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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4157322, member: 75937"]Update!</p><p><br /></p><p>Heritage gave me a $50 voucher to use in a future auction to make up for the difference in value (this is essentially what I asked for).</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, I was the successful bidder on the sestertius version of the coin I had been looking for at today's Leu action.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 26.95 g, 32 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 140.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA •, veiled and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Providentia standing front, head left, holding globe and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1108; BMCRE 1421; Cohen --; Strack 1230; RCV --.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dot after the obverse inscription is interesting. It's present also on the "mirror image" reverse type in the British Museum (BMCRE 1418):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072977[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And also on the Dinsdale plate coin ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072978[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, the BMC version of my coin has the legend broken as DIVA AVGVS-TA FAVSTINA but still has a dot.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072994[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4157322, member: 75937"]Update! Heritage gave me a $50 voucher to use in a future auction to make up for the difference in value (this is essentially what I asked for). Moreover, I was the successful bidder on the sestertius version of the coin I had been looking for at today's Leu action. Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 26.95 g, 32 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 140. Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA •, veiled and draped bust, right. Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Providentia standing front, head left, holding globe and scepter. Refs: RIC 1108; BMCRE 1421; Cohen --; Strack 1230; RCV --. The dot after the obverse inscription is interesting. It's present also on the "mirror image" reverse type in the British Museum (BMCRE 1418): [ATTACH=full]1072977[/ATTACH] And also on the Dinsdale plate coin ... [ATTACH=full]1072978[/ATTACH] Moreover, the BMC version of my coin has the legend broken as DIVA AVGVS-TA FAVSTINA but still has a dot. [ATTACH=full]1072994[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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