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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8046401, member: 75937&quot;]My first sestertius! It started a lifelong Faustina fascination. I love the smooth black patina on this one!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-avgvsta-vesta-standing-sestertius-jpg.939842/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina Senior, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.57 g, 32.0 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 145-147.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AVGVSTA S C, Vesta veiled, standing left, holding palladium and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1124; BMCRE 1519-20; Cohen 110 = 122 corr.; Strack 1294; RCV 4617.</p><p>Notes: Cohen 122 (Wiczay): &quot;Concordia? standing l., holding statuette and wand,&quot; (La Concorde? debout à gauche, tenant une statuette et une baguette) is almost certainly a badly described specimen of this type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: More Faustina the Elder![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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