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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3902173, member: 85693&quot;]Those are both lovely, RC.&nbsp; This reminded me of a similar Faustina I (RIC 1118 - I think) that I posted a while back - a puzzler:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-i-sestertius-or-dupondius.317204/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-i-sestertius-or-dupondius.317204/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-i-sestertius-or-dupondius.317204/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is awfully light for a sestertius (13.70 grams), and awfully big for a dupondius (32 mm).&nbsp; It is very thin.&nbsp; You helped me out back then and that&#039;s the attribution I&#039;m going with (thanks again, by the way). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028471[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(Struck on dupondius flan?)</b></p><p><b>3rd Phase, part 2: wedding <b>of Faustina II to M. Aurelius</b></b></p><p><b>(c. 145-150 A.D.)&nbsp; Rome Mint</b></p><p>[DIVA] FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGV[ST]A S-C, Ceres standing left with short torch and corn ears.</p><p>RIC 1118; Cohen 88.</p><p>(13.70 grams / 32 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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