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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8230297, member: 85693&quot;]Great Faustina Friday post as always, RC.&nbsp; These always make me comb through my collection looking for examples.&nbsp; I had more than I thought I would: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446757[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>3rd Phase, part 2: wedding of Faustina II to M. Aurelius</b></p><p><b>(c. 145-150 A.D.)&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGVSTA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch &amp; raising robe.</p><p>RIC 362; RSC 104; BMC 421.</p><p>(3.51 grams / 16 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2013&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446758[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>3rd Phase, part 2: wedding of Faustina II to M. Aurelius</b></p><p><b>(c. 145-150 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGV-STA, Ceres standing left, holding corn ears &amp; long torch.</p><p>RIC 360; RSC 78; BMC 408.</p><p>(3.11 grams / 17 mm)</p><p>eBay July 2019</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a dupondius RIC 1171, with a &quot;British Association&quot; note:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446748[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>3rd Phase, part 2: wedding of Faustina II to M. Aurelius</b></p><p><b>(c. 154-155 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGVSTA S-C, Ceres standing left holding short torch in raised right hand and corn-ears in lowered left hand.</p><p>RIC III, 1171 type 1; Cohen 89.</p><p>(12.71 grams / 26 mm)</p><p>eBay Sep. 2020 (Estonia)</p><p><b>Note:</b>&nbsp; &quot;British Association&quot; coins were</p><p>Roman as and dupondius issues from Hadrian to Antoninus Pius for Britain.&nbsp; This conclusion from D. R. Walker, <i>Roman Coins from&nbsp; the Sacred Springs at Bath</i>.</p><p>See CT Sep. 24, 2021, RC via Curtis Clay &quot;The Supply of Bronze Coins to Britain...&quot; for date, etc. Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 149 1989 p. 215</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a weird one - it is on a large in diameter but very light, brassy flan.&nbsp; Dupondius flan struck with a sestertius die?&nbsp; Note the crack, possibly from striking on such a thin, wide flan: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446777[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(Struck on dupondius flan?)</b></p><p><b>3rd Phase, part 2: wedding of Faustina II to M. Aurelius</b></p><p><b>(c. 145-150 A.D.)&nbsp; Rome Mint</b></p><p>[DIVA] FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGV[ST]A S-C, Ceres standing left with short torch and corn ears.</p><p>RIC 1118; Cohen 88.</p><p>(13.70 grams / 32 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2018&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Slightly off-topic, this one has Ceres with 2 torches.&nbsp; I attributed this as an as, but it is very yellow - perhaps a dupondius?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446765[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>4th Phase: Birth of Annia Faustina to Faustina II and Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p><b>(c. 147 A.D.)&nbsp;&nbsp; Rome Mint</b></p><p>[DI]VA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGVSTA S C, Ceres standing left with short, flaming torches in both hands.</p><p>RIC 1174 (as).</p><p>(10.56 grams / 24 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2020 </p><p><br /></p><p>Another one, off-topic, this sestertius features one-torch Ceres, but with a different reverse legend:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446763[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>5th Phase: Anniversary of Faustina’s Deification</b></p><p><b>(c. 150-160 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AETE[RNIT]AS, S C, Ceres standing left holding torch and arranging draperies.</p><p>RIC 1100 [scarce]. </p><p>(22.81 grams / 30 mm)</p><p>eBay Dec. 2018[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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