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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3984831, member: 96898"]Nice sestertii! I especially like the pulvinar reverse with the facing peacock. That's an interesting consecration type. Here are two denarii of Sev Alex and Faustina Junior that I added to my collection in 2019: [ATTACH=full]1049277[/ATTACH] Severus Alexander, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 224 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG; bust of Severus Alexander, laureate and draped, r. Rev: P M TR P III COS P P; Mars standing l., helmeted and in military attire, holding spear and branch. 18mm, 3.21g. Ref: RIC RIC IV Severus Alexander 37. Ex TheRed collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 174 (their picture). [ATTACH=full]1049276[/ATTACH] Faustina II, Roman Empire, denarius, 161–175 AD, Rome mint. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA; bust of Faustina II, draped, r. Rev: IVNO, Iuno standing l., holding patera and sceptre, peacock at feet l. 18mm, 2.94g. Ref: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 688.[/QUOTE]