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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3007673, member: 75937&quot;]Another weekend acquisition--a sestertius of Faustina Junior. It&#039;s interesting to see the difference in detail between the devices on the reverse of the sestertius compared to the smaller dupondius (even taking into account the greater wear on the dupondius). On the dupondius, the celator just indicated the children&#039;s heads with circles, which float above their stylized bodies in the absence of necks. On the larger sestertius, however, the children are well-rendered and their clothes have pleats and other details. Truly outstanding engraving on the reverse die:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]745434[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Jr, under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-175</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius; 26.31 g, 29 mm, 12 h</p><p>Rome, AD 161-175</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno standing left between two children, holding a third child on left arm</p><p>Refs: RIC 1649; BMCRE 918; Cohen 136; RCV 5277; MIR 18.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it looks familiar, it&#039;s the companion piece to another recent acquisition, this dupondius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]745437[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Jr, under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-175</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius; 13.23 g, 25.1 mm, 6 h</p><p>Rome, AD 161-175</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno standing left between two children, holding a third child on left arm</p><p>Refs: RIC 1650; BMCRE p. 541, *; Cohen 137; RCV 5298; MIR 18.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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