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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2766108, member: 85693&quot;]So I was looking over some of the less attractive areas of my collection and came across this As (I think - it weighs 9 grams - is this a dupondius?) of Faustina I (the elder), a posthumous DIVA issue.&nbsp; It has a thick black patina (or crud) with areas of raw copper showing.&nbsp; My problem is that I cannot figure out how to attribute it. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]636965[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]636966[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My confusion comes from the reverse, which appears to be a goddess (Ceres?&nbsp; Juno?) holding a torch and a scepter.&nbsp; I cannot find this exact combination in Wildwinds for a bronze. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what I found:</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 1120 (sestertius):&nbsp; Ceres standing left, holding two torches</p><p>RIC 1177 (as):&nbsp; Juno standing left, raising right hand and holding sceptre</p><p>RIC 56 (aureus):&nbsp; Ceres standing left, holding torch in right hand, sceptre in left. Cohen 95.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of these have problems.&nbsp; RIC 1120, despite being a sestertius, looks close, but I just don&#039;t think mine has two torches.&nbsp; RIC 1177 has the general look down, but an empty hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I included that aureus because the reverse description (and photo) looks most like my cruddy bronze.&nbsp; Here is the aureus from Wildwinds (a beauty):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]636964[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m stumped.&nbsp; Can anybody help?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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