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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8058784, member: 75937&quot;]I see it now, [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER]; thanks for clarifying. That is an example of this coin (from my collection).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-aeternitas-s-c-pietas-and-altar-mb-jpg.1395323/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman Æ as or dupondius, 11.92 g, 26.5 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 153-55.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS S C, female figure standing left, dropping incense over altar with right hand and holding incense box in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1161; BMCRE <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_G3-RICM-274" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_G3-RICM-274" rel="nofollow">1558</a>; Cohen 43; RCV 4641; Strack 1271.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is a variant where the obverse legend is broken DIVA FAV-STINA and the incense box is difficult to see when worn. Yours more resembles the <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_G3-RICM-274" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_G3-RICM-274" rel="nofollow">specimen in the British Museum</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1396745[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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