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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3153229, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s a lovely example and certainly more attractive than mine, which was struck with a worn reverse die.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]808180[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175, under Marcus Aurelius.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.21 g, 17.4 mm, 7h.</p><p>Rome, AD 161-175.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VESTA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left, holding palladium in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 737; BMCRE 175-76; Cohen/RSC 286; RCV 5270; CRE 242.</p><p><br /></p><p>Temeryazev and Makarenko* consider the coin to be &quot;scarce,&quot; consistent with your experience at seeking other examples online.</p><p><br /></p><p>The British Museum has two copies of it in their collection, no. 175:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]808183[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>... and 176:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]808184[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>*Temeryazev, S. A., and T. P. Makarenko. <i>The Coinage of Roman Empresses</i>. CreateSpace, an Amazon.com Company, 2017.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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