Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8301617, member: 85693&quot;]Call me Ishmael!&nbsp; Or Mike, whichever works. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for sharing your Faustinian White Whale with us, RC.&nbsp; I have three of these FII Concordia type (including one seated), one a variation that you pointed out back in 2019. </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-ii.343063/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-ii.343063/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-ii.343063/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I took new photos of them- this first one has some odd things going on with her hair in front - three spikes?&nbsp; Roman faux-hawk?&nbsp; My Beckmann knowledge is poor (despite now proudly owning his book):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468698[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(154-156 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right / CONCORDIA, Concordia</p><p>seated left, holding flower and resting left arm on cornucopiae set on globe below seat.</p><p>RIC 502a; RSC 54; Sear 4704.</p><p>(3.00 grams / 17 mm)</p><p>eBay Oct. 2013&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the variation (continuous reverse legends) - I am not sure where I got RIC 502Aa - I think I made this up.&nbsp; When I first got it, I thought she had some sort of Solar Disc over her head - seated Isis.&nbsp; But it&#039;s a filled-in O:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468697[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(154-156 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right / CONCORDIA, Concordia</p><p>seated left, holding flower and resting left arm on cornucopiae set on globe below seat.</p><p>RIC 502Aa (var.; see note)</p><p>(3.02 grams / 17 mm)</p><p>eBay July 2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><b>Note: </b></p><p>Reverse legend is continuous on this specimen:</p><p>&quot;The British Museum has four examples (two of the five shown in the link have a different obverse legend &amp; one is unpictured), BMC4, pp. 164-65. None of them</p><p>have an unbroken reverse legend...&quot; Roman Collector on Coin Talk re: this coin.&nbsp; July 21, 2019</p><p><br /></p><p>Concordia standing - do I see pearls in her hair?&nbsp; The dates have not been updated to Beckmann standards yet:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468699[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(145-161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed bust draped right / AVGVSTI PII FIL, Concordia</p><p>draped standing left holding patera and cornucopia.</p><p>RIC 496; Sear 4701; RSC 21.</p><p>(3.24 grams / 15 mm)</p><p>eBay Feb. 2019[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in