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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5503686, member: 85693"]Nice Faustina Friday as always, RC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a Faustina II Hilaritas dupondius you helped me with back in 2019. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239866[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina II Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(161-176 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVST[INA AVGVSTA], pearl-diademed, draped bust right / H[ILAR]ITAS, Hilaritas</p><p>standing left, holding palm and cornucopiae, S-C across fields.</p><p>RIC 1643; Cohen 113;BMCRE 982; Sear 5296.</p><p>(12.37 grams / 22 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2019 Lot @ $4.00</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b></p><p>"Your Faustina II coin is a dupondius -- on the basis of the brassy color and the > 12 g weight. It just has a dumpy flan. Moreover, the British Museum specimen is</p><p>probably a dupondius. Read the footnote to BMCRE 982 ("Dupondius?"). It weighs 12.26 g..." Coin Talk post Nov. 16, 2019, "Roman Collector"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5503686, member: 85693"]Nice Faustina Friday as always, RC. Here's a Faustina II Hilaritas dupondius you helped me with back in 2019. [ATTACH=full]1239866[/ATTACH] [B]Faustina II Æ Dupondius (161-176 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] FAVST[INA AVGVSTA], pearl-diademed, draped bust right / H[ILAR]ITAS, Hilaritas standing left, holding palm and cornucopiae, S-C across fields. RIC 1643; Cohen 113;BMCRE 982; Sear 5296. (12.37 grams / 22 mm) eBay Nov. 2019 Lot @ $4.00 [B]Attribution Note:[/B] "Your Faustina II coin is a dupondius -- on the basis of the brassy color and the > 12 g weight. It just has a dumpy flan. Moreover, the British Museum specimen is probably a dupondius. Read the footnote to BMCRE 982 ("Dupondius?"). It weighs 12.26 g..." Coin Talk post Nov. 16, 2019, "Roman Collector"[/QUOTE]
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