RB99279. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III AP1117, BMCRE IV AP1512, Hunter II 116, Cohen II 79, SRCV II 4614 var. (long torch), gF, nice jade patina, some patina chipping, earthen encrustations, Rome mint, weight 26.248g, maximum diameter 31.7mm, die axis 0
o, 147 - 161 A.D.; obverse DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair elaborately waived and banded, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil at top; reverse AVGVSTA, Ceres standing slightly left, head left, draped, veiled, two grain-ears downward in right hand, short torch slightly inclined to the right in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) divided across field below center; from the S. Lindner Collection, ex Wayne G. Sayles;
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