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Message:: [QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8260127, member: 85693"]Another terrific FF, RC.  These tend to provoke me into updating my attributions to conform to the latest information (Beckmann, etc.) that you post - I appreciate your efforts! I have two Laetitia types for Faustina II, which I have tried to update (please let me know if I made any mistakes). First one is an early denarius - perhaps my favorite FII portrait in my collection: [ATTACH=full]1456640[/ATTACH] Faustina II                   Denarius(147-early 148 A.D.)Rome MintFAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust right / LAETITIAEPVBLICAE, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and sceptre.RIC III Antoninus Pius 506a; BMCRE 1048; Cohen/RSC 155.(2.95 grams / 18 mm)eBay Apr. 2018 And a worn sestertius: [ATTACH=full]1456641[/ATTACH] Faustina II           Æ Sestertius(late 162-early 163 A.D.)Rome Mint[FA]VSTINA AV[GVSTA], draped bust right, double circlet of pearls / L[AETITI]AS C, Laetitia standing left holding wreath and scepter.RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1654; BMCRE 924-27; Cohen 149.(26.54 grams / 31 mm)eBay Feb. 2018    Not Faustina, but keeping it in the family, I got this one in January: [ATTACH=full]1456642[/ATTACH] Crispina   Æ As (c. 180-183 A.D.)Rome Mint[C]RISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / LAETI[TIA] S-C, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and rudder on globe.RIC III Commodus 683 (as).(9.88 grams / 25 x 21 mm)Dupondius or as for type. eBay Jan. 2022 Ck[/QUOTE]