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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 6512759, member: 75937"]There are only a few others and they are extremely rare. This is the only one I have for Faustina I in my collection. In terms of the lifetime denarii only (there are a few left-facing aurei but no left-facing bronze issues), the following left-facing busts are known:</p><p><br /></p><p>Second issue (FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P):</p><p><br /></p><p>CONCORDIA AVG, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=681760" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=681760" rel="nofollow">Concordia seated l.</a> (RIC —; BMCRE —; Cohen 150; Strack 394?)</p><p>VESTA, <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_BNK-R-481" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_BNK-R-481" rel="nofollow">Vesta seated left</a> (RIC 334b; BMCRE 48; Cohen —; Strack 399, all citing the same example in the British Museum) is an ancient fouree counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third issue (FAVSTINA AVGVSTA):</p><p><br /></p><p>CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing l. (RIC —; BMCRE 133 note citing Reka Devnia, p. 59; Cohen —; Strack —)</p><p>IVNONI REGINAE, Throne with peacock below (my coin)</p><p>IVNONI REGINAE, Throne with peacock on it (see OP, above).</p><p><br /></p><p>Among her posthumous issues, there are a fair number of different aurei with left-facing busts as well as a few denarii and bronze issues. Time constraints today prohibit me from enumerating them in greater detail here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 6512759, member: 75937"]There are only a few others and they are extremely rare. This is the only one I have for Faustina I in my collection. In terms of the lifetime denarii only (there are a few left-facing aurei but no left-facing bronze issues), the following left-facing busts are known: Second issue (FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P): CONCORDIA AVG, [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=681760']Concordia seated l.[/URL] (RIC —; BMCRE —; Cohen 150; Strack 394?) VESTA, [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_BNK-R-481']Vesta seated left[/URL] (RIC 334b; BMCRE 48; Cohen —; Strack 399, all citing the same example in the British Museum) is an ancient fouree counterfeit. Third issue (FAVSTINA AVGVSTA): CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing l. (RIC —; BMCRE 133 note citing Reka Devnia, p. 59; Cohen —; Strack —) IVNONI REGINAE, Throne with peacock below (my coin) IVNONI REGINAE, Throne with peacock on it (see OP, above). Among her posthumous issues, there are a fair number of different aurei with left-facing busts as well as a few denarii and bronze issues. Time constraints today prohibit me from enumerating them in greater detail here.[/QUOTE]
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