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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2992749, member: 75937&quot;]Post anything you feel is relevant! </p><p><br /></p><p>Despite having 25 denarii of Faustina II, I didn&#039;t have this particular one. So, when the opportunity to buy it at a reasonable price came with the latest Frank Robinson mailbid sale, I snapped it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>It comes in two varieties, distinguished by bust type.</p><p><br /></p><p>A bare-headed bust (which I&#039;ve had in my collection for some time):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]738733[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina Junior, Augusta AD 147-176 </p><p>Roman AR denarius; 3.22 g, 17.0 mm, 12 h </p><p>Rome, AD 161 </p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right </p><p>Rev: SAECVLI FELICIT, Throne, upon which are seated two infant boys, Commodus and Antoninus </p><p>Refs: RIC 711; BMCRE 136; Cohen 190; RCV 5260 var. (no diadem); CRE 221.</p><p><br /></p><p>And with a diademed bust (my latest Faustina II):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]738734[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina Junior, Augusta AD 147-176 </p><p>Roman AR denarius; 3.36 g, 17.1 mm, 6 h </p><p>Rome, AD 161 </p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust, right </p><p>Rev: SAECVLI FELICIT, Throne, upon which are seated two infant boys, Commodus and Antoninus </p><p>Refs: RIC 712; BMCRE 139; Cohen 191; RCV 5260; CRE 222.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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