ROMAN IMPERIAL SABINA, FAUSTINA I, FAUSTINA II, FAUSTA AND HELENA - DENARII AND FOLLES [5] Group of five: Sabina, 128-132 AD. Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair in plait behind. Rev: VENERI GENETRICI, Venus standing right, pulling drapery over right shoulder, holding an apple in left hand. Faustina I, struck posthumously after 141 AD. Rome. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right. Rev: AVGVSTA, Ceres standing left, holding sceptre in right hand and with left hand holding up fold of skirt. Faustina II, 149-152 AD. Rome. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right. Rev: VENVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder. Fausta, AE follis, 326 AD. Trier. Obv: FLAV MAX-FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust right, with bare head and waved hair. Rev: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Empress standing facing, looking left, head veiled, holding two children in her arms. Mintmark STR dot in crescent. Helena, AE follis, Constantinople (?). Obv: FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, mantled bust right. Rev: PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse sceptre. Mintmark CONS_. Silver and bronze, 13.42 grams (total). Near very fine and better. [5] Literature RIC 396; RSC 73; Sear 3924. RIC III 362; RSC 104; Sear 4584. RIC 517a; RSC 266; Sear 4708. RIC VII Trier 483; Sear 3905. Sear 3910.
ROMAN IMPERIAL SABINA, FAUSTINA I, FAUSTINA II, FAUSTA AND HELENA - DENARII AND FOLLES [5] Group of five: Sabina, 128-132 AD. Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair in plait behind. Rev: VENERI GENETRICI, Venus standing right, pulling drapery over right shoulder, holding an apple in left hand. Faustina I, struck posthumously after 141 AD. Rome. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right. Rev: AVGVSTA, Ceres standing left, holding sceptre in right hand and with left hand holding up fold of skirt. Faustina II, 149-152 AD. Rome. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right. Rev: VENVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder. Fausta, AE follis, 326 AD. Trier. Obv: FLAV MAX-FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust right, with bare head and waved hair. Rev: SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Empress standing facing, looking left, head veiled, holding two children in her arms. Mintmark STR dot in crescent. Helena, AE follis, Constantinople (?). Obv: FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, mantled bust right. Rev: PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse sceptre. Mintmark CONS_. Silver and bronze, 13.42 grams (total). Near very fine and better. [5] Literature RIC 396; RSC 73; Sear 3924. RIC III 362; RSC 104; Sear 4584. RIC 517a; RSC 266; Sear 4708. RIC VII Trier 483; Sear 3905. Sear 3910.
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