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<p>[QUOTE="ro1974, post: 3973663, member: 73358"][ATTACH=full]1045744[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Imperial</p><p>Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.41 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing tutulus of pearls on top of her head / Funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by Faustina in biga right. RIC III 1135b (Pius); Banti 63. Near VF, dark brown and green patina with traces of red, some roughness. Rare.</p><p>Ex Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 400, 28 June 2017), lot 653; Superior Galleries (22 August 1994), lot 2456.[ATTACH=full]1045742[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Imperial</p><p>Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.41 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing tutulus of pearls on top of her head / Funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by Faustina in biga right. RIC III 1135b (Pius); Banti 63. Near VF, dark brown and green patina with traces of red, some roughness. Rare.</p><p>Ex Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 400, 28 June 2017), lot 653; Superior Galleries (22 August 1994), lot 2456.</p><p><br /></p><p>could be indeed a dupondius[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ro1974, post: 3973663, member: 73358"][ATTACH=full]1045744[/ATTACH] Roman Imperial Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.41 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing tutulus of pearls on top of her head / Funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by Faustina in biga right. RIC III 1135b (Pius); Banti 63. Near VF, dark brown and green patina with traces of red, some roughness. Rare. Ex Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 400, 28 June 2017), lot 653; Superior Galleries (22 August 1994), lot 2456.[ATTACH=full]1045742[/ATTACH] Roman Imperial Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.41 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing tutulus of pearls on top of her head / Funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by Faustina in biga right. RIC III 1135b (Pius); Banti 63. Near VF, dark brown and green patina with traces of red, some roughness. Rare. Ex Collection of a Texas Wine Doctor (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 400, 28 June 2017), lot 653; Superior Galleries (22 August 1994), lot 2456. could be indeed a dupondius[/QUOTE]
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