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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24658691, member: 26430&quot;]Nice Dupondius! </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my favorite Imperial coin of Faustina Jr. I bought this one because the portrait struck me as exceptionally beautiful &amp; lifelike, unusually so for this period:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571541[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite bronze of Faustina II is this countermarked Provincial AE29 from Cilicia, Hierapolis-Castabala:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571542[/ATTACH] </p><p>That specimen has been illustrated in many volumes, including: SNG von Aulock 5572 = Robert (1964) 27, pl. XXVI.77 = SNG Levante 1586 = <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4976" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/4976" rel="nofollow">RPC IV.3 4976 (temporary), ex. 6</a>; and cited in many others, including: Howgego GIC 686 (as Robert 77); Lindgren III p. 47 (type 840 citing Levante 1586); Berens &amp; Geske (2004) page 40, note 11.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I love having as many animals as possible on ancient coins, so I like the Juno with Peacock type. I&#039;ve got the same reverse, but not on a Faustina; mine&#039;s on a Julia Domna Sestertius (albeit with no legends on the flan!):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1571540[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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