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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3146396, member: 75937&quot;]A new purchase, comparing it to the various other known varieties. Please feel free to comment or to post any coin you feel is relevant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Five varieties of this denarius have been described, of which I believe only four actually exist. These are:</p><p><br /></p><p>CONCORDIA standing facing, head RIGHT, gathering up skirt and holding cornucopiae</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>--obverse inscription FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL (RIC 500b,6; BMCRE 1078-79; Cohen 44, CRE 163)</p><p><br /></p><p>--obverse inscription FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL (RIC 500b,3; BMCRE 1085; Cohen 42; CRE 164)</p><p><br /></p><p>--obverse inscription FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG F (RIC 500c; BMCRE --; Cohen --; CRE --; I do not believe this exists, RIC and BMCRE cite only a single catalog, ASFN 1885, p. 215 and no examples are to be found at: acsearchinfo, coin archives, CNG archives, wildwinds, OCRE or the Coin Project. I believe the ASFN catalog likely incorrectly described the specimen)</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>CONCORDIA standing facing, head LEFT, gathering up skirt and holding cornucopiae</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>--obverse inscription FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL (RIC 501; BMCRE --; Cohen 46, CRE 166)</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>PVDICITIA, Concordia standing facing, head RIGHT, gathering up skirt and holding cornucopiae</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>--obverse inscription FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL (CRE 165; Strack 509; thought to be a die-engraving error)</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Here are the four types:</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin of Faustina II I ever purchased:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]805255[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Jr, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.97 g, 18.5 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 152-154.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG AN-TONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA standing facing, head right, gathering up skirt and holding cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 500b,6; BMCRE 1078-79; Cohen 44, CRE 163.</p><p>Notes: RIC erroneously describes the obverse legend as reading FAVSTINAE AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL; this is corrected by BMCRE 4.</p><p><br /></p><p>My latest purchase:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]805258[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Jr, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.03 g, 17.3 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 152-154.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA standing facing, head right, gathering up skirt and holding cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 500b,3; BMCRE 1085; Cohen 42, CRE 164.</p><p>Notes: This is an obverse die match to the British Museum specimen:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]805261[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Concordia facing left variety:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]805264[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3672805" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3672805" rel="nofollow">CNG electronic auction 388, lot 452</a>, Dec 14, 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the erroneously engraved PVDICITIA legend:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]805265[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=103563" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=103563" rel="nofollow">Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 109, lot 499</a>, May 27, 2002.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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