THRACE.TRAIANOPOLIS.Faustina Senior, wife of Antoninus Pius, Augusta AD 138-141.AE. ( 5.83g, 20.3mm, 12h ) ΦΑVCTEI - NA CEBAC, draped bust right of Faustina Senior. Reverse. TPAI-AN-O-ΠΟΛΙΤ, Hera, head veiled, standing left holding patera in right hand and long sceptre in left. Ref:RPC IV 8756 var. ( RPC records two examples obverse legend ends CEBACTH and reverse legend reads TPIANOΠEITΩN ) Better than very fine, glossy jade green patina with some earthen deposit in fields. It appears that most issues for Traianopolis under Faustina are very rare. |