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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 6382837, member: 75937"]I am very skeptical of the Faustina, which would catalog as RIC 1114; BMCRE 1505; Cohen 55; Strack 1258; Sear 4612. It's one of the great rarities of Faustina I. If genuine, it would easily bring four figures at auction, maybe five. It wouldn't be found unattributed in some guy's father's collection. The circumstances are so fishy as to discount the story without much additional thought. But in the interest of fairness, let's examine it more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although well-attested in the literature, with examples in the British Museum, BnF, and the national museums in Rome and Naples -- cited by Mattingly (BMCRE and RIC), Cohen (BnF), and Strack -- none have sold at auction in recent years (an acsearchinfo search for "Faustina 1114" comes up with nothing). No examples are to be found at Wildwinds or The Coin Project.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am able to find only two other examples online -- the <a href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.48983" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.48983" rel="nofollow">ANS specimen</a> and the <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12572" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12572" rel="nofollow">British Museum specimen</a>, shown below.</p><p><br /></p><p>British Museum:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252705[/ATTACH]</p><p>The ANS:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252706[/ATTACH]</p><p>The OP coin again:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252707[/ATTACH]</p><p>Look at the flan shape of the OP coin and its relationship to the devices. now look at the ANS coin. EITHER THE OP COIN IS A CAST FAKE OF THE ANS SPECIMEN OR THEY ARE BOTH CAST FAKES. I wonder if the BM specimen was the exemplar for these fakes of if it's fake as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 6382837, member: 75937"]I am very skeptical of the Faustina, which would catalog as RIC 1114; BMCRE 1505; Cohen 55; Strack 1258; Sear 4612. It's one of the great rarities of Faustina I. If genuine, it would easily bring four figures at auction, maybe five. It wouldn't be found unattributed in some guy's father's collection. The circumstances are so fishy as to discount the story without much additional thought. But in the interest of fairness, let's examine it more. Although well-attested in the literature, with examples in the British Museum, BnF, and the national museums in Rome and Naples -- cited by Mattingly (BMCRE and RIC), Cohen (BnF), and Strack -- none have sold at auction in recent years (an acsearchinfo search for "Faustina 1114" comes up with nothing). No examples are to be found at Wildwinds or The Coin Project. I am able to find only two other examples online -- the [URL='http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.48983']ANS specimen[/URL] and the [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12572']British Museum specimen[/URL], shown below. British Museum: [ATTACH=full]1252705[/ATTACH] The ANS: [ATTACH=full]1252706[/ATTACH] The OP coin again: [ATTACH=full]1252707[/ATTACH] Look at the flan shape of the OP coin and its relationship to the devices. now look at the ANS coin. EITHER THE OP COIN IS A CAST FAKE OF THE ANS SPECIMEN OR THEY ARE BOTH CAST FAKES. I wonder if the BM specimen was the exemplar for these fakes of if it's fake as well.[/QUOTE]
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