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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4845797, member: 85693&quot;]I have a couple Faustina I&#039;s with Providentia reverses.&nbsp; They are both pretty horrible.&nbsp; The AE (RIC 1163B?) appears to be a &quot;rare&quot; variant, judging from my notes:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169888[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>5th Phase: Anniversary of </b></p><p><b>Faustina’s Deification</b></p><p><b>(c. 150-160 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right / A[ETERNITA]S S C, Providentia standing left,</p><p>holding globe &amp; vertical sceptre.</p><p>RIC 1163B (?)</p><p>(9.68 grams / 24 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b></p><p>RIC 1163B is considered a bad description of another type, according to <i>Diva Faustina I: <i>undated, Nov. 140 – 161</i></i></p><p>RIC 1163A with AVGVSTA is common; this one has no AVG-VSTA. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169889[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(c. 141-161 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>DIVA AVG FAVSTINA draped bust right / AETERNITAS, Providentia, draped, standing left, holding globe in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left</p><p>RIC 350Aa; RSC 34.</p><p>(2.22 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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