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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2951693, member: 75937&quot;]Post anything you feel is relevant, of course</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a sucker for Antonine women on coins and I continue in my quest for all the various reverse types of Faustina Jr. Here is one I picked up at auction for a song.</p><p><br /></p><p>It comes with three obverse inscriptions:</p><p><br /></p><p>a) FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII F</p><p>b) FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL</p><p>c) FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG F</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though the inscription is partially off the flan, it clearly ends in PII F, so it&#039;s type a (RIC 508a, Cohen 184). Of these, only type b is difficult to acquire.</p><p><br /></p><p>In contrast to some who might consider the irregular flan to be a flaw, I like it because it shows evidence of flan preparation. Jere M. Wickens, in his essay, &quot;<a href="http://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/ESSAYS/PRODUCTION.HTML" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/ESSAYS/PRODUCTION.HTML" rel="nofollow">The Production of Ancient Coins</a>,&quot; written for <i><a href="http://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/INTRO/CONTENTS.HTML" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/INTRO/CONTENTS.HTML" rel="nofollow">Bearers of Meaning: The Otillia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at Lawrence University</a></i>, notes that flans &quot;were cast <i>en chapelet</i>, that is, using open or closed moulds in which a number of mould hollows were connected by channels. Clear evidence for this method exists; the runners that connected the flans were not always completely removed.&quot; This denarius shows evidence of such a runner at the edge of the flan at the 12:00 position of the obverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721216[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II, Augusta AD 147-175, issued under Antoninus Pius</p><p>Roman AR denarius; 2.82 g, 17 mm, 6 h</p><p>Rome, AD 148-152</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII F, bare-headed and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA, Pudicitia standing left, sacrificing over lit altar to left</p><p>Refs: RIC 508a; BMCRE 1092; Cohen 184; RCV 4707; CRE 207.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see this same feature on this denarius of Julia Domna in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721218[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna, issued under Septimius Severus</p><p>Roman AR denarius; 3.24 gm, 19.8 mm, 1 h</p><p>Rome mint, AD 207</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, r. Rev: FECVNDITAS, Terra reclining l. under tree, left arm on basket of fruits, right hand set on globe, spangled with stars; in background, four children advancing r., representing the four seasons. Refs: RIC 549; BMCRE 21; Cohen 35; RCV 6579; Hill 850; CRE 389.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Faustina Junior denarius can be confused at first glance with a similar (probably earlier) issue, which depicts the emperor&#039;s daughter with a different hairstyle on the bust and where a standing Pudicitia is drawing out her veil, rather than sacrificing at an altar:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]721228[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II, Augusta AD 147-175, issued under Antoninus Pius</p><p>Roman AR denarius; 3.45 g, 18.8 mm, 5 h</p><p>Rome, AD 147-149</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, pearl-diademed and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA, Pudicitia standing left, drawing out veil and gathering up fold of skirt behind</p><p>Refs: RIC 507a; BMCRE 1051; RSC 176a; RCV 4706; CRE 206.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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