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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3663472, member: 87404"]Great new coin and wonderfully detailed hair! Congrats!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_180628587.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Sestertius, Struck 145-161 AD, Rome mint</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obverse</b>: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, right, hair is elaborately dressed in horizontal lines with ringlets down front: it is coiled in a chignon on back of head.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Reverse</b>: AVGVSTI PII FIL, Spes, draped, standing front, head left, holding up flower-bud in right hand and gathering up fold of skirt in left, S-C across field.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>References</b>: RIC III 1371</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Size</b>: 30mm, 23.5g</font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181226_233820197-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Sestertius, Struck 161-175 AD, Rome mint</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obverse</b>: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bust of Faustina II, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Reverse</b>: FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas, draped, standing left, between two children and holding two infants in her arms, S-C across field.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>References</b>: RIC III 1635</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Size</b>: 34mm, 24.2g</font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190109_191039659.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE As, Struck 161-164 AD, Rome mint</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obverse</b>: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, sometimes diademed, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head round head, down cheek, curls, right.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Reverse</b>: FECVN-DITAS, Fecunditas, draped, standing right, holidng sceptre in right hand and infant in left arm, S-C across field.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>References</b>: RIC III 1639</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3663472, member: 87404"]Great new coin and wonderfully detailed hair! Congrats! [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_180628587.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius[/B] [B]AE Sestertius, Struck 145-161 AD, Rome mint[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, right, hair is elaborately dressed in horizontal lines with ringlets down front: it is coiled in a chignon on back of head. [B]Reverse[/B]: AVGVSTI PII FIL, Spes, draped, standing front, head left, holding up flower-bud in right hand and gathering up fold of skirt in left, S-C across field. [B]References[/B]: RIC III 1371 [B]Size[/B]: 30mm, 23.5g[/SIZE] [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181226_233820197-1.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius[/B] [B]AE Sestertius, Struck 161-175 AD, Rome mint[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bust of Faustina II, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right. [B]Reverse[/B]: FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas, draped, standing left, between two children and holding two infants in her arms, S-C across field. [B]References[/B]: RIC III 1635 [B]Size[/B]: 34mm, 24.2g[/SIZE] [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190109_191039659.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius[/B] [B]AE As, Struck 161-164 AD, Rome mint[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, sometimes diademed, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head round head, down cheek, curls, right. [B]Reverse[/B]: FECVN-DITAS, Fecunditas, draped, standing right, holidng sceptre in right hand and infant in left arm, S-C across field. [B]References[/B]: RIC III 1639[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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