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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 6590979, member: 57495"]I'm not sure if I'd consider the portrait on my Faustina denarius below fine style, but I do think the reverse is better executed than most... except that the engraver seems to have forgotten about Ceres's torch! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265150[/ATTACH]<b>FAUSTINA II</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.4g, 19.5mm. Rome mint, AD 161-164. RIC 669 (Aurelius). O: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair pulled back and tied in bun behind neck. R: CERES, Ceres seated left on chest, holding grain ears in extended right hand [and short torch cradled in left arm].</p><p><i>Ex Cardinal Joachim Meisner Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>For portraits, this one is my favorite. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265151[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>FAUSTINA II</b></p><p>AE Dupondius. 11.56g, 26.7mm. Rome mint, AD 147-150. RIC III 1403 (Pius); BMCRE 1086; Cohen 179. O: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, diademed and draped bust right. R: PVDICITIA, Pudicitia standing left, holding out cloak in both hands; S-C in fields.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 6590979, member: 57495"]I'm not sure if I'd consider the portrait on my Faustina denarius below fine style, but I do think the reverse is better executed than most... except that the engraver seems to have forgotten about Ceres's torch! [ATTACH=full]1265150[/ATTACH][B]FAUSTINA II[/B] AR Denarius. 3.4g, 19.5mm. Rome mint, AD 161-164. RIC 669 (Aurelius). O: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair pulled back and tied in bun behind neck. R: CERES, Ceres seated left on chest, holding grain ears in extended right hand [and short torch cradled in left arm]. [I]Ex Cardinal Joachim Meisner Collection[/I] For portraits, this one is my favorite. [ATTACH=full]1265151[/ATTACH] [B]FAUSTINA II[/B] AE Dupondius. 11.56g, 26.7mm. Rome mint, AD 147-150. RIC III 1403 (Pius); BMCRE 1086; Cohen 179. O: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, diademed and draped bust right. R: PVDICITIA, Pudicitia standing left, holding out cloak in both hands; S-C in fields.[/QUOTE]
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