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<p>[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 4287664, member: 80783"]I am happy that my final purchase before the shutdown arrived safely today.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my third Sestertius of this type but the first one that will be a keeper as it combines a handsome portrait with a high relief obverse and clean surfaces. I can live with the scratch as it does not affect the bust and adds a little individuality to the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1091362[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG - Diademed and draped bust of Orbiana right</p><p>CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM S C - Concordia enthroned left, holding patera in right and double cornucopiae in left arm</p><p>Sestertius, Rome 225 a.d.</p><p>30 mm / 21,84 gr</p><p>RIC 655, BMCRE 293, Cohen 4, Sear 8193, Banti 1 (82 specimens)</p><p>ex Gorny & Mosch Auction 270 (12.03.2020), lot 2551</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1091418[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gnaea Seia Sallustia Barbia Orbiana, daughter of the aristocrat Seius Sallustius Varius Macrinus, was known as one of the most handsome women ever to grace the imperial throne. She was married to sixteen year old emperor Severus Alexander at Rome on August 28, 225.</p><p>The genuine affection the young couple had for a one another was more than the senior Augusta, Alexander´s jealous mother Julia Mamaea, was willing to tolerate, and Orbiana was banished to Libya a mere two years later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 4287664, member: 80783"]I am happy that my final purchase before the shutdown arrived safely today. This is my third Sestertius of this type but the first one that will be a keeper as it combines a handsome portrait with a high relief obverse and clean surfaces. I can live with the scratch as it does not affect the bust and adds a little individuality to the coin. [ATTACH=full]1091362[/ATTACH] SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG - Diademed and draped bust of Orbiana right CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM S C - Concordia enthroned left, holding patera in right and double cornucopiae in left arm Sestertius, Rome 225 a.d. 30 mm / 21,84 gr RIC 655, BMCRE 293, Cohen 4, Sear 8193, Banti 1 (82 specimens) ex Gorny & Mosch Auction 270 (12.03.2020), lot 2551 [ATTACH=full]1091418[/ATTACH] Gnaea Seia Sallustia Barbia Orbiana, daughter of the aristocrat Seius Sallustius Varius Macrinus, was known as one of the most handsome women ever to grace the imperial throne. She was married to sixteen year old emperor Severus Alexander at Rome on August 28, 225. The genuine affection the young couple had for a one another was more than the senior Augusta, Alexander´s jealous mother Julia Mamaea, was willing to tolerate, and Orbiana was banished to Libya a mere two years later.[/QUOTE]
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