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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4156686, member: 75937"]Thanks for the kind words. Your coin, with its engraving error, is interesting. It's this sort of thing that makes collecting provincials and branch mint coins fun. Here are the relevant pages from Ruzicka if you'd like to read more. It doesn't look like he was aware of this obverse variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072834[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072835[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the kind words, [USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER] . Maybe I should get that <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/dt_coins/238/product/faustina_ii__bca_128__d_175__provincial_coin__extremely_rare_ae22_vf/1247427/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/dt_coins/238/product/faustina_ii__bca_128__d_175__provincial_coin__extremely_rare_ae22_vf/1247427/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">seated Demeter slabbed</a>! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Cool coins, too. I like the little 1-1/2 assaria pieces (so, Ruzicka) by Geta and Caracalla. I wonder if any CT members purchased them from AMCC. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite is the Panther, too. You have two reverse types that have thus far eluded me:</p><p><br /></p><p>Homonoia wearing kalathos, standing l., holding patera and cornucopiae. Your obverse type is one from <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8827" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8827" rel="nofollow">RPC IV 8827</a>, Ruzicka 132–4 and 135a (unfortunately, none illustrated), but the reverse inscription matches <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8829" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8829" rel="nofollow">RPC IV 8829</a>, Ruzicka 136 (again, none illustrated). Here's the relevant page from Ruzicka:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072849[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Your second coin of Faustina II is very interesting. It's probably one of the veiled Demeter standing facing, head left, holding two ears of corn and poppy in right hand, left resting on long scepter or long torch types (<a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=9098" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=9098" rel="nofollow">CN 9098</a>, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8802" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8802" rel="nofollow">RPC IV 8802</a> Ruzicka 82–4, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8799" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8799" rel="nofollow">RPC IV 8799</a> Ruzicka 79, or <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8797" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8797" rel="nofollow">RPC IV 8797</a> Ruzicka 77). However, that reverse die is not illustrated at <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Faustina+Pautalia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Faustina+Pautalia" rel="nofollow">RPC IV online</a> and at the <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?search=Faustina+Pautalia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?search=Faustina+Pautalia" rel="nofollow">Corpus Nummorum</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, the female figure on your coin's reverse doesn't appear to be wearing a veil, but a kalathos (?), and she's holding something that doesn't quite look like grain and poppy in her right hand. Moreover, there appears to be a dog or something at her feet in the lower right field.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072860[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But there's nothing in Ruzicka that quite matches this description. What do you have it attributed as?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4156686, member: 75937"]Thanks for the kind words. Your coin, with its engraving error, is interesting. It's this sort of thing that makes collecting provincials and branch mint coins fun. Here are the relevant pages from Ruzicka if you'd like to read more. It doesn't look like he was aware of this obverse variety. [ATTACH=full]1072834[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1072835[/ATTACH] Thanks for the kind words, [USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER] . Maybe I should get that [URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/dt_coins/238/product/faustina_ii__bca_128__d_175__provincial_coin__extremely_rare_ae22_vf/1247427/Default.aspx']seated Demeter slabbed[/URL]! :rolleyes: Cool coins, too. I like the little 1-1/2 assaria pieces (so, Ruzicka) by Geta and Caracalla. I wonder if any CT members purchased them from AMCC. My favorite is the Panther, too. You have two reverse types that have thus far eluded me: Homonoia wearing kalathos, standing l., holding patera and cornucopiae. Your obverse type is one from [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8827']RPC IV 8827[/URL], Ruzicka 132–4 and 135a (unfortunately, none illustrated), but the reverse inscription matches [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8829']RPC IV 8829[/URL], Ruzicka 136 (again, none illustrated). Here's the relevant page from Ruzicka: [ATTACH=full]1072849[/ATTACH] Your second coin of Faustina II is very interesting. It's probably one of the veiled Demeter standing facing, head left, holding two ears of corn and poppy in right hand, left resting on long scepter or long torch types ([URL='https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=9098']CN 9098[/URL], [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8802']RPC IV 8802[/URL] Ruzicka 82–4, [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8799']RPC IV 8799[/URL] Ruzicka 79, or [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8797']RPC IV 8797[/URL] Ruzicka 77). However, that reverse die is not illustrated at [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Faustina+Pautalia']RPC IV online[/URL] and at the [URL='https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?search=Faustina+Pautalia']Corpus Nummorum[/URL]. Moreover, the female figure on your coin's reverse doesn't appear to be wearing a veil, but a kalathos (?), and she's holding something that doesn't quite look like grain and poppy in her right hand. Moreover, there appears to be a dog or something at her feet in the lower right field. [ATTACH=full]1072860[/ATTACH] But there's nothing in Ruzicka that quite matches this description. What do you have it attributed as?[/QUOTE]
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