RB89496. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 708, BMCRE VI 389, Cohen IV 83, Hunter III 34, SRCV II 8236, VF, nice portrait, dark green patina, well centered, light marks, light earthen deposits, Rome mint, weight 21.688g, maximum diameter 30.1mm, die axis 0
o, 226 A.D.; obverse IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing stephane, hair in horizontal ridges, with looped plait at the back of neck; reverse VESTA, Vesta standing half-left, veiled head left, palladium in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 73, part of lot 970;
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