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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8092046, member: 75937&quot;]If you are a specialist collector and on the lookout for rarities, you can&#039;t be a condition crank. For example, this may be only the second known example of this one with a left-facing bust. </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><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 18.93 g, 31.7 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, mid AD 152-autumn 154.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, left.</p><p>Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC –; BMCRE 2185n.; Cohen –; RCV --; Strack 1322.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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