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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3180764, member: 75937&quot;]What a shame! That is a lovely coin, too. My condolences.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never had that happen to me, but I have heard of it happening when there is a floor auction along with the on-line auction and a floor bidder turns out to be the winner. I don&#039;t know if that&#039;s the case with Savoca or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have an Aeternitas standing holding phoenix sestertius of Faustina I, but I do have the sestertius (top) and middle bronze (bottom) of her seated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]819637[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman orichalcum Sestertius, 26.57 gm, 32.5 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Rome, ca. AD 155-161.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS SC, Aeternitas enthroned left, holding phoenix on globe and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1103Aa, RCV 4606; BMCRE 1482; Cohen 15. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]819638[/ATTACH] </p><p>Rome, AD 147-161.</p><p>Roman AE as or dupondius, 10.91 gm, 27.3 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, ca. AD 155-161.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS SC, Aeternitas enthroned left, holding phoenix on globe and scepter. Refs: RIC 1156; RCV 4637; BMCRE 1549; Cohen 16.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes: although dated to AD 147 by Sear, die-linkage studies of the sestertii of DIVA FAVSTINA by Beckmann suggest a date of issue in the late 150s. See Beckmann, Martin. <i>Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces.</i> American Numismatic Society, 2012.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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