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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4522285, member: 75937"]This Faustina I dupondius with a veiled and stephaned bust type doesn't look like much, but like [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] , I jumped on it because it is a once-in-a-lifetime coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120331[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 10.62 g, 28.1 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 150.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAV-STINA, diademed, veiled and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETER-NITAS S C, Fortuna standing left, holding globe and rudder.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1160b; Cohen 9; Strack 1267; ERIC II 356.</p><p>Notes: TimeLine Auctions (February 2019 Antiquities & Coins Auction), 26.2.2019, lot 3379.</p><p> </p><p>There are no examples online at any database. There are four known specimens:</p><p><br /></p><p>Veiled bust, unclear if stephane is present</p><blockquote><p>Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris (Cited by Cohen/RIC/ERIC II and Strack)</p><p>Staatliches Münzkabinett in Berlin (Cited by Strack)</p><p>Nationalmuseum in Rome (Cited by Strack)</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Veiled and stephaned bust</p><blockquote><p>My coin.</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4522285, member: 75937"]This Faustina I dupondius with a veiled and stephaned bust type doesn't look like much, but like [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] , I jumped on it because it is a once-in-a-lifetime coin. [ATTACH=full]1120331[/ATTACH] Faustina I, AD 138-141. Roman orichalcum dupondius, 10.62 g, 28.1 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 150. Obv: DIVA FAV-STINA, diademed, veiled and draped bust, right. Rev: AETER-NITAS S C, Fortuna standing left, holding globe and rudder. Refs: RIC 1160b; Cohen 9; Strack 1267; ERIC II 356. Notes: TimeLine Auctions (February 2019 Antiquities & Coins Auction), 26.2.2019, lot 3379. There are no examples online at any database. There are four known specimens: Veiled bust, unclear if stephane is present [INDENT]Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris (Cited by Cohen/RIC/ERIC II and Strack) Staatliches Münzkabinett in Berlin (Cited by Strack) Nationalmuseum in Rome (Cited by Strack)[/INDENT] Veiled and stephaned bust [INDENT]My coin.[/INDENT][/QUOTE]
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