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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3242666, member: 75937&quot;]Nice one! I don&#039;t have a sestertius with that reverse type. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have two bronzes of this empress:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]849111[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sestertius, 20.02 gm, 28.5 mm.</p><p>Rome mint, AD 225.</p><p>Obv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, diademed and draped bust, r.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM SC, Alexander r. and Orbiana l., standing, facing each other, clasping r. hands.</p><p>Refs: RIC 657; RCV 8194; BMCRE 229; Cohen 6.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]849112[/ATTACH]</p><p>Dupondius, 11.43 gm, 24.5 mm.</p><p>Rome mint, AD 225.</p><p>Obv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, diademed and draped bust, r.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM SC, Concordia enthroned l., holding patera and double cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 656; RCV 8195; BMCRE 297; Cohen 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>And for fun, how about an ancient fouree forgery, which has a FECVND AVGVSTAE reverse type used by her mother-in-law, Julia Mamaea, not an official issue of Orbiana?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]849113[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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