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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3689873, member: 75937&quot;]Update: I did the same search for the corresponding sestertius, which RIC claims comes with three obverse inscriptions:</p><p><br /></p><p>FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII F (RIC 1383a; BMCRE 2194 -- legend (2))</p><p>FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL (RIC 1383b; BMCRE 2180-84 -- legend (3))</p><p>FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII FIL (RIC 1383c -- legend (5))</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]989103[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]989105[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As was the case with the corresponding middle bronze, RIC cites Cohen for two of the three varieties, Cohen 206 and 210.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]989106[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Cohen 206 bears legend 3, FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL and Cohen 210 bears legend 5, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA PII AVG FIL.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have looked in the usual places, such as <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Faustina+1383&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Faustina+1383&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">acsearchinfo</a>, <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=authority_facet%3A%22Antoninus+Pius%22+AND+deity_facet%3A%22Diana%22+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Sestertius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Faustina+the+Younger%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=authority_facet%3A%22Antoninus+Pius%22+AND+deity_facet%3A%22Diana%22+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Sestertius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Faustina+the+Younger%22" rel="nofollow">OLCE</a>, the <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Faustina+1383" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Faustina+1383" rel="nofollow">British Museum collection</a>, and Wildwinds (no specimens at all) and I find numerous examples of RIC 1383a (legend 2) and of RIC 1383b (legend 3), but not a single example of RIC 1383c (legend 5).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the same situation I encountered for the corresponding middle bronze described in detail above. That Cohen cites the French national collection notwithstanding, I believe Cohen 210/RIC 1383c does not exist AS&nbsp; DESCRIBED. I believe Cohen intended to write FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII F for the entry for 210 but there was a mistake somewhere along the way, resulting in the propagation of an error for more than a century.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are only two obverse inscriptions for the bronze coins with this reverse design:</p><p><br /></p><p>(1) An earlier issue bearing FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL (Mattingly group IV)* and (2) a later issue bearing FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII F (Mattingly group V).</p><p><br /></p><p>*I erred in my OP (over a year ago) in calling this legend &quot;BMCRE group III&quot;; it&#039;s group IV. I apologize for any confusion engendered by the mistake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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