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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3639682, member: 87404"]Resurrecting this post from last winter as I recently added a new Spes reverse to this sub-collection. This beautiful, yellow sestertius of Faustina II:</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><b>Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p><b>AE Sestertius, Struck 145-161 AD, Rome mint</b></p><p><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.</p><p><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.</p><p><b>References</b>: RIC III 1371</p><p><b>Size</b>: 30mm, 23.5g</p><p><br /></p><p>But in reviewing this post and then my sub-collection, I now realize that I have a few more that I haven't shared in this thread (8 in total in the collection). So here it goes:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190115_223411116.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Vespasian, AE As</b></p><p><b>Struck 74 AD, Rome mint</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS V CENS, Head of Vespasian, laureate, right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Spes, draped, advancing left, holding up flower in right hand and raising up skirt with left, SC across field.</p><p><b>References</b>: RIC II 730</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190115_223213599.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Vespasian, Ruled 69-79 AD</b></p><p><b>AE As, Struck in 76 AD, Rome mint</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII, Head of Vespasian, laureate, right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Spes standing, left holding flower in right and raising skirt with left, SC across field.</p><p><b>References</b>: RIC II 894</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190115_223534731.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Antoninus Pius, Ruled 138-161 AD</b></p><p><b>AE As, Struck 143-144 AD, Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: IMPERATOR II, Spes, draped, advancing left holding flower-bud in raided right hand and gathering up fold of skirt in left; S-C across fields.</p><p><b>References</b>: RIC III 730</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190219_204919459.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Severus Alexander, Ruled 221-235 AD</b></p><p><b>AE Sestertius, Struck 231-235 AD, Rome</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: SPES PVBLICA, Spes, draped, walking left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand, SC in fields.</p><p><b>References</b>: RIC 648d</p><p><b>Size</b>: 31mm, 15.58g</p><p><i><b>Notes</b>: Lightweight, but not unusual for the type.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3639682, member: 87404"]Resurrecting this post from last winter as I recently added a new Spes reverse to this sub-collection. This beautiful, yellow sestertius of Faustina II: [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collagemaker_20190727_180628587.jpg[/IMG] [B]Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius 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 But in reviewing this post and then my sub-collection, I now realize that I have a few more that I haven't shared in this thread (8 in total in the collection). So here it goes: [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190115_223411116.jpg[/IMG] [B]Vespasian, AE As Struck 74 AD, Rome mint[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS V CENS, Head of Vespasian, laureate, right. [B]Reverse[/B]: Spes, draped, advancing left, holding up flower in right hand and raising up skirt with left, SC across field. [B]References[/B]: RIC II 730 [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190115_223213599.jpg[/IMG] [B]Vespasian, Ruled 69-79 AD AE As, Struck in 76 AD, Rome mint[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII, Head of Vespasian, laureate, right. [B]Reverse[/B]: Spes standing, left holding flower in right and raising skirt with left, SC across field. [B]References[/B]: RIC II 894 [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190115_223534731.jpg[/IMG] [B]Antoninus Pius, Ruled 138-161 AD AE As, Struck 143-144 AD, Rome Mint[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right. [B]Reverse[/B]: IMPERATOR II, Spes, draped, advancing left holding flower-bud in raided right hand and gathering up fold of skirt in left; S-C across fields. [B]References[/B]: RIC III 730 [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190219_204919459.jpg[/IMG] [B]Severus Alexander, Ruled 221-235 AD AE Sestertius, Struck 231-235 AD, Rome[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, Bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. [B]Reverse[/B]: SPES PVBLICA, Spes, draped, walking left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand, SC in fields. [B]References[/B]: RIC 648d [B]Size[/B]: 31mm, 15.58g [I][B]Notes[/B]: Lightweight, but not unusual for the type.[/I][/QUOTE]
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