</p><p>C.215 var.(10f.), RIC.1715 (S), BMC/RE.1584, MIR.18/64 , RCV.-</p><p>EF/VF</p><p>Good brown-green patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>25.54 grams </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1268511[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 6647755, member: 110226"]Here's another Faustina II sestertius, one that I forgot about though it's been here for a while. I guess my brain is turning into tapioca pudding pretty rapidly. I don't know if this portrait is fine style or not, but it is a nice rendering. Roman Empire, 176 AD AE sestertius Faustina Minor, Augusta Rome Obverse: DIVA FAV-STINA PIA Draped bust of Faustina Minor on the right, with her hair pulled up in a bun. Reverse: SIDERIBVS RE-CEPTA / S | C, draped Diana standing to the right, holding a lighted torch with both hands. C.215 var.(10f.), RIC.1715 (S), BMC/RE.1584, MIR.18/64 , RCV.- EF/VF Good brown-green patina. 25.54 grams [ATTACH=full]1268511[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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