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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8125783, member: 85693&quot;]Terrific FF as always, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>As always, I go through my small collection of Faustina&#039;s to see if I have anything relevant, and this time I am embarrassed to post what I found - it is, I am fairly certain, the worst Faustina in my collection.&nbsp; Back in 2018 I had no standards whatsoever - I&#039;m <i>slightly</i> pickier now.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Attribution is uncertain, for obvious reasons, but I spent a lot of time looking at the shape of the throne, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am open to better suggestions!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1415047[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(c. 170-176 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[F]AVSTINA AVG[VSTA], draped bust right / [VENV]S [FELIX S-C], Venus seated left, holding [Victory] &amp; scepter.</p><p>RIC 1687; Cohen 276; BMC 1002 (Uncertain attrib.)</p><p>(10.47 grams / 22 mm)</p><p>eBay Aug. 2018 </p><p><br /></p><p>In keeping with the Venus/dove theme, here is a little quadrans that was presumably circulating during Fasutina II&#039;s lifetime:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1415048[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Anonymous&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Quadrans</b></p><p><b>Issued in period of Domitian to Antoninus Pius</b></p><p><b>(c. 81-161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>Diademed and draped bust of Venus right / Dove standing right, SC in exergue.</p><p>RIC 24; Cohen 10.</p><p>(2.43 grams / 13 mm)</p><p>eBay Aug. 2018&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Merry Christmas, everyone![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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