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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3048860, member: 75937&quot;]Have you ever done something like this?</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this one in a Frank Robinson auction in 2015. I made the mistake of looking it up in Sear (it&#039;s not listed in Sear, it turns out) and copying the RIC number, Cohen number, and BMCRE number for the coin from the Sear catalog. Today I spent much of the afternoon going through BMCRE volume 4 -- which I recently found <a href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69980" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69980" rel="nofollow">online</a> and which is a much better, more detailed reference for Antonine coinage than RIC -- verifying all of the BMCRE numbers for my Faustina I collection. It was in the course of this activity that I realized I had misattributed this sestertius as one where Ceres holds a long torch, whereas she is actually holding a short torch.</p><p><br /></p><p>But as I studied the coin, I fell in love with it again, admiring its smooth, nearly black patina and how it had seen some, but not excessive, circulation. All too often, we acquire a coin, catalog it, put it in the collection and then forget about it because we become engrossed in the next coin we see in an upcoming auction. I had never bothered to photograph it or to show it off here (after all, who wants to see another Faustina I?). But because I&#039;m in love with it again, I want to show it off to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Making its CT debut ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]762466[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius; 22.86 g, 30.5 mm, 6 h</p><p>Rome, AD 147-161</p><p>Obv: DIVA&nbsp;&nbsp; FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: AVGV&nbsp; STA SC, Ceres standing left, holding corn ears in right hand and short torch slightly inclined to right in left hand</p><p>Refs: RIC 1117; BMCRE 1513; Cohen 79; RCV --.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the sake of comparison, this as/dupondius in my collection bears the reverse design I had mistaken the aforementioned coin for, with the long torch:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]762467[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141</p><p>Roman Æ as/dupondius; 12.09 g, 25.7 mm, 7 h</p><p>Rome, AD 147-161</p><p>Obv: DIVA&nbsp;&nbsp; FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: AVGV&nbsp; STA SC, Ceres standing left, holding corn ears and long torch</p><p>Refs: RIC 1169; BMCRE 1566 var.; Cohen 80; RCV 4645.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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