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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5124295, member: 85693"]Lovely Faustina's RC. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm drawn to the Anepigraphic types in general, but they are hard to find on the scrounger's market. Earlier this year I did find a Hadrian sestertius with Diana in much the same pose as your Faustina examples. It was unattributed and the condition was so poor that even I was going to pass on it, but after figuring it might be Diana I pulled the trigger (>$20). </p><p><br /></p><p>The wear is so great the anepigraphic-effect isn't very dramatic - it looks too much like a sestertius with the reverse legend worn off. But here it is, with a graphically-enhanced reverse showing how I concluded it was Diana (if I'm wrong, someone please let me know):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202448[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202449[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Hadrian Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(128-129 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>[HADR]IANVS A[VGVSTVS COS III P P], draped bust, bare-headed right / Diana</p><p>standing left holding arrow and [bow], S C in field. </p><p>RIC II.3 2400 var.</p><p>RIC 777c - draped, head bare </p><p>(22.92 grams / 30 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5124295, member: 85693"]Lovely Faustina's RC. I'm drawn to the Anepigraphic types in general, but they are hard to find on the scrounger's market. Earlier this year I did find a Hadrian sestertius with Diana in much the same pose as your Faustina examples. It was unattributed and the condition was so poor that even I was going to pass on it, but after figuring it might be Diana I pulled the trigger (>$20). The wear is so great the anepigraphic-effect isn't very dramatic - it looks too much like a sestertius with the reverse legend worn off. But here it is, with a graphically-enhanced reverse showing how I concluded it was Diana (if I'm wrong, someone please let me know): [ATTACH=full]1202448[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1202449[/ATTACH] [B]Hadrian Æ Sestertius (128-129 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] [HADR]IANVS A[VGVSTVS COS III P P], draped bust, bare-headed right / Diana standing left holding arrow and [bow], S C in field. RIC II.3 2400 var. RIC 777c - draped, head bare (22.92 grams / 30 mm)[/QUOTE]
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