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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7754953, member: 96898"]That's a nice new addition, [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The two coins below both came from AMCC 2. The first one is my only Fausta. The picture doesn't really do it justice:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328457[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Fausta, Roman Empire, AE3, 326 AD, Trier mint. Obv: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG; bust of Fausta, waved hair, mantled, r. Rev: SPES REIPVBLICAE; Spes, veiled, draped, standing front, head l., holding two children in her arms; in exergue, PTR-crescent. 20mm, 3.55g. Ref: RIC VII Treveri 484. Ex JB collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 503.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>The second one is ex [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] . I do believe the lovely picture, which I took from the auction listing, is his, too:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1328458[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Constantine I, Roman Empire, AE 3, 328–329 AD, Siscia mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, bust of Constantine I, rosette.diademed, draped and cuirassed, r. Rev: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG; "camp gate" with two turrets, star above; in exergue, ΓSIS-crescent. 19mm, 3.5g. Ref: RIC VII Siscia 215. Ex Colosseum (1992); ex Doug Smith collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 496.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7754953, member: 96898"]That's a nice new addition, [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] ! The two coins below both came from AMCC 2. The first one is my only Fausta. The picture doesn't really do it justice: [ATTACH=full]1328457[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Fausta, Roman Empire, AE3, 326 AD, Trier mint. Obv: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG; bust of Fausta, waved hair, mantled, r. Rev: SPES REIPVBLICAE; Spes, veiled, draped, standing front, head l., holding two children in her arms; in exergue, PTR-crescent. 20mm, 3.55g. Ref: RIC VII Treveri 484. Ex JB collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 503.[/SIZE] The second one is ex [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] . I do believe the lovely picture, which I took from the auction listing, is his, too: [ATTACH=full]1328458[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Constantine I, Roman Empire, AE 3, 328–329 AD, Siscia mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, bust of Constantine I, rosette.diademed, draped and cuirassed, r. Rev: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG; "camp gate" with two turrets, star above; in exergue, ΓSIS-crescent. 19mm, 3.5g. Ref: RIC VII Siscia 215. Ex Colosseum (1992); ex Doug Smith collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 496.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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