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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4490448, member: 75937&quot;]Update -- I have added a few more examples to the collection. The sestertii have rough surfaces, to be sure, but they are hard to come by!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114253[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 22.64 g, 32.6 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 139-140.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII P P, bust of Faustina I, draped, right.</p><p>Rev: IVNONI REGINAE S C, Juno standing left, holding patera in right hand and vertical sceptre in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1077a; BMCRE 1116; Cohen 216; Strack 1218; RCV 4675; Hill<i> UCR </i>143.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-veneri-avgvstae-s-c-lifetime-sestertius-jpg.1109904/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.19 g, 33.5 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 139-140.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII P P, bust of Faustina I, draped, right.</p><p>Rev: VENERI AVGVSTAE S C, Venus, standing right, drawing drapery from right shoulder with right hand and holding apple in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1081; BMCRE 1120-22; Cohen 282; Strack 1224; RCV 4677; Hill<i> UCR </i>146.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114257[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Senior, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman orichalcum as or dupondius, 12.02 g, 28 mm, 5h.</p><p>Rome, AD 139-140.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VENERI AVGVSTAE S C, Venus, standing right, drawing drapery from right shoulder with right hand and holding apple in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1097; BMCRE 1132; Cohen 283; Strack 1224; RCV 4685; Hill<i> UCR </i>155.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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