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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4296554, member: 99456&quot;]Hi NewStyleKing - not sure that I interpret properly your intention for&nbsp; &quot;altered coin&quot; - I am linking to New Style Teradrachm.&nbsp; Here&#039;s my thinking: this coin shows a Salus, seated (RIC 714), which was also issued as a Salus, standing (RIC 715), - that is an &quot;altered&quot; version between two similar coins.&nbsp; As a backup: this coin has clearly been cleaned (&quot;altered&quot;) at some point since its original minting &gt;1800 years ago.&nbsp; CNG Auction listings show the standing version issued later than enthroned, but I don&#039;t know what reference they base this on.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093625[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Faustina Junior, Augusta</b>, AD 147-175, AR Denarius, Rome mint.&nbsp; Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161-175.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> FΛVSTINΛ ΛVGVSTΛ, a draped bust right, wearing stephane, hair waved and fastened in a bun on the back of her head </p><p><b>Rev: </b>SΛLVS, Salus, draped, enthroned, resting left elbow on the arm of her throne, and feeding from a patera with her right hand a snake, coiled around and rising from an altar to her left</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC III 714 (Aurelius)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next:</b> a standing Salus (does not need to be a denarius or Faustina Jr.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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