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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 8153105, member: 80952&quot;]As usually, good write-up and documentation.</p><p>My first Faustina II Denarius is a IVNONI REGINAE.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422322[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II AD 147-175. From the Tareq Hani collection. Rome</p><p>Denarius AR</p><p>18 mm., 3,34 g.</p><p>RIC III Marcus Aurelius 696&nbsp; &nbsp; ; RSC 139a</p><p>Date Range: AD 161 - AD 176</p><p>Obverse Legend: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA</p><p>Type: Bust of Faustina II, wearing circlet of pearls, hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, right</p><p>Reverse Legend: IVNONI REGINAE</p><p>Type: Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at left, peacock</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a similar reverse on my only Salonina coin</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422324[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Salonina AD 254-268. From the Tareq Hani collection. Antioch</p><p>Billon Antoninianus</p><p>20 mm, 3,74 g</p><p>RIC V Salonina (2) 92</p><p>Date Range: AD 260 - AD 268</p><p><b>Obverse Legend: </b>SALONINA AVG</p><p><b>Type: </b>Bust of Salonina, diademed, draped, right, on crescent</p><p><b>Reverse Legend: </b>IVNO REGINA</p><p><b>Type: </b>Juno, draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at her feet, peacock</p><p><br /></p><p>... and the legend becomes even shorter on this Crispina</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422325[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crispina. Augusta AD 178-191. Rome</p><p>Denarius AR</p><p>16 mm, 3,17 g</p><p>RIC III Commodus 283</p><p>Date Range: AD 178 - AD 191</p><p>Obverse Legend: CRISPINA AVGVSTA</p><p>Type: Bust of Crispina, draped, hair in round coil at back, right</p><p>Reverse Legend: IVNO</p><p>Type: Juno, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at left, peacock</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the &quot;somebody seated or standing reverse&quot; - agreed, it&#039;s difficult to call a Roman coin truly boring.</p><p>But in my particular case, as I do not specialize in any ruler/dynasty, I tried to add coins that are as diverse in design as possible. As the main reason for collecting is getting coins that are pleasant for me and as interesting as possible, and of course with budget constrains.</p><p>This is just a personal opinion and a specialized collector such as [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] will disagree ... and I fully agree with that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>For example the 3 variations presented - RIC 694, 695 and 696 are interesting for [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]&nbsp; and of course they are needed when building a Faustina II collection. But for me, as a general collector, I am OK with 696.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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