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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3388071, member: 85693"]Great coins and write-up, RC. I just got a veiled Faustina I and Faustina II - both sestertii, budget examples. I'd wanted this portrait on a big AE and these fit my budget (and as you note, they are rather hard to find):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]899986[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina I Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(c. 141-146 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA veiled and draped bust right, wearing stephane / [PIETA]S [AVG], Pietas standing left, dropping incense over lighted altar and holding perfume box.</p><p>RIC III 1146A (Pius).</p><p>(22.48 grams / 30 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]899987[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Faustina II Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(176-180 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVAE FAVSTINAE [PIAE], draped and veiled bust right / [MATRI CASTRO]RV[M] SC below, Faustina II seated l., holding globe w. phoenix and sceptre; two standards in l. field.</p><p>RIC 1712; Cohen 163.</p><p>(24.43 grams / 29 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3388071, member: 85693"]Great coins and write-up, RC. I just got a veiled Faustina I and Faustina II - both sestertii, budget examples. I'd wanted this portrait on a big AE and these fit my budget (and as you note, they are rather hard to find): [ATTACH=full]899986[/ATTACH] [B]Faustina I Æ Sestertius (c. 141-146 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA veiled and draped bust right, wearing stephane / [PIETA]S [AVG], Pietas standing left, dropping incense over lighted altar and holding perfume box. RIC III 1146A (Pius). (22.48 grams / 30 mm) [ATTACH=full]899987[/ATTACH] [B]Faustina II Æ Sestertius (176-180 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] DIVAE FAVSTINAE [PIAE], draped and veiled bust right / [MATRI CASTRO]RV[M] SC below, Faustina II seated l., holding globe w. phoenix and sceptre; two standards in l. field. RIC 1712; Cohen 163. (24.43 grams / 29 mm)[/QUOTE]
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