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<p>[QUOTE="Spaniard, post: 3983267, member: 90248"]Lovely pair of coins!....</p><p>Great detail on the Severus but really like the portrayal of the peacock on the Faustina. Nice additions Congrats...</p><p>I've only recently started to collect Sestertius so now can appreciate how these big bronzes feel in hand..Very addictive!...Alas I don't have either of these in Sestertius at the moment but here they are in Silver...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048742[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II Junior Silver Denarius 3.36g.,17mm, Rome mint, A.D. 154-156,</p><p>Obverse. FAVSTINA AVG-PIIAVGFIL Draped bust of Faustina right,</p><p>Reverse. CONC-O-RDIA, Concordia seated left, holding flower & resting left arm on cornucopiae set on globe below seat.....(RCV 4704; RIC 502a)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048738[/ATTACH]</p><p>Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AR Denarius (2.89 gm, 20mm). Rome mint. Struck 228 AD.</p><p>Obv.: IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev.: PM TRPVII COSII PP , Mars standing right, holding shield and spear.</p><p>RIC IV 83; BMCRE 503; RSC 337.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Spaniard, post: 3983267, member: 90248"]Lovely pair of coins!.... Great detail on the Severus but really like the portrayal of the peacock on the Faustina. Nice additions Congrats... I've only recently started to collect Sestertius so now can appreciate how these big bronzes feel in hand..Very addictive!...Alas I don't have either of these in Sestertius at the moment but here they are in Silver... [ATTACH=full]1048742[/ATTACH] Faustina II Junior Silver Denarius 3.36g.,17mm, Rome mint, A.D. 154-156, Obverse. FAVSTINA AVG-PIIAVGFIL Draped bust of Faustina right, Reverse. CONC-O-RDIA, Concordia seated left, holding flower & resting left arm on cornucopiae set on globe below seat.....(RCV 4704; RIC 502a) [ATTACH=full]1048738[/ATTACH] Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. AR Denarius (2.89 gm, 20mm). Rome mint. Struck 228 AD. Obv.: IMP SEV ALE-XAND AVG, laureate head right. Rev.: PM TRPVII COSII PP , Mars standing right, holding shield and spear. RIC IV 83; BMCRE 503; RSC 337.[/QUOTE]
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