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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3832092, member: 75937&quot;]Here is the &quot;normal&quot; version of this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018525[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman oricalchum dupondius, 12.45 gm, 27.1 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 157-161.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: FECVND AVGVSTAE S C, (Faustina as) Fecunditas standing left, between two children (thought to represent Faustina III and Lucilla), holding two infants in her arms (thought to represent Commodus and Antoninus).</p><p>Refs: RIC 1636; BMCRE 977-979; Cohen 97; RCV 5294.</p><p>Notes: Ex-Henry Chapman, 1921.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the variant:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018526[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman AE As, 8.46 gm, 25 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 157-161.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, r.</p><p>Rev: FECVND AVGVSTAE SC, (Faustina as) Fecunditas standing r., between two children, holding two infants in her arms.</p><p>Refs: RIC-1636 var.; Sear-5294; BMC-977 var.; Strack 1337.</p><p>Notes: The BMC listing for 977 notes, &quot;variant of rev., Fecunditas standing r., Vatican Coll-&quot;. Strack notes, &quot;Fecunditas standing R sestertius in Paris, middle bronzes in Vatican, Munich, Stuttgart, Bologna, Gotha + Basel l, 1934, 1385&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s easier to see when their reverses are compared side-to-side:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018527[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Two children or more on a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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