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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4646164, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s a nice coin, with an appealing patina. It was issued in AD 150/51 as part of a massive series of coins to mark the 10th anniversary of the empress&#039; death. You may read more about this issue, as well as about Aeternitas specifically, in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/aeternitas.330879/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/aeternitas.330879/">this old thread</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the example in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148011[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 22.40 g, 32.6 mm, 4 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 150/1.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Aeternitas, draped, standing left, holding phoenix on globe (nimbate right) on right hand and with left hand holding out fold of skirt. </p><p>Refs: RIC <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1105a" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1105a" rel="nofollow">1105a</a>; BMCRE <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-661" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-661" rel="nofollow">1490</a>, 1493; Cohen 12; RCV 4607.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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