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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4661415, member: 96898"]A nice new addition! Below are two sestertii of the two Faustinas: Faustina I:[ATTACH=full]1150013[/ATTACH] Faustina I "the Elder" (postumous), Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 141 AD, Rome mint. Obv: DIVA AVGUSTA FAVSTINA; draped bust of Faustina I r. Rev: AETERNITAS; Providentia standing l. holding globe and sceptre; in fields flanking, S-C. 31mm, 21.11g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 1108a. Ex Ken Dorney. Faustina II:[ATTACH=full]1150019[/ATTACH] Faustina II, Roman Empire, sestertius, ca. 161–164 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [F]AVSTINA AVGV[STA], bust of Faustina II, draped, r. Rev: IV[NONI] REGINAE; Iuno standing l. with patera and sceptre, peacock at feet l.; in fields, S-C.. 30mm, 27g. Ref: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1651.[/QUOTE]