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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2996831, member: 75937&quot;]Post anything you feel is relevant, of course!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an interesting coin because it seems to be underrepresented in the standard references and there seems to be two variations of this particular coin to boot. It is not in RIC or Sear. I have no reason to think the coin is of great value, but I enjoyed researching more about this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]740542[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Jr, under Antoninus Pius, 147-161</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius; 11.60 gm, 25.5 mm, 2 h</p><p>Rome, AD 152-153</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and leaning elbow against a column</p><p>Refs: RIC --; BMC p. 856 *; Cohen 271; RCV --</p><p><br /></p><p>It is listed as common in Cohen, as #271:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]740544[/ATTACH]</p><p>There are other examples of the coin online, however. The BMC obtained a specimen for <a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=1959,0305.43" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=1959,0305.43" rel="nofollow">their collection</a> in 1959. I believe my coin is an obverse die match, but not a reverse die match, to this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]740545[/ATTACH]</p><p>BMC specimen, 13 g</p><p><br /></p><p>And this one was sold by ArtCoins Roma, Auction 7, lot 651, May 2013 and is shown at <a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/faustina_II/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/faustina_II/i.html" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]740549[/ATTACH]</p><p>Described as an As, 25 mm, 11.70 g</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not a die match to either my coin nor the BMC specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then there is this interesting variation of the column on the reverse, with a very thick column. There are two specimens online at acsearchinfo, both struck from the same dies. I believe they are an obverse die match to my coin and the BMC specimen:</p><p><br /></p><p>Auktionen Meister &amp; Sonntag, Auction 16, November 27, 2012, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1442474" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1442474" rel="nofollow">lot 1071</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]740553[/ATTACH]</p><p>Described as an As, 12.42 g</p><p><br /></p><p>And this specimen from Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Mail bid sale 11, Sept 12, 2006, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=317059" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=317059" rel="nofollow">lot 827</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]740554[/ATTACH]</p><p>11.60 g</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I am very curious whether the Cohen specimen depicts the thin column (like my coin and the BMC specimen) or the thick column.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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