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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 8133933, member: 83845&quot;]We currently have 84 Top 10 lists. The number of lists this year has been daunting and I have been utilizing my own index quite a bit to make sure I have read all of the lists that have been posted (though I am a bit behind <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). Hopefully others are finding it helpful as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>As such I am going to bump this thread again by counting down to the last of my &quot;almost made it&quot; coins of 2021.&nbsp; Please feel free to post yours (or anything relevant) if you have a mind to.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="7"><span style="color: #808080"><b>11</b></span></font> <font size="5"><span style="color: #404040"><b><u>A Beautiful LIFETIME Faustina</u></b></span></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1417066[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire </font></p><p><font size="3">Faustina I</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 139-140</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 18 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 2.77 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA; Draped bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: CONCORDIA AVG; Concordia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC 335 (Antoninus Pius)</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Collection of a Hanseatic Roman-friend. Ex Auktion Münzzentrum 94, Lot 420 (Cologne; May 13, 1998)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This is probably my favorite coin to not make a Top 10 list in all the years I have done one. Most coins of Faustina I were struck after her death and the fact that this coin was struck during her lifetime adds a lot of interest for me. I bought this coin as part of my effort to collect all of the empresses of the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty in silver.&nbsp; Even though I already had a few posthumous Faustina coins with interesting reverses I like the idea of adding lifetime coins when possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is perfectly centered, well struck, well engraved and beautifully toned.&nbsp; It also has a respectable provenance back to the 1990s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good effort Faustina… you just barely missed the mark. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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