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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3450586, member: 75937&quot;]Lovely stater, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one has three such features:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. It shows evidence of ancient coin manufacturing techniques, specifically that the flan was cast <i>en chapelet</i>, that is, using open or closed molds in which a number of mold hollows were connected by channels. Clear evidence for this method exists; the runners that connected the flans were not always completely removed.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. I collect lifetime issues of Faustina I and this is one.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. I collect Juno in all of her various guises, such as Juno Regina, Juno Lucina, Juno Martialis, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-ivnoni-reginae-lifetime-as-jpg.907482/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman Æ as, 10.10 g, 27.1 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 139-140.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG AN-TONINI AVG PII P P, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: IVNONI REGINAE S C, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; at her feet, peacock standing left, head right.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1091; BMCRE 1129-1130; Cohen --; RCV --; ERIC II 280.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next up: Coin with a deity alongside his/her associated animal. </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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