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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7977525, member: 75937"]This one cost less than a fill-up at the gas station. It's not exactly FDC, but the coin may be only the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-a-sestertius-with-a-left-facing-bust.388364/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-a-sestertius-with-a-left-facing-bust.388364/">second known example</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-venvs-s-c-apple-and-scepter-sestertius-left-facing-bust-jpg.1384538/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Faustina II, AD 147-175.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman orichalcum sestertius, 18.93 g, 31.7 mm, 5 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, mid AD 152-autumn 154.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC –; BMCRE 2185n.; Cohen –; RCV --; Strack 1322. </font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7977525, member: 75937"]This one cost less than a fill-up at the gas station. It's not exactly FDC, but the coin may be only the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-a-sestertius-with-a-left-facing-bust.388364/']second known example[/URL]. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-venvs-s-c-apple-and-scepter-sestertius-left-facing-bust-jpg.1384538/[/IMG] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 18.93 g, 31.7 mm, 5 h. Rome, mid AD 152-autumn 154. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, left. Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter. Refs: RIC –; BMCRE 2185n.; Cohen –; RCV --; Strack 1322. [/SIZE][/INDENT][/QUOTE]
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