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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5540360, member: 75937"]The first thing you should ask yourself is whether you are going to go broad or in-depth. Are you going to do the "one of each person" thing or "all varieties of Elagabalus" thing? Because the former is compatible with "higher grade, well struck examples" but the specialist collector must put aside notions of grade when seeking rare types. </p><p><br /></p><p>Would you be satisfied with this? Because there are only a handful of known examples.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-pietas-avg-raising-hands-veiled-bust-denarius-jpg.1079922/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius.</p><p>Rome, AD 143-145.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bust of Faustina I, veiled and draped, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVG, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing facing, head right, by lighted altar, raising both hands.</p><p>Refs: <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.392" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.392" rel="nofollow">RIC 392</a>; <a href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1210486&partId=1&searchText=Faustina+308&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1210486&partId=1&searchText=Faustina+308&page=1" rel="nofollow">BMCRE 308</a>; RSC 251b; Strack 430; RCV --; CRE 109; Dinsdale 019460.</p><p>Notes: Double die-match to <a href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1941.131.831" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1941.131.831" rel="nofollow">ANS 1941.131.831</a>. Other known specimens appear to be limited to the following collections: The British Museum, the Staatliches Münzkabinett in Munich, the Staatliches Münzkabinett in Vienna, the Nationalmuseum in Rome, and the American Numismatic Society.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5540360, member: 75937"]The first thing you should ask yourself is whether you are going to go broad or in-depth. Are you going to do the "one of each person" thing or "all varieties of Elagabalus" thing? Because the former is compatible with "higher grade, well struck examples" but the specialist collector must put aside notions of grade when seeking rare types. Would you be satisfied with this? Because there are only a handful of known examples. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-pietas-avg-raising-hands-veiled-bust-denarius-jpg.1079922/[/IMG] Faustina I, AD 138-141. Roman AR denarius. Rome, AD 143-145. Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bust of Faustina I, veiled and draped, right. Rev: PIETAS AVG, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing facing, head right, by lighted altar, raising both hands. Refs: [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.392']RIC 392[/URL]; [URL='https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1210486&partId=1&searchText=Faustina+308&page=1']BMCRE 308[/URL]; RSC 251b; Strack 430; RCV --; CRE 109; Dinsdale 019460. Notes: Double die-match to [URL='http://numismatics.org/collection/1941.131.831']ANS 1941.131.831[/URL]. Other known specimens appear to be limited to the following collections: The British Museum, the Staatliches Münzkabinett in Munich, the Staatliches Münzkabinett in Vienna, the Nationalmuseum in Rome, and the American Numismatic Society.[/QUOTE]
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