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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;happy_collector, post: 7783964, member: 100070&quot;]Happy Friday, and another nice writeup, RC. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Judging from the hairstyle, here are 2 of my Faustina Junior early-issued bronzes.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Rome:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1335591[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II Æ Dupondius. Circa AD 145-146.</p><p>13.55g, 27mm, 10h.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG P II AVG FIL, draped bust to right</p><p>Rev: VENVS, Venus standing to left, holding apple and rudder, around which dolphin coiled; S-C across fields.</p><p>RIC III 1409a (Pius); BMCRE 2162 (Pius).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Provincial:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1335586[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II Ӕ 25mm of Anchialus, Thrace.</p><p>AD 147-175. 10.46g, 25mm, 6h.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ΝΕΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust to right</p><p>Rev: ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ, veiled Demeter seated to left, wearing stephane, holding two ears of grain and long torch.</p><p>RPC IV.1 Online 4522 (temporary); AMNG 431.</p><p>(Rare, with only 8 specimens known to RPC)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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