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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8140136, member: 75937&quot;]We&#039;re on what -- broken but beautiful?</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin may not be beautiful in the typical sense, but it&#039;s beautiful to me because of its rarity. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-pietas-avgvsti-temple-denarius-jpg.1380942/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.17 g, 17.4 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 143.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTI, hexastyle temple on stepped podium, above, a quadriga, Victories as acroteria.</p><p>Refs: RIC –; BMCRE 322-323; Cohen –; RSC 253b; Strack –; RCV –;CRE 130.</p><p>Note: Extremely rare; known specimens limited to the two in the British Museum collection, a specimen in the ANS collection (ANS 1956.127.574), and one in a private Ukrainian collection (CRE 130). This coin is a double die-match to BMCRE 323 and to the ANS specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: More broken but collectable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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