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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3546089, member: 85693&quot;]Not to fill this thread up with my junk...but I am interested in this topic.&nbsp; Primarily because I am always surprised the difficulties I encounter with Faustina I when attributing a new find - on one had, the coins are abundant, but on the other hand the varieties are bewildering (which is to say that I appreciate the efforts of RC &amp; Irbguy here).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I found in my duplicates another example of RIC 346b - this one has a catastrophic planchet lamination (?) causing the obverse edge to slough away - at first I thought it was fourree, but the inside looks silver to me:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]942491[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]942492[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>To go off-metal, here is an ugly Faustina I as I recently picked up.&nbsp; I had difficulty attributing it, since the obverse legend lacks the AVG that the common version has (RIC 1163A) - not that I am suggesting rarity=value, but this one does seem to be scarce (or am I wrong about this?)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]942490[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 141-161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right / [AETERNITAS] S C, Providentia standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left</p><p>RIC 1163B (scarce?) - (1163A with AVGVSTA is common?)</p><p>(9.68 grams / 24 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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