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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4020700, member: 85693&quot;]Nice post, RC.&nbsp; I have a couple of Antonine &quot;temple&quot; issues:</p><p><br /></p><p>A sestertius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1057234[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>2nd Phase: Dedication of <b>the Temple to Diva Faustina</b></b></p><p><b>(c. 143-150 A.D.) Rome Mint</b></p><p>D[IVA AVG]VSTA FAVSTINA draped bust right / [PIETAS AVG], hexastyle temple façade; pediment decorated with figures; quadriga; SC in exergue.</p><p>RIC 1148; BMCRE 1454.</p><p>(25.63 grams / 28 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>One in silver, like the OP:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1057232[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(c. 150 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust rt. / AED DIV FAVSTINAE, temple of Diva Faustina: railing &amp; statues in front, pediment with 1 standing, 2 reclining figs. quadriga &amp; figures as acroteria. </p><p>RIC 343; BMCRE 339-343</p><p>(2.81 grams / 16 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, along the same lines, a scruffy Temple of Augustus denarius of Antoninus Pius</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1057229[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(c. 158-160 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG [PIVS PP TR P XXII], laureate head right / [AED DIVI] or [TEMPLVM DIV] AVG REST, COS IIII, octastyle temple of Divus Augustus and Livia.</p><p>RIC 272 a/b /284/ 290a / 305</p><p>(3.02 grams / 16 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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