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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8302552, member: 75937&quot;]That is a nice addition to your collection, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER]! It&#039;s well-centered and has nice surfaces. It worked hard in the Roman economy, facilitating transactions for decades! I like the left-facing bust, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin reminds me of this one in my own collection. Women didn&#039;t wear the radiate or laurel crowns but, rather, a string or two of pearls or the stephane, neither of which indicated the denomination of the coins on which they appear. The middle bronzes can be difficult to further narrow down as to whether they are an as or dupondius when patinated. Like yours, on this coin, there are parts of the patina that are worn away on the high points, revealing the color of the metal. In this case, the coppery red indicative of the as denomination. As you note, weight sometimes helps, and this one is &lt; 10 g, consistent with the as denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know whether the &quot;usual&quot; type for your coin is a left-facing bust. In the Antonine period, a left-facing bust is almost always a scarce variety of a type typically seen with a right-facing bust. This one, for example, is a variant of a coin found more frequently with a right-facing bust. Faustina wears a strand of pearls.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-venvs-left-bust-as-2-jpg.986617/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.</p><p>Roman Æ as, 9.85 g, 26.0 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 147-149.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, Bust of Faustina II, draped, with band of pearls, left.</p><p>Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing right, drawing veil from shoulder with right hand and holding up apple in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1410b (l.); BMCRE 2165; Cohen --; Strack 1304; RCV --.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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