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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3773508, member: 85693"]Thank you RC. I was leaning towards Faustina II just because she is more common than Crispina, and I figured the odds were the common one...hardly a scientific approach. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, taking your suggestion, I started trolling Faustina II. Here were my reverse clues:</p><p><br /></p><p>*Goddess standing with scepter or long torch. Holding something in her other hand, but mostly missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Inscription almost all obliterated, except on the far right a definite OC and some upright letters - pi, perhaps. </p><p><br /></p><p>On Wildwinds I found a ton of standing goddesses for FII. But this one was the only one that had an "OC" at the end of the inscription:</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina II, Prusias Ad Hypium, Bithynia. AE17.</p><p>ΦAYCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / ΠΡOYCIEΩN ΠΡOC YΠIΩ, Demeter standing left, holding long torch and corn-ears. RecGen. 35; BMC 3; RPC online 4858.</p><p><br /></p><p>Using the Wildwinds reference, I managed to find this on RPC online (4858):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4858" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4858" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4858</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think it's a match - but willing to be corrected. You are right though, this is fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the Faustina II tip - I think it got me going in the right direction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3773508, member: 85693"]Thank you RC. I was leaning towards Faustina II just because she is more common than Crispina, and I figured the odds were the common one...hardly a scientific approach. So, taking your suggestion, I started trolling Faustina II. Here were my reverse clues: *Goddess standing with scepter or long torch. Holding something in her other hand, but mostly missing. *Inscription almost all obliterated, except on the far right a definite OC and some upright letters - pi, perhaps. On Wildwinds I found a ton of standing goddesses for FII. But this one was the only one that had an "OC" at the end of the inscription: Faustina II, Prusias Ad Hypium, Bithynia. AE17. ΦAYCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / ΠΡOYCIEΩN ΠΡOC YΠIΩ, Demeter standing left, holding long torch and corn-ears. RecGen. 35; BMC 3; RPC online 4858. Using the Wildwinds reference, I managed to find this on RPC online (4858): [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4858[/URL] I think it's a match - but willing to be corrected. You are right though, this is fun. Thanks for the Faustina II tip - I think it got me going in the right direction.[/QUOTE]
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