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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8095252, member: 85693&quot;]Another great Faustina Friday - great work, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have two poor specimens of the Venus standing with apple and rudder, both sestertii (RIC 1388b I think - I need to update my attribution on these; I don&#039;t think there are any pearls).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Though worn, I see dolphins, not smashed doves (squashed squabs?):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-ii-sest-venus-nicer-jul-2019-0-jpg.1335453/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-ii-sest-venvs-ugly-july-2019-0-jpg.1335454/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(145-161 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINAE AVG [PII A]VG FIL, draped bust right / [VENVS] S [C], Venus standing</p><p>left holding an apple &amp; rudder about which a dolphin is coiled. </p><p>RIC 1388b.</p><p>(19.51 grams / 31 x 28 mm)</p><p>eBay July 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(145-161 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[FAVSTINAE or A?] AVG PII[AVG FIL], draped bust right / [V]E[NVS] S C, Venus standing left holding an apple &amp; rudder about which a dolphin is coiled.</p><p>RIC 1388 a (A) or b (AE)?</p><p>(22.64 grams / 29 x 26 mm)</p><p>eBay July 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a dupondius too, again, needing an updated attribution...I notice the obverse legend breaks are considerably different than the one above which makes me doubt myself.&nbsp; My c. 2018 attributions are riddled with errors, I&#039;m coming to find:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1407238[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(148-152 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right / VENVS S-C, Venus standing</p><p>left, holding apple and rudder around which a dolphin is coiled.</p><p>RIC 1409; Cohen 269.</p><p>(11.69 grams / 26 mm)</p><p>eBay Apr. 2018[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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