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Message:: [QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5140736, member: 75937"]Thanks for tracking down another example of my coin. Just curious, how much did the one at the iNumis Mail Bid sale sell for? Same obverse die as mine and the BMC specimen; very different reverse die. That makes four examples (so far). The as with this reverse type seems to be quite rare, too. It's unlisted in Cohen and RIC, though the British Museum acquired an <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1913-1115-61" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1913-1115-61" rel="nofollow">example</a>, BMCRE 976, in 1913; why it's unlisted, therefore, by RIC is a mystery. I'm puzzled by [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER]'s coin. Faustina has the hairstyle she wore from about AD 158-163ish, like those on the DIANA LVCIF coins with the LEFT-facing Diana, but on his, Diana is right-facing. Moreover, the FAVSTINAE ... obverse legend isn't attested for this reverse type. The hairstyle is not at all consistent with the FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL types of AD 147-149. It's a variety that is unlisted in any of the standard references (RIC, BMCRE, Cohen, Sear, etc).[/QUOTE]