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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4361479, member: 75937&quot;]Interesting observation, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] . I discovered that Cohen and RIC (which often accepts Cohen without verification) and even David Sear erred in their description of the obverse legend on this coin of Faustina II issued under Antoninus Pius. See <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-as-with-unlisted-obverse-inscription-variety.321228/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-as-with-unlisted-obverse-inscription-variety.321228/">this (necessarily) lengthy thread</a>. In short, the listings for RIC 1405c, C 211, and Sear 4733 are in error and coins with the longer legend ending in PII FIL do not exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1102705[/ATTACH]Faustina II, AD 147-175. </p><p>Roman Æ as, 9.80 g, 24.1 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 154-156.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII F, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: S C, Diana standing l., holding arrow and resting on bow. </p><p>Ref: cf. RIC 1405c; Cohen 211; Sear 4733.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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