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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8142348, member: 75937&quot;]Update!!! I was able to acquire this lifetime sestertius of the empress with the nominative case obverse inscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1423038[/ATTACH] </p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Faustina II, AD 147-175.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.24 g, 29.5 mm, 1 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 174-175.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: MATRI CASTRORVM S C, Faustina standing left, sacrificing over lighted altar and holding incense-box; three standards before.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 1659; BMCRE 930-31; Cohen 164; RCV 5280; MIR 23-6/10a.</font></p><p><font size="3">Notes: BMCRE 929 erroneously gives FAVSTINA AVGVSTA on obverse. The obverse inscription on that coin is in the dative case.</font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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