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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7748560, member: 75937&quot;]I love it when a long-sought-after coin slips under the radar and, as a specialist collector, I&#039;m able to appreciate it for its rarity and pick it up for a reasonable price at auction. I&#039;m glad that happened to you, [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] -- and glad that you and I have different specialties and are not competing for the same coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have many such coins in my Faustina I and II collection that I acquired because their rarity was unappreciated. Perhaps the most dramatic is this first issue denarius of Faustina I, which I <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-issue-for-faustina-i-ad-138.367270/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-first-issue-for-faustina-i-ad-138.367270/">discussed last year</a>, issued before Antoninus Pius received the title of <i>Pater Patriae</i>. Indeed, that lack of P P in the inscription can make all the difference! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-concordia-avg-no-pp-seated-denarius-jpg.1179790/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.85 g, 16.6 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, first issue, AD 138-139.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG, bare-headed and draped bust of Faustina, right.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on throne, cornucopiae under chair.</p><p>Refs: British Museum 1978, 0314.2; cf. Strack 391 (Ashmolean), Hunter 1 (GLAHM 26918). RIC --; Cohen --; RCV --; CRE --.</p><p>Notes: BMC p. 8* cites Strack 392 in error; RSC 146b correctly cites Strack 391 and cites BMC p. 8*.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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