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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 8260361, member: 15481&quot;]Great write-up and coin show.</p><p>I have two Laetitia reverses:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456705[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina II (147-175 AD). AR Denarius , Rome 147-149 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust to right.</p><p>Reverse: LAETITIAE PVBLICAE, Laetitia standing left. </p><p>Reference: BMC 1048. RIC 506b.</p><p><br /></p><p>Diameter: 19mm. Weight: 2.96g Conservation: Very fine</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there’s a quite different Laetitia reverse; Postumus’ galley:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456703[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Postumus, 260-60 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Antoninianus, Treveri (Trier) Mint 261 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right </p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: LAETITIA AVG, galley left with four rowers and pilot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size: 24mm Weight: 3.4g</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: RIC 73, RSC 167, Sear 10958.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you have any idea what the connection between Laetitia and the galley might have been?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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