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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3551802, member: 75937"]Just acquired this sestertius of Faustina II, struck during the reign of her father, Antoninus Pius. The issue I'm struggling with is that the reverse type seems slightly different than what has been described in the standard reference works. On my coin, Concordia appears to be leaning on an Ionic column. Take a gander:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]943856[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 29.88 g.</p><p>Rome, AD 154-157.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AVGVSTI PII FIL S C, Concordia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia (and leaning on column?).</p><p>Refs: cf. RIC 1368; BMCRE4 2198-99; Cohen 22; RCV 4710.</p><p>Note: Concordia appears to be leaning on a column in this variety, clearly different in design from the British Museum examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, there is no mention of a column in the catalog descriptions in RIC, BMCRE, Sear, Cohen, or Sulzer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the listing in BMCRE4, p. 383:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]943850[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And these are the specimens in the British Museum:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1198103&partId=1&searchText=Faustina+2198&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1198103&partId=1&searchText=Faustina+2198&page=1" rel="nofollow">2198</a>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]943858[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1198102&partId=1&searchText=faustina+2199&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1198102&partId=1&searchText=faustina+2199&page=1" rel="nofollow">2199</a>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]943859[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not a hint of a column upon which Concordia leans!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the listing in RIC3 1368, p.191:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]943854[/ATTACH]</p><p>And Cohen3 22, p. 138:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]943851[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Q19RAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Q19RAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">Sulzer</a>, p. 181:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]943855[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not a mention of a column in the descriptions, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>None of the <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1368" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1368" rel="nofollow">five museum specimens at OCRE</a> (two of which are the aforementioned British Museum examples) clearly demonstrate a column.</p><p><br /></p><p>But this coin isn't unknown -- just perhaps unrecognized as a variant. <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Faustina+1368&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Faustina+1368&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" rel="nofollow">An acsearchinfo search</a> yielded 13 examples, 10 of which were without a column, as in the BMC specimens. However, 3 examples appear to have a column:</p><p><br /></p><p>H.D. Rauch Auction 94, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1908919" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1908919" rel="nofollow">lot 997</a>, April 9, 2014:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]943853[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Martí Hervera & Soler y Llach Subasta 83, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2163654" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2163654" rel="nofollow">lot 222</a>, October 16, 2014:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]943852[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And <i>possibly</i> this one (the column doesn't appear to have a volute of the Ionic order), Herbert Grün Auction 55, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1007919" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1007919" rel="nofollow">lot 193</a>, May 24, 2011.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]943871[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Martí Hervera and Rauch specimens are reverse die-matches to each other but not to my coin or to the Herbert Grün example, so there were at least three reverse dies involved and this isn't just the whim of a single die-engraver.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think? Am I seeing something previously unrecognized?</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post comments, similar examples, and anything you feel is relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3551802, member: 75937"]Just acquired this sestertius of Faustina II, struck during the reign of her father, Antoninus Pius. The issue I'm struggling with is that the reverse type seems slightly different than what has been described in the standard reference works. On my coin, Concordia appears to be leaning on an Ionic column. Take a gander: [ATTACH=full]943856[/ATTACH] Faustina II, AD 147-175/6. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 29.88 g. Rome, AD 154-157. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: AVGVSTI PII FIL S C, Concordia standing left, holding patera and cornucopia (and leaning on column?). Refs: cf. RIC 1368; BMCRE4 2198-99; Cohen 22; RCV 4710. Note: Concordia appears to be leaning on a column in this variety, clearly different in design from the British Museum examples. Moreover, there is no mention of a column in the catalog descriptions in RIC, BMCRE, Sear, Cohen, or Sulzer. Here's the listing in BMCRE4, p. 383: [ATTACH=full]943850[/ATTACH] And these are the specimens in the British Museum: [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1198103&partId=1&searchText=Faustina+2198&page=1']2198[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]943858[/ATTACH] [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1198102&partId=1&searchText=faustina+2199&page=1']2199[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]943859[/ATTACH] Not a hint of a column upon which Concordia leans! Here is the listing in RIC3 1368, p.191: [ATTACH=full]943854[/ATTACH] And Cohen3 22, p. 138: [ATTACH=full]943851[/ATTACH] And [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=Q19RAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false']Sulzer[/URL], p. 181: [ATTACH=full]943855[/ATTACH] Not a mention of a column in the descriptions, either. None of the [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1368']five museum specimens at OCRE[/URL] (two of which are the aforementioned British Museum examples) clearly demonstrate a column. But this coin isn't unknown -- just perhaps unrecognized as a variant. [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Faustina+1368&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=']An acsearchinfo search[/URL] yielded 13 examples, 10 of which were without a column, as in the BMC specimens. However, 3 examples appear to have a column: H.D. Rauch Auction 94, [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1908919']lot 997[/URL], April 9, 2014: [ATTACH=full]943853[/ATTACH] Martí Hervera & Soler y Llach Subasta 83, [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2163654']lot 222[/URL], October 16, 2014: [ATTACH=full]943852[/ATTACH] And [I]possibly[/I] this one (the column doesn't appear to have a volute of the Ionic order), Herbert Grün Auction 55, [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1007919']lot 193[/URL], May 24, 2011. [ATTACH=full]943871[/ATTACH] The Martí Hervera and Rauch specimens are reverse die-matches to each other but not to my coin or to the Herbert Grün example, so there were at least three reverse dies involved and this isn't just the whim of a single die-engraver. What do you think? Am I seeing something previously unrecognized? Please post comments, similar examples, and anything you feel is relevant.[/QUOTE]
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