Faustina II SAECVULI Denarius - "rare" Headless Baby Variation

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  1. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    Just got my first Faustina II "SAECVLI FELICIT" two-babies-on-a-throne denarius. The baby on the right is headless on my example. A miniscule Damnatio memoriae? Is that the decapitated head between the two kids?

    Cruising the Internet, I see there are a gazillion versions of this coin. But how many have a headless baby? Surely this is the rarity that will put the kids through college (I am kidding!) Or is it an inept counterfeit? Any others out there?

    Faustina II Headless Baby.JPG

    Faustina II Denarius. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed, draped bust right / SAECVLI FELICIT, throne (Pulvinar) upon which sits Commodus and Antoninus. RIC 711
     
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  3. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Wednesday Addams always LOVED her HEADLESS baby doll...
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    :D
     
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  4. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    LOL... great Halloween coin!
     
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    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Mikey Zee, Sep 8, 2017
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  6. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    her doll was Marie Antoinette ^^
     
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  7. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Here's mine. neckless and handless:

    Faustina Jr SAECVLI FELICIT Denarius.jpg
     
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  8. RAGNAROK

    RAGNAROK Naebody chaws me wi impunitY

    Are you sure that it is not an "issue" of Herod the Great? :p:smuggrin::D
     
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  9. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    I think that is one of the kids pictured here!!!

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    LOL! Cool coin!
     
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  10. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    you know, that's a possibility..
     
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