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Title: Diva Faustina Sestertius unknown type
Post by: kc on March 23, 2023, 05:30:06 pm

Here I show a very rare (maybe unknown) type for Faustina I. I was searching for other examples but could not find any...no examples on acsearch, wildwinds, no success in the RIC.

Maybe you know more?

Diva Faustina I Sestertius
Obv. DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust to right.
Rev. SECVRITAS PVBLICA S C, Securitas standing to left, holding sceptre and resting arm on column.
Mint: Rome, after 141 AD.

31mm       21.99g

Title: Re: Diva Faustina Sestertius unknown type
Post by: mauseus on March 24, 2023, 09:28:12 am

Hi,

Adding to places it isn't listed: BMC, Hunter (collection or conspectus), Strack. A mule with the reverse of Pius RIC 640-1 perhaps? The period of the obverse may suggest so.

Regards,

Mauseus

Title: Re: Diva Faustina Sestertius unknown type
Post by: curtislclay on March 25, 2023, 02:13:53 pm

Mauseus,

I agree with you: an interesting mule combining an obverse of Diva Faustina I with a Securitas reverse of Antoninus Pius as COS III (140-144 AD).

What do you mean by your last sentence, however: "The period of the obverse may suggest so"?

Curtis

Title: Re: Diva Faustina Sestertius unknown type
Post by: mauseus on March 25, 2023, 07:13:24 pm

Hi Curtis,

 I thought that the longer obverse Faustina titles were quite soon after her death so that they were from the same period as the dates on the obverse of the known Pius reverse type; therefore the mule would be a logical one was what I was trying to express.

Regards,

Mauseus

Title: Re: Diva Faustina Sestertius unknown type
Post by: Diederik on March 27, 2023, 05:48:04 am

Interesting mule; thanks for sharing!

Frans