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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3772170, member: 75937"]This one falls under the RIC is wrong when it claims it's common category:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008851[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Jr, under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-175</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius; 13.23 g, 25.1 mm, 6 h</p><p>Rome, AD 161-175</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno standing left between two children, holding a third child on left arm</p><p>Refs: RIC 1650; BMCRE p. 541, *; Cohen 137; RCV 5298; MIR 18.</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears to be much scarcer than RIC would imply. RIC says 1650 is "common."</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/capture-3-jpg.732070/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can find several examples of the corresponding sestertius, RIC 1649, but not a single example of the dupondius is to be found among the 31575 Roman imperial coins at <a href="http://www.coinproject.com/issuer_middle.php?type=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinproject.com/issuer_middle.php?type=3" rel="nofollow">The Coin Project</a>, and only two are to be found at <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">acsearchinfo</a>. <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG</a> has never sold one and none are for sale at <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">V-Coins</a>. The British Museum does not have an example in their collection. I've only been able to find four other examples online after an exhaustive search:</p><p><br /></p><p>There this one at <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.1650" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.1650" rel="nofollow">OCRE</a>, from the Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität. It's a double-die match to my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-ivnoni-lvcinae-dupondius-albert-ludwigs-universit%C3%A4t-jpg.923038/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the Wildwinds example; same obverse die as mine and the above example; different reverse die:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-ivnoni-lvcinae-dupondius-wildwinds-jpg.923041/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>One recently (Feb. 25, 2018) sold by <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4766254" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4766254" rel="nofollow">Leu</a>, with dies unique to it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-ivnoni-lvcinae-dupondius-leu-jpg.923047/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And another recently (April 2, 2019) sold by <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5823209" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5823209" rel="nofollow">Noble Numismatics</a>. It's an obverse die-match to my coin but was struck with a unique reverse die.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008852[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These are the only examples I can find after an exhaustive internet search.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3772170, member: 75937"]This one falls under the RIC is wrong when it claims it's common category: [ATTACH=full]1008851[/ATTACH] Faustina Jr, under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-175 Roman orichalcum dupondius; 13.23 g, 25.1 mm, 6 h Rome, AD 161-175 Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right Rev: IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno standing left between two children, holding a third child on left arm Refs: RIC 1650; BMCRE p. 541, *; Cohen 137; RCV 5298; MIR 18. It appears to be much scarcer than RIC would imply. RIC says 1650 is "common." [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/capture-3-jpg.732070/[/IMG] I can find several examples of the corresponding sestertius, RIC 1649, but not a single example of the dupondius is to be found among the 31575 Roman imperial coins at [URL='http://www.coinproject.com/issuer_middle.php?type=3']The Coin Project[/URL], and only two are to be found at [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/']acsearchinfo[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx']CNG[/URL] has never sold one and none are for sale at [URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx']V-Coins[/URL]. The British Museum does not have an example in their collection. I've only been able to find four other examples online after an exhaustive search: There this one at [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.1650']OCRE[/URL], from the Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität. It's a double-die match to my coin. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-ivnoni-lvcinae-dupondius-albert-ludwigs-universit%C3%A4t-jpg.923038/[/IMG] This is the Wildwinds example; same obverse die as mine and the above example; different reverse die: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-ivnoni-lvcinae-dupondius-wildwinds-jpg.923041/[/IMG] One recently (Feb. 25, 2018) sold by [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4766254']Leu[/URL], with dies unique to it. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-ivnoni-lvcinae-dupondius-leu-jpg.923047/[/IMG] And another recently (April 2, 2019) sold by [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5823209']Noble Numismatics[/URL]. It's an obverse die-match to my coin but was struck with a unique reverse die. [ATTACH=full]1008852[/ATTACH] These are the only examples I can find after an exhaustive internet search.[/QUOTE]
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