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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8230403, member: 110350&quot;]Not an AVGVSTA reverse legend, but still a Diva Faustina I with a reverse showing Ceres with a single torch:</p><p><br /></p><p>Diva Faustina I [Senior] (wife of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, prob. 150-160 AD [see Dinsdale, <i>infra</i> at p. 216 -- including this type among coins issued upon and after 10th anniversary of Faustina’s deification]. Obv: Draped bust right, DIVA FAVSTINA / Rev: Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in left hand and holding right hand up in greeting,&nbsp; CONSECRATIO. RIC III 382b <i>corr.*</i>, RSC II 165a, Sear RCV II 4593, Dinsdale 020610 [Dinsdale, Paul H, <i>Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius Caesar AD 138-161: Antonine Coinage</i> (2018) at p. 249; photo at p. 254]. 17 mm., 3.3 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446813[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>* <i>RIC III 382b erroneously describes Faustina’s bust on obverse as veiled.&nbsp; (RIC III 382a has&nbsp; different obverse legend [DIVA AVG FAVSTINA]).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Is it possible that Ceres is holding something in her right hand? Because otherwise, that&#039;s a rather large mitt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, is Beckmann&#039;s date for this issue the same as Dinsdale&#039;s?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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