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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3879009, member: 85693&quot;]I really enjoy these sessions with Faustina (I and II) minutiae - figuring out the legends and hair-dos and variations are a lot of fun - and Roman Collector has helped me out many times (thanks, RC!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have the OP, but I have what I think is an example of the OP&#039;s initial incorrect attribution (RIC 1409).&nbsp; Dupondius was the call I made based on its brassy color:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024707[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(148-152 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right / VENVS S-C, Venus standing left, holding apple and rudder around which a dolphin is coiled.</p><p>RIC 1409; Cohen 269.</p><p>(11.69 grams / 26 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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