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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7841843, member: 85693&quot;]Huzzah for Faustina Friday; nice job as always [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] I had more of these than I thought.&nbsp; My attributions are old - now that this post has enlightened me on date of issue, I need to do some revising:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1349093[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 145-146 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / AVGVSTI [PII] FIL S-C, Concordia standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 1390.</p><p>(9.94 grams / 23 mm)</p><p>eBay April 2019 </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1349096[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 156-161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / AVGVSTI PII FIL, Venus standing left holding victory and leaning on shield set on helmet.</p><p>RIC 1389a; Cohen 17.</p><p>(9.28 grams / 24 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2018 </p><p><br /></p><p>A rough sestertius with some reverse tooling by a non-expert: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1349116[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(145-161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA [AVGVSTA], draped bust right, chignon / AV[GVSTI PII] FIL S C, Venus, standing left, holding Victory &amp; leaning on shield set on helmet.</p><p>RIC 1367; BMC 2195</p><p>(22.93 grams / 29 mm)</p><p>eBay Apr. 2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some silver:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1349115[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(c. 145-161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA AVGVSTA draped bust right / AVGVSTI&nbsp; PII FIL Venus standing left holding Victory, resting hand on shield set on helmet. </p><p>RIC 495a; RSC 15; BMC 1099</p><p>(3.02 grams / 17 mm)</p><p>eBay Mar. 2017&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1349100[/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,</p><p>bare-headed bust draped right /</p><p>AVGVSTI PII FIL, Concordia 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>

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